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6.31 Architecture / Server Logic / Routing Stability / URL Structure Suite

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Core Routing Stability & URL Determinism

ID	Check	Passes when	Weight	Runs
6.31.01	Validate every URL resolves deterministically	Stable	Critical	Deterministic
6.31.02	Validate no random or rotating URLs	Clean	Critical	Deterministic
6.31.03	Validate routing framework consistent across environments	Consistent	Critical	Deterministic
6.31.04	Validate no unexpected 404s or soft 404s	Clean	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.05	Validate 500‑level errors absent	Clean	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.06	Validate server returns appropriate 200 responses	Correct	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.07	Validate no infinite redirect loops	Clean	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.08	Validate internal redirects < 2 hops	Efficient	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.09	Validate routing case insensitivity (correct normalization)	Correct	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.10	Validate URLs normalize capitalization	Normalized	Medium	Deterministic

URL Structure, Slug Hygiene & Clean Architecture

ID	Check	Passes when	Weight	Runs
6.31.11	Validate all URLs human‑readable	Readable	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.12	Validate slugs short, descriptive, consistent	Strong	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.13	Validate no duplicate slugs	Clean	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.14	Validate no special characters unless required	Clean	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.15	Validate hyphen usage consistent	Correct	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.16	Validate slugs remain stable post‑publish	Stable	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.17	Validate numeric IDs only used when essential	Minimal	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.18	Validate category/taxonomy segments logical	Logical	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.19	Validate URL depth does not exceed best‑practice levels	Shallow	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.20	Validate no trailing junk parameters	Clean	Medium	Deterministic

Trailing Slash, Www/Non-Www, HTTP/HTTPS Consistency

ID	Check	Passes when	Weight	Runs
6.31.21	Validate global trailing slash policy enforced	Consistent	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.22	Validate HTTP → HTTPS permanent redirect	Active	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.23	Validate non‑preferred WWW version redirects to preferred	Correct	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.24	Validate both slash and no‑slash versions not indexable	Clean	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.25	Validate internal links respect trailing slash policy	Consistent	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.26	Validate sitemap respects canonical slash format	Correct	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.27	Validate hreflang URLs match preferred slash pattern	Aligned	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.28	Validate alternate language versions not mixing slash logic	Consistent	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.29	Validate mobile URLs follow same slash rules	Consistent	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.30	Validate Excluded trailing slash variations marked clearly	Explicit	Medium	Deterministic

Redirect Architecture, Mappings & Routing Behavior

ID	Check	Passes when	Weight	Runs
6.31.31	Validate redirect logic maintained in a centralized system	Present	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.32	Validate redirect chains minimal (<2)	Minimal	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.33	Validate HTTP 301 used for permanent changes	Correct	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.34	Validate HTTP 302/307/308 used correctly for temporary redirects	Correct	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.35	Validate deleted pages redirect logically	Logical	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.36	Validate redirect patterns consistent	Consistent	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.37	Validate redirect mappings free of collisions	Clean	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.38	Validate internal links updated after redirect changes	Updated	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.39	Validate dynamic route redirects functional	Functional	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.40	Validate domain‑wide redirect rules documented	Documented	Medium	Deterministic

Server Logic, SSR/CSR Behavior & Fallbacks

ID	Check	Passes when	Weight	Runs
6.31.41	Validate SSR pages render reliable HTML on first load	Strong	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.42	Validate CSR fallback does not break essential content	Clean	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.43	Validate hydration errors absent from logs	Clean	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.44	Validate dynamic routes stable under load	Stable	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.45	Validate SPA fallback route configured properly	Present	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.46	Validate server error pages (4xx/5xx) user‑friendly	Present	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.47	Validate server fallback pages include navigation	Present	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.48	Validate no JavaScript‑only routes blocking crawlers	Clean	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.49	Validate prerendering used for slow endpoints	Present	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.50	Compute partial Architecture score for Chunk 1	Complete	Medium	Deterministic

