PYTHON-5888 Improve linkcheck usability (mongodb#2886)

Author: sleepyStick

.evergreen/config.yml

@@ -45,6 +45,17 @@ post:
   - func: "cleanup"
 
 tasks:
+  - name: linkcheck
+    commands:
+      - command: subprocess.exec
+        type: test
+        params:
+          binary: bash
+          args:
+            - .evergreen/just.sh
+            - docs-linkcheck
+          working_dir: src
+
   - name: resync_specs
     commands:
       - command: subprocess.exec
@@ -56,6 +67,14 @@ tasks:
           working_dir: src
 
 buildvariants:
+  - name: linkcheck
+    display_name: "Link Check"
+    run_on: rhel80-small
+    cron: '0 0 * * *'
+    patchable: true
+    tasks:
+      - name: linkcheck
+
   - name: resync_specs
     display_name: "Resync Specs"
     run_on: rhel80-small

.github/workflows/test-python.yml

@@ -154,27 +154,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build docs
         run: just docs
 
-  linkcheck:
-    name: Link Check
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6.0.3
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-      - name: Install uv
-        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@fac544c07dec837d0ccb6301d7b5580bf5edae39 # v8.2.0
-        with:
-          enable-cache: true
-          python-version: "3.10"
-      - name: Install just
-        run: uv tool install rust-just
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: just install
-      - name: Build docs
-        run: just docs-linkcheck
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
   typing:
     name: Typing Tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest

doc/conf.py

@@ -98,9 +98,8 @@
 linkcheck_workers = 1
 # Give slow redirects more time before retrying.
 linkcheck_timeout = 60
-
-# Ignore anchors in links since they may not be added to the page right away.
-linkcheck_anchors_ignore_for_url = [r"https://github.com/.*"]
+# Ignore anchors in links
+linkcheck_anchors = False
 
 # Pass GitHub token to avoid rate-limiting on GitHub links.
 if github_token := os.environ.get("GITHUB_TOKEN"):