### not found

PyPI (Python Package Index) · GET /simple/{project}/ · HTTP 404

Status: ✅ verified:server:prod · first seen 2026-10-20 · last confirmed 2026-10-27 · 118 confirmations from 2 vantages

GET /simple/{project}/ for a project that does not exist returns HTTP 404 with the plain-text body 404 Not Found, not JSON.

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:simple-not-found (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/simple/{project}/"},"error":{"status":404,"body_excerpt":"### not found"}}'

YAML: facts/pypi/simple-not-found-404.yaml

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