# appveyor artifacts

> appveyor.com | CI runners, Storage; 2 records: free tier, limits, identity cost and evidence.

HTML https://fshy.ajam.dev/p/appveyor/ | JSON https://fshy.ajam.dev/api/v1/entity/appveyor.json | how to read a record: https://fshy.ajam.dev/llms-full.txt

## AppVeyor

- `ci-cd-runners/appveyor` | qualifies-with-caveat | evidence documented | binding per-object-cap | category CI runner
- needs card no, phone no, ID no, institution no | verified 2026-11-04T06:00:42.533Z (live) | stale on 2026-12-05
- url https://www.appveyor.com/pricing/
- free tier: an Open-source plan at USD 0 listing 'Unlimited public projects', 1 concurrent job and 5 self-hosted jobs, with a 60-minute maximum build; the page states no monthly minute allowance for that plan, and does not use the word unlimited for builds or minutes | unit: objects | metered on: wall-clock | read on: 2026-10-22 | source: [1]
- per-object cap: 60 minutes per build on the free plan; one concurrent job | source: [1]
- retention: build artifacts and history are retained per project settings | source: [1]
- egress: no egress charge published | metered: no | source: [1]
- identity: email | detail: email or GitHub OAuth
- interface: git, cli
- limits:
  - per-object-cap (binding): 60 minutes per build; one concurrent job on Free [1]
- interface detail: an appveyor.yml or the web UI; a REST API
- tooling: Windows and Linux images; MSBuild, Visual Studio, and the usual package managers
- composes with: the cheapest way to get a real Windows build, which no other free tier here offers at this cap
- reliability: no reliability event recorded
- notes: Sixty minutes and one job at a time is a build system for a small project. It is not general compute, and the concurrency of one is the number that ends that idea.
- evidence note: the pricing page was read.
- evidence:
  - [1] 2026-10-22: public open-source projects build without a minute cap, with one concurrent job and a 60-minute maximum build
  - [1] 2026-11-04: the Open-source plan lists unlimited public projects; the page names no minute allowance | capture: sha256:92b3fc44cde9f11429500f0678c8211db9725f57164237f4f1a1dba0a0ac1d3c | quote: <strong>Unlimited</strong> public projects
  - [1] 2026-11-04: the Open-source plan runs 1 concurrent job | capture: sha256:92b3fc44cde9f11429500f0678c8211db9725f57164237f4f1a1dba0a0ac1d3c | quote: <strong>1</strong> concurrent job
  - [1] 2026-11-04: every plan caps a build job at 60 minutes | capture: sha256:2697e53f1fcee2f3591a1e60fbb56d82d22cf449376de2ada38313790b34ffe8 | quote: All plans have maximum build job execution time of 60 minutes.
  - probe:https://www.appveyor.com/pricing/ 2026-11-04: the pricing page answered HTTP 200 on 2026-11-04 | capture: sha256:39468c67198cc56a29a7fc8a00090a1a132291e763ccd19012bf02bef84dc33e | quote: "status": 200
- sources:
  - [1] https://www.appveyor.com/pricing/

## appveyor artifacts

- `storage/appveyor-artifacts` | fails-quota | evidence reported | binding none | category rejected-provider
- identity a placeholder: card and phone unknown | verified 2026-10-21 (inherited) | stale on 2026-11-05
- url https://www.appveyor.com/pricing/
- free tier: 14-day free trial only, no perpetual free tier. Artifacts are stored in 'AppVeyor cloud storage' but fetching them by URL requires authentication — no anonymous public artifacts. | unit: none | metered on: none | read on: 2026-10-21 | source: [1]
- per-object cap: not recorded | source: [1] | note: not recorded
- retention: not recorded | source: [1]
- egress: not recorded | metered: no
- identity: email
- interface: unknown
- tooling: not recorded
- composes with: the same as tooling
- reliability: the same as the free tier
- notes: the same as the free tier
- extras:
  - dead_end.failure_class: quota
  - dead_end.why: 14-day free trial only, no perpetual free tier. Artifacts are stored in 'AppVeyor cloud storage' but fetching them by URL requires authentication — no anonymous public artifacts.
  - dead_end.first_recorded: 2026-10-21
- evidence:
  - [1] 2026-10-21: 14-day free trial only, no perpetual free tier. Artifacts are stored in 'AppVeyor cloud storage' but fetching them by URL requires authentication — no anonymous public artifacts.
  - [2] 2026-10-21: cited as the basis of the rejection: 14-day free trial only, no perpetual free tier. Artifacts are stored in 'AppVeyor cloud storage' but fetching them by URL requires authentication — no anonymous public artifacts.
  - [3] 2026-10-21: cited as the basis of the rejection: 14-day free trial only, no perpetual free tier. Artifacts are stored in 'AppVeyor cloud storage' but fetching them by URL requires authentication — no anonymous public artifacts.
- sources:
  - [1] https://www.appveyor.com/pricing/
  - [2] https://www.appveyor.com/docs/packaging-artifacts/
  - [3] https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/appveyor/ci/artifacts