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Last updated: 1 Jul 2020

local-links-manager: Checking Links

bundle exec rake check-links

This long running rake task performs a GET request using a timeout and a redirect limit against each active link. It stores the HTTP status code of the result (or the error condition that it encountered). The status is shown in the UI to help identify links that need to be fixed.

A digest of the results is available for interaction links at:

https://local-links-manager.publishing.service.gov.uk/check_links_status.csv

and for homepages at:

https://local-links-manager.publishing.service.gov.uk/check_homepage_links_status.csv

The output resembles the following:

status	count
Invalid URI	231
Connection failed	524
500	26
200	36599
Too many redirects	4
503	110
Timeout Error	194
401	6
410	72
404	2518
SSL Error	69
403	229