diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 621a89dbfb98..c587c6b0b499 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1040,6 +1040,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "platform-tags",
  "pypi-types",
  "rkyv",
+ "rustc-hash",
  "schemars",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
diff --git a/crates/bench/benches/uv.rs b/crates/bench/benches/uv.rs
index badbb089deda..0e839a8d6808 100644
--- a/crates/bench/benches/uv.rs
+++ b/crates/bench/benches/uv.rs
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ mod resolver {
 
     use anyhow::Result;
 
-    use distribution_types::IndexLocations;
+    use distribution_types::{IndexCapabilities, IndexLocations};
     use install_wheel_rs::linker::LinkMode;
     use pep440_rs::Version;
     use pep508_rs::{MarkerEnvironment, MarkerEnvironmentBuilder};
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ mod resolver {
         );
         let flat_index = FlatIndex::default();
         let git = GitResolver::default();
+        let capabilities = IndexCapabilities::default();
         let hashes = HashStrategy::None;
         let in_flight = InFlight::default();
         let index = InMemoryIndex::default();
@@ -179,6 +180,7 @@ mod resolver {
             &flat_index,
             &index,
             &git,
+            &capabilities,
             &in_flight,
             IndexStrategy::default(),
             &config_settings,
diff --git a/crates/distribution-types/Cargo.toml b/crates/distribution-types/Cargo.toml
index 4e184b524f93..f64a31d915f0 100644
--- a/crates/distribution-types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/distribution-types/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ fs-err = { workspace = true }
 itertools = { workspace = true }
 jiff = { workspace = true }
 rkyv = { workspace = true }
+rustc-hash = { workspace = true }
 schemars = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/distribution-types/src/index_url.rs b/crates/distribution-types/src/index_url.rs
index 0f16c932aab4..91077db0c8bb 100644
--- a/crates/distribution-types/src/index_url.rs
+++ b/crates/distribution-types/src/index_url.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 use itertools::Either;
+use rustc_hash::FxHashSet;
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::fmt::{Display, Formatter};
 use std::ops::Deref;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::str::FromStr;
-use std::sync::LazyLock;
+use std::sync::{Arc, LazyLock, RwLock};
 use thiserror::Error;
 use url::{ParseError, Url};
 
@@ -485,3 +486,27 @@ impl From<IndexLocations> for IndexUrls {
         }
     }
 }
+
+/// A map of [`IndexUrl`]s to their capabilities.
+///
+/// For now, we only support a single capability (range requests), and we only store an index if
+/// it _doesn't_ support range requests. The benefit is that the map is almost always empty, so
+/// validating capabilities is extremely cheap.
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Clone)]
+pub struct IndexCapabilities(Arc<RwLock<FxHashSet<IndexUrl>>>);
+
+impl IndexCapabilities {
+    /// Returns `true` if the given [`IndexUrl`] supports range requests.
+    pub fn supports_range_requests(&self, index_url: &IndexUrl) -> bool {
+        !self.0.read().unwrap().contains(index_url)
+    }
+
+    /// Mark an [`IndexUrl`] as not supporting range requests.
+    pub fn set_supports_range_requests(&self, index_url: IndexUrl, supports: bool) {
+        if supports {
+            self.0.write().unwrap().remove(&index_url);
+        } else {
+            self.0.write().unwrap().insert(index_url);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/distribution-types/src/prioritized_distribution.rs b/crates/distribution-types/src/prioritized_distribution.rs
index 0a1f9fb24502..27bc7be2deb7 100644
--- a/crates/distribution-types/src/prioritized_distribution.rs
+++ b/crates/distribution-types/src/prioritized_distribution.rs
@@ -468,15 +468,14 @@ impl<'a> CompatibleDist<'a> {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Returns whether the distribution is a source distribution.
-    ///
-    /// Avoid building source distributions we don't need.
-    pub fn prefetchable(&self) -> bool {
-        match *self {
-            CompatibleDist::SourceDist { .. } => false,
-            CompatibleDist::InstalledDist(_)
-            | CompatibleDist::CompatibleWheel { .. }
-            | CompatibleDist::IncompatibleWheel { .. } => true,
+    /// Returns a [`RegistryBuiltWheel`] if the distribution includes a compatible or incompatible
+    /// wheel.
+    pub fn wheel(&self) -> Option<&RegistryBuiltWheel> {
+        match self {
+            CompatibleDist::InstalledDist(_) => None,
+            CompatibleDist::SourceDist { .. } => None,
+            CompatibleDist::CompatibleWheel { wheel, .. } => Some(wheel),
+            CompatibleDist::IncompatibleWheel { wheel, .. } => Some(wheel),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/uv-client/src/registry_client.rs b/crates/uv-client/src/registry_client.rs
index 126ad0bbc47d..cc3442389fb0 100644
--- a/crates/uv-client/src/registry_client.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-client/src/registry_client.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::fmt::Debug;
-use std::io;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
@@ -16,7 +15,9 @@ use tracing::{info_span, instrument, trace, warn, Instrument};
 use url::Url;
 
