# Error Connecting to server : musicbrainz.org

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-connecting-to-server-musicbrainz-org/18178>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [August 15, 2016, 11:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-connecting-to-server-musicbrainz-org/18178 "2016-08-15T11:48:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![articiok](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@articiok](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/articiok)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 11:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-connecting-to-server-musicbrainz-org/18178/1 "2016-08-15T11:48:34Z")

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Hi,  
often doing research with MusicBrainz happen the indicated error, it happens is when you search by  
album, and when you choose the album from the list.  
The error occurs on the first search you can try again, but if it happens on the second search, closes and  
you have to start all over again !!! ![:angry:](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/ebadaff04ae073d3d1cb3e2f4c6acf132380e5a5.gif ":angry:")  
This problem happens only with MusicBrainz, all other web services are working properly!  
This thing is a real annoyance... you can solve it by increasing the timeout of the webservice or  
implement some sort "automatic retry".

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**Author:** ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 12:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-connecting-to-server-musicbrainz-org/18178/2 "2016-08-15T12:48:08Z")

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This is a problem at MusicBrainz.  
They battle with hardware and network problems since months and are still moving to a new webhoster.

In addition, there is no new working Virtual Machine (for Mirror-Servers) available, which would reduce the needed bandwith to the main site dramatically.

Actually, there is nothing you can do then wait and find some time where MB is not under such heavy load.

You can read here: [https://blog.musicbrainz.org/2016/06/15/mas...ctivity-issues/](https://blog.musicbrainz.org/2016/06/15/massive-connectivity-issues/)

And just for the records:

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> MusicBrainz has finite resources and wishes to make the MusicBrainz database available to as much of the Internet community as possible. However, at certain times of day the number of requests on XML\_Web\_Service exceeds our capacity for handling these requests. Honoring all of these requests would overload our servers and degrade the service for everyone. For this reason we rate limit our Web Service, which limits the number of requests that clients can make in a given period of time.

[https://musicbrainz.org/doc/XML\_Web\_Service/Rate\_Limiting](https://musicbrainz.org/doc/XML_Web_Service/Rate_Limiting)

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**Author:** ![articiok](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@articiok](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/articiok)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-connecting-to-server-musicbrainz-org/18178/3 "2016-08-15T17:50:10Z")

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Ah thanks for the reply.  
A "solution" would be to put the "retray" button also on the second search, so as not to do it all again,  
especially when there are several results.

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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:** [February 9, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-connecting-to-server-musicbrainz-org/18178/4 "2026-02-09T12:26:22Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:26pm UTC