Current answer
Crossref experienced a critical incident: Test admin tool - test.crossref.org - is down. ServiceAlert observed recovery on Sep 27, 2026.
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Incident Lifecycle
Affected Components
Test admin tool
Incident Timeline
Monitoring
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
Sep 27, 2026 at 1:38 AM UTC
Investigating
Our test admin tool is down at the moment. Members are receiving a 503 service unavailable message when trying to access test.crossref.org. -IF
Sep 27, 2026 at 1:22 AM UTC
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