diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 59fae86..e6384e7 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ Package: multiverse.internals
 Title: Internal Infrastructure for R-multiverse
 Description: R-multiverse requires this internal infrastructure package to
   automate contribution reviews and populate universes.
-Version: 0.2.14.9000
+Version: 0.2.15
 License: MIT + file LICENSE
-URL: https://github.com/r-multiverse/multiverse.internals
+URL:
+  https://r-multiverse.org/multiverse.internals,
+  https://github.com/r-multiverse/multiverse.internals
 BugReports: https://github.com/r-multiverse/multiverse.internals/issues
 Authors@R: c(
   person(
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index d1bd510..ad4ab73 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ export(assert_cran_url)
 export(assert_package)
 export(assert_release_exists)
 export(get_current_versions)
+export(interpret_issue)
 export(issues_checks)
 export(issues_dependencies)
 export(issues_descriptions)
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 4815e2a..a48c009 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-# multiverse.internals 0.2.14.9000 (development)
+# multiverse.internals 0.2.16
 
+* Add `interpret_issue()` to help create RSS feeds.
 * Add `record_nonstandard_licenses()`
 
 # multiverse.internals 0.2.14
diff --git a/R/interpret_issue.R b/R/interpret_issue.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8907ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/interpret_issue.R
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+#' @title Interpret a set of package issues
+#' @export
+#' @family issues
+#' @description Summarize the issues of a package in human-readable text.
+#' @return A character string summarizing the issues of a package in prose.
+#' @param path Character string, file path to a JSON issue file
+#'   of a package.
+interpret_issue <- function(path) {
+  package <- basename(path)
+  if (!file.exists(path)) {
+    return(paste("Package", package, "has no recorded issues."))
+  }
+  issue <- jsonlite::read_json(path, simplifyVector = TRUE)
+  paste0(
+    interpret_title(issue, package),
+    interpret_advisories(issue),
+    interpret_checks(issue),
+    interpret_dependencies(issue, package),
+    interpret_licenses(issue, package),
+    interpret_remotes(issue),
+    interpret_versions(issue)
+  )
+}
+
+interpret_title <- function(issue, package) {
+  title <- paste0(
+    "R-multiverse found issues with package ",
+    package
+  )
+  if (is.character(issue$version)) {
+    title <- paste(title, "version", issue$version)
+  }
+  if (is.character(issue$remote_hash)) {
+    title <- paste(title, "remote hash", issue$remote_hash)
+  }
+  paste0(title, " on ", issue$date, ".")
+}
+
+interpret_advisories <- function(issue) {
+  advisories <- issue$descriptions$advisories
+  if (is.null(advisories)) {
+    return(character(0L))
+  }
+  paste0(
+    "\n\nFound the following advisories in the ",
+    "R Consortium Advisory Database:\n\n",
+    as.character(yaml::as.yaml(advisories))
+  )
+}
+
+interpret_checks <- function(issue) {
+  checks <- issue$checks
+  if (is.null(checks)) {
+    return(character(0L))
+  }
+  paste0(
+    "\n\nNot all checks succeeded on R-universe. ",
+    "The following output shows the check status on each platform, ",
+    "the overall build status, and the ",
+    "build URL. Visit the build URL for specific details ",
+    "on the check failures.\n\n",
+    as.character(yaml::as.yaml(checks))
+  )
+}
+
+interpret_dependencies <- function(issue, package) {
+  dependencies <- issue$dependencies
+  if (is.null(dependencies)) {
+    return(character(0L))
+  }
+  direct <- names(dependencies)[lengths(dependencies) < 1L]
+  indirect <- setdiff(names(dependencies), direct)
+  text <- paste0(
+    "\n\nOne or more dependencies have issues. Packages ",
+    paste(names(dependencies), collapse = ", "),
+    " are causing problems upstream. "
+  )
+  if (length(direct)) {
+    text <- paste0(
+      text,
+      ifelse(length(direct) == 1L, "Dependency ", "Dependencies "),
+      paste(direct, collapse = ", "),
+      ifelse(length(direct) == 1L, " is ", " are "),
+      "explicitly mentioned in 'Depends:', 'Imports:', or 'LinkingTo:' ",
+      "in the DESCRIPTION of ",
+      package,
+      ". "
+    )
+  }
+  if (length(indirect)) {
+    text <- paste0(
+      text,
+      ifelse(length(indirect) == 1L, "Package ", "Packages "),
+      paste(indirect, collapse = ", "),
+      ifelse(length(indirect) == 1L, " is ", " are "),
+      "not part of 'Depends:', 'Imports:', or 'LinkingTo:' ",
+      "in the DESCRIPTION of ",
+      package,
+      ", but ",
+      ifelse(length(indirect) == 1L, "it is", "they are"),
+      " upstream of one or more direct dependencies:\n\n",
+      as.character(yaml::as.yaml(dependencies[indirect]))
+    )
+  }
+  text
+}
+
+interpret_licenses <- function(issue, package) {
+  license <- issue$descriptions$license
+  if (is.null(license)) {
+    return(character(0L))
+  }
+  paste(
+    "\n\nPackage",
+    package,
+    "declares license",
+    shQuote(license),
+    "in its DESCRIPTION file. R-multiverse cannot verify that",
+    "this license is a valid free and open-source license",
+    "(c.f. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software).",
+    "Each package contributed to R-multiverse must have a valid",
+    "open-source license to protect the intellectual property",
+    "rights of the package owners."
