Links to developer.garmin.com don't work (redirected to internal (?) site)

So I noticed that links to developer.garmin.com don't work. They're being redirected to developer.ola.cf.garmin.com which seems to be an internal site.

Any URL that doesn't end with "/" seems to have this problem. I could be wrong, but I think I first noticed this problem a few weeks ago and kind of brushed it off, until I tried to post a link on the forum and it didn't work.

e.g.

Working links (not redirected):

https://developer.garmin.com/
https://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/programmers-guide/
https://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/user-experience-guide/

Non-working links (redirected):

https://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/programmers-guide/resource-compiler (*)
https://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/programmers-guide/getting-started (*)
https://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/user-experience-guide/page-layout (*)

The pages associated with the above links can be reached if you navigate to the CIQ docs via a google search, and navigate using the left-hand navbar:

https://www.google.com/search?q=garmin+connectiq+programmers+guide

(*) These are the same URLs that are displayed in the address bar after navigating to the docs using the above google search, and clicking on the navbar:
Programmer's Guide > "Resource Compiler"
Programmer's Guide> "Getting Started"
User Experience Guide > "Page Layout"

Meaning if you bookmark a page or copy/paste a link somewhere, it won't work.

One workaround is to manually append a "/" to the end of links which don't work.

e.g.
https://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/programmers-guide/resource-compiler/
https://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/programmers-guide/getting-started/
https://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/user-experience-guide/page-layout/

As a side note, it's pretty annoying that the forum software automatically shortens the text of auto-generated links when the URL above a certain length (e.g. developer.garmin.com/.../), because then you have to either insert links manually, or manually edit the source code, to make the links display the way you want.

The previous forum did the same thing, and now all of those links are permanently broken (because the original link URL was replaced with the shortened link text, during the changeover.)

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Kyle.ConnectIQ over 5 years ago in reply to flowstate +1

Thanks for the report. I've let the team responsible for the site know and they're looking into it.

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0 flowstate over 5 years ago

Never mind, looks to be fixed now. Feel free to delete topic.

Thanks!

0 flowstate over 5 years ago

So it looks like this might be something that happens at some point every night (Kansas / Central Time?), as the links are broken again at this very second.

Seems like it might be kinda annoying for any night owls or ppl in different time zones.

Another example of a link that doesn't work, posted by a Garmin employee in this forum:

https://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/sdk

0 jim_m_58 over 5 years ago in reply to flowstate

If you're using eclipse, going to the local Connect IQ>Programer's Guide is actually much easier - you hit the PG that's part of the SDK, so there's no chance it may be out of sync with what's on the web. The SDK also had the UX Guide and readme.

I think the only time I used the web based PG was when I first installed CIQ

0 flowstate over 5 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Thanks, but that doesn't change the fact that Garmin's website seems to be intermittently broken.

As a matter of fact, it's broken right now, and it's about 1:00 PM Eastern (12:00 PM Central), so my earlier guess that it only happens in the middle of the night was wrong.

https://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/sdk

Should we just not report bugs and issues in the CIQ/Garmin ecosystem?

jim_m_58 said:
you hit the PG that's part of the SDK, so there's no chance it may be out of sync with what's on the web

I actually don't follow the reasoning here. It seems that what's on the web should always be the latest version, and what you have in your local SDK is only as recent as the latest SDK or the last SDK you downloaded.

0 Kyle.ConnectIQ over 5 years ago in reply to flowstate

Thanks for the report. I've let the team responsible for the site know and they're looking into it.

0 flowstate over 5 years ago in reply to Kyle.ConnectIQ

Thanks!

0 jim_m_58 over 5 years ago in reply to flowstate

There are cases, such as when there's a beta SDK, as there was with 2.30.0, 3.0.0 and 3.1.0 where there are actually two "active" SDKs, and the doc on the web won't reflect what's new in the beta.

Also, the one in the SDK is available at all times - even if the web is down, the website is flaky, you're on a plane etc,

0 5984461 over 5 years ago

I also have this problem. I have opened some developer.garmin.com page in the browser and after some time I get redirected to that ola.cf domain and it isn't accessible.

0 markdotai over 5 years ago

Yep happening to me ...

0 9256409 over 5 years ago in reply to markdotai

If you follow a link to https://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/sdk you get redirected to the internal ola.cf domain that doesn't work. If you use https://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/sdk/ instead, you won't be redirected.