Multi-Domain, Subdomain & Multi-Environment Routing

ID	Check	Passes when	Weight	Runs
6.31.51	Validate production, staging & dev environments use correct routing	Aligned	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.52	Validate subdomains follow consistent routing patterns	Consistent	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.53	Validate domain aliases redirect appropriately (regional variants)	Correct	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.54	Validate multi-domain setups maintain canonical logic	Aligned	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.55	Validate environment‑specific banners not indexable	Hidden	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.56	Validate staging/development domains blocked from indexing	Blocked	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.57	Validate mobile subdomains redirect to canonical mobile pages	Correct	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.58	Validate region subdomains (us., eu., etc.) aligned with hreflang	Aligned	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.59	Validate legacy subdomains resolved or deprecated	Clean	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.60	Validate redirects from legacy domains mapped logically	Logical	Medium	Deterministic

Pagination, Faceted Navigation & Query Parameter Handling

ID	Check	Passes when	Weight	Runs
6.31.61	Validate pagination follows stable URL structure	Stable	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.62	Validate ?page= URLs consistent with canonical patterns	Correct	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.63	Validate infinite scroll has SSR fallback	Present	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.64	Validate filter URLs not indexable unless intentionally	Correct	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.65	Validate no faceted navigation causes parameter explosion	Clean	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.66	Validate tracking parameters stripped or canonicalized	Clean	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.67	Validate faceted filters deterministic & reproducible	Stable	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.68	Validate multi-filter combinations produce valid URLs	Valid	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.69	Validate sorting logic stable (/sort=price, /sort=alpha)	Stable	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.70	Validate search results URLs stable and consistent	Stable	Medium	Deterministic

File Routing, Media URLS & Static Asset Logic

ID	Check	Passes when	Weight	Runs
6.31.71	Validate media URLs deterministic and permanent	Stable	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.72	Validate no broken media URLs	Clean	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.73	Validate static files follow consistent foldering (/assets/, /img/)	Organized	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.74	Validate hashed JS/CSS filenames used for caching	Present	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.75	Validate CDN rewrites configured correctly	Correct	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.76	Validate static asset URLs don’t conflict with dynamic routes	Clean	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.77	Validate robots.txt disallows unneeded static folders	Correct	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.78	Validate image transformation endpoints stable	Stable	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.79	Validate versioned assets auto‑cleaned	Clean	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.80	Validate /uploads/ folder not indexable unless intended	Controlled	Medium	Deterministic

Advanced Server Logic, Edge Routing & Caching Layers

ID	Check	Passes when	Weight	Runs
6.31.81	Validate edge routing rules (Cloudflare/NGINX) consistent	Consistent	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.82	Validate cache rules deterministic (html, assets, api)	Deterministic	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.83	Validate stale‑while‑revalidate behavior stable	Stable	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.84	Validate serverless/edge functions reachable & stable	Stable	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.85	Validate caching respects cookies & personalization logic	Correct	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.86	Validate rewrite rules don’t conflict with routing	Clean	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.87	Validate fallback routing handles unknown URLs gracefully	Graceful	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.88	Validate SSR caching (if used) safe & invalidates correctly	Safe	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.89	Validate cache hit/miss behavior consistent	Consistent	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.90	Validate CDN origin rules do not conflict	Clean	Medium	Deterministic

Pre-Rendering, Hydration & Bot-Friendly Render Logic

ID	Check	Passes when	Weight	Runs
6.31.91	Validate prerendering of static pages complete	Complete	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.92	Validate critical pages render HTML before JS	Present	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.93	Validate hydration errors absent on dynamic pages	Clean	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.94	Validate bot‑friendly fallback for CSR routes	Present	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.95	Validate hybrid SSR/ISR logic correct for Next.js/Nuxt	Correct	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.96	Validate prerender cache invalidation rules correct	Correct	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.97	Validate no race‑condition rendering (flicker)	Clean	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.98	Validate render cost not blocking Time to First Byte	Optimized	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.99	Validate dynamic component loading predictable	Predictable	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.100	Compute partial Architecture score for Chunk 2	Complete	Medium	Deterministic

