- Use link-checker-v1.2.3 which includes fix for base URL detection
- Prevents false positives when checking local files for new pages
- Resolves broken link errors for pages that exist locally but not in production yet
Add comprehensive documentation for maintainers on how to:
- Create releases in docs-tooling (automated)
- Manually distribute binaries to docs-v2 (required for private repo)
- Update workflow references when needed
This addresses the missing process documentation for link-checker
binary distribution between the two repositories.
feat(ci): update link-checker to v1.2.2 and add manual sync workflow
- Update pr-link-check.yml to use link-checker-v1.2.2 with latest fixes
- Add sync-link-checker-binary.yml for manual binary distribution
- Improvements in v1.2.2: base URL detection, anchor validation, JSON parsing
The v1.2.2 release fixes the Hugo base URL detection issue and
improves anchor link validation that was tested in this PR.
chore(ci): Replaced PR link validation workflow with new workflow from docs-tooling/link-checker/.github-workflows-link-check.yml
chore: organize .gitignore
test: add content to trigger link-checker workflow
This small change tests the pr-link-check.yml workflow
feat: update link-checker workflow and documentation
- Add production config with corrected User-Agent placement
- Remove old link validation actions (replaced by link-checker)
fix: update link-checker workflow configuration
- Update Node.js version to 20 for dependency compatibility
feat: use pre-built link-checker binary from docs-tooling releases
- Replace building from source with downloading from releases
- Use GitHub API to get latest release and binary
- Maintain same artifact structure for downstream job
fix: improve change detection in pr-link-check workflow
- Use GitHub API for reliable PR file detection
- Add debug output to show all changed files
- Fix conditional logic for when jobs should run
docs: update TESTING.md with binary distribution and automated GitHub Actions integration
- Document pre-built binary download as recommended installation method
- Explain automated PR link checking workflow for docs-v2
- Replace manual GitHub Actions example with automated integration details
- Remove exaggerated language and specify actual exclusion types
fix(ci): download link-checker binary from docs-v2 releases
- Change binary source from private docs-tooling to public docs-v2 releases
- Fixes GitHub Actions permission issues accessing private repos
- Binary is now stored as a release asset on docs-v2 itself
test: add test file with valid links to verify workflow passes
test: remove temporary test file for link checker workflow
The test file was only needed to verify the workflow functionality
and should not be part of the documentation.
docs: update TESTING.md to document docs-v2 binary distribution
- Change primary installation method to download from docs-v2 releases
- Explain that binary distribution enables reliable GitHub Actions access
- Update automated workflow description to reflect docs-v2 release usage
- Maintain build-from-source as alternative option
refactor(ci): combine workflow into single job for cleaner PR display
- Merge detect-changes, build-site, and download-link-checker into single job
- All setup steps now run conditionally within one job
- Cleaner PR display shows only 'Check links in affected files'
- Maintains all functionality with improved UX
fix(ci): exclude problematic URLs from link checking
- Add reddit.com exclusions (blocks bots)
- Add support.influxdata.com exclusion (SSL certificate issues in CI)
- Prevents false positive failures in automated link checking
- Add if: false conditions to all jobs to prevent execution
- Add disabled-check job to indicate the workflow is disabled
- Preserves original conditions in comments for easy re-enabling
To re-enable: Remove the 'if: false' conditions and disabled-check job
1. Script execution detection in matrix-generator.js -
Added fileURLToPath import and updated comparison
2. Script execution detection in incremental-validator.js -
Added fileURLToPath import and updated comparison
3. Script execution detection in link-extractor.js - Added
fileURLToPath import and updated comparison
4. Script execution detection in comment-generator.js -
Added fileURLToPath import and updated comparison
Medium Priority Issues (Fixed):
5. Extracted duplicated URL transformation logic - Created
shared utility module and updated both files to use it
6. Fixed cache key strategy - Updated GitHub workflow to
use content-based hashing instead of base SHA
Changes Made:
- 4 JavaScript files: Updated with robust script execution
detection using fileURLToPath
- 1 utility module: Created
/.github/scripts/utils/url-transformer.js for shared logic
- 2 files: Updated to use the shared URL transformation
utility
- 1 workflow file: Improved cache key strategy for better
cache hit rates
- Add GitHub Actions for automated link validation on PRs
- Implement incremental validation with caching (30-day TTL, configurable)
- Add matrix generator for parallel validation strategy
- Create comprehensive TESTING.md documentation
- Add cache manager with configurable TTL via env var or CLI
- Implement smart link extraction and validation
- Add PR comment generator for broken link reports
- Update Cypress tests to use incremental validation
- Consolidate testing docs from CONTRIBUTING.md to TESTING.md
Key improvements:
- Cache-aware validation only checks changed content
- Parallel execution for large changesets
- Detailed PR comments with broken link reports
- Support for LINK_CACHE_TTL_DAYS env var
- Local testing with yarn test:links
- Reduced false positives through intelligent caching
helper-scripts directory to:
1. Main helper-scripts/README.md:
Updated to describe
generate-release-notes.js instead of
the old bash script, including new
configuration options and examples.
2. helper-scripts/common/README.md:
Updated to describe the JavaScript
version with all its new features like
configuration files,
integrated/separated formats, and PR
link options.
3. helper-scripts/influxdb3-monolith/RE
ADME.md: Completely updated to reflect
the actual JavaScript scripts present
(audit-cli-documentation.js and
apply-cli-patches.js) instead of the
non-existent bash scripts, updated
prerequisites, examples, and workflow
documentation.
scripts
- Supports special case for local development mode
- Provides helpful error messages with available tags
- Can be used as CLI tool or imported module
Now you can run specific audits directly:
# Run specific audits
gh act workflow_dispatch -j cli-3-enterprise
gh act workflow_dispatch -j cli-3-core
gh act workflow_dispatch -j api-3-cloud-dedicated
# Run with custom version
gh act workflow_dispatch -j cli-3-enterprise --input
version=3.1.0
# Run all audits (scheduled behavior)
gh act workflow_dispatch
Jason Stirnaman
Jason Stirnaman