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Rendering of the 404 page is broken

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
42/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
html
Domain
web-dev

Research direction

Start by opening the failing /doesnt/exist URL and inspecting the generated HTML for relative paths. Then inspect 404.md and the site's Laika configuration to determine whether the path handling is local or requires an upstream Laika fix. Done means the 404 page renders correctly when visited from arbitrary paths.

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Description

https://typelevel.org/doesnt/exist

The problem is that Laika generates the HTML for 404.md using relative paths, but the page may be rendered from any path. This may be something that we need to fix upstream in Laika.

Dominant language
HTML
Stars
42
Forks
115
Avg merge
4d 13h
Merged PRs (30d)
8

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