Page is computed as "probably readerable" but parsing results in no content

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
web-dev

Research direction

Start by reproducing the reported page at the supplied URL and compare Readerable.isProbablyReaderable(document) with the Readability parse result. Read the Readerable and Readability entry points to trace why the same document is classified as readable but produces no content. Done means the discrepancy is understood and the issue has a verified behavioral fix or a clearly documented limitation.

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Description

Originally filed at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1958633.

The page in question is: https://digital.tnconservationist.org/publication/?i=663361&article_id=3697028&view=articleBrowser

It appears that Readerable.isProbablyReaderable(document) returns true, but Readability parses the document and finds nothing to read.

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