What Happened To search.maven.org?⚓︎
What happened to search.maven.org?⚓︎
I typed http://search.maven.org into my browser, but ended up on http://central.sonatype.com. What happened to http://search.maven.org?
On 23 February 2023, we started redirecting users looking for http://search.maven.org to http://central.sonatype.com. We believe that, since its launch in September 2022, http://central.sonatype.com has offered the main functionality of http://search.maven.org along with enhanced component details, including security vulnerability and software quality information. The search index backing http://central.sonatype.com is also updated much more frequently and reliably than the index backing http://search.maven.org, generally within a few minutes after a new component is published to Maven Central.
We are also no longer investing in additional features or functionality on http://search.maven.org and are planning a retirement date for that web interface in late 2023/early 2024.
Can you add search.maven.org features to central.sonatype.com?⚓︎
There's a feature on http://search.maven.org that I'm unable to find on http://central.sonatype.com. Can you add that feature to the new site?
If you discover functionality that's missing or have suggestions for new things to add, we'd love to hear from you! Please contact Central Support.
Is it possible to continue using search.maven.org?⚓︎
I really need to keep using a feature on http://search.maven.org. Is there any way I can continue using it?
Absolutely! Any request referred to http://central.sonatype.com from http://search.maven.org will result in a pop-up that looks like this:
This link appears in that pop-up, and you can click it to be sent back to http://search.maven.org. Clicking that link will also set a flag in your browser's local storage that will keep you from being redirected to http://central.sonatype.com in the future (or at least until you clear your browser cache).
What about the search.maven.org API?⚓︎
I rely on the search.maven.org API. Is this going to break existing API usage?
Not at all! We implemented this change to target only web browser traffic. API requests will continue to function, and, if you have tooling that relies on those API requests, we expect to support the API even after we've retired the web interface. We are currently investigating migrating the API to use the same data stores as http://central.sonatype.com, not just so that API consumers can take advantage of more frequently and reliably updated data, but also so that we can offer enhanced data via the existing APIs. We will update the community on our progress in the News section.