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ci: build and link-check the docs site on every PR - #1781

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Summary

Nothing in GitHub CI built /docs, and Cloudflare Pages does not preview dependabot/* branches. That is how #1778's first commit got green checks while its lockfile could not build the site at all (@astrojs/markdown-remark had dropped out of the tree). The break would only have shown up as a failed production deploy after merge, leaving the live docs stuck on the previous deploy.

This adds a Docs job that builds the site the way Cloudflare does and runs the existing link/anchor checker.

Changes

  • New Docs job in ci.yml:
    • Node from docs/.node-version (22, same as Cloudflare), with the pnpm version from docs/package.json.
    • pnpm install --frozen-lockfile, pnpm run build and python3 scripts/check-links.py, all in docs/.
    • Uses the same pinned actions and Harden Runner setup as the other jobs.
  • Like Test and Build + Lint, it runs on every PR, with no path filter, so it can be added to the required checks without deadlocking PRs that don't touch docs. It runs in parallel with the existing ~4 min Test job, so PRs don't take longer to go green.
  • docs/README.md now mentions the check.

Testing / validation

  • actionlint on ci.yml: clean.
  • Locally, from a clean node_modules on Node 22.23.2 with the same install, build and link-check commands: exit 0, 52 pages, 0 problems across 52 pages. The Docs job on this PR is the real test.
  • I reproduced the failure this job would have caught: at 451c8167 (build: bump the docs-dependencies group in /docs with 3 updates #1778 without the fix) astro build exits 1.

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Add CI Docs job to build and link-check docs site on every PR

  • Adds a Docs job to ci.yml that installs frozen dependencies from docs/pnpm-lock.yaml, builds the site, and runs scripts/check-links.py from the docs directory.
  • Documents the new CI check in docs/README.md.
  • Risk: any broken links or build failures in the docs will now fail the CI run.

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  • Documentation
    • Added deployment guidance explaining how documentation builds and link checks run in CI.
  • Chores
    • Added an automated documentation validation job that builds the site and checks internal links and anchors on every pull request.

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CI now builds the documentation site on every pull request, checks internal links and anchors, and documents the required Docs check and its deployment coverage.

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Documentation CI validation

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Documentation build and validation
.github/workflows/ci.yml, docs/README.md
The new Docs job uses the documented Node version and frozen lockfile, builds the site, and runs scripts/check-links.py. The deployment documentation describes this check.

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  GitHubActions->>pnpm: Install frozen docs dependencies
  GitHubActions->>pnpm: Build the docs site
  GitHubActions->>LinkChecker: Check links and anchors
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Deploying quickadd with  Cloudflare Pages  Cloudflare Pages

Latest commit: b798adc
Status: ✅  Deploy successful!
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The required "Docs" check in GitHub CI (`.github/workflows/ci.yml`) builds the
site the same way on every PR (`.node-version`, frozen lockfile) and runs
`scripts/check-links.py`, so a broken docs build is caught before merge, even
on branches Cloudflare does not preview.

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Scope the Docs check claim to master pull requests.

.github/workflows/ci.yml triggers the Docs job only for pull requests targeting master. A pull request targeting another branch does not receive this check, so contributors cannot rely on it to catch a broken docs build before merging to that branch.

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The required "Docs" check in GitHub CI (`.github/workflows/ci.yml`) builds the
site the same way on every PR (`.node-version`, frozen lockfile) and runs
`scripts/check-links.py`, so a broken docs build is caught before merge, even
on branches Cloudflare does not preview.
The required "Docs" check in GitHub CI (`.github/workflows/ci.yml`) builds the
site the same way on pull requests targeting `master` (`.node-version`, frozen lockfile) and runs
`scripts/check-links.py`, so a broken docs build is caught before merge, even
on branches Cloudflare does not preview.
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In `@docs/README.md` around lines 60 - 64, Update the Docs check claim in the
README paragraph to specify that the site is built consistently on pull requests
targeting master, rather than on every pull request. Preserve the existing build
details and link-checking description.

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