docs: linkchecker stopgap fix
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Current evaluation
Merged #2715 in commit 57fa88a3, adding temporary link-check exclusions for intermittent snapcraft.io and juju.is failures pending restored availability.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: The approved PR was merged as commit 57fa88a3. Its stopgap exclusions in docs/conf.py prevent intermittent external-site availability errors from failing link checks.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
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Issue body
2026-06-23: We have ongoing intermittent errors with link checks to snapcraft.io and juju.is. Ignore them until availability is restored.
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Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged #2715 in commit 57fa88a3, adding temporary link-check exclusions for intermittent snapcraft.io and juju.is failures pending restored availability. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged #2715 in commit 57fa88a3, adding a temporary link-check exclusion for intermittent snapcraft.io and juju.is failures pending restored availability. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged #2715 in 57fa88a3: temporarily excluded snapcraft.io and juju.is from link checks to avoid intermittent failures. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Merged a stopgap linkchecker configuration to ignore intermittent errors from snapcraft.io and juju.is until service stability returns. Approved by one reviewer, passed CI checks, and merged with a single four-line update. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Merged a stopgap linkchecker update to ignore intermittent errors for snapcraft.io and juju.is until service availability is restored. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #6276 docs: linkchecker stopgap fix | snapcraft | merged | Merged #6276 as a23b545ff, adding a temporary linkchecker stopgap for intermittent snapcraft.io and juju.is failures until service availability returns. | |
| #1240 docs: linkchecker stopgap fix | rockcraft | merged | Maintainer PR merged as commit 7a193661, adding snapcraft.io, juju.is and launchpad.net to linkcheck_ignore in docs/conf.py as a temporary stopgap for flaky link checks. | |
| #444 docs: make linkcheck more forgiving | starbase | merged | Merged canonical/starbase#444 as 9cbbaf5, reducing CI link-check noise with targeted URL and anchor ignores while retaining link checking. |