[Findings](/findings/index.md) / UX-011

# Links without extensions in one article

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

## What we saw

future-of-news links to /thesis, /portugal and /economics/rails, unlike every other link on the site.

## Why it matters

They depend on the host resolving extensionless paths; on a strict host or a mirror they break.

## The fix

Use the full .html or trailing-slash form everywhere; check it at build.

## The record

| | |
| --- | --- |
| **Status** | Open |
| **Severity** | Low |
| **Kind** | Failure: works against the reader |
| **Product** | [newsroom.sgit.ai](/findings/?product=newsroom.sgit.ai), site |
| **Where** | <https://newsroom.sgit.ai/articles/future-of-news-story-vault-not-paywall.html> |
| **Problems** | [Dead end](/findings/?problem=dead-end) |
| **Visibility** | [Silent](/findings/?visibility=silent): no symptom on screen: found only by measuring, or by its consequences |
| **Recommendation** | [Check it at build](/findings/?recommendation=check-at-build): make the release fail when it happens again |
| **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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