docs: linkchecker stopgap fix
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Current evaluation
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.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: The PR itself was merged into main as commit 7a193661 ('docs: linkchecker stopgap fix (#1240)'), adding temporary linkcheck_ignore entries for snapcraft.io/juju.is in docs/conf.py; those entries are still present at HEAD.
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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 |
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| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | 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. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged PR #1240 in commit 7a193661, adding a temporary linkchecker ignore for snapcraft.io and juju.is while service availability is restored. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Merged a stopgap configuration to temporarily ignore intermittent link checker errors from snapcraft.io and juju.is until service availability is restored. The change passed all CI checks and review. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Merged a stopgap fix to temporarily ignore intermittent link check failures for snapcraft.io and juju.is. This bypasses flaky external link checks until service availability is restored, preventing documentation build failures. |
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Related work
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Related To:
canonical/snapcraft#6276
(confidence 88%)
Identical 'docs: linkchecker stopgap fix' PR merged in snapcraft (commit a23b545ff) for the same flaky link-check outages
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Related To:
canonical/charmcraft#2715
(confidence 88%)
Same stopgap linkchecker PR merged in charmcraft (commit 57fa88a3) for the same outages
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #2715 docs: linkchecker stopgap fix | charmcraft | merged | Merged #2715 in commit 57fa88a3, adding temporary link-check exclusions for intermittent snapcraft.io and juju.is failures pending restored availability. | |
| #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. | |
| #1734 docs: ignore debian.org in linkcheck | craft-parts | closed | Merged #1734 as e4c375c9, adding debian.org to Sphinx linkcheck_ignore to prevent intermittent documentation CI timeouts. |