cran

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CRAN (Comprehensive R Archive Network) Storagefails: quotaemailno cardRper-object-cap
cran Storagefails: quotaemail?card?R
cran (r) Storagefails: quotaemail?card?R

CRAN (Comprehensive R Archive Network) Storage

fails: quotaemailno cardRper-object-cap

cran.r-project.org · registry · storage/cran · JSON · compare

Free tier	Deliberately tiny, by policy. CRAN policy: 'As a general rule, neither data nor documentation should exceed 5MB ... Source package tarballs should if possible not exceed 10MB.' Larger tarballs need a individually-granted exception ('a modestly increased limit can be requested at submission'). unit mixed; metered on unstated
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	per-object-cap: 10 MB (10000000 bytes)
Retention	per-object-cap: 10 MB source tarball (soft, 5 MB for data/doc). retention: indefinite per version, old versions archived
Egress	Free and globally mirrored (hundreds of CRAN mirrors). No metering.
Identity	email derived from the record's prose, not from an identity field, and no signup was executed: , old versions archived. request-rate: submission is manual/email-reviewed. registry
Limits	write-gated reviewed source write-gated review make this unusable for bulk source per-object-cap per-object-cap: 10 MB source per-object-cap: 10 MB source tarball (soft, 5 MB for data/doc). retention: indefinite per version, old versions archived. request-rate: submission is manual/email-reviewed.
Binding	per-object-cap the per-object cap sets the shard size and therefore the object count; it bounds the total more tightly than any headline quota
Interface	rest, rclone rest
Tooling	`R CMD build` + `devtools::submit_cran`, `rhub`; mirrored tarballs at /src/contrib/. No rclone backend.
Composes with	unlimited packages x unlimited versions x 10 MB. CRAN is explicitly hostile to bulk data: 'A CRAN package is not an appropriate way to distribute course notes'. Human review on every submission.
Reliability	10 MB per version and human review make this unusable for bulk; recorded so nobody re-checks it. Round 1 did not cover CRAN specifically.
Notes	Deliberately tiny, by policy. CRAN policy: 'As a general rule, neither data nor documentation should exceed 5MB ... Source package tarballs should if possible not exceed 10MB.' Larger tarballs need a individually-granted exception ('a modestly increased limit can be requested at submission').
Evidence rung	reported One page read moves it to documented.
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04
Parsed numbers	`$.limits[2].value` limit:per-object-cap 10.0 MB

Evidence (2)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	cran.r-project.org/web/packages/policies.html	'As a general rule, neither data nor documentation should exceed 5MB ... Source package tarballs should if possible not exceed 10MB.'
2026-10-21	cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Matrix_1.7-6.tar.gz	probe: GET -> 200, 2,527,103 bytes; ranged GET bytes 0-999 -> 206 (ranges honoured)

More fields (1)

{
 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "quota",
  "why": "Deliberately tiny, by policy. CRAN policy: 'As a general rule, neither data nor documentation should exceed 5MB ... Source package tarballs should if possible not exceed 10MB.' Larger tarballs need a individually-granted exception ('a modestly increased limit can be requested at submission').",
  "retry_when": null,
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
 }
}

Unknown or withheld values (4)

$.extras.dead_end.retry_when process
$.free_tier.notes process
$.per_object_cap.notes not-extracted
$.retention.notes not-extracted

cran Storage

fails: quotaemail?card?R

cran.r-project.org/web/packages/policies.html · rejected-provider · storage/cran-2 · JSON · compare

Free tier	10 MB soft cap on source tarballs, 5 MB for data; policy explicitly rejects using packages to distribute bulk content. Human review. unit none; metered on none
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	not recorded
Retention	not recorded
Egress	not recorded
Identity	email (placeholder) not published
Binding	none no constraint of a named kind was recorded; the verdict rests on the quota sentence rather than on a named limit
Interface	unknown
Tooling	not recorded
Composes with	not recorded
Reliability	10 MB soft cap on source tarballs, 5 MB for data; policy explicitly rejects using packages to distribute bulk content. Human review.
Notes	10 MB soft cap on source tarballs, 5 MB for data; policy explicitly rejects using packages to distribute bulk content. Human review.
Evidence rung	reported
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04

Evidence (1)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	cran.r-project.org/web/packages/policies.html	10 MB soft cap on source tarballs, 5 MB for data policy explicitly rejects using packages to distribute bulk content. Human review.

More fields (1)

{
 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "write-gated",
  "why": "10 MB soft cap on source tarballs, 5 MB for data; policy explicitly rejects using packages to distribute bulk content. Human review.",
  "retry_when": null,
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
 }
}

Unknown or withheld values (15)

$.chaining not-recorded
$.confidence_note withheld
$.egress.terms not-recorded
$.extras.dead_end.retry_when process
$.free_tier.notes process
$.identity_cost.detail defaulted
$.identity_cost.kind identity-defaulted
$.interface interface-unknown
$.interface_detail withheld
$.limits_note process
$.per_object_cap.notes not-recorded
$.per_object_cap.stated not-recorded
$.retention.notes process
$.retention.stated not-recorded
$.tooling not-recorded

cran (r) Storage

fails: quotaemail?card?R

cran.r-project.org/web/packages/policies.html · rejected-provider · storage/cran-3 · JSON · compare

Free tier	Policy explicitly caps and actively polices size: 'neither data nor documentation should exceed 5MB ... authors will be asked to trim their documentation to a maximum of 5MB' and 'Source pac unit none; metered on none
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	not recorded
Retention	not recorded
Egress	not recorded
Identity	email (placeholder) not published
Binding	none no constraint of a named kind was recorded; the verdict rests on the quota sentence rather than on a named limit
Interface	unknown
Tooling	not recorded
Composes with	not recorded
Reliability	Policy explicitly caps and actively polices size: 'neither data nor documentation should exceed 5MB ... authors will be asked to trim their documentation to a maximum of 5MB' and 'Source pac
Notes	Policy explicitly caps and actively polices size: 'neither data nor documentation should exceed 5MB ... authors will be asked to trim their documentation to a maximum of 5MB' and 'Source pac
Evidence rung	reported
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04

Evidence (1)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	cran.r-project.org/web/packages/policies.html	Policy explicitly caps and actively polices size: 'neither data nor documentation should exceed 5MB ... authors will be asked to trim their documentation to a maximum of 5MB' and 'Source pac

More fields (1)

{
 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "quota",
  "why": "Policy explicitly caps and actively polices size: 'neither data nor documentation should exceed 5MB ... authors will be asked to trim their documentation to a maximum of 5MB' and 'Source pac",
  "retry_when": null,
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
 }
}

Unknown or withheld values (15)

$.chaining not-recorded
$.confidence_note withheld
$.egress.terms not-recorded
$.extras.dead_end.retry_when process
$.free_tier.notes process
$.identity_cost.detail defaulted
$.identity_cost.kind identity-defaulted
$.interface interface-unknown
$.interface_detail withheld
$.limits_note process
$.per_object_cap.notes not-recorded
$.per_object_cap.stated not-recorded
$.retention.notes process
$.retention.stated not-recorded
$.tooling not-recorded