URL Consistency, Canonical Alignment & Indexing Signals

ID	Check	Passes when	Weight	Runs
6.31.101	Validate canonical URLs match preferred routing pattern	Aligned	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.102	Validate no self‑referencing canonical conflicts	Clean	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.103	Validate no duplicate URLs with different parameters	Clean	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.104	Validate hreflang URLs fully resolve	Functional	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.105	Validate hreflang clusters internally consistent	Consistent	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.106	Validate sitemap URLs reflect accurate routing	Correct	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.107	Validate alternate URLs use correct formatting	Correct	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.108	Validate image URLs match canonical routing	Aligned	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.109	Validate video URLs not duplicated across directories	Clean	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.110	Validate canonicalization behavior consistent in all languages	Consistent	Medium	Deterministic

Architectural Integrity, Directory Structure & Path Logic

ID	Check	Passes when	Weight	Runs
6.31.111	Validate directory hierarchy logical & intuitive	Logical	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.112	Validate directories do not expose internal code	Clean	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.113	Validate nested directories not excessive	Balanced	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.114	Validate URLs maintain stable taxonomy structure	Stable	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.115	Validate listing pages (collections, archives) logically grouped	Grouped	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.116	Validate directory names descriptive	Descriptive	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.117	Validate no directory index browsing	Disabled	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.118	Validate no path duplications (/blog/blog/)	Clean	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.119	Validate multilingual directories properly segmented	Segmented	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.120	Validate directory structure maintainable long‑term	Maintainable	Medium	Deterministic

API Routing, Versioning & Backend Architecture

ID	Check	Passes when	Weight	Runs
6.31.121	Validate API endpoints follow stable routing	Stable	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.122	Validate API versioning (/v1/, /v2/) used consistently	Consistent	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.123	Validate no deprecated API endpoints left publicly accessible	Clean	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.124	Validate API endpoints return correct status codes	Correct	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.125	Validate API pagination stable and predictable	Predictable	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.126	Validate API routes documented	Present	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.127	Validate API routes protected appropriately	Protected	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.128	Validate no sensitive endpoints exposed	Clean	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.129	Validate API responses cacheable when appropriate	Correct	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.130	Validate API routing logic aligned with frontend routing	Aligned	Medium	Deterministic

Bot-Friendly Routing, Crawler Safety & AI Readiness

ID	Check	Passes when	Weight	Runs
6.31.131	Validate routing safe for search crawlers	Safe	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.132	Validate no infinite URL generation (parameter traps)	Clean	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.133	Validate pagination bots receive HTML fallback	Present	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.134	Validate faceted navigation blocked from indexing properly	Correct	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.135	Validate internal redirects not confusing crawling	Clean	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.136	Validate AI crawlers can resolve pages without JS	Accessible	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.137	Validate URL tokens readable and AI‑interpretable	Readable	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.138	Validate logical grouping for AI semantic mapping	Logical	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.139	Validate backlinks not pointing to deprecated paths	Clean	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.140	Validate breadcrumb URL paths (if present) follow consistent logic	Consistent	Medium	Deterministic

Final Routing / Architecture / URL Structure Scoring

ID	Check	Passes when	Weight	Runs
6.31.141	Validate routing stable under full load	Stable	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.142	Validate URL structure clean across all content types	Clean	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.143	Validate architecture conflict-free (no shadow routes)	Clean	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.144	Validate routing strategy documented	Present	Heavy	Deterministic
6.31.145	Validate URL format scalable with future growth	Scalable	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.146	Validate ALL canonical & hreflang examples resolve cleanly	Functional	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.147	Validate no cross-domain canonical leaks	Clean	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.148	Validate index signals accurate for every URL	Accurate	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.149	Validate AI routing interpretation high-quality	High	Medium	Deterministic
6.31.150	Compute full Architecture / Routing composite score	>= 90%	Critical	Deterministic

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