opensafely / opensafely/documentation

Add a date or commit ID somewhere to published HTML

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enhancement
Dominant language
Python
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Description

@iaindillingham spotted that the docs weren't being published.

We only had an email notification of failure. Render doesn't seem to display a publish check here on GitHub. (I checked on Render and not sure there's anything there to configure.)

Cloudflare Pages does display status here, for when we switch back, #754, but it might still be useful to have an easy validation in-page that content is current. And useful for readers too, as a warning that content may be old.

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Research direction

Review the publishing setup and the generated HTML path, starting with how the docs are deployed on Render; Cloudflare Pages and issue #754 provide context for the deployment switch. Decide whether a date or commit ID should be shown, where readers should see it, and verify that a published page displays a value that identifies the current content.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
documentation, release
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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