Summary

Executed the approved broken-link remediation recommendations against the current 2026-05-17 Screaming Frog crawl.

What shipped

• Refreshed Cloudways SSH known_hosts for ssh.app21392.cloudwayssites.com:2217 and verified strict host checking.
• Ran fresh Screaming Frog crawl: /Users/samaguiar/Documents/Codex/screaming-frog/2026-05-17, completed rc=0.
• Added reusable routine script: /Users/samaguiar/Documents/Projects/routines-build/scripts/apply_external_link_queue.py.
• Updated broken-link routine docs and tests in routines-build; venv unittest ran 22 tests OK.
• Fixed high-confidence live external URLs:
  • broken FedEx independent-contractor URL on aftermath-of-a-truck-accident replaced with JD Supra live source.
  • DOJ FTCA and SF-95 links replaced with current DOJ/GSA sources.
  • Ram ProMaster URL replaced with current Ram page.
  • sitewide LinkedIn footer URL replaced with active firm LinkedIn company URL.
• Fixed internal broken links:
  • menu ?page_id=62 Video Library now routes to /resources/.
  • /resources/resources/blog/, /truck-accident-lawyers/, and /tesla-fsd-investigation-2026/ content links replaced with live targets.

Verification

• Cache-busted public HTML checks returned HTTP 200 for touched pages and old fixed URLs absent.
• Published REST exact-match checks returned zero for fixed external and internal old URLs.
• Unit tests: /Users/samaguiar/Documents/Projects/routines-build/.venv/bin/python -m unittest /Users/samaguiar/Documents/Projects/routines-build/scripts/test_seo_routines.py returned OK, 22 tests.

Artifacts

• Recrawl summary: /Users/samaguiar/Documents/Codex/screaming-frog/2026-05-17/external_link_fix_recrawl_summary_2026-05-17.md.
• External source scan: /Users/samaguiar/Documents/Codex/screaming-frog/2026-05-17/external_4xx_live_source_scan_2026-05-17.csv.
• High-confidence external fix manifest: /Users/samaguiar/Documents/Codex/screaming-frog/2026-05-17/high-conf-live-fixes/external-link-queue-manifest-20260517T183432Z.csv.
• Internal fix manifest: /Users/samaguiar/Documents/Codex/screaming-frog/2026-05-17/internal-live-fixes/internal-link-fixes-20260517T184816Z.csv.
• Live Cloudways backups: /home/master/codex-backups/20260517-linkedin-footer-live and /home/master/codex-backups/20260517-menu-pageid62-live.

Remaining issues