I think I found a bug on Free Code Camp Course Material

On Step 12 On Responsive Web Design (The first course on https://www.freecodecamp.org/), when you type the - seemingly - correct code it will not let you pass the current question - or better yet finish the material.

The Question:

In the text of your p element, turn the words cat photos into a link by adding opening and closing anchor (a ) tags around these words. Then set the href attribute to https://freecatphotoapp.com/

The Default Code:

<p>See more cat photos in our gallery.</p>
<a href="https://freecatphotoapp.com">link to cat pictures</a>

My Alterations:

<p>See more <a href="https://freecatphotoapp.com/">cat photos</a> in our gallery</p>
<a href="https://freecatphotoapp.com">link to cat pictures</a>

My Feedback From The FreeCodeCamp Site:

Sorry, your code does not pass. Keep trying.

The linkā€™s href value should be https://freecatphotoapp.com. You have either omitted the href value or have a typo.


I have tried a lot of ways to work around this issue I am having. Please can you let me know if this is a known issue?

Hello and welcome to the community :smiley:!
Yup, I think this issue is known as many others have already posted being stuck thereā€¦
The address should be ā€œhttps://freecatphotoapp.comā€ without the / dash at the end.
You seem to have a great eye for detail as this is an easy issue to miss. I think thatā€™s gonna be very useful for when you are debugging code, Something which developers have do all the time :laughing:!

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Well that was a quick fix. Appreciate the time you took to let me know. I should have really looked at the URL. :sweat_smile:

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No, you didnā€™t have to look at the ā€˜urlā€™ as you had no way of knowing why it wasnā€™t working because your url was copied correctly. I meant that you copied the url correctly but the steps instruction was the issue and you figured that out:

:laughing: so yeah its a known issue and youā€™ve got a good eye, I also got stuck thereā€¦
So anyway, well done on passing the step!

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