feat(w3c/headers): validate header links#5143
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This PR enhances W3C header handling by adding validation/verification around key header links (notably latestVersion and historyURI) and extends the test suite to cover the new behaviors, aiming to surface broken header links earlier via warnings/errors.
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- Add a HEAD check for derived
latestVersionURLs and emit aw3c/headerswarning when the URL can’t be reached. - Adjust
historyURIderivation to support explicit suppression (null) and refactor URL probing intoresourceExists(). - Update/extend
w3c/headerstests (warnings filter, status loops, new warning expectation).
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tests/spec/w3c/headers-spec.js |
Adds warnings assertions and refactors status-based tests for header link behavior. |
src/w3c/templates/cgbg-headers.js |
Tweaks when the “Latest published version” row is rendered for CG/BG headers. |
src/w3c/headers.js |
Adds URL existence probing for latestVersion, refactors history derivation, and introduces resourceExists(). |
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src/w3c/templates/cgbg-headers.js:47
conf.latestVersion !== null(and the nestedconf.latestVersion !== "") will treatundefinedas “present” and render an<a>whose href/text becomeundefined. The W3C headers template avoids this by checking property existence ("latestVersion" in conf) and then treating falsy values as “none”. Consider aligning the CGBG template logic (e.g., guard on property existence or use a nullish check) so missing/undefinedlatestVersioncan’t produce a broken link.
${conf.latestVersion !== null
? html`<dt>${l10n.latest_published_version}</dt>
<dd>
${conf.latestVersion !== ""
? html`<a href="${conf.latestVersion}"
>${conf.latestVersion}</a
>`
: "none"}
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@copilot please rebase |
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@copilot Rebase? |
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I rebased this branch onto |
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- Warn if latestVersion URL doesn't resolve (non-FPWD docs) - CG drafts (specStatus ending in -DRAFT) no longer require latestVersion - Extract resourceExists() helper that returns the final URL after redirects (or null), replacing ad-hoc fetch+ok patterns - deriveHistoryURI() now returns a value instead of mutating conf, and uses resourceExists() to avoid duplicating fetch logic - Guard conf.historyURI = null (user suppression) at the call site so explicit null is not overwritten by derivation - Fix URL construction: use response.url (post-redirect) for the history URL rather than the pre-redirect constructed URL Fixes #4037 (rebased from validate_latest branch)
- Fix [shortname] → [shortName] in docLink hint (wrong casing) - Move FPWD guard before resourceExists() fetch to avoid unnecessary network request for FPWD docs - Return null (not conf.historyURI) when historyURI is set on a non-standards-track document, so the History link is not rendered - Use cgbgStatus (not cgStatus) in the latestVersion loop test to cover BG-DRAFT status
Per sidvishnoi: use != null (loose equality) to catch both null and undefined, not just !== null.
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@copilot Can you confirm all your feedback has been addressed? Can you fix anything that was not addressed? |
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Confirmed: all previously raised review feedback is now addressed in the branch. I re-verified the key points ( No UI changes were made, so there’s no screenshot to attach. |
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edDraftURI,historyURI,implementationReportURI, and other header links are well-formed URLs pointing to the expected hosts