+  )
+}
+
+interpret_remotes <- function(issue) {
+  remotes <- issue$descriptions$remotes
+  if (is.null(remotes)) {
+    return(character(0L))
+  }
+  paste0(
+    "\n\nPackage releases should not use the 'Remotes:' field. Found:",
+    as.character(yaml::as.yaml(remotes))
+  )
+}
+
+interpret_versions <- function(issue) {
+  versions <- issue$versions
+  if (is.null(versions)) {
+    return(character(0L))
+  }
+  paste0(
+    "\n\nThe version number of the current release ",
+    "should be highest version of all the releases so far. ",
+    "Here is the current version of the package, ",
+    "the highest version number ever recorded by R-multiverse, ",
+    "and the latest remote hash of each:\n\n",
+    as.character(yaml::as.yaml(versions))
+  )
+}
diff --git a/R/issues_descriptions.R b/R/issues_descriptions.R
index a25e5fc..a061a97 100644
--- a/R/issues_descriptions.R
+++ b/R/issues_descriptions.R
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
-#' @title Report `DESCRIPTION` file issues.
+#' @title Report `DESCRIPTION`-level issues.
 #' @export
 #' @family issues
-#' @description Report issues with the `DESCRIPTION` files of packages.
-#' @details [issues_descriptions()] scans downloaded metadata from the
-#'   `PACKAGES.json` file of an R universe and scans for specific issues in a
-#'   package's description file:
-#'   1. The presence of a `"Remotes"` field.
-#'   2. There is a security advisory at
-#'     <https://github.com/RConsortium/r-advisory-database>
-#'     for the given package version.
+#' @description Report issues with `DESCRIPTION`-level metadata of packages.
+#' @details [issues_descriptions()] reports specific issues in the
+#'   `DESCRIPTION`-level metadata of packages:
+#'   1. Security advisories at
+#'     <https://github.com/RConsortium/r-advisory-database>.
+#'   2. Licenses that cannot be verified as free and open-source.
+#'   3. The presence of a `"Remotes"` field.
 #' @inheritSection record_issues Package issues
 #' @return A named list of information about packages which do not comply
 #'   with `DESCRPTION` checks. Each name is a package name,
@@ -23,9 +22,10 @@
 issues_descriptions <- function(meta = meta_packages()) {
   meta$issue <- FALSE
   meta <- issues_descriptions_advisories(meta)
+  meta <- issues_descriptions_licenses(meta)
   meta <- issues_descriptions_remotes(meta)
   meta <- meta[meta$issue,, drop = FALSE] # nolint
-  issues_list(meta[, c("package", "advisories", "remotes")])
+  issues_list(meta[, c("package", "advisories", "license", "remotes")])
 }
 
 issues_descriptions_advisories <- function(meta) {
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ issues_descriptions_advisories <- function(meta) {
   meta
 }
 
+issues_descriptions_licenses <- function(meta) {
+  meta$license[meta$foss] <- NA_character_
+  meta$issue <- meta$issue | !meta$foss
+  meta
+}
+
 issues_descriptions_remotes <- function(meta) {
   meta[["remotes"]] <- meta[["remotes"]] %||% replicate(nrow(meta), NULL)
   meta$remotes <- lapply(meta$remotes, function(x) x[nzchar(x)])
diff --git a/R/meta_packages.R b/R/meta_packages.R
index 7d66486..d5ded54 100644
--- a/R/meta_packages.R
+++ b/R/meta_packages.R
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@
 #' @examples
 #' meta_packages(repo = "https://wlandau.r-universe.dev")
 meta_packages <- function(repo = "https://community.r-multiverse.org") {
-  fields <- c("Version", "Remotes", "RemoteSha")
+  repo <- trim_url(repo)
+  fields <- c("Version", "License", "Remotes", "RemoteSha")
   listing <- file.path(
-    utils::contrib.url(trim_url(repo), type = "source"),
+    utils::contrib.url(repos = repo, type = "source"),
     paste0("PACKAGES.json?fields=", paste(fields, collapse = ","))