 use distribution_filename::{DistFilename, SourceDistFilename, WheelFilename};
-use distribution_types::{BuiltDist, File, FileLocation, IndexUrl, IndexUrls, Name};
+use distribution_types::{
+    BuiltDist, File, FileLocation, IndexCapabilities, IndexUrl, IndexUrls, Name,
+};
 use install_wheel_rs::metadata::{find_archive_dist_info, is_metadata_entry};
 use pep440_rs::Version;
 use pep508_rs::MarkerEnvironment;
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ impl<'a> RegistryClientBuilder<'a> {
 }
 
 impl<'a> TryFrom<BaseClientBuilder<'a>> for RegistryClientBuilder<'a> {
-    type Error = io::Error;
+    type Error = std::io::Error;
 
     fn try_from(value: BaseClientBuilder<'a>) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
         Ok(Self {
@@ -402,7 +403,11 @@ impl RegistryClient {
     /// 2. From a remote wheel by partial zip reading
     /// 3. From a (temp) download of a remote wheel (this is a fallback, the webserver should support range requests)
     #[instrument(skip_all, fields(% built_dist))]
-    pub async fn wheel_metadata(&self, built_dist: &BuiltDist) -> Result<Metadata23, Error> {
+    pub async fn wheel_metadata(
+        &self,
+        built_dist: &BuiltDist,
+        capabilities: &IndexCapabilities,
+    ) -> Result<Metadata23, Error> {
         let metadata = match &built_dist {
             BuiltDist::Registry(wheels) => {
                 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
@@ -451,7 +456,7 @@ impl RegistryClient {
                             .await?
                     }
                     WheelLocation::Url(url) => {
-                        self.wheel_metadata_registry(&wheel.index, &wheel.file, &url)
+                        self.wheel_metadata_registry(&wheel.index, &wheel.file, &url, capabilities)
                             .await?
                     }
                 }
@@ -460,7 +465,9 @@ impl RegistryClient {
                 self.wheel_metadata_no_pep658(
                     &wheel.filename,
                     &wheel.url,
+                    None,
                     WheelCache::Url(&wheel.url),
+                    capabilities,
                 )
                 .await?
             }
@@ -489,6 +496,7 @@ impl RegistryClient {
         index: &IndexUrl,
         file: &File,
         url: &Url,
+        capabilities: &IndexCapabilities,
     ) -> Result<Metadata23, Error> {
         // If the metadata file is available at its own url (PEP 658), download it from there.
         let filename = WheelFilename::from_str(&file.filename).map_err(ErrorKind::WheelFilename)?;
@@ -536,8 +544,14 @@ impl RegistryClient {
             // If we lack PEP 658 support, try using HTTP range requests to read only the
             // `.dist-info/METADATA` file from the zip, and if that also fails, download the whole wheel
             // into the cache and read from there
-            self.wheel_metadata_no_pep658(&filename, url, WheelCache::Index(index))
-                .await
+            self.wheel_metadata_no_pep658(
+                &filename,
+                url,
+                Some(index),
+                WheelCache::Index(index),
+                capabilities,
+            )
+            .await
         }
     }
 
@@ -546,7 +560,9 @@ impl RegistryClient {
         &self,
         filename: &'data WheelFilename,
         url: &'data Url,
+        index: Option<&'data IndexUrl>,
         cache_shard: WheelCache<'data>,
+        capabilities: &'data IndexCapabilities,
     ) -> Result<Metadata23, Error> {
         let cache_entry = self.cache.entry(
             CacheBucket::Wheels,
@@ -562,72 +578,80 @@ impl RegistryClient {
             Connectivity::Offline => CacheControl::AllowStale,
         };
 
-        let req = self
-            .uncached_client(url)
-            .head(url.clone())
-            .header(
-                "accept-encoding",
-                http::HeaderValue::from_static("identity"),
-            )
-            .build()
-            .map_err(ErrorKind::from)?;
+        // Attempt to fetch via a range request.
+        if index.map_or(true, |index| capabilities.supports_range_requests(index)) {
+            let req = self
+                .uncached_client(url)
+                .head(url.clone())
+                .header(
+                    "accept-encoding",
+                    http::HeaderValue::from_static("identity"),
+                )
+                .build()
+                .map_err(ErrorKind::from)?;
 
-        // Copy authorization headers from the HEAD request to subsequent requests
-        let mut headers = HeaderMap::default();
-        if let Some(authorization) = req.headers().get("authorization") {
-            headers.append("authorization", authorization.clone());
-        }
+            // Copy authorization headers from the HEAD request to subsequent requests
+            let mut headers = HeaderMap::default();
+            if let Some(authorization) = req.headers().get("authorization") {
+                headers.append("authorization", authorization.clone());
+            }
 
-        // This response callback is special, we actually make a number of subsequent requests to
-        // fetch the file from the remote zip.
-        let read_metadata_range_request = |response: Response| {
-            async {
-                let mut reader = AsyncHttpRangeReader::from_head_response(
-                    self.uncached_client(url).clone(),
-                    response,
-                    url.clone(),
-                    headers,
+            // This response callback is special, we actually make a number of subsequent requests to
+            // fetch the file from the remote zip.
+            let read_metadata_range_request = |response: Response| {
+                async {
+                    let mut reader = AsyncHttpRangeReader::from_head_response(
+                        self.uncached_client(url).clone(),
+                        response,
+                        url.clone(),
+                        headers,
+                    )
+                    .await
+                    .map_err(ErrorKind::AsyncHttpRangeReader)?;
+                    trace!("Getting metadata for {filename} by range request");
+                    let text = wheel_metadata_from_remote_zip(filename, &mut reader).await?;
+                    let metadata = Metadata23::parse_metadata(text.as_bytes()).map_err(|err| {
+                        Error::from(ErrorKind::MetadataParseError(
+                            filename.clone(),
+                            url.to_string(),
+                            Box::new(err),
+                        ))
+                    })?;
+                    Ok::<Metadata23, CachedClientError<Error>>(metadata)
+                }
+                .boxed_local()
+                .instrument(info_span!("read_metadata_range_request", wheel = %filename))
+            };
+
+            let result = self
+                .cached_client()
+                .get_serde(
+                    req,
+                    &cache_entry,
+                    cache_control,
+                    read_metadata_range_request,
                 )
                 .await
-                .map_err(ErrorKind::AsyncHttpRangeReader)?;
-                trace!("Getting metadata for {filename} by range request");
-                let text = wheel_metadata_from_remote_zip(filename, &mut reader).await?;
-                let metadata = Metadata23::parse_metadata(text.as_bytes()).map_err(|err| {
-                    Error::from(ErrorKind::MetadataParseError(
-                        filename.clone(),
-                        url.to_string(),
-                        Box::new(err),
-                    ))
-                })?;
-                Ok::<Metadata23, CachedClientError<Error>>(metadata)
-            }
-            .boxed_local()
-            .instrument(info_span!("read_metadata_range_request", wheel = %filename))
-        };
+                .map_err(crate::Error::from);
 
-        let result = self
-            .cached_client()
-            .get_serde(
-                req,
-                &cache_entry,
-                cache_control,
-                read_metadata_range_request,
-            )
-            .await
-            .map_err(crate::Error::from);
-
-        match result {
-            Ok(metadata) => return Ok(metadata),
-            Err(err) => {
-                if err.is_http_range_requests_unsupported() {
-                    // The range request version failed. Fall back to streaming the file to search
-                    // for the METADATA file.
-                    warn!("Range requests not supported for {filename}; streaming wheel");
-                } else {
-                    return Err(err);
+            match result {
+                Ok(metadata) => return Ok(metadata),
+                Err(err) => {
+                    if err.is_http_range_requests_unsupported() {
+                        // The range request version failed. Fall back to streaming the file to search
+                        // for the METADATA file.
+                        warn!("Range requests not supported for {filename}; streaming wheel");
+
+                        // Mark the index as not supporting range requests.
+                        if let Some(index) = index {
+                            capabilities.set_supports_range_requests(index.clone(), false);
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        return Err(err);
+                    }
                 }
-            }
-        };
+            };
+        }
 
         // Create a request to stream the file.
         let req = self
diff --git a/crates/uv-client/tests/remote_metadata.rs b/crates/uv-client/tests/remote_metadata.rs
index d0a15cf2e6a0..1da4c5c71074 100644
--- a/crates/uv-client/tests/remote_metadata.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-client/tests/remote_metadata.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use anyhow::Result;
 use url::Url;
 
 use distribution_filename::WheelFilename;
-use distribution_types::{BuiltDist, DirectUrlBuiltDist};
+use distribution_types::{BuiltDist, DirectUrlBuiltDist, IndexCapabilities};
 use pep508_rs::VerbatimUrl;
 use uv_cache::Cache;
 use uv_client::RegistryClientBuilder;
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ async fn remote_metadata_with_and_without_cache() -> Result<()> {
             location: Url::parse(url).unwrap(),
             url: VerbatimUrl::from_str(url).unwrap(),
         });
-        let metadata = client.wheel_metadata(&dist).await.unwrap();
+        let capabilities = IndexCapabilities::default();
+        let metadata = client.wheel_metadata(&dist, &capabilities).await.unwrap();
         assert_eq!(metadata.version.to_string(), "4.66.1");
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/uv-dev/src/wheel_metadata.rs b/crates/uv-dev/src/wheel_metadata.rs
index c270e17e1e43..933c8811b6c1 100644
--- a/crates/uv-dev/src/wheel_metadata.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-dev/src/wheel_metadata.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use anyhow::{bail, Result};
 use clap::Parser;
 
 use distribution_filename::WheelFilename;
-use distribution_types::{BuiltDist, DirectUrlBuiltDist, RemoteSource};
+use distribution_types::{BuiltDist, DirectUrlBuiltDist, IndexCapabilities, RemoteSource};
 use pep508_rs::VerbatimUrl;
 use pypi_types::ParsedUrl;
 use uv_cache::{Cache, CacheArgs};
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ pub(crate) struct WheelMetadataArgs {
 pub(crate) async fn wheel_metadata(args: WheelMetadataArgs) -> Result<()> {
     let cache = Cache::try_from(args.cache_args)?.init()?;
     let client = RegistryClientBuilder::new(cache).build();
+    let capabilities = IndexCapabilities::default();
 
     let filename = WheelFilename::from_str(&args.url.filename()?)?;
 
@@ -29,11 +30,14 @@ pub(crate) async fn wheel_metadata(args: WheelMetadataArgs) -> Result<()> {
     };
 
     let metadata = client
-        .wheel_metadata(&BuiltDist::DirectUrl(DirectUrlBuiltDist {
-            filename,
-            location: archive.url,
-            url: args.url,
-        }))
+        .wheel_metadata(
+            &BuiltDist::DirectUrl(DirectUrlBuiltDist {
+                filename,
+                location: archive.url,
+                url: args.url,
+            }),
+            &capabilities,
+        )
         .await?;
     println!("{metadata:?}");
     Ok(())
diff --git a/crates/uv-dispatch/src/lib.rs b/crates/uv-dispatch/src/lib.rs
index d3643137d7c1..bb1e8446e743 100644
--- a/crates/uv-dispatch/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-dispatch/src/lib.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ use itertools::Itertools;
 use rustc_hash::FxHashMap;
 use tracing::{debug, instrument};
 
-use distribution_types::{CachedDist, IndexLocations, Name, Resolution, SourceDist};
+use distribution_types::{
+    CachedDist, IndexCapabilities, IndexLocations, Name, Resolution, SourceDist,
+};
 use pypi_types::Requirement;
 use uv_build::{SourceBuild, SourceBuildContext};
 use uv_cache::Cache;
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ pub struct BuildDispatch<'a> {
     flat_index: &'a FlatIndex,
     index: &'a InMemoryIndex,
     git: &'a GitResolver,
+    capabilities: &'a IndexCapabilities,
     in_flight: &'a InFlight,
     build_isolation: BuildIsolation<'a>,
     link_mode: install_wheel_rs::linker::LinkMode,
@@ -65,6 +68,7 @@ impl<'a> BuildDispatch<'a> {
         flat_index: &'a FlatIndex,
         index: &'a InMemoryIndex,
         git: &'a GitResolver,
+        capabilities: &'a IndexCapabilities,
         in_flight: &'a InFlight,
         index_strategy: IndexStrategy,
         config_settings: &'a ConfigSettings,
@@ -85,6 +89,7 @@ impl<'a> BuildDispatch<'a> {
             flat_index,
             index,
             git,
+            capabilities,
             in_flight,
             index_strategy,
             config_settings,
@@ -127,6 +132,10 @@ impl<'a> BuildContext for BuildDispatch<'a> {
         self.git
     }
 
+    fn capabilities(&self) -> &IndexCapabilities {
+        self.capabilities
+    }
+
     fn build_options(&self) -> &BuildOptions {
         self.build_options
     }
diff --git a/crates/uv-distribution/src/distribution_database.rs b/crates/uv-distribution/src/distribution_database.rs
index 86b53799244f..a008cda2ed3e 100644
--- a/crates/uv-distribution/src/distribution_database.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-distribution/src/distribution_database.rs
@@ -373,7 +373,11 @@ impl<'a, Context: BuildContext> DistributionDatabase<'a, Context> {
 
         let result = self
             .client
-            .managed(|client| client.wheel_metadata(dist).boxed_local())
+            .managed(|client| {
+                client
+                    .wheel_metadata(dist, self.build_context.capabilities())
+                    .boxed_local()
+            })
             .await;
 
         match result {
diff --git a/crates/uv-resolver/src/resolver/batch_prefetch.rs b/crates/uv-resolver/src/resolver/batch_prefetch.rs
index dec1f68f2467..c23a9717b008 100644
--- a/crates/uv-resolver/src/resolver/batch_prefetch.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-resolver/src/resolver/batch_prefetch.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use rustc_hash::FxHashMap;
 use tokio::sync::mpsc::Sender;
 use tracing::{debug, trace};
 
-use distribution_types::{CompatibleDist, DistributionMetadata};
+use distribution_types::{CompatibleDist, DistributionMetadata, IndexCapabilities};
 use pep440_rs::Version;
 
 use crate::candidate_selector::CandidateSelector;
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ impl BatchPrefetcher {
         python_requirement: &PythonRequirement,
         request_sink: &Sender<Request>,
         index: &InMemoryIndex,
+        capabilities: &IndexCapabilities,
         selector: &CandidateSelector,
         markers: &ResolverMarkers,
     ) -> anyhow::Result<(), ResolveError> {
@@ -135,8 +136,17 @@ impl BatchPrefetcher {
             };
 
             // Avoid prefetching source distributions, which could be expensive.
-            if !dist.prefetchable() {
+            let Some(wheel) = dist.wheel() else {
                 continue;
+            };
+
+            // Avoid prefetching built distributions that don't support _either_ PEP 658 (`.metadata`)
+            // or range requests.
+            if !(wheel.file.dist_info_metadata
+                || capabilities.supports_range_requests(&wheel.index))
+            {
+                debug!("Abandoning prefetch for {wheel} due to missing registry capabilities");
+                return Ok(());
             }
 
             // Avoid prefetching for distributions that don't satisfy the Python requirement.
diff --git a/crates/uv-resolver/src/resolver/mod.rs b/crates/uv-resolver/src/resolver/mod.rs
index 95084bfa3d40..ba42d1371837 100644
--- a/crates/uv-resolver/src/resolver/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-resolver/src/resolver/mod.rs
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ use tracing::{debug, info, instrument, trace, warn, Level};
 
 use distribution_types::{
     BuiltDist, CompatibleDist, Dist, DistributionMetadata, IncompatibleDist, IncompatibleSource,
-    IncompatibleWheel, IndexLocations, InstalledDist, PythonRequirementKind, RemoteSource,
-    ResolvedDist, ResolvedDistRef, SourceDist, VersionOrUrlRef,
+    IncompatibleWheel, IndexCapabilities, IndexLocations, InstalledDist, PythonRequirementKind,
+    RemoteSource, ResolvedDist, ResolvedDistRef, SourceDist, VersionOrUrlRef,
 };
 pub(crate) use fork_map::{ForkMap, ForkSet};
 use locals::Locals;
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ struct ResolverState<InstalledPackages: InstalledPackagesProvider> {
     groups: Groups,
     preferences: Preferences,
     git: GitResolver,
+    capabilities: IndexCapabilities,
     exclusions: Exclusions,
     urls: Urls,
     locals: Locals,
@@ -169,6 +170,7 @@ impl<'a, Context: BuildContext, InstalledPackages: InstalledPackagesProvider>
             python_requirement,
             index,
             build_context.git(),
+            build_context.capabilities(),
             provider,
             installed_packages,
         )
@@ -187,12 +189,14 @@ impl<Provider: ResolverProvider, InstalledPackages: InstalledPackagesProvider>
         python_requirement: &PythonRequirement,
         index: &InMemoryIndex,
         git: &GitResolver,
+        capabilities: &IndexCapabilities,
         provider: Provider,
         installed_packages: InstalledPackages,
     ) -> Result<Self, ResolveError> {
         let state = ResolverState {
             index: index.clone(),
             git: git.clone(),
+            capabilities: capabilities.clone(),
             selector: CandidateSelector::for_resolution(options, &manifest, &markers),
             dependency_mode: options.dependency_mode,
             urls: Urls::from_manifest(&manifest, &markers, git, options.dependency_mode)?,
@@ -458,6 +462,7 @@ impl<InstalledPackages: InstalledPackagesProvider> ResolverState<InstalledPackag
                         &state.python_requirement,
                         &request_sink,
                         &self.index,
+                        &self.capabilities,
                         &self.selector,
                         &state.markers,
                     )?;
@@ -1808,7 +1813,7 @@ impl<InstalledPackages: InstalledPackagesProvider> ResolverState<InstalledPackag
                 // Avoid prefetching source distributions with unbounded lower-bound ranges. This
                 // often leads to failed attempts to build legacy versions of packages that are
                 // incompatible with modern build tools.
-                if !dist.prefetchable() {
+                if dist.wheel().is_some() {
                     if !self.selector.use_highest_version(&package_name) {
                         if let Some((lower, _)) = range.iter().next() {
                             if lower == &Bound::Unbounded {
diff --git a/crates/uv-resolver/src/resolver/provider.rs b/crates/uv-resolver/src/resolver/provider.rs
index 9fd1c883d03b..5125fa09f03b 100644
--- a/crates/uv-resolver/src/resolver/provider.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-resolver/src/resolver/provider.rs
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ pub trait ResolverProvider {
         dist: &'io Dist,
     ) -> impl Future<Output = WheelMetadataResult> + 'io;
 
+    /// Returns the [`IndexLocations`] used by this resolver.
     fn index_locations(&self) -> &IndexLocations;
 
     /// Set the [`uv_distribution::Reporter`] to use for this installer.
diff --git a/crates/uv-types/src/traits.rs b/crates/uv-types/src/traits.rs
index 619ac7109ab9..1d4b029992da 100644
--- a/crates/uv-types/src/traits.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-types/src/traits.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 use anyhow::Result;
 
-use distribution_types::{CachedDist, IndexLocations, InstalledDist, Resolution, SourceDist};
+use distribution_types::{
+    CachedDist, IndexCapabilities, IndexLocations, InstalledDist, Resolution, SourceDist,
+};
 use pep508_rs::PackageName;
 use pypi_types::Requirement;
 use uv_cache::Cache;
@@ -57,6 +59,9 @@ pub trait BuildContext {
     /// Return a reference to the Git resolver.
     fn git(&self) -> &GitResolver;
 
+    /// Return a reference to the discovered registry capabilities.
+    fn capabilities(&self) -> &IndexCapabilities;
+
     /// Whether source distribution building or pre-built wheels is disabled.
     ///
     /// This [`BuildContext::setup_build`] calls will fail if builds are disabled.
diff --git a/crates/uv/src/commands/build.rs b/crates/uv/src/commands/build.rs
index d76dcc654674..9fee4fac130b 100644
--- a/crates/uv/src/commands/build.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/src/commands/build.rs
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ async fn build_impl(
         &flat_index,
         &state.index,
         &state.git,
+        &state.capabilities,
         &state.in_flight,
         index_strategy,
         config_setting,
diff --git a/crates/uv/src/commands/mod.rs b/crates/uv/src/commands/mod.rs
index 7b27537f40f9..e9caaa99c415 100644
--- a/crates/uv/src/commands/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/src/commands/mod.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pub(crate) use build::build;
 pub(crate) use cache_clean::cache_clean;
 pub(crate) use cache_dir::cache_dir;
 pub(crate) use cache_prune::cache_prune;
-use distribution_types::InstalledMetadata;
+use distribution_types::{IndexCapabilities, InstalledMetadata};
 pub(crate) use help::help;
 pub(crate) use pip::check::pip_check;
 pub(crate) use pip::compile::pip_compile;
@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ pub(crate) struct SharedState {
     pub(crate) index: InMemoryIndex,
     /// The downloaded distributions.
     pub(crate) in_flight: InFlight,
+    /// The discovered capabilities for each registry index.
+    pub(crate) capabilities: IndexCapabilities,
 }
 
 /// A multicasting writer that writes to both the standard output and an output file, if present.
diff --git a/crates/uv/src/commands/pip/compile.rs b/crates/uv/src/commands/pip/compile.rs
index df0a1f7737e9..bef32ae03ebe 100644
--- a/crates/uv/src/commands/pip/compile.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/src/commands/pip/compile.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ use owo_colors::OwoColorize;
 use tracing::debug;
 
 use distribution_types::{
-    IndexLocations, NameRequirementSpecification, UnresolvedRequirementSpecification, Verbatim,
+    IndexCapabilities, IndexLocations, NameRequirementSpecification,
+    UnresolvedRequirementSpecification, Verbatim,
 };
 use install_wheel_rs::linker::LinkMode;
 use pypi_types::{Requirement, SupportedEnvironments};
@@ -292,6 +293,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn pip_compile(
     // Read the lockfile, if present.
     let preferences = read_requirements_txt(output_file, &upgrade).await?;
     let git = GitResolver::default();
+    let capabilities = IndexCapabilities::default();
 
