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anthropics/claude-code#49513•Fetched 2026-04-17 08:38:59
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The "What's new" RSS feed at https://code.claude.com/docs/en/whats-new/rss.xml embeds relative links inside each item's <content:encoded> body. RSS readers resolve those against the origin (https://code.claude.com), which strips the /docs prefix and redirects readers away from the actual digest to the Claude Code marketing page.

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Root Cause

The "What's new" RSS feed at https://code.claude.com/docs/en/whats-new/rss.xml embeds relative links inside each item's <content:encoded> body. RSS readers resolve those against the origin (https://code.claude.com), which strips the /docs prefix and redirects readers away from the actual digest to the Claude Code marketing page.

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<a href="/en/whats-new/2026-w15">Read the Week 15 digest →</a>
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What's Wrong?

RSS feed content:encoded links missing /docs prefix, redirect away from the article

Labels: bug, docs

Summary

The "What's new" RSS feed at https://code.claude.com/docs/en/whats-new/rss.xml embeds relative links inside each item's <content:encoded> body. RSS readers resolve those against the origin (https://code.claude.com), which strips the /docs prefix and redirects readers away from the actual digest to the Claude Code marketing page.

Feed URL

https://code.claude.com/docs/en/whats-new/rss.xml

What Should Happen?

Expected

Anchors inside <content:encoded> should be absolute URLs (or at least prefixed with the docs basePath) so they resolve correctly when the HTML is rendered outside the /docs routing context.

Actual

The generator (Mintlify) emits docs-relative paths without the /docs prefix. They work on-page but break in the RSS feed.

Error Messages/Logs

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Steps to Reproduce

Steps to reproduce

  1. Subscribe to the feed in any RSS reader (NetNewsWire, Feedly, Reeder, etc.).
  2. Open the most recent item ("Week 15").
  3. Click the "Read the Week 15 digest →" link in the body.
  4. Observe the redirect to https://www.claude.com/product/claude-code instead of the digest.

Example

Inside <content:encoded> for the Week 15 item:

<a href="/en/whats-new/2026-w15">Read the Week 15 digest →</a>
  • Reader resolves to: https://code.claude.com/en/whats-new/2026-w15 → 302 → https://www.claude.com/product/claude-code ❌
  • Correct URL: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/whats-new/2026-w15 → 200 OK ✅

Every weekly item in the feed (Week 13, Week 14, Week 15, …) has the same pattern.

Note

The per-item <link> elements (e.g. https://code.claude.com/docs/en/whats-new#week-15) resolve correctly — this bug is only in the links inside the body content.

Claude Model

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Is this a regression?

I don't know

Last Working Version

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Claude Code Version

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Platform

Other

Operating System

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Terminal/Shell

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Additional Information

Environment

  • Feed generator: Mintlify (per <generator> tag in the feed)
  • Verified: 2026-04-16
  • Affected items: all weekly digest entries

extent analysis

TL;DR

The RSS feed generator, Mintlify, should be configured to produce absolute URLs or URLs prefixed with the /docs path for links inside the <content:encoded> body.

Guidance

  • Verify that Mintlify supports generating absolute URLs or URLs with a custom base path.
  • Check the Mintlify documentation for configuration options related to URL generation.
  • Consider modifying the RSS feed generation process to prepend the /docs path to relative URLs inside <content:encoded>.
  • Test the modified RSS feed with an RSS reader to ensure the links resolve correctly.

Example

No code snippet is provided as the issue is related to the configuration of the Mintlify feed generator.

Notes

The solution may depend on the specific capabilities and configuration options of Mintlify. If Mintlify does not support generating absolute URLs or custom base paths, an alternative feed generator may be necessary.

Recommendation

Apply a workaround by modifying the RSS feed generation process to prepend the /docs path to relative URLs inside <content:encoded>, as this is a more feasible solution given the current information.

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