Bug: Outbound links take 5+ seconds to navigate to

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#2,739 opened on Jun 9, 2025 1 comment 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Assessment

Difficulty: 3/5
Estimated time: 1-2 days
Newbie friendliness: 35/100

Issue type: Bug
Clarity: Mostly clear
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: javascript
Domain: analytics, frontend, performance, web-dev

Research direction

Start by inspecting analytics.python.org/js/script.outbound-links.js and reproducing the outbound-link delay in Firefox with uBlock Origin on the linked docs page. Confirm whether the analytics script causes the wait and verify that outbound links navigate without a five-second delay when the fix is complete.

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Description

bug

Describe the bug

Probably because of https://analytics.python.org/js/script.outbound-links.js and the fact I have ublock installed. Blocking the domain fixes things.

To Reproduce

Install uBlock origin
Go to a page on site
Click outbound link

Expected behavior

To not wait 5 seconds

URL to the issue

https://docs.python.org/3/bugs.html

Screenshots

"![SCREENSHOT_DESCRIPTION](SCREENSHOT_LINK.png)"

Browsers

Firefox

Operating System

Linux

Browser Version

No response

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