# Can't add \`General\` registry

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-add-general-registry/135595>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [February 12, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-add-general-registry/135595 "2026-02-12T15:39:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![PatrickHaecker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/patrickhaecker/32/222891_2.png) [@PatrickHaecker](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PatrickHaecker)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-add-general-registry/135595/1 "2026-02-12T15:39:43Z")

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Does anyone else have the problem of not being able to add the `General` registry? I get

```julia-repl
(@v1.14) pkg> registry add General
ERROR: could not download https://pkg.julialang.org/registry/23338594-aafe-5451-b93e-139f81909106/2af0b9e846fff196e81025db217fd0c934cf0b34 
Exception: RequestError: HTTP/2 404 while requesting https://pkg.julialang.org/registry/23338594-aafe-5451-b93e-139f81909106/2af0b9e846fff196e81025db217fd0c934cf0b34

```

I also can’t access this file in any other way. The problem occurred when I tried to update packages (it worked some minutes before in a different environment). I tried to remove the registry and adding it again, but no luck.

Reproducible with 1.12 and 1.11.

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**Author:** ![jpcs1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jpcs1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jpcs1)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-add-general-registry/135595/2 "2026-02-12T15:58:20Z")

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Hello,

I am having this issue too, as well as my other colleagues who use julia. I think it’s a system-wide error. Here’s the message I get

```julia-auto
failed to download from https://pkg.julialang.org/registry/23338594-aafe-5451-b93e-139f81909106/fcd178d2ac9db7a1f07d36abf034c8c7716f40b8. Exception: RequestError: HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found while requesting https://pkg.julialang.org/registry/23338594-aafe-5451-b93e-139f81909106/fcd178d2ac9db7a1f07d36abf034c8c7716f40b

```

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**Author:** ![johnb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/johnb/32/44115_2.png) [@johnb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnb)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-add-general-registry/135595/3 "2026-02-12T15:46:28Z")

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I updated Julia from 1.11.8 to 1.11.9 this morning, and then tried to update an environment, but I got a 404 error from the package server. I also installed the most recent 1.12 release through juliaup and got the same error when running `]up`.

Julia 1.11.9

```julia
 Updating registry at `C:\Users\johnb\.julia\registries\General.toml`
┌ Error: Some registries failed to update:
│ — C:\Users\johnb\.julia\registries\General.toml — failed to download from https://pkg.julialang.org/registry/23338594-aafe-5451-b93e-139f81909106/2af0b9e846fff196e81025db217fd0c934cf0b34. Exception: RequestError: HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found while requesting https://pkg.julialang.org/registry/23338594-aafe-5451-b93e-139f81909106/2af0b9e846fff196e81025db217fd0c934cf0b34
└ @ Pkg.Registry C:\Users\johnb\.julia\juliaup\julia-1.11.9+0.x64.w64.mingw32\share\julia\stdlib\v1.11\Pkg\src\Registry\Registry.jl:546

```

Julia 1.12.5

```julia
Updating registry at `C:\Users\johnb\.julia\registries\General.toml`
┌ Error: Some registries failed to update:
│ — C:\Users\johnb\.julia\registries\General.toml — failed to download from https://pkg.julialang.org/registry/23338594-aafe-5451-b93e-139f81909106/2af0b9e846fff196e81025db217fd0c934cf0b34. Exception: RequestError: HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found while requesting https://pkg.julialang.org/registry/23338594-aafe-5451-b93e-139f81909106/2af0b9e846fff196e81025db217fd0c934cf0b34
└ @ Pkg.Registry C:\Users\johnb\.julia\juliaup\julia-1.12.5+0.x64.w64.mingw32\share\julia\stdlib\v1.12\Pkg\src\Registry\Registry.jl:574

```

I found a thread from a long time ago (2018) that suggested deleting `.julia/registries/`, but given how long ago it’s from, I’m hesitant to follow that advice.

> [@Registry failed to update](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/registry-failed-to-update/17840/10):
>
> Well, if you remove .git it is just a regular folder, so obviously it can’t be updated. Try removing .julia/registries/ completely.

When I check the url from the error messages, it returns 404 in my browser as well.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/e/8/e85805b93ad283d6ef76055917324ec9c382a3fc.png)

I have never seen this error before. Is it happening for other people as well, or is there something wrong with my installation?

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**Author:** ![PatrickHaecker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/patrickhaecker/32/222891_2.png) [@PatrickHaecker](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PatrickHaecker)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-add-general-registry/135595/4 "2026-02-12T15:55:43Z")

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Ok, seems to be a general (pun intended) problem if [we both have the problem](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-add-general-registry/135595).

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**Author:** ![johnb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/johnb/32/44115_2.png) [@johnb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnb)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-add-general-registry/135595/5 "2026-02-12T15:59:54Z")

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I was able to add the registry from the github page using `]registry add https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General`,  
relevant thread: [Updating registry (recent issue)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updating-registry-recent-issue/102108)  
but when I followed the instructions displayed after running `]registry up` I got the same issue as you

```julia
(@v1.12) pkg> registry add https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General
     Cloning registry from "https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General"
       Added registry `General` to `C:\Users\johnb\.julia\registries\General`

(@v1.12) pkg> registry st
Registry Status
 [23338594] General (https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General.git)

(@v1.12) pkg> registry up
    Updating registry at `C:\Users\johnb\.julia\registries\General`
┌ Info: The General registry is installed via git. Consider reinstalling it via
│ the newer faster direct from tarball format by running:
│ pkg> registry rm General; registry add General
└
    Updating git-repo `https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General`

(@v1.12) pkg> registry rm General; registry add General
    Removing registry `General` from C:\Users\johnb\.julia\registries\General
ERROR: could not download https://pkg.julialang.org/registry/23338594-aafe-5451-b93e-139f81909106/fcd178d2ac9db7a1f07d36abf034c8c7716f40b8
Exception: RequestError: HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found while requesting https://pkg.julialang.org/registry/23338594-aafe-5451-b93e-139f81909106/fcd178d2ac9db7a1f07d36abf034c8c7716f40b8

```

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**Author:** ![PatrickHaecker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/patrickhaecker/32/222891_2.png) [@PatrickHaecker](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PatrickHaecker)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-add-general-registry/135595/6 "2026-02-12T16:04:13Z")

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This confirms that it seems to be a problem on `julialang` and not on `github`.

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**Author:** ![mbauman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mbauman/32/31082_2.png) [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-add-general-registry/135595/7 "2026-02-12T16:17:11Z")

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It looks like some sort of S3/Cloudflare communication problem; I think a workaround has been applied. Do try again.

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**Author:** ![johnb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/johnb/32/44115_2.png) [@johnb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnb)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-add-general-registry/135595/8 "2026-02-12T16:17:22Z")

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Looks like it’s working for me now.

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**Author:** ![jpcs1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jpcs1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jpcs1)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 4:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-add-general-registry/135595/9 "2026-02-12T16:23:21Z")

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It’s back up for me too. Thanks

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**Author:** ![giordano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/giordano/32/2166_2.png) [@giordano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/giordano)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 6:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cant-add-general-registry/135595/10 "2026-02-12T18:25:16Z")

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For the record, @fredrikekre reported that the issue was an [outage in the Cloudflare Sippy service](https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/79c2573c1n3r)