# X_REGISTRY_UNREACHABLE

## Means

the registry did not answer — timeout, non-2xx, or a 200 that is not a packument

## Typical cause

a rate limit or a network fault. Deliberately **not** reported as absent: a request that failed is not evidence that a package is unpublished, and treating it as one would send someone to re-bootstrap a live package

## Fix

`curl -sS -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}\n' https://registry.npmjs.org/<pkg>`, then re-run `bun run scripts/registry-audit.ts --json`

[CLI and verify](/error-codes#cli-and-verify)