{
  "kind": "Illustrative teaching example; no client data or actual HTTP observations",
  "date": "2026-10-13",
  "rows": [
    {
      "old_url": "https://example.com/services/",
      "action": "retain",
      "expected_first_status": 200,
      "expected_final_url": "https://example.com/services/",
      "expected_final_status": 200,
      "expected_canonical": "https://example.com/services/",
      "illustrative_observation": "200; correct content; self-canonical",
      "result": "PASS",
      "repair": "None"
    },
    {
      "old_url": "https://example.com/old-guide/",
      "action": "permanent move",
      "expected_first_status": "301 or 308",
      "expected_final_url": "https://example.com/guides/new-guide/",
      "expected_final_status": 200,
      "expected_canonical": "https://example.com/guides/new-guide/",
      "illustrative_observation": "301 to relevant new guide; final 200; self-canonical",
      "result": "PASS",
      "repair": "None"
    },
    {
      "old_url": "https://example.com/merged-guide/",
      "action": "consolidation",
      "expected_first_status": "301 or 308",
      "expected_final_url": "https://example.com/guides/complete-guide/",
      "expected_final_status": 200,
      "expected_canonical": "https://example.com/guides/complete-guide/",
      "illustrative_observation": "301 to an unrelated homepage; final 200",
      "result": "FAIL",
      "repair": "Point to the reviewed guide that contains the consolidated topic; retest source and destination"
    },
    {
      "old_url": "https://example.com/retired-offer/",
      "action": "intentional removal",
      "expected_first_status": "404 or 410",
      "expected_final_url": "https://example.com/retired-offer/",
      "expected_final_status": "404 or 410",
      "expected_canonical": null,
      "illustrative_observation": "404; clear missing-page content; removed from internal links and current sitemap",
      "result": "PASS",
      "repair": "None; an intentional removal need not become a redirect"
    },
    {
      "old_url": "https://example.com/guides/current/",
      "action": "retain",
      "expected_first_status": 200,
      "expected_final_url": "https://example.com/guides/current/",
      "expected_final_status": 200,
      "expected_canonical": "https://example.com/guides/current/",
      "illustrative_observation": "200; canonical still points at staging.example.com",
      "result": "FAIL",
      "repair": "Remove staging canonical; set intended production canonical; verify headers, HTML and rendered page"
    }
  ],
  "blank_retest_fields": {
    "owner": "",
    "evidence_location": "",
    "checked_at": "",
    "observed_first_status": "",
    "observed_final_url": "",
    "observed_final_status": "",
    "observed_canonical": "",
    "result": ""
  }
}