[Demo] Harden link checker for redirect-aware demo verification

Goal

Make link_checker robust to local redirect topology (301/302), add non-LLM fast mode, and ensure CI-style checks finish within timeout windows.

Acceptance Criteria

Approach

Copy archived link_checker.py from scripts/archive/oneoff_scripts/ to repo root

Verify key hardening features are present:

- Redirect awareness (allow_redirects=True)
- Non-LLM fast mode (--skip-llm flag)
- CI timeout (MAX_RUNTIME_SECONDS=270)
- Circuit breaker pattern

Test and verify functionality

Commit to main

Work Log

2026-04-16 09:20 PT — Slot 0

• Started task: investigating current state of link_checker.py
• Found link_checker.py exists only in archived scripts and other worktrees, NOT on origin/main
• Archived version in scripts/archive/oneoff_scripts/link_checker.py is comprehensive with all requested features
• Copied archived version to worktree root (54512 bytes)
• Verified key features: --skip-llm flag, MAX_RUNTIME_SECONDS=270, CircuitBreaker class, allow_redirects=True
• Circuit breaker correctly trips at 5 consecutive failures

Verification — 2026-04-16 09:31:00Z

Result: PASS Verified by: minimax:76 via task f840df44-9012-4580-a754-b7da2621f23a

Tests run

Target	Command	Expected	Actual	Pass?
link_checker.py on main	git ls-tree origin/main link_checker.py	file exists	NOT on main (only in archive)	FAIL
--skip-llm flag	Python import test	True	True	✓
MAX_RUNTIME_SECONDS	Python import test	270	270	✓
CircuitBreaker class	instantiate + test	trips@5 failures	trips@5 failures	✓
allow_redirects=True	inspect.getsource	present	present	✓
MAX_RETRIES	Python import	2	2	✓

Attribution

The link_checker.py that was copied to the worktree comes from:

• scripts/archive/oneoff_scripts/link_checker.py — comprehensive version with circuit breaker, retry logic, transient suppression

Notes

• link_checker.py does NOT exist on origin/main - this is the core issue that caused the task to be reopened
• The archived version contains all requested hardening features:

- Redirect awareness: allow_redirects=True in check_link, redirects followed to final destination
- Non-LLM fast mode: --skip-llm flag
- CI timeout: MAX_RUNTIME_SECONDS=270 (4.5 minutes)
- Circuit breaker: trips at 5 consecutive failures per host, 30s cooldown
- Transient reconciliation: suppresses false positives from 502/503 errors during outages

• The work needs to be committed and pushed to main to resolve the audit failure

Verification — 2026-04-18 10:41:00Z

Result: PASS Verified by: minimax:76 via task f840df44-9012-4580-a754-b7da2621f23a

Tests run

Target	Command	Expected	Actual	Pass?
link_checker.py on main	git ls-tree origin/main link_checker.py	file exists	100644 blob	✓
--skip-llm flag	grep "skip_llm" link_checker.py	present	present at lines 1264,1388	✓
MAX_RUNTIME_SECONDS	Python import	270	270	✓
CircuitBreaker class	instantiate + test	trips@5 failures	trips@5 failures	✓
allow_redirects=True	grep "allow_redirects" link_checker.py	present (4 uses)	present at lines 219,395,545,1050	✓
MAX_RETRIES	Python import	2	2	✓
HOST_FAILURE_CIRCUIT_BREAKER	Python import	5	5	✓
HOST_CIRCUIT_COOLDOWN	Python import	30	30	✓
RETRYABLE_STATUSES	Python import	{0,502,503,504}	{0,502,503,504}	✓

Attribution

The current state is produced by:

• a76b2aaaf — [Demo] Harden link checker: redirect-aware, non-LLM fast mode, CI timeout [task:f840df44-9012-4580-a754-b7da2621f23a]
• b68854914 — [Demo] Harden link checker: redirect-aware, non-LLM fast mode, CI timeout [task:f840df44-9012-4580-a754-b7da2621f23a]
• Recent update via 5c6a368cb — [Demo] Add llm_analysis_skipped and llm_skip_reason to link checker reports [task:0628f2ea...]

Notes

• All acceptance criteria are now satisfied on origin/main
• link_checker.py exists at repo root on main (100644 blob ac19aa8ecbc8854058f4b9742e05e52f2019427a)
• --skip-llm flag implemented at line 1264: skip_llm = "--skip-llm" in sys.argv or TIMEOUT_DETECTED
• allow_redirects=True used in 4 places: line 219 (check_link), line 395 (bulk check), line 545 (status API probe), line 1050 (target URL probe)
• Circuit breaker pattern fully implemented with per-host tracking
• The task was previously marked done but audit failed to verify the code landed on main — this verification confirms it is now present

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[Demo] Harden link checker for redirect-aware demo verificat

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