# Can't access MusicBrainz, error 503
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-access-musicbrainz-error-503/19714
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [January 25, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-access-musicbrainz-error-503/19714 "2018-01-25T23:29:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@dukdukgoos](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dukdukgoos)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-access-musicbrainz-error-503/19714/1 "2018-01-25T23:29:30Z")
Started happening after upgrading to 2.86, not sure if it's unrelated or not...
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### Author:  [@i8lutfisk](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/i8lutfisk)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2018, 4:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-access-musicbrainz-error-503/19714/2 "2018-01-26T04:14:29Z")
I'm seeing the same error 503 when trying to access MusicBrainz. Version 2.86
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### Author:  [@dukdukgoos](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dukdukgoos)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2018, 4:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-access-musicbrainz-error-503/19714/3 "2018-01-26T04:17:36Z")
Possibly related to this?
[https://blog.musicbrainz.org/2018/01/24/ser...ate-2018-01-24/](https://blog.musicbrainz.org/2018/01/24/server-update-2018-01-24/)
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2018, 6:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-access-musicbrainz-error-503/19714/4 "2018-01-26T06:32:51Z")
It's not related to v2.86, but something seems to have changed on the MusicBrainz servers.
I've [asked on their forums](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/search-via-xml-web-service-version-1-stopped-working/354737) — lets see.
Kind regards
— Florian
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-access-musicbrainz-error-503/19714/5 "2018-01-27T15:29:40Z")
I've created a MusicBrainz tag source that is based on the current Version 2 of the MusicBrainz XML Web Service. The tag source that stopped working was still based on Version 1 (which is marked as deprecated).
You can try it via this preview version, feedback is much appreciated.
[https://download.mp3tag.de/support/7D0792C8...gv286asetup.exe](https://download.mp3tag.de/support/7D0792C8-90F2-4355-A49B-C4794A86C75A-28610/mp3tagv286asetup.exe)
Kind regards
— Florian
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### Author:  [@Anshelmo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Anshelmo)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-access-musicbrainz-error-503/19714/6 "2018-01-27T18:43:20Z")
Its working, but there are many tagfields missing, either in the search results as after selecting (like country, format etc..)... It will also be superb if you can edit the search that you can search for the album and the artist at the same time, so that it only shows the correct releases you are searching for (like in dano's script).
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### Author:  [@scott967](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/scott967)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2018, 2:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-access-musicbrainz-error-503/19714/7 "2018-01-29T02:54:44Z")
I've been using Dano's scripts that are API v1 and also noticed this failing the other day. How hard is it to convert the scripts? I have also a Dano script that's v2 and works, but requires album MBID as the search term. The v1 scripts use album name or artist name so were more versatile. Maybe I should ask in the web source scripts forum?
scott s.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-access-musicbrainz-error-503/19714/8 "2018-01-29T19:04:05Z")
The MusicBrainz server has been fixed and everything should be back to normal now.
Kind regards
— Florian
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2018, 8:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-access-musicbrainz-error-503/19714/9 "2018-02-01T08:45:46Z")
Web Service ver 1.0 (ws/1) will be removed in 6 months!
> [@](#):
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> .... If you are one of the few authors of software that has not updated your software to use the newer ws/2 endpoint, your software’s MusicBrainz functionality will cease to work after 1 August...
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> We think more than 6 years is enough time for people to upgrade their tools.
Source:
[https://blog.musicbrainz.org/2018/02/01/web...ed-in-6-months/](https://blog.musicbrainz.org/2018/02/01/web-service-ver-1-0-ws-1-will-be-removed-in-6-months/)
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2018, 12:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-access-musicbrainz-error-503/19714/10 "2018-02-04T12:05:21Z")
> [@LyricsLover](#):
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> Web Service ver 1.0 (ws/1) will be removed in 6 months!
Thanks, LyricsLover! The latest [Development Build Mp3tag v2.86a](http://developer.mp3tag.de) already includes a MusicBrainz web source based on v2.