# Mp3Tag (Mac) having trouble reaching Tag sources
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-mac-having-trouble-reaching-tag-sources/71794
**Category:** Mac
**Created:** [August 31, 2026, 1:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-mac-having-trouble-reaching-tag-sources/71794 "2026-08-31T01:37:43Z")
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### Author:  [@ippotag](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ippotag)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2026, 1:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-mac-having-trouble-reaching-tag-sources/71794/1 "2026-08-31T01:37:43Z")
I've had MP3Tag for a while, and I probably haven't used it in about a month. I did update my version to 1.14.0. Today I went to try to tag using Discography and Musicbrainz. In the latter, I get a "HTTP error 503: service unavailable" error. I can access the Musicbrainz website fine. In the former when I use Discography as the tag source, the "Search" button does nothing.
Can anyone advise if there is a known outage, or is there something else I should investigate? If I click "Check for Updates", it just says I'm up to date.
Edit: I've noticed that when I leave the "album" empty and just search based on Artist, it works all the way through.
Thanks for any ideas.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2026, 7:24am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-mac-having-trouble-reaching-tag-sources/71794/2 "2026-08-31T07:24:57Z")
I've tried Discogs and it's working fine here?
As for MusicBrainz, they had difficulties with their search cluster two days aga, but it seems to be working fine again.
> **[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...
Can you try both Tag Sources again?
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### Author:  [@ippotag](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ippotag)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2026, 12:15am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-mac-having-trouble-reaching-tag-sources/71794/3 "2026-09-03T00:15:45Z")
Thanks, I tried it just now, and it seems it's more consistently working. I noticed the last few days that if I got a 503, I'd just keep trying till it busts through.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2026, 6:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-mac-having-trouble-reaching-tag-sources/71794/4 "2026-09-14T06:31:02Z")
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