   )
   out <- jsonlite::stream_in(
@@ -22,5 +23,8 @@ meta_packages <- function(repo = "https://community.r-multiverse.org") {
   )
   colnames(out) <- tolower(colnames(out))
   rownames(out) <- out$package
+  foss <- utils::available.packages(repos = repo, filters = "license/FOSS")
+  out$foss <- FALSE
+  out[as.character(foss[, "Package"]), "foss"] <- TRUE
   out
 }
diff --git a/_pkgdown.yml b/_pkgdown.yml
index 42ee524..7ac02a8 100644
--- a/_pkgdown.yml
+++ b/_pkgdown.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ reference:
   - record_issues
   - record_nonstandard_licenses
   - record_versions
+- title: Communicate issues
+  contents:
+  - interpret_issue
 - title: Staging
   contents:
   - update_staging
diff --git a/man/interpret_issue.Rd b/man/interpret_issue.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8fc549
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/interpret_issue.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/interpret_issue.R
+\name{interpret_issue}
+\alias{interpret_issue}
+\title{Interpret a set of package issues}
+\usage{
+interpret_issue(path)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{path}{Character string, file path to a JSON issue file
+of a package.}
+}
+\value{
+A character string summarizing the issues of a package in prose.
+}
+\description{
+Summarize the issues of a package in human-readable text.
+}
+\seealso{
+Other issues: 
+\code{\link{issues_checks}()},
+\code{\link{issues_dependencies}()},
+\code{\link{issues_descriptions}()},
+\code{\link{issues_versions}()}
+}
+\concept{issues}
diff --git a/man/issues_checks.Rd b/man/issues_checks.Rd
index 25040be..c261e25 100644
--- a/man/issues_checks.Rd
+++ b/man/issues_checks.Rd
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ together all the issues about R-multiverse packages.
 }
 \seealso{
 Other issues: 
+\code{\link{interpret_issue}()},
 \code{\link{issues_dependencies}()},
 \code{\link{issues_descriptions}()},
 \code{\link{issues_versions}()}
diff --git a/man/issues_dependencies.Rd b/man/issues_dependencies.Rd
index c54616a..1543159 100644
--- a/man/issues_dependencies.Rd
+++ b/man/issues_dependencies.Rd
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ together all the issues about R-multiverse packages.
 }
 \seealso{
 Other issues: 
+\code{\link{interpret_issue}()},
 \code{\link{issues_checks}()},
 \code{\link{issues_descriptions}()},
 \code{\link{issues_versions}()}
diff --git a/man/issues_descriptions.Rd b/man/issues_descriptions.Rd
index 0af48ac..668364b 100644
--- a/man/issues_descriptions.Rd
+++ b/man/issues_descriptions.Rd
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 % Please edit documentation in R/issues_descriptions.R
 \name{issues_descriptions}
 \alias{issues_descriptions}
-\title{Report \code{DESCRIPTION} file issues.}
+\title{Report \code{DESCRIPTION}-level issues.}
 \usage{
 issues_descriptions(meta = meta_packages())
 }
@@ -17,17 +17,16 @@ and each element contains specific information about
 non-compliance.
 }
 \description{
-Report issues with the \code{DESCRIPTION} files of packages.
+Report issues with \code{DESCRIPTION}-level metadata of packages.
 }
 \details{
-\code{\link[=issues_descriptions]{issues_descriptions()}} scans downloaded metadata from the
-\code{PACKAGES.json} file of an R universe and scans for specific issues in a
-package's description file:
+\code{\link[=issues_descriptions]{issues_descriptions()}} reports specific issues in the
+\code{DESCRIPTION}-level metadata of packages:
 \enumerate{
+\item Security advisories at
+\url{https://github.com/RConsortium/r-advisory-database}.
+\item Licenses that cannot be verified as free and open-source.
