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v2.0.2 — Broken external links now in the PDF report

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@adityaarsharma adityaarsharma released this 04 Jun 11:50
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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.