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Our irisws-metadatachange web service, the primary source of historical changes made to SEED metadata records, is moving from service.iris.edu to service.earthscope.org as part of our cloud transition.
We’ve worked to make this transition seamless, but if you encounter issues please contact help@earthscope.org.
The service documentation contains the most up-to-date information regarding changes to the service.
Phased rollout
The transition will take place in two phases:
- Soft launch (September 4, 2026) — The service becomes available at its new location, https://service.earthscope.org/irisws/metadatachange/1/ The existing service at service.iris.edu continues to operate unchanged during this transition period, allowing users to test and migrate to the new endpoint at their convenience.
- Redirect (September 8, 2026) — Requests to
https://service.iris.edu/irisws/metadatachange/1/will redirect tohttps://service.earthscope.org/irisws/metadatachange/1/. The vast majority of web software follow these redirects automatically or can be configured to do so.
More details for client developers and power users
We recommend that client developers and power users update any hard-coded references to point to the new endpoint at https://service.earthscope.org rather than relying on the redirect from the old location.
Please reach out to help@earthscope.org if you have any questions or run into trouble with this new service.