What is the process for requesting ownership of abandoned/broken crate name?

I'm looking for guidance on the current process for requesting ownership of an abandoned and broken crate name on crates.io.

I'm interested in publishing a new crate but this name is currently taken by an abandoned crate that appears to be broken:

Current state of the crate:

  • Last updated: Over 4 years ago (approaching 5 years in April)
  • Only one release (v0.1.0) using Rust edition 2018
  • Source code repository is no longer available (either private or deleted)
  • No readme or documentation
  • The crate is actually broken - missing lib target making it unusable as a dependency:

I understand the traditional process involved opening an issue on rust-lang/crates.io-index, but I can't find this repository anymore. Could someone point me to the current process for requesting ownership of an abandoned crate name?

Thank you for any guidance on the current process!

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See here:

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