# Goodbye legacy Climate Data Store, Hello New Climate Data Store (CDS)!

**URL:** <https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/goodbye-legacy-climate-data-store-hello-new-climate-data-store-cds/6380>\
**Category:** C3S - Announcements\
**Tags:** c3s\
**Created:** [26 September 2024 13:55 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/goodbye-legacy-climate-data-store-hello-new-climate-data-store-cds/6380 "2024-09-26T13:55:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Anabelle](https://forum.ecmwf.int/user_avatar/forum.ecmwf.int/anabelle/32/360_2.png) [@Anabelle](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Anabelle)\
**Post date:** [7 January 2025 11:55 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/goodbye-legacy-climate-data-store-hello-new-climate-data-store-cds/6380/14 "2025-01-07T11:55:49Z")

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Please be aware that as initially published in this topic, the cds-beta URL was planned to be discontinued and users were advised to update the URL in their .cdsapirc file by 20th October 2024.

We can confirm that the cds-beta URL is now discontinued. And this explains why some users are getting some SSL: CERTIFICATE\_VERIFY\_FAILED errors.

If you have not already done so, please update the URL in your .cdsapirc file as shown below:

url: [https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api](https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api)  
key: xx-xx-xx-xx-xx

Alternatively, login [here](https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/how-to-api) to check URL to use in .cdsapirc file.

Thank you

ECMWF Support  
on behalf of the Data Stores team

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