On Fri, Oct 9, 2026 at 5:52 AM Evgeny Kotkov via dev <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I noticed that a Google search for "subversion 1.15" [1] currently shows the > staging copy of the release notes as the first result, at least for me: > > https://subversion-staging.apache.org/docs/release-notes/1.15.html > > It looks like our infra configuration for the staging subdomain does not > prevent search engines from indexing it. This is a problem for several > reasons: > > - Users may land on staging pages, which can be unfinished or out of > sync with the main site. > > - Search engines may incorrectly treat the pages on the main site as > duplicates of the staging ones. > > Could someone please ask infra to look into this? One option could be to add > a "X-Robots-Tag: noindex, nofollow" header for everything on the staging > subdomain. > > [1]: https://www.google.com/search?q=subversion+1.15 > > > Thanks, > Evgeny Kotkov
Confirmed, and good catch! Perhaps this was caused by the release notes being in the staging site and not on the main site for an extended length of time. In any event, I agree that the staging site should not be indexed. I created Infra ticket 28512 for this [1]. [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-28512 Thanks, Nathan
