Embedded gists (common on medium.com) invisible in readability

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
42/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
content

Research direction

Start by opening the two linked Medium articles and comparing their content with Readability's output. Trace how the JavaScript parser handles embedded gists, then verify that the gist code appears in the extracted output for both examples and add coverage in the relevant existing test area.

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Description

has-website-testcase should-be-readerable

embedded gists (which are a common way of including code snippets on medium.com) are missing from readability's output.

See, e.g.

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