OpenStreetMap Ops Team

https://OpenStreetMap.org has been disrupted today. We're working to keep the site online while facing extreme load from anonymous scrapers spread across 100,000+ IP addresses. Please be patient while we mitigate and protect the service. #OpenStreetMap #DDoS #Scrapers #AI

2026-01-28 18:38:32 CET

To keep #OpenStreetMap.org up and running while we're being deluged by scrapers, we've blocked 320,000+ primarily residential IPv4 addresses in the last 24 hours (+ 100,000 IPv6) involved in scraping.
If you need OSM data, please don't scrape the website - use the official downloads at https://planet.openstreetmap.org
🙏🌍 #AI #Bots #Abuse

2026-01-27 19:45:59 CET

If you write about the messy reality behind "free" internet services: we're seeing #OpenStreetMap hammered by scrapers hiding behind residential proxy/embedded-SDK networks. We're a volunteer-run service and the costs are real. We'd love to talk to a journalist about what we're seeing + how we're responding. #AI #Bots #Abuse

2025-12-19 09:44:52 CET

We need YOUR help! 🫵
Are you maintaining (or have you spotted) a website / app using old or incorrect tile.openstreetmap.org tile URLs? There are tens of thousands out there, and they need to be updated.
Please check your projects, shared examples, and help us fix them: https://github.com/openstreetmap/operations/issues/737 ❤️🗺️🌐

2025-12-02 22:03:31 CET

Special offer for AI companies: for a modest donation to #OpenStreetMap we'll give you a direct download link to our data in a machine-friendly format. Much quicker than juggling 100,000 IPs to scrape our website. Start here: https://supporting.openstreetmap.org/donate/ #ODbL #licensed #planet 😏🤖🌍💸

2025-08-06 17:54:08 CEST

🌍 #OpenStreetMap is hiring! We're looking for an experienced #RubyOnRails developer to join our open source team and help improve the OpenStreetMap.org website and API.
Apply now: https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2025/08/01/apply-to-be-the-openstreetmap-core-software-engineer/
#RemoteJob #Hiring #OpenSource #FediHire #OSMF #RubyOnRails

2025-07-23 14:48:33 CEST

Multilingual *map* support is now live on https://www.OpenStreetMap.org
A new vector tile layer from https://www.maptiler.com has been added, supporting multiple languages.
Try it out by selecting that layer and then switch between different languages using the language selector. #OpenStreetMap #OSM #i18n 🗺️ 🌐
https://cdn.masto.host/enosmtown/media_attachments/files/114/902/580/169/297/068/original/bb427f014c045a9f.png
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2025-07-22 23:02:19 CEST

https://OpenStreetMap.org now has a vector tiles layer. https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2025/07/22/vector-tiles-are-deployed-on-openstreetmap-org/ #OSM #vector

2025-07-15 10:57:54 CEST

In June 2025, our tile service at tile.openstreetmap.org set a new record: 1.3 petabytes of data served across 92 billion requests. A big thank you to #Fastly for sponsoring the #CDN that makes this possible. ⚡ 🚀 📈 :openstreetmap: 🗺️

2025-06-01 11:19:59 CEST

If you are using a Microsoft run email domain such as live.com, outlook.com or hotmail.com to receive email from openstreetmap.org please be aware that Microsoft are currently blocking all email deliveries from our mail server - see https://github.com/openstreetmap/operations/issues/1247 for updates

2025-05-29 14:11:56 CEST

Unfortunately the #OpenStreetMap wiki is very slow today. We are fighting an aggressive web scraper bot. 10,000 of IPs involved. Randomised User-Agent. Ignoring robots.txt #aibot #ddos

2025-03-22 10:25:44 CET

Hey Google's Association Service bot, thank you for the 400,000+ requests for assetlinks.json file over the last 9 hours, but we truly meant it when we said 404 - File Not Found. KThxBye. #abuse

2024-12-17 14:53:47 CET

OpenStreetMap.org is up and running again! Happy Mapping. 🗺️ ❤️ 🚀 Want to know more?: https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/openstreetmap-org-currently-offline-operations-team-are-working-to-restore-15-december-2024-updated/122930

2024-12-15 12:38:05 CET

OpenStreetMap.org will shortly be available READ-ONLY. You will unfortunately NOT be able to save any map edits. We will be running on our backup infrastructure in Dublin. We are working to restore full services and we are waiting for our ISP to restore services in Amsterdam.

2024-12-15 05:46:54 CET

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Our ISP is currently experiencing an outage in Amsterdam. They are working to repair and currently do not have an ETA. We will continue to monitor.

2024-12-15 05:09:12 CET

OpenStreetMap.org is currently offline due to network outage. We are investigating.
UPDATE 11:30am UTC/GMT. Website returning read-only on backup infrastructure. The outage affecting our primary services continues.

2024-08-30 14:13:37 CEST

🚀 After 18 years on Ubuntu, we've upgraded the @npub1are…fcch servers to Debian 12 (Bookworm). 🌍 https://www.openstreetmap.org/ is now faster using Ruby 3.1. Onward to new mapping adventures! Thank you to the team for the smooth transition. #OpenStreetMap #Debian 🤓

2024-08-05 09:14:14 CEST

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Website and API are back up and running. Happy Mapping.