 \item The presence of a \code{"Remotes"} field.
-\item There is a security advisory at
-\url{https://github.com/RConsortium/r-advisory-database}
-for the given package version.
 }
 }
 \section{Package issues}{
@@ -49,6 +48,7 @@ together all the issues about R-multiverse packages.
 }
 \seealso{
 Other issues: 
+\code{\link{interpret_issue}()},
 \code{\link{issues_checks}()},
 \code{\link{issues_dependencies}()},
 \code{\link{issues_versions}()}
diff --git a/man/issues_versions.Rd b/man/issues_versions.Rd
index 50e160d..e84f705 100644
--- a/man/issues_versions.Rd
+++ b/man/issues_versions.Rd
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ together all the issues about R-multiverse packages.
 }
 \seealso{
 Other issues: 
+\code{\link{interpret_issue}()},
 \code{\link{issues_checks}()},
 \code{\link{issues_dependencies}()},
 \code{\link{issues_descriptions}()}
diff --git a/tests/testthat/helper-mock.R b/tests/testthat/helper-mock.R
index 32e66b1..37d6243 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/helper-mock.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/helper-mock.R
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ mock_meta_packages <- structure(
       "BSD_3_clause + file LICENSE", "MIT + file LICENSE", "GPL (>= 2)",
       "GPL (>= 3)", "GPL (>= 3)", "MIT + file LICENSE", "MIT + file LICENSE",
       "GPL (>= 3)", "MIT + file LICENSE", "GPL (>= 3)", "MIT + file LICENSE",
-      "MIT + file LICENSE", "MIT + file LICENSE", "MIT + file LICENSE",
+      "MIT + file LICENSE", "non-standard", "MIT + file LICENSE",
       "MIT + file LICENSE", "GPL-3", "MIT + file LICENSE"
     ),
     remotesha = c(
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ mock_meta_packages <- structure(
       )
     ),
     distro = c(
-      "noble", "noble", "noble", "noble", "noble",
+      "noble", "noble", "noble", "noble", "nomock_meta_packages_graphble",
       "noble", "noble", "noble", "noble", "noble", "noble", "noble",
       "noble", "noble", "noble", "noble", "noble", "noble", "noble",
       "noble"
@@ -584,7 +584,8 @@ mock_meta_packages <- structure(
       NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
       c("hyunjimoon/SBC", "stan-dev/cmdstanr", ""), NULL, NULL,
       "markvanderloo/tinytest/pkg", NULL, NULL, NULL
-    )
+    ),
+    foss = c(rep(TRUE, 15L), FALSE, rep(TRUE, 4L))
   ),
   class = "data.frame",
   row.names = c(NA, 20L)
@@ -714,7 +715,8 @@ mock_meta_packages_graph <- structure(
         row.names = c(NA, 5L)
       )
     ),
-    distro = c("noble", "noble", "noble", "noble", "noble")
+    distro = c("noble", "noble", "noble", "noble", "noble"),
+    foss = rep(TRUE, 5L)
   ),
   class = "data.frame",
   row.names = c(NA, 5L)
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-interpret_issue.R b/tests/testthat/test-interpret_issue.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54a91a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-interpret_issue.R
@@ -0,0 +1,238 @@
+test_that("interpret_issue() with no problems", {
+  expect_equal(
+    interpret_issue("abc"),
+    "Package abc has no recorded issues."
