Internet Archive Services Update

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Last updated: November 4, 2024

Services Online:

Wayback Machine
-Save Page Now
openlibrary.org
archive-it.org
Vault
scholar.archive.org
Interlibrary loan via RapidILL
archive.org services available:
-texts
-tv news search and borrow
-audio
-moving images
-institutional uploads
-institutional web archiving
-access via API

More services & features coming online soon.

For latest updates, please check this blog and our official social media accounts: X/Twitter, Bluesky and Mastodon.

Thank you for your patience and ongoing support.

63 thoughts on “Internet Archive Services Update”

  2. Angelique Mullen

    I cannot seem to login to my account to borrow books. I changed my password, but it won’t let me login. Is that just not working at this time?

    Thank you for all you do! I love the Internet Archive.

  5. D Silver

    When will everything be up and running like before, I can’t get in to my account and when will the site have its playing button back so people can listen?

  7. Steven Ippolito

    I have been a regular use or Internet Archive. But I am unable to log in. I see the books are available for viewing, but logging in is not possible. Can you explain why?

    S.

  8. TONY STORY

    HAVE CHANGED PASSWORD (S) – STILL CANNOT LOG IN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    WHEN CAN I LOG IN ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

    TONY STORY / ART SLIDESHOWS PRODUCTION

  11. CSS

    So, what happened? I’m looking through X/Twitter (I don’t use the other two sites) and don’t see any explanation.

  12. Gregory P Strange

    When I try to log on, I get the message: “We’re sorry. Login is not allowed at this time.”
    Is this the case for everyone, and if so, will we be able to log on soon?

  13. Kaitlynn Farrah Ciconte

    I been trying to log in my account it not let me in I tried to rest my password too

  15. Michiel

    Temporarily Offline
    Internet Archive services are temporarily offline.

    Please check our official accounts, including Twitter/X, Bluesky or Mastodon for the latest information.

    We apologize for the inconvenience.

  16. William Budd

    Thank you for the update, but may I strongly suggest that you be far more diligent in regularly posting updates about the state of the website than you have been so far? With tens of millions of users it is unconscionable how little communication there has been. The updates don’t need to be lengthy, but enough to convey the sense that you are a professional rather than a fly-by-night operation. Thanks!

  20. Cathy Leslie

    I cannot sign on to my archive.org account (I got an approved replacement password) but get this message:

    “For latest updates, please check this blog and our official social media accounts: X/Twitter, Bluesky and Mastodon.” I cannot use these because I don’t have accounts with them.

    Am puzzled at being locked out of archive.org. Is there anything I can do? Before this problem, I read/listened to books from archive.org every day, about 7 days a week.

  22. jeroco

    Hello,
    I understand that you are in the process of making the site more secure following an attack. However, when I try to log in, I am told that my login details are incorrect. So I asked you 3 times to allow me to enter a new password, but I am told that my login details are incorrect. Now, I no longer know the password that you have stored in your database. How can I get out of this situation? Thank you for your response. Best regards.
    Bonjour,
    J’ai bien compris que vous êtes en train de plus sécurisé le site suite à une attaque. Toutefois, lorsque j’essaie de m’identifier, il m’est répondu que mes identifiant sont incorrects. Je vous ai donc redemander par 3 fois de me permettre de rentrer un nouveau mot de passe toutefois il m’est répondu que mes identifiants sont incorrects. Maintenant, je ne sais plus le mot de passe que vous avez retenu dans votre base de données. Comment me sortir de cette situation. Merci de votre réponse. Cordialement.

  27. Evan Stein

    My autistic son uses materials in the Archive library every day.
    He would very much like to know if you have a date that the Archive Library of books and videos will be available again.

  29. TN

    It’s October 29, 2024; Why is the ‘SEARCH’ function LIMITED to ‘meta data’ searches ONLY..?
    A user NO LONGER has the option to search ‘TEXT CONTENTS’ of the library collection why is this..??
    Will it get fixed..?
    Thanks.

  30. Terry

    Idk if it’s just me but the Sign Up button isn’t working as in it takes me to the login page instead of sign up. If this problem is already being worked on then great! If not I hope I brought it to your attention.

