Big news for the research community: arXiv is moving to the cloud! The arXiv Cloud Edition (CE) project is officially underway — transitioning arXiv’s infrastructure from Cornell-hosted VMs to Google Cloud. This move isn’t just a lift-and-shift. We’re: Replacing legacy Perl and PHP backend components Re-architecting article processing to be fully asynchronous Containerizing services for deployment via Kubernetes / Cloud Run Improving monitoring and logging for faster issue resolution Building a robust CI/CD pipeline for safer, faster deployments This migration is a critical step toward modernizing arXiv, enabling: Expansion into new subject areas Enhanced metadata (e.g., funder IDs) Better support for a growing global research community Exciting times ahead for open access and scholarly communication! #arXiv #OpenAccess #CloudComputing #GoogleCloud #Research #ScholarlyCommunication #Infrastructure #DevOps
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