delta/python-packages/sphinx-git.git/tests/roots/test-linkcheck-localserver-https/conf.py, branch v5.2.0 github.com: sphinx-doc/sphinx.git linkcheck: test invalid SSL is reported as broken 2020-11-12T18:58:04+00:00 François Freitag mail@franek.fr 2020-11-09T21:26:02+00:00 040a1e77438b2ca3d7e9ba925ed41eddc701e883 `linkcheck` logic suggests that SSL errors were originally expected to be ignored. Blaming the corresponding lines point to issue #3008: linkcheck to website with self-signed certificates. That issue was fixed by commit 4c7bec6460ae6154705bfd023e363e458f16d1b6, which ignored SSL errors. Probably because back then, users could not specify a CA bundle. A broken SSL certificate is a real issue, it should not be ignored. Users wishing to ignore issues for a specific link can use the `linkcheck_ignore` option. The current behavior is to report the site as broken, keep it. 
`linkcheck` logic suggests that SSL errors were originally expected to
be ignored.

Blaming the corresponding lines point to issue #3008: linkcheck to
website with self-signed certificates. That issue was fixed by commit
4c7bec6460ae6154705bfd023e363e458f16d1b6, which ignored SSL errors.
Probably because back then, users could not specify a CA bundle.

A broken SSL certificate is a real issue, it should not be ignored.
Users wishing to ignore issues for a specific link can use the
`linkcheck_ignore` option.

The current behavior is to report the site as broken, keep it.