# Data Services **URL:** https://www.rubin.community/c/news/data-services/64.md [Latest](https://www.rubin.community/latest.md) · [Categories](https://www.rubin.community/categories.md) · [Tags](https://www.rubin.community/tags.md) --- ## [About the Data Services news category](https://www.rubin.community/t/about-the-data-services-news-category/9880)
**Author:** [@frossie](https://www.rubin.community/u/frossie)\ **Replies:** 0
This category contains primarily announcements relating to Rubin Data Services, including the Rubin Science Platform deployment at data.lsst.cloud. For help using the Rubin Science Platform don’t post here, but go to th… --- ## [2026-07-30 RSP @ data.lsst.cloud: The bugs are getting squashed](https://www.rubin.community/t/2026-07-30-rsp-data-lsst-cloud-the-bugs-are-getting-squashed/12388)
**Author:** [@frossie](https://www.rubin.community/u/frossie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2026, 1:52am UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/2026-07-30-rsp-data-lsst-cloud-the-bugs-are-getting-squashed/12388 "2026-07-31T01:52:21Z")
If anyone is wondering how it’s going, RSP services have now shipped 4 BILLION rows of catalog results since we opened the Early DP2 doors on Monday. Query success rate was 99.91%, and we’re planning to make a deep dive … --- ## [2026-07-27 RSP @ data.lsst.cloud: Early DP2 🎉, new file format - and more](https://www.rubin.community/t/2026-07-27-rsp-data-lsst-cloud-early-dp2-new-file-format-and-more/12345)
**Author:** [@frossie](https://www.rubin.community/u/frossie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2026, 7:27pm UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/2026-07-27-rsp-data-lsst-cloud-early-dp2-new-file-format-and-more/12345 "2026-07-27T19:27:54Z")
Buckle up, this is going to be a long one - and you’re going to want to read it. :rocket: Early DP2 now live at data.lsst.cloud The Early DP2 release is now available on the Rubin Science Plaform at data.lsst.cloud thro… --- ## [Data.lsst.cloud offline 2026-07-27 (Monday) for release prep](https://www.rubin.community/t/data-lsst-cloud-offline-2026-07-27-monday-for-release-prep/12324)
**Author:** [@frossie](https://www.rubin.community/u/frossie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2026, 6:17am UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/data-lsst-cloud-offline-2026-07-27-monday-for-release-prep/12324 "2026-07-23T06:17:46Z")
The Rubin Science Platform at data.lsst.cloud will be unavailable starting 08:30 PT this Monday in order to configure it for the Phase 1 DP2 release (aka “early DP2”). During this time, you will not be able to access a… --- ## [Data.lsst.cloud hard down during Patch Thursday today (2026-05-07)](https://www.rubin.community/t/data-lsst-cloud-hard-down-during-patch-thursday-today-2026-05-07/11948)
**Author:** [@frossie](https://www.rubin.community/u/frossie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2026, 12:13am UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/data-lsst-cloud-hard-down-during-patch-thursday-today-2026-05-07/11948 "2026-05-08T00:13:49Z")
\[Edit: done - see comment below\] For those of you folks who use our APIs and don’t cruise past the data.lsst.cloud landing page on a regular page to read the announcement banners, please note we will have a rare extende… --- ## [2026-01-09 RSP @ data.lsst.cloud: New FITS for DP1, higher WebDAV uploads](https://www.rubin.community/t/2026-01-09-rsp-data-lsst-cloud-new-fits-for-dp1-higher-webdav-uploads/11442)
**Author:** [@frossie](https://www.rubin.community/u/frossie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2026, 1:35am UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/2026-01-09-rsp-data-lsst-cloud-new-fits-for-dp1-higher-webdav-uploads/11442 "2026-01-10T01:35:59Z")
:fireworks: New Year, New FITS This change relates only to the WCS approximation stored in our FITS files; the astrometric solution accessible with our native pipeline products remains the same. For more context see our p… --- ## [2025-12-21 RSP @ data.lsst.cloud: Cutouts, FITS WCS, Settings & 🎁](https://www.rubin.community/t/2025-12-21-rsp-data-lsst-cloud-cutouts-fits-wcs-settings/11411)
