v2.0.2 — Broken external links now in the PDF report
Hotfix for a UX gap caught on theculinarypeace.com: the external-link validator was finding broken outbound URLs correctly and writing them to .external-links.csv — but the operator opening the PDF/MD audit report saw zero mention of them. Buried, not surfaced.
What changed
Summary scorecard adds 4 external-link rows
| External links audited | 142 |
| External links — broken (4xx/5xx/timeout/DNS/SSL) | 23 | 🔴
| External links — followed redirect (3xx) | 18 | ⚠️
| External links — skipped (mailto/tel/javascript) | 0 |
Dedicated 'Broken External Links' section in the Critical block
Table with target URL · status · source page · anchor text. Capped at first 25 rows in the report; full list in .external-links.csv as before.
Verified
Live smoke test on theculinarypeace.com — 23 broken externals surfaced including swayampaaka.com 500 (the exact failure flagged in the original Google Sheet review), 7× NDTV/Mayo/Indian Express/Scielo 403s, nih.gov 404, tabletwise.com SSL error, malformed Gordon Ramsay URL, 11× Pinterest 429s.