Last Updated: 3/9/2026

Link Checks

LinkAce has a nice feature called Link Checks. If you set up your cron correctly, LinkAce will regularly take a chunk of links from your collection and check if the links are still accessible.

Requirements

• Email sending must be configured in the .env file
• The cron must be configured to run properly

How Does This Work?

With the help of the cron, LinkAce performs Link Checks every hour.

Process

1. LinkAce pulls 100 links from the database
2. Runs the check on each link

Link Status Determination

• Fine: Link returns any HTTP status code in the 200 range within 20 seconds
• Broken: Link takes longer than 20 seconds to load
• Moved: Link returns HTTP status code 301 or 302

Notifications

If LinkAce finds at least one moved link or one broken link:

• An email is sent to the user
• Email contains details about the moved or broken links
• User can then check what happened to the link

Moved or broken links are highlighted in the user interface.

Disable Link Checks

There can be several reasons why a link is or becomes unavailable, or broken in terms of LinkAce.

If you receive multiple notifications that a link is broken, you can disable the checks for that particular link.

How to Disable

1. Go to the corresponding link details page
2. On the right-hand side, notice a “Disable check” button and the current status
3. Click the button to disable any further checks

Re-enabling Checks

To enable checks again, simply click the button again.