**Author:** [@frossie](https://www.rubin.community/u/frossie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2025, 1:59am UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/2025-12-21-rsp-data-lsst-cloud-cutouts-fits-wcs-settings/11411 "2025-12-22T01:59:08Z")
:shortcake: New cutout service behavior, or how deep would you like your slice of cake As of the most recent Patch Thursday (2025-12-18 ) our cutout service (at the API endpoint https://data.lsst.cloud/api/cutout/) has n… --- ## [2025-07-26 RSP @ data.lsst.cloud: LSDB, rate limits, RSP @ RCW](https://www.rubin.community/t/2025-07-26-rsp-data-lsst-cloud-lsdb-rate-limits-rsp-rcw/10674)
**Author:** [@frossie](https://www.rubin.community/u/frossie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2025, 4:51am UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/2025-07-26-rsp-data-lsst-cloud-lsdb-rate-limits-rsp-rcw/10674 "2025-07-27T04:51:10Z")
:new\_button: LSDB now available in Notebook environment LSDB enables cross-matching on a large scale, running user-defined functions in bulk, and simplifies working with time-domain data. Check out the docs here: LSDB DP… --- ## [2025-07-11 RSP @ data.lsst.cloud : Sorry! Sorry! but also, WebDAV!](https://www.rubin.community/t/2025-07-11-rsp-data-lsst-cloud-sorry-sorry-but-also-webdav/10578)
**Author:** [@frossie](https://www.rubin.community/u/frossie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2025, 10:45pm UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/2025-07-11-rsp-data-lsst-cloud-sorry-sorry-but-also-webdav/10578 "2025-07-11T22:45:06Z")
:slightly\_frowning\_face: Well that wasn’t great Planned downtime for electric work at our US Data Faciliy on Monday turned into an extended outage when a number of critical systems failed upon cold start. RSP service… --- ## [2025-07-04 RSP @ data.lsst.cloud : Severe disruption Monday July 7th (and some happier news)](https://www.rubin.community/t/2025-07-04-rsp-data-lsst-cloud-severe-disruption-monday-july-7th-and-some-happier-news/10519)
**Author:** [@frossie](https://www.rubin.community/u/frossie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/2025-07-04-rsp-data-lsst-cloud-severe-disruption-monday-july-7th-and-some-happier-news/10519 "2025-07-08T18:45:28Z")
They Call It Stormy Monday First the bad news: due to extensive electrical work at our US Data Facility at SLAC, services at data.lsst.cloud will be severely disrupted on Monday July 7th. This will include all catalogs b… --- ## [2025-06-30 RSP @ data.lsst.cloud : DP1 is live 🎉](https://www.rubin.community/t/2025-06-30-rsp-data-lsst-cloud-dp1-is-live/10410)
**Author:** [@frossie](https://www.rubin.community/u/frossie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/2025-06-30-rsp-data-lsst-cloud-dp1-is-live/10410 "2025-06-30T17:45:46Z")
Data Preview 1 is here! :tada: The Data Preview 1 (aka DP1) dataset is now available at data.lsst.cloud. Please read the official announcement for more information The Rubin Science Platform is also in Preview mode. Doc… --- ## [2025-06-19 RSP @ data.lsst.cloud : Countdown to DP1](https://www.rubin.community/t/2025-06-19-rsp-data-lsst-cloud-countdown-to-dp1/10222)
**Author:** [@frossie](https://www.rubin.community/u/frossie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2025, 2:44am UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/2025-06-19-rsp-data-lsst-cloud-countdown-to-dp1/10222 "2025-06-20T02:44:34Z")
Countdown to Data Preview 1.0 data.lsst.cloud offline Friday June 27th You will have seen the announcement that Data Preview 1, our preview release containing images from the LSST Commissioning Camera, is scheduled to b… --- ## [2025-03-06 RSP @ data.lsst.cloud : New way of accessing tutorials (and more)](https://www.rubin.community/t/2025-03-06-rsp-data-lsst-cloud-new-way-of-accessing-tutorials-and-more/9881)
**Author:** [@frossie](https://www.rubin.community/u/frossie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 5:11am UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/2025-03-06-rsp-data-lsst-cloud-new-way-of-accessing-tutorials-and-more/9881 "2025-03-07T05:11:22Z")
Data Access DP0.2 now served from USDF at SLAC Starting today, DP0.2 images are being served from their new location US Data Facility at SLAC (instead of Google Cloud). This change is transparent to data.lsst.cloud user…