Free-Tier Scan Quota

Withdrawn (2026-10-27). This page described a two-tier daily scan quota: anonymous and e-mailed JWT ceilings, Valkey counters, and time delays above the ceiling. It was a design that was never implemented, and it is withdrawn rather than kept as a design record because the free-use terms no longer limit scans at all.

What is true instead:

• Nothing in Stella Ops counts, throttles or delays scans. There is no anonymous or token quota, no quota:* Valkey key, no token e-mail address and no quota metric. Verified against src/ on 2026-10-27: rg -n "quota:ip|quota:tid|stella_quota_|quota_anon" src returns nothing.
• The free-use limit is a licence term: production use is free for up to 20 managed placements per Installation, with no limit on scans or environments. See LICENSE, the offer guide and the legal FAQ.

The withdrawn text is in the git history of this file.