[OSM-talk] Is the overpass API for JOSM on the fritz?

[Maarten Deen]

On 2017-07-20 10:22, Roland Olbricht wrote:
> Hello there,
> 
> I'm sorry for the inconvenience. The server that hosts overpass-api.de
> had a sudden loss of power with subsequent file corruption.
> 
> I will push status updates on the status page:
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API/status
> 
> Specifically for JOSM, we had bad luck: the corrupted file is the file
> that contains the user names. Hence, specifically requests with "out
> meta" fail. Unfortunately, JOSM cross-checks during parsing whether
> user names are present. Thus, overpass-api.de from JOSM is for today
> of little use.
> 
> Please switch temporary to the Rambler instance, base URL
> http://overpass.osm.rambler.ru/cgi/

Thanks for the info. Sometime you doubt your own sanity when things that 
worked yesterday do not work anymore all of a sudden ;)

Maarten