Thank you all for the feedback!
I understand the concern about adding more noise, and I agree that the
current docs build CI provides sufficient feedback.
I won't pursue the CI workflow approach.

2026년 5월 9일 (토) 오전 6:23, Vincent Beck <[email protected]>님이 작성:

> Very much agree. I am quite against adding a new workflow and will yet add
> more noise, more message to read. The rather keep the CI as is.
>
> On 2026/05/08 21:18:00 Jarek Potiuk wrote:
> > Sorry - sent to fast. We have enough of those reminders already ...  When
> > the docs will be built on CI and fail in your PR - you already have
> > sufficient feedback your doc build fails - no additional workflow is
> > needed.
> >
> > On Fri, May 8, 2026 at 11:13 PM Jarek Potiuk <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > I think prompts to check rendering are counter-productive. We do not
> want
> > > more messages or reminders. We have enough
> > >
> > > On Fri, May 8, 2026 at 8:10 AM gui <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi everyone,
> > >> First of all, thank you all for sharing your thoughts and suggestions.
> > >> The discussion really helped me investigate the options more
> thoroughly.
> > >>
> > >> After testing both tools, I found some limitations:
> > >> 1. **rstcheck** has false positives in our codebase
> > >> 2. **sphinx-lint** didn't catch the heading level issue from PR #66252
> > >>
> > >> Given these findings, I'd like to propose a lighter-weight
> alternative:
> > >>
> > >> Instead of adding a linter, we could add a GitHub CI workflow that
> posts
> > >> a reminder comment on PRs that modify `.rst` files, prompting the
> author
> > >> to check RST rendering on GitHub.
> > >>
> > >> This approach:
> > >> - Doesn't require fixing existing documentation issues
> > >> - Avoids false positives from linters
> > >> - Provides just-in-time reminders during code review
> > >>
> > >> If this direction isn't preferred, that's completely fine - I just
> wanted
> > >> to share what I found during the investigation.
> > >> I'd love to hear your thoughts on this alternative approach.
> > >>
> > >> Best regards,
> > >> Yunhui Chae
> > >>
> > >> 2026년 5월 3일 (일) 오전 12:57, Jens Scheffler <[email protected]>님이 작성:
> > >>
> > >> > I am also supportive but in my past (but worked ~2 years ago on
> this) no
> > >> > checker was really "good" and I had massive false-positives. Hope
> the
> > >> > static checkers have improved as early feedback can be helpful
> before CI
> > >> > runs for long and fails. Unfortunately the static check seems not
> to be
> > >> > easy.
> > >> >
> > >> > On 02.05.26 17:22, Jarek Potiuk wrote:
> > >> > > Hi Yunhui,
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Please proceed with the PR. I agree with Shahar that documentation
> > >> files
> > >> > > should likely be excluded initially, as Sphinx verifies them and
> they
> > >> use
> > >> > > extensions that might trigger false positives in basic checkers.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > However, if you find a tool that can run on the docs/ folder
> without
> > >> > > excessive noise or easily fixable failures - as Piyush mentioned,
> it
> > >> > would
> > >> > > be a valuable addition. Flagging issues like missing empty lines
> > >> before
> > >> > > lists locally via pre-commit would be better than waiting for CI
> > >> results.
> > >> > > It may be difficult to keep it noise-free, but it is worth
> > >> investigating.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Thanks,
> > >> > > Jarek Potiuk
> > >> > >
> > >> > > On Sat, May 2, 2026 at 2:47 PM Piyush Mudgal <
> > >> > [email protected]>
> > >> > > wrote:
> > >> > >
> > >> > >> I support this proposal. Adding an RST linter to pre-commit hooks
> > >> will
> > >> > help
> > >> > >> contributors ensure documentation is correctly formatted before
> > >> > submission.
> > >> > >>
> > >> > >> Best,
> > >> > >> Piyush Mudgal
> > >> > >>
> > >> > >> On Sat, May 2, 2026 at 4:34 PM Shahar Epstein <[email protected]
> >
> > >> > wrote:
> > >> > >>
> > >> > >>> I support this idea, as long as it targets RST files intended
> for
> > >> > >>> GitHub reading (mostly development-facing docs). Automatically
> > >> > >>> generated RST files should be excluded to avoid noisy failures
> and
> > >> > >>> keep the hook focused on files contributors edit directly.
> Later, we
> > >> > >>> could use such a linter to improve the templates used to
> generate
> > >> > >>> those files, but that requires some more research and can wait
> for a
> > >> > >>> later stage.
> > >> > >>>
> > >> > >>>
> > >> > >>> Shahar
> > >> > >>>
> > >> > >>> On Sat, May 2, 2026 at 1:17 PM gui <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >> > >>>> Hi everyone,
> > >> > >>>>
> > >> > >>>> I'd like to propose adding an RST linter to our pre-commit
> hooks.
> > >> > >>>>
> > >> > >>>> ## Motivation
> > >> > >>>>
> > >> > >>>> Recently, PR #66252 [1] was submitted to fix an RST heading
> level
> > >> > error
> > >> > >>>> that broke GitHub rendering. Currently, such syntax errors are
> only
> > >> > >>> caught
> > >> > >>>> during the documentation build process, which delays feedback
> for
> > >> > >>>> contributors. By adding an RST linter, we can catch these
> issues
> > >> > >> locally
> > >> > >>>> before the code is even pushed.
> > >> > >>>> ## Current State
> > >> > >>>>
> > >> > >>>> We have `rst-backticks` hook but no RST syntax validation.
> > >> > >>>>
> > >> > >>>> ## Proposal
> > >> > >>>>
> > >> > >>>> Add either `rstcheck` [2] or `sphinx-lint` [3] to pre-commit:
> > >> > >>>>
> > >> > >>>> ```yaml
> > >> > >>>> # rstcheck
> > >> > >>>> - repo: https://github.com/rstcheck/rstcheck
> > >> > >>>>    rev: v6.2.5
> > >> > >>>>    hooks:
> > >> > >>>>      - id: rstcheck
> > >> > >>>>        additional_dependencies: ['rstcheck[sphinx,toml]']
> > >> > >>>> ```
> > >> > >>>>
> > >> > >>>> Both tools catch RST syntax errors early. `rstcheck` is more
> > >> > >>> comprehensive;
> > >> > >>>> `sphinx-lint` is lighter and Sphinx-focused.
> > >> > >>>>
> > >> > >>>> ## Note
> > >> > >>>>
> > >> > >>>> Pre-commit hooks only run on changed files by default, so
> existing
> > >> > >>>> documentation won't break. We can incrementally fix existing
> issues
> > >> > >> over
> > >> > >>>> time rather than in one big bang.
> > >> > >>>>
> > >> > >>>> If there's interest, I can prepare a PR with the
> implementation.
> > >> > >>>>
> > >> > >>>> Best regards,
> > >> > >>>> Yunhui Chae
> > >> > >>>>
> > >> > >>>> [1] https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/66252
> > >> > >>>> [2] https://github.com/rstcheck/rstcheck
> > >> > >>>> [3] https://github.com/sphinx-contrib/sphinx-lint
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