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Non active but hidden versions are stuck in a redirect loop
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- Read the Docs project URL: https://readthedocs.org/projects/hyperledger-besu/
Hi, was trying to figure out how to make a version inactive and have it redirect to the default (latest) version. It seems that the behaviour is broken when the version is hidden. Currently when I uncheck the active box on a version but keep the hidden box checked, if I try to go to the version doc, it get stuck in a redirect loop and browser displays a "too many redirect" error.
This works well if both Active and Hidden are unchecked.
Expected Result
Non active AND hidden versions should redirect to the default version.
Exemple: https://besu.hyperledger.org/en/1.5.0/Concepts/Privacy/Privacy-Overview/ -> https://besu.hyperledger.org/en/stable/Concepts/Privacy/Privacy-Overview/
Actual Result
Non active AND hidden versions are stuck in a redirect loop. The page returns a 302 redirect to the same address.
Exemple https://besu.hyperledger.org/en/1.5.0/Concepts/Privacy/Privacy-Overview/ returns ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS
Hi @NicolasMassart. Do you have set up a redirect?
I think this is a duplicate of #9335. I guess that Read the Docs is not deleting the HTML files from the storage when you mark a version as active=False, and I think it should. That would solve this issue, I guess.
I have redirects but they should not interact with this I guess.
Maybe it's a dup of the issue you linked. If so, feel free to close this one.
Thanks for your quick reply. I don't think it's a problem with the redirects, yeah. I added the other issue as planned to the roadmap. Hopefully, we can prioritize it soon. Please, subscribe there to receive notifications.
Also note that the use of hidden on an inactive version is totally useless. If it's inactive it not accessible even in a hidden way. But as it generates a bug, I wanted to make sure we know. On my side I changed all the inactive versions hidden status to false with the API (except the one linked in this issue as example). So I'm good, no blocker.
Also note that the use of hidden on an inactive version is totally useless
You have a point here 👍🏼 . This should not be allowed by the UI -it does not make sense to me.
This was solved with https://github.com/readthedocs/readthedocs.org/issues/9335.
