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342 Open Source Registries Join Linux Foundation Working Group to Address Machine-Generated Traffic

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EditorDavid @ Slashdot · 05/09/2026 21:34 EDT

Open Source Registries Join Linux Foundation Working Group to Address Machine-Generated Traffic

Under the nonprofit Linux Foundation, "a new Sustaining Package Registries Working Group will seek to identify concrete funding, governance, and security practices," reports ZDNet, "to keep code flowing as download counts grow.... Because software builds, continuous integration pipelines, and AI systems hammer registries at machine speed rather than human speed, the sites can't keep up.
"That growth has brought a surge in bot traffic, automated publishing, security reports, and outright abuse, exposing wha

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