"Edit this page on github" links in the docs seem to be broken
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Current evaluation
Broken documentation edit links were fixed after incorrect path composition in the Sphinx theme footer was corrected. Merged into canonical-sphinx via PR #74 and deployed. Edit links now work correctly at the top of documentation pages.
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Issue body
### Request type
Fix
### What needs to get done
"Edit this page on github" links in the docs seem to be broken. I expected that clicking the link would take me through the equivalent of clicking the edit button on the appropriate document in this repo (i.e. create a fork and take me to the file for editing). These links should probably be updated to reflect the current project structure, or removed if this is no longer a supported way of contributing changes to the documentation.
### Documentation location
https://documentation.ubuntu.com/rockcraft/en/latest
### Additional information
Clicking the "Edit this page on github" links in the tutorial results in a github 404
To reproduce:
1. Navigate to this page https://documentation.ubuntu.com/rockcraft/en/latest/tutorial/hello-world/
2. Click the [Edit this page on github](https://github.com/canonical/rockcraft/edit/maindocstutorial/hello-world.rst) link at the bottom
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Broken documentation edit links were fixed after incorrect path composition in the Sphinx theme footer was corrected. Merged into canonical-sphinx via PR #74 and deployed. Edit links now work correctly at the top of documentation pages. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Broken documentation edit links stemmed from incorrect path composition in the Sphinx template footer. Fixed via canonical-sphinx PR #74. The updated theme was deployed, restoring functionality, and the issue was closed. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Broken documentation edit links were caused by incorrect path composition in the canonical-sphinx theme footer. The fix was merged in canonical-sphinx PR 74, correcting the template paths. The issue is closed as resolved. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Broken documentation edit links resulted from incorrect path composition in the Sphinx template footer. Resolved via canonical-sphinx PR #74 and deployed after a theme version bump. Edit functionality now works as expected. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Broken documentation edit links caused by incorrect template path composition were fixed in canonical-sphinx PR #74. Updating the theme version restored the functionality. Issue closed. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #5244 "Edit this page on Github" links give a 404 not found on Github | snapcraft | open | Snapcraft readthedocs 'Edit this page on Github' links 404. Triaged as a doc bug; root cause is an upstream canonical-sphinx bug fixed in 0.4.0. Repo now pins canonical-sphinx~=0.6, so the fix is applied and the links should work. | |
| #780 "Edit this page on GitHub" links broken | rockcraft | closed | Superseded by #705. The broken edit links are a known issue tracked elsewhere. No fix applied in this report. |