[Findings](/findings/index.md) / UX-010

# Missing pages show the default GitHub Pages 404

Open · medium severity · failure · newsroom.sgit.ai

## What we saw

Any missing URL shows GitHub's generic error page, with no link back to the newsroom.

## Why it matters

A mistyped or old link ends the visit on a page that does not even say which site it is.

## The fix

A branded 404.html with search and the three entry doors.

## The record

| | |
| --- | --- |
| **Status** | Open |
| **Severity** | Medium |
| **Kind** | Failure: works against the reader |
| **Product** | [newsroom.sgit.ai](/findings/?product=newsroom.sgit.ai), site |
| **Where** | <https://newsroom.sgit.ai/no-such-page> |
| **Problems** | [Dead end](/findings/?problem=dead-end) |
| **Visibility** | [Intermittent](/findings/?visibility=intermittent): some readers, some of the time: depends on a gesture, a device or a state, and is hard to reproduce on demand |
| **Recommendation** | [Build the way in](/findings/?recommendation=build-the-way-in): create the missing page or path: tag pages, series, start here, a branded 404 |
| **Area** | [Navigation](/findings/?area=navigation) |
| **Breaks** | [No dead ends](/principles/index.md#no-dead-ends) |
| **Observed** | 2026-10-11, v0.6.4 |
| **Last checked** | 2026-10-11, v0.7.1 |
| **Source** | [Review: bugs and broken things](/reviews/newsroom-2026-10-11.md#bugs-and-broken-things) |

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