+  )
+})
+
+test_that("interpret_issue() with advisories", {
+  skip_if_offline()
+  mock <- mock_meta_packages
+  for (field in c("_id", "_dependencies", "distro", "remotes")) {
+    mock[[field]] <- NULL
+  }
+  example <- mock$package == "nanonext"
+  commonmark <- mock[example,, drop = FALSE] # nolint
+  commonmark$package <- "commonmark"
+  commonmark$version <- "0.2"
+  readxl <- mock[example,, drop = FALSE] # nolint
+  readxl$package <- "readxl"
+  readxl$version <- "1.4.1"
+  meta <- rbind(
+    mock[seq_len(nrow(mock)), ], # to suppress a warning
+    commonmark,
+    readxl
+  )
+  output <- tempfile()
+  versions <- tempfile()
+  record_versions(
+    versions = versions,
+    repo = "https://wlandau.r-universe.dev"
+  )
+  on.exit(unlink(c(output, versions), recursive = TRUE))
+  record_issues(
+    mock = list(packages = meta, checks = mock_meta_checks),
+    output = output,
+    versions = versions
+  )
+  out <- interpret_issue(file.path(output, "commonmark"))
+  expect_true(
+    grepl(
+      "Found the following advisories in the R Consortium Advisory Database",
+      out
+    )
+  )
+})
+
+test_that("interpret_issue() with bad licenses", {
+  skip_if_offline()
+  mock <- mock_meta_packages[mock_meta_packages$package == "targetsketch", ]
+  output <- tempfile()
+  versions <- tempfile()
+  record_versions(
+    versions = versions,
+    repo = "https://wlandau.r-universe.dev"
+  )
+  on.exit(unlink(c(output, versions), recursive = TRUE))
+  record_issues(
+    mock = list(packages = mock, checks = mock_meta_checks),
+    output = output,
+    versions = versions
+  )
+  out <- interpret_issue(file.path(output, "targetsketch"))
+  expect_true(
+    grepl(
+      "targetsketch declares license",
+      out
+    )
+  )
+})
+
+test_that("interpret_issue() checks etc.", {
+  skip_if_offline()
+  output <- tempfile()
+  lines <- c(
+    "[",
+    " {",
+    " \"package\": \"constantversion\",",
+    " \"version_current\": \"1.0.0\",",
+    " \"hash_current\": \"hash_1.0.0-modified\",",
+    " \"version_highest\": \"1.0.0\",",
+    " \"hash_highest\": \"hash_1.0.0\"",
+    " }",
+    "]"
+  )
+  versions <- tempfile()
+  writeLines(lines, versions)
+  on.exit(unlink(c(output, versions), recursive = TRUE))
+  record_issues(
+    mock = list(packages = mock_meta_packages, checks = mock_meta_checks),
+    output = output,
+    versions = versions
+  )
+  expect_true(
+    grepl(
+      "Not all checks succeeded on R-universe",
+      interpret_issue(file.path(output, "INLA"))
+    )
+  )
+  expect_true(
+    grepl(
+      "Not all checks succeeded on R-universe",
+      interpret_issue(file.path(output, "polars"))
+    )
+  )
+  expect_true(
+    grepl(
+      "Package releases should not use the 'Remotes:' field",
+      interpret_issue(file.path(output, "audio.whisper")),
+      fixed = TRUE
+    )
+  )
+  expect_true(
+    grepl(
+      "bnosac/audio.vadwebrtc",
+      interpret_issue(file.path(output, "audio.whisper")),
+      fixed = TRUE
+    )
+  )
+  expect_true(
+    grepl(
+      "One or more dependencies have issues",
+      interpret_issue(file.path(output, "tidypolars"))
+    )
+  )
+  expect_true(
+    grepl(
+      "The version number of the current release should be highest version",
+      interpret_issue(file.path(output, "constantversion"))
+    )
+  )
+})
+
+test_that("interpret_issue() with complicated dependency problems", {
+  output <- tempfile()
+  lines <- c(
+    "[",
+    " {",
+    " \"package\": \"nanonext\",",
+    " \"version_current\": \"1.0.0\",",
+    " \"hash_current\": \"hash_1.0.0-modified\",",
+    " \"version_highest\": \"1.0.0\",",
+    " \"hash_highest\": \"hash_1.0.0\"",
+    " }",
+    "]"
+  )
+  versions <- tempfile()
+  on.exit(unlink(c(output, versions), recursive = TRUE))
+  writeLines(lines, versions)
+  meta_checks <- mock_meta_checks[1L, ]
+  meta_checks$package <- "crew"
+  meta_checks[["_winbinary"]] <- "failure"
+  suppressMessages(
+    record_issues(
+      versions = versions,
+      mock = list(
+        checks = meta_checks,
+        packages = mock_meta_packages_graph,
+        today = "2024-01-01"
+      ),
+      output = output,
+      verbose = TRUE
+    )
+  )
+  expect_true(dir.exists(output))
+  expect_equal(
+    jsonlite::read_json(
+      file.path(output, "nanonext"),
+      simplifyVector = TRUE
+    ),
+    list(
+      versions = list(