  32. Minecrafter Pictures

    I hope you’ll be able to restore your whole services including logging in my own account

  34. LB&SCR E2

    Also, when will be able to play audio and videos on Internet Archive as the play buttons don’t seem to work at all, so when will it work again?

  35. Walter Gronk

    “Search text content” is still broken. Do you have any ideas about when it will be available again?

  36. John Q. Reader

    Hello,
    When will Open Library really be back online? Currently it is not possible to sign in or open, download and read books. It seems that it’s only possible to search for, and view previews of books. That doesn’t really satisfy my definition of being “back online”. When will it be possible to actually sign in, access, and read books again? I realize that it’s been a very trying time for you, and I have empathy, but can’t you work a bit faster on getting Open Library back in full working order?

  37. Rich

    I am sorry for the DDOS attack. This is a valuable resource (it’s why I support it). I tried logging into my account today and it gave me an error message so I am unable to to borrow. I assume that part is not yet back online? I also tried loading a video and the video player did not work.

  38. Linda Berres

    If I am reading this right log in is not available? I am trying to finish a book I was reading before the hacking and can’t log in. I even changed my password.

  40. Kim Paris

    Hi, I understand your Internet Archive team is working on top priorities since the hack attack earlier this month. I’m curious if you have any idea when we can resume uploads and edits for our collections? I have several uploads in the queue for when archive.org is fully functional, for my FM Radio Archive collection. Thanks, Kim Paris

  41. Maya

    Your site was breached in Sept, I never got any info from you about it & only found out recently when I ran a test to see if my email addresses were safe, that’s when I found out. Had to change all my passwords so deleted the archive from my computer. That’s sad.

  43. Sean McCann

    Do you have any idea when internet archive will be back up and running? This is a horrible thing that happened. Thousands of people depend on you.

    Thank you!

  44. Deborah

    I just reset my password (10-30-2024), not thinking that logging in is still not yet a restored service. Not sure if I will need to reset it again, once things are more up and running!

  45. Matthew W. I. Dunn

    Thanks so much for your continued work during this difficult time!
    It seems that Login services are still offline, i.e. not working. Is that so?

  46. Aman Paul

    My gmail account didn’t accept on internet archive website. So, i do not read books. I given correct password & gmail on internet archive website login form. So, please solve my problem as soon as possible, i should be grateful.

  50. iyung yusuf

    i can’t login, even using forgot password.
    saya tidak dapat login, meskipun sudah pakai menu lupa sandi.

  55. April Grosvenor

    Thank you for this site. It’s the dopest thing on the internet imo!! And then I came here and see all the other resources you’ve or others have made available. Just wanted to say sincerely THANK YOU!

  57. Dmitrii Gar

    Dear Web Archive Team,

    I believe I may know who orchestrated the recent DDoS attack involving the hacking of the Web Archive. I am conducting a journalistic investigation into the owner of a website, with plans to hand over evidence to the police and assist in bringing charges in court related to the online corruption of minors, of which he has been made aware. After the Web Archive breach, I noticed that copies of his website remain, but specific pages, which serve as crucial evidence in my investigation, have disappeared.

    The website owner in question is a former British programmer, now a successful entrepreneur and millionaire. He could easily afford to hire any team of hackers for his purposes. Furthermore, he has previously been implicated in using malicious software, as documented in publicly available sources.

    Please contact me for further details.

  58. Justin

    I cannot log in at the moment – is this a universal problem? It simply says ‘We’re sorry. Login is not allowed at this time. The latest updates can be found on X / Twitter, Bluesky, and Mastodon.’

  60. Pamela White

    Thank you for the update. I’m just not savvy enough to understand how it impacts the one thing I use all the time. Probably it’s embarrassing to admit but it’s just an old Dave Norris game, Taipei, 3.10 – and it seems like it should be working but the message is “Failed to download IA item metadata!” I keep emailing Internet Archive, but no one ever responds so I’m just not sure where it falls into the picture of the hacking. ANY response is appreciated.

  61. Maskol

    Hello, i can not log in the archive i got this error: We’re sorry. Login is not allowed at this time. The latest updates can be found on X / Twitter, Bluesky, and Mastodon. thansk for reply

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