Check Link not working - Not detecting broken links.

[javierhf]

Issue Description
The link checker is not identifying the broken links anymore. A few weeks ago (months?) the action worked.

Current Workflow Configuration

on: [push]  
name: Check links  
jobs:  
  markdown-link-check:  
    runs-on: project-runner  
    steps:  
    - uses: actions/checkout@master  
    - uses: gaurav-nelson/github-action-markdown-link-check@v1  
      with:  
        use-quiet-mode: 'yes'  
        use-verbose-mode: 'yes'  
        config-file: '.github/workflows/markdown.links.config.json'  
        folder-path: 'docs'    

Current markdown.links.config File Configuration

The file show the links use cases not the current links. We use regular expression

{
    "ignorePatterns": [
    {
    "pattern": "^https://project-web.com"
    },
    {
    "pattern": "^https://project-web/_Beach_/"    
    },
    {
    "pattern": "^https://www.ai.ai/waf.jsp"    
    },
    {
    "pattern": "^http://ghost:234234234/stone/temple/pilots"    
    },
    {
    "pattern": "^https://valarmorgulis.com/**.coc"    
    },
    {
    "pattern": "^https://project-web.com/dasdad?Fadad=OK&proj=dasbox-truelen"    
    },
    {
    "pattern": "^https://project-web.com/_whatsup?delay=0sec"    
    },
    {
    "pattern": "^https://project-web.com/(.+)"
    },
    {
    "pattern": "^https://project-web.com/tomatos/bodytypes?rket=GB&fruitAll=true&sizeFruit=apple"
    },
    {
    "pattern": "^https://project-web.com/[A-Za-z]+-([A-Za-z0-9]+(/[A-Za-z0-9]+)+)$"
    },
    {
    "pattern": "^https://github.com/asdasda/asasd-htrthy-234greg/.*/(.+)"
    },
    {
    "pattern": "^https://github.com/sadfsdfsdf/([A-Za-z]+(-[A-Za-z]+)+)$"
    },
    {
    "pattern": "^https://supersec.com/[A-Za-z]+/$"
    },
    {
    "pattern": "^https://project-web.com/uncle-bob/([A-Za-z]+(-[A-Za-z]+)+)/$"
    },
    {
    "pattern": "^https://project-farmer/([A-Za-z]+(-[A-Za-z]+)+)/([A-Za-z]+(-[A-Za-z]+)+).[A-Za-z]+$"
    },
    {
    "pattern": "^https://project-web.com/ord/$"
    },
    {
    "pattern": "^https://supersec.com/[A-Za-z]+/$"
    },
    {
    "pattern": "^https://github.com/*/**/*.pop"
    },
    {
    "pattern": "^https://book-list.com/[A-Za-z]+/[A-Za-z]+-[A-Za-z]+/[A-Za-z]+/[A-Za-z]+-[A-Za-z]+/[A-Za-z]+.[A-Za-z]+$"
    },
    {
    "pattern": "^https://project-web-stromae.com/v2/index.html"
    },
    {
    "pattern": "^https://project-web-stromae.com/v2/#overview-3"
    }
    ]
    }

Tests Done

• Using the lastest version of the action does not work.
• Testin with other setups (for example onlu-for-modified files) does not work.

[fharper]

I noticed the same issue. I tried older versions down to 1.0.12, but it's still not working anymore. Not sure since when though.

If you use the markdown-link-check project, which is used by this action, the broken links are detected, so not sure what is causing the issue.

[javierhf]

I noticed the same issue. I tried older versions down to 1.0.12, but it's still not working anymore. Not sure since when though.

If you use the markdown-link-check project, which is used by this action, the broken links are detected, so not sure what is causing the issue.

Thanks for the tip, @fharper . I will try that.

[sdesani]

I am experiencing the same issue. I was trying other things and I happened to remove ignorePatterns from config file and it starts reporting broken links. May be something broken on how those are parsed for exclusion while checking for broken links.

[mahula]

I am also experiencing this issue.
Thank you @fharper and @sdesani for the hints.

[javierhf]

Have you checked you have the right file extension for the lycheeignore file?

[richelbilderbeek]

I had the same issue here, with a solution too.

Spoiler: there was a comma missing in mlc_config.json:

richel@richel-N141CU:~/GitHubs/bianca_workshop$ git diff
diff --git a/mlc_config.json b/mlc_config.json
index 95ee752..d4e5819 100644
--- a/mlc_config.json
+++ b/mlc_config.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-    "aliveStatusCodes": [0, 40, 200, 401, 403, 418, 500, 503]
+    "aliveStatusCodes": [0, 40, 200, 401, 403, 418, 500, 503],
     "ignorePatterns": [
         {
             "pattern": [

[gaurav-nelson]

Update: I have stopped working on this action. Please try https://github.com/UmbrellaDocs/linkspector and https://github.com/UmbrellaDocs/action-linkspector instead.