While it is not (yet) possible for the IABot to check whether an archive snapshot is a suitable source, there are cases where IABot adds a link to a snapshot which is broken in a way which should be reasonably easy to detect.
This task collects these cases and gives an overview.
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | None | T193158 Detect unsuitable archive snapshots | |||
| Invalid | Cyberpower678 | T193129 IABot inserts links to archive snapshots with broken document viewer | |||
| Open | None | T191277 InternetArchiveBot should detect blank snapshots | |||
| Resolved | Cyberpower678 | T194604 InternetArchiveBot should not link to archive snapshots which have been excluded from the Wayback Machine | |||
| Open | None | T245902 InternetArchiveBot should detect and not link to snapshots of domain reselling/domain squatting pages |
(Removing Tracking-Neverending tag as per its description. Maybe you meant Epic or something similar.)
My bot WaybackMedic does check for these (robots.txt, excluded from the archive, many other cases) and is able to replace them with new archives at a different provider.