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Checks are succeeding, user reports are near the baseline, and the vendor status page is clear.

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Live outage map

No reports in the last 24 hours.

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Recent reports

Each row is a time, a coarse place, and a problem type from a new report. Optional notes stay private. Places with fewer than 3 reports in the last 8 days are shown without a location.

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User reports

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Near baseline. 0 in the last hour. Typical hour is about 0.

Our checks

Reaching it

Last checked 2 hr ago. Last stored result reached it in 98 ms.

Reports and checks

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Time (UTC)ReportsBaselineLatencyFailed checks
Mon 2000.0100 ms0
Mon 2200.071 ms0
Tue 0100.0110 ms0
Tue 0300.0184 ms0
Tue 0500.086 ms0
Tue 0700.090 ms0
Tue 0900.076 ms0
Tue 1100.0233 ms0
Tue 1300.0138 ms0
Tue 1600.0109 ms0
Tue 1800.091 ms0
Tue 2000.0125 ms0
Tue 2200.082 ms0
Wed 0100.0105 ms0
Wed 0300.0223 ms0
Wed 0500.090 ms0
Wed 0700.0132 ms0
Wed 1000.086 ms0
Wed 1200.099 ms0
Wed 1400.0106 ms0
Wed 1600.092 ms0
Wed 1800.0119 ms0
Wed 2000.0195 ms0
Wed 2300.0199 ms0
Thu 0100.0122 ms0
Thu 0300.0127 ms0
Thu 0500.0158 ms0
Thu 0700.088 ms0
Thu 0900.057 ms0
Thu 1100.096 ms0
Thu 1300.0173 ms0
Thu 1500.080 ms0
Thu 1700.0110 ms0
Thu 1900.0184 ms0
Thu 2100.0208 ms0
Thu 2300.0104 ms0
Fri 0000.0110 ms0
Fri 0200.086 ms0
Fri 0400.089 ms0
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Fri 1000.096 ms0
Fri 1200.073 ms0
Fri 1400.083 ms0
Fri 1600.0105 ms0
Fri 1800.095 ms0
Fri 1900.0179 ms0
Fri 2100.098 ms0

Reliability

Score 100/100 · grade A

100% uptime · No user reports in the last 24h

90 days ago → today. Uptime is from our own HTTP checks; outages are incidents that lasted long enough to list. We have 8 days of data so far, so the 90-day numbers fill in over time.

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Past outages

No outages on record for Semantic Scholar API yet. Outages of 10 minutes or more get their own page here.

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About Semantic Scholar API

Semantic Scholar API is listed in our Education category and checked at semanticscholar.org. Semantic Scholar uses groundbreaking AI and engineering to understand the semantics of scientific literature to help Scholars discover relevant research.

Semantic Scholar API publishes an official status page at status.api.semanticscholar.org; when we can read it, its incident level is folded into the status shown here.

What usually goes wrong with education services: learning management systems and student portals slowing down around assignment deadlines, exams and registration.

Measured uptime from our checks: 100% over 8 days of checks. No public incidents logged since monitoring began 8 days ago.

Response time over the last 24 hours: 105 ms average, 73–179 ms range across 15 successful checks.

Questions

Is Semantic Scholar API down right now?

Checks are succeeding, user reports are near the baseline, and the vendor status page is clear.

When was Semantic Scholar API last down?

We have not recorded a public Semantic Scholar API incident since monitoring began 8 days ago.

What is Semantic Scholar API's uptime?

From our own checks: 100% over 8 days of checks.

How fast does Semantic Scholar API respond?

105 ms on average over the last 24 hours (73–179 ms).

Does Semantic Scholar API have an official status page?

Yes, at https://status.api.semanticscholar.org.

Semantic Scholar API not working for me but the status is fine. What now?

It is usually local: try another browser or the app, switch between Wi-Fi and mobile data, and clear the cache. For education services, watch for learning management systems and student portals slowing down around assignment deadlines, exams and registration. If many people report Semantic Scholar API here at once, the problem is on Semantic Scholar API's side.

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