Hello,

This is just a brief notice regarding warnings that users have started seeing on starting Mantid (any version):

Welcome to Mantid 5.1.0

Please cite: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2014.07.029 and this release: http://dx.doi.org/10.5286/Software/Mantid5.1

Authentication failed and anonymous access refused

Error in execution of algorithm DownloadInstrument:

Unable to parse server JSON file "C:\Users\{user}\AppData\Roaming\mantidproject\mantid\instrument\github.json"

We’re aware of this error and are working on a fix for the upcoming release (6.0). The error will not affect the normal operation of the current (5.1.1) & previous versions of Mantid but it will mean that instrument definitions will no longer be automatically updated on the current (5.1.1) and older versions.

Please contact the team on mantid-help@mantidproject.org if this might cause issues for you.

Regards,

Mantid Team

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