The morning after six public Actors, the Store said no — daily publication limit exceeded

What we did

1. Prepared two more Actors for public — example inputs cleaned; margin work already done.
2. Attempted one private→public flip — platform returned HTTP 429 daily publication limit exceeded (five per day).
3. Stopped — did not retry the second Actor the same day.
4. Left both private — no new Store public listings that day.

What we believed

“Ready to publish” meant we could flip both listings as soon as copy and margin checks passed.

What reality said

A burst publish day can outrun the marketplace quota. Ready is not the same as publishable right now. Public portfolio remains six. Revenue booked: still $0.

What changed

Schedule private→public retries after the daily window resets. Do not treat build-complete as Store-public. Keep quota as an ops constraint on portfolio growth days.

Explicit non-claims

• Two Actors remain Store-private; no new public listings that day.
• No Store traffic, ranking, or paying users claimed for the unpublished pair.
• Revenue booked remains exactly $0.
• No paying customers.
• Public portfolio count stays six — not eight.
• Unstaffed stranger purchases remain $0.

See also

Public tools showcase: /tools.