# Can't add \`General\` registry

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**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")\
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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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