# Error Connecting to server: musicbrainz.org V3.36.1

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-connecting-to-server-musicbrainz-org-v3-36-1/71799
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 31, 2026, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-connecting-to-server-musicbrainz-org-v3-36-1/71799 "2026-08-31T21:09:42Z")
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### Author: ![jpglaspie](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/53a042/32.png) [@jpglaspie](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jpglaspie)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2026, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-connecting-to-server-musicbrainz-org-v3-36-1/71799/1 "2026-08-31T21:09:42Z")

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On the recent version released V3.36.1 when I try to connect to [musicbrainz.org](http://musicbrainz.org) through the tag source tab (and other methods) I get a

A popup

"Error connecting to server: [musicbrainz.org](http://musicbrainz.org)

\>503: Service Temporarily Unavailable"

Never gotten this until I upgraded to this new version. Is this common??

Thanks

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### Author: ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2026, 5:36am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-connecting-to-server-musicbrainz-org-v3-36-1/71799/2 "2026-09-01T05:36:22Z")

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> [@jpglaspie](#):
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> 503: Service Temporarily Unavailable

This means that the MusicBrainz servers were unable to handle your request. It's because either their server is down or overloaded, much in line of the recent communication around this:

> **[MusicBrainz current status](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/musicbrainz-current-status/815551/2?u=fhe)**
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> We are aware of current issues with the MusicBrainz search. This affects anything that utlises the search (/ws/2/query?), including Picard and other third-party applications. For a change, we don’t think this is related to scraping! The issue and...

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Moved to #Support

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### Author: ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2026, 7:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-connecting-to-server-musicbrainz-org-v3-36-1/71799/3 "2026-09-07T07:04:09Z")

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