Link not working in one of the schedule items, reproduced on IOS

[joshnsmith]

I'm submitting a ...
✅ bug report
❌ feature request
❌ support request

Current behavior:
Link going to a blank page when clicking on Python Steering Council link in the app.

Expected behavior:
Going to expected link with information or displaying an error that the link is not working.

Steps to reproduce:
This bug was reproduced using an iPhone 12 pro mobile phone. In the schedule page go to Saturday Apr 22. Find this item:
Sat - 9:00 am Plenary: Python Steering Council
Click on link Python Steering Council link in the app.

[miketheman]

Confirmed on Android and web.

Not only applicable to this session, but appears on other Keynote speaker time slots.

Backend data returns a description value of:

"<p><a href=\"/2023/about/keynote-speakers#python-steering-council\">Python Steering Council Panel</a></p>"

which is a relative link that the app tries to load, a blank page is shown.

Debug console error is thrown:

Error: Uncaught (in promise): Error: Cannot match any routes. URL Segment: '2023/about/keynote-speakers'

Sadly, this is reported as a 200 HTTP status code 🤯

Potential solutions I've thought of:

• return the absolute URL from the source CMS: https://us.pycon.org/2023/about/keynote-speakers/#python-steering-council (easy ish) (cc @renatooliveira )
• rewrite the app to handle responses in the schedule data with relative URLs in content and prefix with https://us.pycon.org (harder, seems kinda wrong)

Possibly also:

• implement a 404 handler for a better user experience. Take inspiration from here.