[R-pkg-devel] Trying to submit a package
Hello, are you using devtools::submit_cran() to submit your package to CRAN? I've seen a few developers posting about CRAN submission issues on social media platforms too. My best guess is that each of them are using devtools::submit_cran(), because submissions via the official page <https://cran.r-project.org/submit.html> is still down; "CRAN submissions will be offline from Dec 23, 2025 to Jan 07, 2026 -CRAN team vacation and maintenance work) During this time, the submission of packages is not possible. Sorry for any inconvenience." Since these questions about CRAN downtimes keep popping up now and then, would it make sense to have a standard "scheduled_maintenance" file somewhere that can be parsed? Then devtools::submit_cran() could look at that before attempting a submission. Even without that, I guess devtools::submit_cran() could check the source for https://xmpalantir.wu.ac.at/cransubmit/ to see that there are no input fields in the HTML <form> tag. My $.02 /Henrik On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 3:11?PM Georgi Boshnakov
<georgi.boshnakov at manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
First, wait for the CRAN submissions to reopen (tomorrow I think). Having said the above, I often get in trouble if I try to follow the cran link from my phone. Just click it again and repeat the process - cran will report that you have already submitted successfully, if your previous attrmpt was good. Also, note that after a successful submission you immediately get a confirmation email. So its absence suggests that you have not confirmed your submission successfully. All of the above is automatic, noreal burden on the cran team, to my understanding. Georgi Boshnakov Sent from Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg>
________________________________ From: R-package-devel <r-package-devel-bounces at r-project.org> on behalf of Roy Mendelssohn - NOAA Federal via R-package-devel <r-package-devel at r-project.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 6, 2026 10:31:22 PM To: List r-package-devel <r-package-devel at r-project.org> Subject: [R-pkg-devel] Trying to submit a package Hi All: In the process of trying to submit a new version of the package ?plotdap?, I made my submission to CRAN, I get the first initial response that takes me to the page where there is the 3 item check list, I checked the items, hit submit (or whatever the button is called) and then it just hung instead of the usual return page and I did not receive the usual acknowledgement. So I am not certain if the submission was successful. Is there a way I can find out? I don?t want to hit CRAN with two submissions of the same thing if the first one actually made it. Thanks, -Roy ______________________________________________ R-package-devel at r-project.org mailing list https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel__;!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!Cx7dLprVsmabu-SY6DbfQvxDAkLoAzCjyY4-PWs-kcADQABNG2zT9hcDU4LrNY-Sf1HDCbTfgiZA1dnf0B_N4axm7i0oU-_1zOGjugRdZZI$ [stat[.]ethz[.]ch] [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-package-devel at r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel