Cannot create 2026 calendar to subscribe on Apple devices

Thank you, Michael.

I read in the article at the end of your answer, and it explains that the reason why my calendar link is limited to 1 year is because I have selected Daf Yomi and Hebrew date every day of the year (size limitation). So the result is a link for the current year, 2025, with all the options I selected.

But the question remains, how do I create a subscription for next year, 2026 (without additional years), with all the options I selected?

Calendar subscriptions on Hebcal are always for the current year plus some number of future years. We do not offer a calendar subscription beginning in a future year. 

If you wish to download a calendar for a future year, you can use the “Download 2026 only” approach as described above. 

Thank you, Michael.

Is the size limitation something that will be fixed?

Is adding the option for a future year subscription in the works?

Does a perpetual calendar subscription show the previous years, or just the current year + 3 future years?

The size limitation is imposed by Google Calendar and other 3rd party calendar apps. We cannot change it because we are not Google. This is described in detail on the page

 https://www.hebcal.com/home/1398/number-of-years-in-calendar-feed-subscriptions

This page also suggests a recommended workaround: multiple subscriptions

Note that if you’d like to include the Hebrew date for every day of the year, you can subscribe to that calendar via a separate calendar feed at our Jewish Holiday downloads page. Look for Hebrew calendar dates (English) or Hebrew calendar dates (Hebrew).

Daf Yomi and other daily learning single-purpose iCalendar feeds are also available on that page for Apple, Google, and any iCalendar application.

An added advantage of the multi-subscription approach is that you can choose separate colors in Google Calendar or iOS/iCloud calendar for each calendar event feed.

again, please read the article we suggested before if you have further questions. 

https://www.hebcal.com/home/1398/number-of-years-in-calendar-feed-subscriptions

Thank you again, Michael.

I will use the multi-subscription approach going forward.

What about previous years? Does a perpetual calendar subscription show the previous years, or just the current year + future years? If it doesn't show past years, is there a way to subscribe (not download) to previous years?

A perpetual calendar subscription shows only the current year + future years.

Because of the feed limit requirements, perpetual calendar subscription feeds do not contain past year events. Doing so would further reduce the number of future years included in the feed.

There is no way to subscribe to (not download) to previous years. You may download previous year events.

If you’d like to download future or past events to Google Calendar or another program that supports iCalendar (.ics) files such as macOS Calendar or Outlook, you may utilize Hebcal’s alternative download instructions below. This technique requires a laptop/desktop computer and generally does not work well on a smartphone or tablet. Note that once downloaded, these .ics files are no longer managed by Hebcal and will not refresh.

Please note that these instructions are recommended only for advanced users. If you don’t take great care to create a separate calendar and import Hebcal events into that new, separate calendar, you may unintentionally add hundreds of events to your personal calendar.