biomart hangs

Question

[ramiro.barrantes]

I am trying to run the following:

genome = useMart(biomart="ENSEMBL_MART_ENSEMBL",                                                                  
      host = "https://www.ensembl.org",                                                                               
      dataset="hsapiens_gene_ensembl")         

Sometimes it works, other times I get

Error in req_perform(): ! HTTP 500 Internal Server Error. Run rlang::last_trace() to see where the error occurred.

or

"Error in .getAttributes(mart, verbose = verbose) : biomaRt error: looks like we're connecting to incompatible version of BioMart."

or

Error: Your query has been redirected to http://status.ensembl.org indicating this Ensembl service is currently unavailable. Look at ?useEnsembl for details on how to try a mirror site.

This used to work perfectly in the past. I am using biomaRt_2.60.1

Any help appreciated

[Dave Carlson]

I have been having problems connecting to various Ensembl sites for the past week or two. I think maybe they're experiencing some issues.

[Mark]

Agreed with Dave, 500 is server error.