Recover high-authority backlinks to removed docs paths

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Recover high-authority backlinks to removed docs paths

Current verification on 2026-07-13 found ten old docs URLs still returning 404. The highest-value links come from Runpod-controlled GitHub and package surfaces, plus Hugging Face and other developer sources.

Required redirects

Old path	Recommended current target	Current result
/serverless-ai/custom-apis	/serverless/workers/overview	404
/docs/serverless-endpoint-urls	/serverless/endpoints/operation-reference	404
/docs/pods	/pods/overview	404
/docs/template-creation	/pods/templates/create-custom-template	404
/serverless-ai/custom-apis/using-your-api	/serverless/endpoints/send-requests	404
/docs/pod-env-variables	/pods/templates/environment-variables	404
/category/workers	/serverless/workers/overview	404
/docs/automatic-stop	/pods/manage-pods	404
/faq	Docs owner to select the current support or help destination	404
/docs/faq	Same destination as /faq	404

All recommended targets above return 200 today. The FAQ target needs an owner decision because the current sitemap has no direct FAQ replacement.

Update Runpod-controlled source links

• runpod/runpod-python README still links to /serverless-ai/custom-apis: https://github.com/runpod/runpod-python/blob/08e07cb5dded275b1bab0451940433fe2a1c8244/README.md
• The PyPI runpod project inherits the same README link.
• runpod-workers/worker-comfyui README still links to /docs/serverless-endpoint-urls: https://github.com/runpod-workers/worker-comfyui/blob/066a11c49cfe6357902d1b2d8bc8d86bc55128b0/README.md
• The worker-comfyui Docker Hub description mirrors this documentation reference.

Redirects are still required after the source updates because third-party copies and older package metadata continue to point at the removed paths.

Already recovered since the June audit

• /category/storage now redirects to /storage/network-volumes
• /docs/create-a-network-volume now redirects to /storage/network-volumes
• /serverless/endpoints/manage-endpoints now redirects to /serverless/endpoints/endpoint-configurations
• /graphql/manage-pods now redirects to /sdks/graphql/manage-pods

Acceptance criteria

• Each of the ten remaining old paths returns a permanent redirect to a live 200 page.
• The two Runpod-controlled README links are updated at source.
• The PyPI and Docker Hub descriptions are refreshed from the corrected README content.
• Redirect behavior is verified with a request that follows the full chain and ends in one hop where possible.