     // Combine the `--no-binary` and `--no-build` flags from the requirements files.
     let build_options = build_options.combine(no_binary, no_build);
@@ -335,6 +337,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn pip_compile(
         &flat_index,
         &source_index,
         &git,
+        &capabilities,
         &in_flight,
         index_strategy,
         &config_settings,
diff --git a/crates/uv/src/commands/pip/install.rs b/crates/uv/src/commands/pip/install.rs
index 7223c671e0d2..9c423467fc08 100644
--- a/crates/uv/src/commands/pip/install.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/src/commands/pip/install.rs
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn pip_install(
         &flat_index,
         &state.index,
         &state.git,
+        &state.capabilities,
         &state.in_flight,
         index_strategy,
         config_settings,
diff --git a/crates/uv/src/commands/pip/sync.rs b/crates/uv/src/commands/pip/sync.rs
index 383f5a880a87..313aec7a6cdf 100644
--- a/crates/uv/src/commands/pip/sync.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/src/commands/pip/sync.rs
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn pip_sync(
         &flat_index,
         &state.index,
         &state.git,
+        &state.capabilities,
         &state.in_flight,
         index_strategy,
         config_settings,
diff --git a/crates/uv/src/commands/project/add.rs b/crates/uv/src/commands/project/add.rs
index 7546af78125e..c841b8973b0c 100644
--- a/crates/uv/src/commands/project/add.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/src/commands/project/add.rs
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn add(
         &flat_index,
         &state.index,
         &state.git,
+        &state.capabilities,
         &state.in_flight,
         settings.index_strategy,
         &settings.config_setting,
diff --git a/crates/uv/src/commands/project/lock.rs b/crates/uv/src/commands/project/lock.rs
index 9b04f933d700..72c6629823fb 100644
--- a/crates/uv/src/commands/project/lock.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/src/commands/project/lock.rs
@@ -411,6 +411,7 @@ async fn do_lock(
         &flat_index,
         &state.index,
         &state.git,
+        &state.capabilities,
         &state.in_flight,
         index_strategy,
         config_setting,
diff --git a/crates/uv/src/commands/project/mod.rs b/crates/uv/src/commands/project/mod.rs
index 8f5ed2dc5200..97e3e9f31b6c 100644
--- a/crates/uv/src/commands/project/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/src/commands/project/mod.rs
@@ -519,6 +519,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn resolve_names(
         &flat_index,
         &state.index,
         &state.git,
+        &state.capabilities,
         &state.in_flight,
         *index_strategy,
         config_setting,
@@ -657,6 +658,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn resolve_environment<'a>(
         &flat_index,
         &state.index,
         &state.git,
+        &state.capabilities,
         &state.in_flight,
         index_strategy,
         config_setting,
@@ -785,6 +787,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn sync_environment(
         &flat_index,
         &state.index,
         &state.git,
+        &state.capabilities,
         &state.in_flight,
         index_strategy,
         config_setting,
@@ -984,6 +987,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn update_environment(
         &flat_index,
         &state.index,
         &state.git,
+        &state.capabilities,
         &state.in_flight,
         *index_strategy,
         config_setting,
diff --git a/crates/uv/src/commands/project/sync.rs b/crates/uv/src/commands/project/sync.rs
index bedd90733702..90f11776dad1 100644
--- a/crates/uv/src/commands/project/sync.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/src/commands/project/sync.rs
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ pub(super) async fn do_sync(
         &flat_index,
         &state.index,
         &state.git,
+        &state.capabilities,
         &state.in_flight,
         index_strategy,
         config_setting,
diff --git a/crates/uv/src/commands/venv.rs b/crates/uv/src/commands/venv.rs
index d452cab144be..2bfe36af54f6 100644
--- a/crates/uv/src/commands/venv.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/src/commands/venv.rs
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ async fn venv_impl(
             &flat_index,
             &state.index,
             &state.git,
+            &state.capabilities,
             &state.in_flight,
             index_strategy,
             &config_settings,