WORKED EXAMPLE · V1.0.0

Three signals.
One held release.

This is the included broken fixture, checked locally against https://example.com. It represents an example website, not a live customer audit.

python3 scripts/check_release.py examples/broken --origin https://example.com

Observed output

Pages: 2 · Sitemap entries: 3 · Blocking findings: 3 · Exit code: 1 (hold)

• index.html:3 — canonical-origin: canonical points to https://staging.example.com/ instead of the intended public origin.
• private/index.html:3 — noindex-in-sitemap: a deliberately private dashboard is still listed in the public sitemap.
• sitemap.xml:1 — sitemap-target: /missing/ has no matching local HTML route.
• index.html:1 — description: no meta description; this is an editorial warning.

Source changes to verify

1. Set the homepage canonical to https://example.com/ in the source template.
2. Keep the dashboard’s noindex directive and remove that private route from the sitemap source.
3. Remove the stale /missing/ sitemap entry or implement the intended public route.
4. Add a useful homepage description. This is a suggestion, not a ranking guarantee.

Rerun evidence

The included clean fixture contains one homepage, a matching canonical, title and description, and a one-entry sitemap. Its checker output has 0 blocking findings and exit code 0. Rebuild your own site before rerunning; the example does not prove your release is correct.

Still required on the live site

Check HTTP responses and redirects, robots.txt and X-Robots-Tag, JavaScript rendering and Search Console URL inspection. This offline checker cannot observe those signals or guarantee indexing.