# A defunct project of mine has been categorized as "critical"

**URL:** <https://discuss.python.org/t/a-defunct-project-of-mine-has-been-categorized-as-critical/17219>\
**Category:** Packaging\
**Created:** [July 8, 2022, 5:29pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/a-defunct-project-of-mine-has-been-categorized-as-critical/17219 "2022-07-08T17:29:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![dstufft](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/dstufft/32/23_2.png) [@dstufft](https://discuss.python.org/u/dstufft)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/a-defunct-project-of-mine-has-been-categorized-as-critical/17219/2 "2022-07-08T17:34:47Z")

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I believe it’s flagged because it’s one of the top N projects by download on PyPI, looks like it’s getting something like 10M downloads a month.

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