From a7ca1d249bc6442813181769da115e389c98faeb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Trent Mick <trentm@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 11:26:45 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] chore: skip npmjs.com in linkchecking while it returns
 403 to non-browsers

---
 doc/metrics.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/metrics.md b/doc/metrics.md
index 93214503392..f971e87f84c 100644
--- a/doc/metrics.md
+++ b/doc/metrics.md
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ at: <https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/tree/main/experimental/e
 ## Exporting measurements to OpenTelemetry Protocol
 
 OpenTelemetry JavaScript comes with three different kinds of exporters that export
-the OTLP protocol, a) [over HTTP](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/tree/main/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-metrics-otlp-http), b) [over GRPC](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@opentelemetry/exporter-metrics-otlp-grpc), c) [over Protobuf](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@opentelemetry/exporter-metrics-otlp-proto).
+the OTLP protocol, a) [over HTTP](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/tree/main/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-metrics-otlp-http), b) [over GRPC](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@opentelemetry/exporter-metrics-otlp-grpc), c) [over Protobuf](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@opentelemetry/exporter-metrics-otlp-proto). (XXX Trent wuz here.)
 
 The example below shows how you can configure OpenTelemetry JavaScript to use
 the OTLP exporter using http/protobuf.

From 377ddd7ddbddfb539bff3d605b96084fc8009676 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Trent Mick <trentm@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 11:42:45 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] skip npmjs.com in linkinator link checks

---
 doc/metrics.md | 2 +-
 package.json   | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/metrics.md b/doc/metrics.md
index f971e87f84c..93214503392 100644
--- a/doc/metrics.md
+++ b/doc/metrics.md
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ at: <https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/tree/main/experimental/e
 ## Exporting measurements to OpenTelemetry Protocol
 
 OpenTelemetry JavaScript comes with three different kinds of exporters that export
-the OTLP protocol, a) [over HTTP](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/tree/main/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-metrics-otlp-http), b) [over GRPC](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@opentelemetry/exporter-metrics-otlp-grpc), c) [over Protobuf](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@opentelemetry/exporter-metrics-otlp-proto). (XXX Trent wuz here.)
+the OTLP protocol, a) [over HTTP](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/tree/main/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-metrics-otlp-http), b) [over GRPC](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@opentelemetry/exporter-metrics-otlp-grpc), c) [over Protobuf](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@opentelemetry/exporter-metrics-otlp-proto).
 
 The example below shows how you can configure OpenTelemetry JavaScript to use
 the OTLP exporter using http/protobuf.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d3a99d8d7fc..fae74754ad5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     "predocs-test": "npm run docs",
     "docs": "typedoc --readme none && touch docs/.nojekyll",
     "docs-deploy": "gh-pages --dotfiles --dist docs",
-    "docs:test": "linkinator docs --silent --retry && linkinator doc/*.md --skip http://localhost:3000 --skip http://localhost:9464 --skip https://github.com/ --silent --retry --directory-listing",
+    "docs:test": "linkinator docs --silent --retry && linkinator doc/*.md --skip http://localhost:3000 --skip http://localhost:9464 --skip https://github.com/ --skip https://www.npmjs.com/ --silent --retry --directory-listing",
     "lint": "lerna run lint && npm run lint:markdown && npm run lint:semconv-deps",
     "lint:changed": "lerna run --concurrency 1 --stream lint --since HEAD --exclude-dependents",
     "lint:fix": "lerna run lint:fix && npm run lint:markdown:fix",