What happened to the URL on file for OpenRefactor?

URL unreachable The URL on file (https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=gabrielgrinberg.openrefactorai) did not respond across three consecutive checks; the streak completed on 2026-09-28.

This reports what that URL did, not a claim that OpenRefactor itself is gone: the address on file does not confidently match OpenRefactor's own domain, so if it turns out to be a marketplace or listing page rather than OpenRefactor's own site, this observation is still accurate about the URL, just not about the product. See the methodology for how the match is made.

The vendor's own description, unedited:
OpenRefactorAI is a robust extension for Visual Studio Code, designed to use the capabilities of OpenAI to refactor code with specificity and accuracy. It allows for complex refactoring tasks across any programming language, utilizing the power of Language Model learning. The tool is integrated dire...

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How this was decided

Not an editorial call. The URL on file failed three consecutive checks, with a confirmation re-probe before the streak counted (a bot-wall response never counts as one), and the 3-miss rule marks the listing discontinued automatically. If the URL responds again, the registry restores it on its own: warn first, then active. Both directions are recorded as events.

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