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MCL-23139

Java Edition Skin page tooltip link to get help on how to create skins sends a status of 301 Moved Permanently

Discovered while testing MCL-23116 and MC-260740; relates to WEB-5480.

The Bug:

Java Edition Skin page tooltip link to get help on how to create skins (https://aka.ms/mcskinedithelp?ref=launcher) sends a status of 301 Moved Permanently.

Steps to Reproduce:

  • Open the launcher and go to the Minecraft: Java Edition tab.

  • Go to the Skins page and click on "New skin".

  • Click the question mark next to "SKIN FILE". This will open the tooltip.

  • Click on "this help article" link.

→ ❌  The redirect to https://help.minecraft.net/hc/articles/4408894664461-Minecraft-Java-Edition-Skins?ref=launcher&ref=launcher ends on a https://help.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/notfound page.

Observed Behavior:

The clicked link returns an invalid page, leading to a 404 error.

Expected Behavior:

The clicked link returns a valid page (https://help.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/4408894664461-Minecraft-Java-Edition-Skins).

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Reproduced--I am observing the same error. Bug confirmed.

[Mod] turbo

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