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Sources & collectors
The source catalog, enable/disable semantics, budget caps for metered lanes, and auto-disable.
How collection works
Each registered source has a dedicated collector that continuously pumps verified entropy into its tier pool — but only while the source is enabled. Disabling a source stops its collector within one poll cycle (fail-closed). Paid, metered lanes such as the IQM QPU are demand-driven and byte-capped rather than free-running.
Source catalog
| Source ID | Provider | Kind | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| iqm_resonance_001 | IQM Resonance QPU | QPU | Quantum verified · metered |
| curby_q_jila_001 | CURBy-Q · Bell-test (JILA) | QPU | Quantum verified |
| ql_lab_001 | Quantum Light (USB) | QRNG | Quantum verified |
| anu_aws_001 | ANU QRNG (API key) | QRNG | Highest quality |
| qispace_kds_001 | QiSpace tQRND (enterprise node) | QRNG | Highest quality |
| curby_rng_jila_001 | CURBy-RNG (JILA) | QRNG | Highest quality |
| nist_beacon_001 | NIST Beacon v2 | Beacon | Highest quality · diffusion-only |
| rdseed_local_001 | x86 RDSEED + Jitter | Hardware | Fastest |
Note
Diffusion-only feeds (public beacons) are credited zero secret entropy in multi-source extraction; metered sources surface budget controls in the dashboard and the API.
Enabling & disabling
Toggle a source from the Collectors page or via the admin API:
bash
# disable a source (its collector pauses within one poll)
curl -X PATCH http://localhost:8080/api/v1/sources/iqm_resonance_001 \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
-d '{"enabled": false}'Budget caps
Cap a metered source's spend by limiting the bytes its collector may draw:
bash
curl -X PATCH http://localhost:8080/api/v1/sources/iqm_resonance_001 \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
-d '{"budget_cap_bytes": 1048576}'Auto-disable
Important
A collector whose upstream API returns forbidden or quota-exhausted disables itself and reports the reason on the Collectors page. Fix the upstream credential or quota, then re-enable the source explicitly — it will not re-enable itself.