GET /pypi/{project}/json with a non-normalized name such as Typing_Extensions returns HTTP 200 directly, without a redirect, and info.name is typing-extensions.

PyPI (Python Package Index) · GET /pypi/{project}/json

Status: ✅ verified:server:prod · first seen 2026-10-20 · last confirmed 2026-10-27 · 91 confirmations from 2 vantages

What to do

1. No client-side fix known (by design).

Dimensions

env: prod · plan: any · region: any · account_state: anonymous

Evidence

Probe af:pypi:probe:json-unnormalized-name (declarative, source)

Observations: none from reporters yet.

Machine access

curl -s https://apifacts.dev/v0/check \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"target":{"method":"GET","url":"https://pypi.org/pypi/{project}/json"}}'

YAML: facts/pypi/json-api-accepts-unnormalized-name.yaml

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