+        version_current = "1.0.0",
+        hash_current = "hash_1.0.0-modified",
+        version_highest = "1.0.0",
+        hash_highest = "hash_1.0.0"
+      ),
+      date = "2024-01-01",
+      version = "1.1.0.9000",
+      remote_hash = "85dd672a44a92c890eb40ea9ebab7a4e95335c2f"
+    )
+  )
+  expect_equal(
+    jsonlite::read_json(
+      file.path(output, "mirai"),
+      simplifyVector = TRUE
+    ),
+    list(
+      dependencies = list(
+        nanonext = list()
+      ),
+      date = "2024-01-01",
+      version = "1.1.0.9000",
+      remote_hash = "7015695b7ef82f82ab3225ac2d226b2c8f298097"
+    )
+  )
+  expect_equal(
+    jsonlite::read_json(
+      file.path(output, "crew"),
+      simplifyVector = TRUE
+    ),
+    list(
+      checks = list(
+        "_linuxdevel" = "success",
+        "_macbinary" = "success",
+        "_winbinary" = "failure",
+        "_status" = "success",
+        "_buildurl" = file.path(
+          "https://github.com/r-universe/r-multiverse/actions",
+          "runs/9412009683"
+        )
+      ),
+      dependencies = list(
+        nanonext = "mirai"
+      ),
+      date = "2024-01-01",
+      version = "0.9.3.9002",
+      remote_hash = "eafad0276c06dec2344da2f03596178c754c8b5e"
+    )
+  )
+  expect_true(
+    grepl(
+      "\nnanonext: mirai\n",
+      interpret_issue(file.path(output, "crew"))
+    )
+  )
+  expect_true(
+    grepl(
+      "\nnanonext: crew\n",
+      interpret_issue(file.path(output, "crew.aws.batch"))
+    )
+  )
+  expect_true(
+    grepl(
+      "Dependency nanonext is explicitly mentioned in",
+      interpret_issue(file.path(output, "mirai"))
+    )
+  )
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-issues_descriptions.R b/tests/testthat/test-issues_descriptions.R
index 0fac6f3..618777c 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-issues_descriptions.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-issues_descriptions.R
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ test_that("issues_descriptions() mocked", {
     stantargets = list(
       remotes = c("hyunjimoon/SBC", "stan-dev/cmdstanr")
     ),
+    targetsketch = list(license = "non-standard"),
     tidypolars = list(remotes = "markvanderloo/tinytest/pkg")
   )
   expect_equal(issues, expected)
@@ -24,7 +25,11 @@ test_that("issues_descriptions() with security advisories", {
   readxl <- mock_meta_packages[example,, drop = FALSE] # nolint
   readxl$package <- "readxl"
   readxl$version <- "1.4.1"
-  meta <- rbind(mock_meta_packages, commonmark, readxl)
+  meta <- rbind(
+    mock_meta_packages,
+    commonmark,
+    readxl
+  )
   out <- issues_descriptions(meta)
   exp <- list(
     audio.whisper = list(remotes = "bnosac/audio.vadwebrtc"),
@@ -42,6 +47,7 @@ test_that("issues_descriptions() with security advisories", {
       )
     ),
     stantargets = list(remotes = c("hyunjimoon/SBC", "stan-dev/cmdstanr")),
+    targetsketch = list(license = "non-standard"),
     tidypolars = list(remotes = "markvanderloo/tinytest/pkg")
   )
   expect_equal(out, exp)
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-record_issues.R b/tests/testthat/test-record_issues.R
index 1482188..a6fc51e 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-record_issues.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-record_issues.R
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ test_that("record_issues() mocked", {
         "polars",
         "SBC",
         "stantargets",
+        "targetsketch",
         "tidypolars",
         "tidytensor",
         "version_decremented",
@@ -63,6 +64,20 @@ test_that("record_issues() mocked", {
       remote_hash = "bbdda1b4a44a3d6a22041e03eed38f27319d8f32"
     )
   )
+  expect_equal(
+    jsonlite::read_json(
+      file.path(output, "targetsketch"),
+      simplifyVector = TRUE
+    ),
+    list(
+      descriptions = list(
+        license = "non-standard"
+      ),
+      date = "2024-01-01",
+      version = "0.0.1",
+      remote_hash = "a199a734b16f91726698a19e5f147f57f79cb2b6"
+    )
+  )
   expect_equal(
     jsonlite::read_json(
       file.path(output, "version_decremented"),
@@ -190,6 +205,7 @@ test_that("record_issues() with dependency problems", {
     "]"
   )
   versions <- tempfile()
+  on.exit(unlink(c(output, versions), recursive = TRUE))
   writeLines(lines, versions)
   meta_checks <- mock_meta_checks[1L, ]
   meta_checks$package <- "crew"