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[Bug]: “Latest Version” link doesn't always work

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start at the reported 2.x page URL and inspect how its “Latest version →” link is generated. Compare the link destination with the corresponding latest documentation page, then verify that the link no longer sends users to the wrong version.

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Description

Bug
Page URL

https://craftcms.com/docs/2.x/plugins/variables.html

Client

Safari, macOS 11

Description

This 2.x page shows an "unsupported version" banner (correctly)…

Screen Shot 2023-11-09 at 09 32 34

…but when clicking Latest version →, we end up at the 3.x version!

Dominant language
JavaScript
Stars
42
Forks
160
Avg merge
3h 9m
Merged PRs (30d)
4

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