The availability of GEDI granules in the L2A/L1B has suddenly decreased again.

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The availability of GEDI granules in the L2A/L1B has suddenly decreased again.

by msgr » Thu Jan 01, 2026 9:08 pm America/New_York

Hi Earthdata/LP DAAC team,

I’m writing to ask about a sudden change I’m observing in CMR results for GEDI collections over the past few days.

In my workflow, I routinely query granules via CMR (no spatial or temporal filters beyond the dataset version) and compare the total granule counts across products to ensure completeness before downloading. Recently, I noticed a large drop in granule availability for GEDI L1B and L2A, while GEDI L2B appears unchanged:

* GEDI L1B (GEDI01_B, v002): ~16,312 granules returned
* GEDI L2A (GEDI02_A, v002): ~16,299 granules returned
* GEDI L2B (GEDI02_B, v002): ~89,630 granules returned

Many granules that were previously discoverable in CMR (and downloadable) no longer appear in CMR search results for L1B and L2A, even though L2B still returns ~89k granules.

Could you please confirm whether there is any ongoing maintenance, temporary removal, migration, or reindexing affecting GEDI L1B/L2A collections in CMR (or Earthdata Cloud)? If so, is there an estimated timeframe for restoration, or any recommended workaround (e.g., alternative concept IDs, updated collection versions, or different endpoints)?

If helpful, I can provide:

* the exact CMR queries/parameters I’m using,
* example granule IDs that disappeared from L1B/L2A but still exist in L2B,
* timestamps and logs from repeated runs.

Thanks a lot for any clarification.

Best regards,
Zhiyong

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