Broken search results on the website

[VladimirShitov]

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What happened?

When you print something in the search bar on the documentation website, sometimes suggested links are broken. See the example for sc.pl.umap below.

Using google, I was able to find a correct page. Here is the correct and the broken link:

• Broken: https://scanpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/generated/scanpy.pl.umap.html#scanpy-pl-umap
• Correct: https://scanpy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/generated/scanpy.pl.umap.html#scanpy-pl-umap

The difference is in latest/stable part. I tried searching for other functions as well, but did not notice any pattern. Here are some other links from search suggestion that are broken:

• https://scanpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/generated/scanpy.external.tl.phenograph.html
• https://scanpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/generated/scanpy.pl.rank_genes_groups_dotplot.html
• Same for other visualizations of rank_genes_group. tl.rank_genes_groups works, though

And a related issue. Why doesn't scanpy have a custom 404 page? 😄

Minimal code sample

Here's an example with looking for umap plot:

• Search suggests a page:

• First link (to the tool) is correct, but by clicking on the second one (for plotting) user gets 404:

Error output

No response

Versions

I was at the "stable" version on the website. Current scanpy version is 1.9.6

[flying-sheep]

In #2220, DocSearch was removed from the latest docs.

Our current theme would probably support it, so we could re-introduce it (pydata/pydata-sphinx-theme#795). @ivirshup how do I get access to our DocSearch account?

PS: There’s more discussion about search plugins supported by our theme here: pydata/pydata-sphinx-theme#202