[Internal]: Broken links for Kibana 9.x versions #3903
Description
Description
Some documentation links displayed to users when they lack privileges in Kibana 9.1 and 9.2 are broken. The same links work correctly in main and 8.x.
When:
Observed in Kibana 9.1 and 9.2. Working as expected in main
Why:
Links are generated dynamically with the following logic:
const url = `${ELASTIC_WEBSITE_URL}guide/en/${guidePath}/${DOC_LINK_VERSION}/${docPath}`;
In main, the DOC_LINK_VERSION value is current, which correctly redirects to valid pages such as:
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/security/current/detections-permissions-section.html
→ Valid redirection
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/security/current/sec-requirements.html
→ Valid redirection
In contrast, for versions 9.1 and 9.2, the DOC_LINK_VERSION value is 9.x, resulting in broken links like:
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/security/9.2/detections-permissions-section.html
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/security/9.2/sec-requirements.html
It seems the documentation structure may have changed, causing versioned URLs (e.g., 9.x) to break while current remains valid
Resources
Related SDH: elastic/sdh-security-team#1488
Which documentation set does this change impact?
Elastic On-Prem and Cloud (all)
Feature differences
The issue occurs in both ESS and Serverless as the documentation link generation logic is shared. There are no differences between deployment methods.
What release is this request related to?
N/A
Serverless release
Around the next patch releases
Collaboration model
The documentation team
Point of contact.
Main contact: @agusruidiazgd
Stakeholders: @elastic/security-solution