Communicating arXiv’s Operational Status
In January 2020, we quietly launched status.arxiv.org — a landing page for arXiv’s operational status. After several weeks of trials, the status page is ready to be shared with the arXiv community....
View ArticleTeX Live 2020 Update Planned
This summer, the arXiv development team will begin work on the next major release of the arXiv TeX compilation system, which will be based on the official TeX Live 2020 update. TeX is an open source...
View ArticleTeX Live 2023 Upgrade to occur May 22nd, 2023
Beginning with the Daily Freeze (14:00 Eastern USA Time) on Monday May 22, 2023 arXiv-local time all new submissions and replacements will process under TeX Live 2023. This update will include all of...
View ArticleWe’re hiring! Software Developers and Project Manager
arXiv is embarking on a three-year project, arXiv Cloud Edition (or arXiv CE), through which we will migrate all aspects of the arXiv system to the cloud and modernize our code base. The goals of...
View ArticlearXiv.org is experiencing a DDOS attack
arXiv users may be experiencing email disruption due to a DDOS attack. Over the past few days, a small number of users issued over a million email change requests. These requests originated from over...
View ArticleRecent service interruption on arXiv
Authors and readers on arXiv may have noticed some interruptions to arXiv service over the weekend and Monday night. We have recently been running tests related to shifting the infrastructure arXiv...
View ArticleShare your thoughts and support arXiv during Open Access Giving Week
International Open Access Week is drawing to a close – have you shown your support for #openaccess and arXiv yet? We believe that free access to knowledge is an essential human right. Open access...
View ArticleFaster arXiv with Fastly
A few weeks ago, the folks at https://fastly.com generously offered arXiv an in-kind donation of CDN services (see Content delivery network – Wikipedia). Yesterday, we turned it on for all content...
View ArticleAccessibility update: arXiv now offers papers in HTML format
arXiv’s goal is equitable access to scientific research for all – and to achieve this, we have been working to make research papers more accessible for arXiv users with disabilities. We are happy to...
View ArticleAttention arXiv users: Re-implemented RSS
arXiv has re-implemented our RSS feed to improve results for users. This is a completely rewritten version of arXiv’s RSS feed that runs in the cloud. It should create a more accurate list of each...
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