From 5366a914103db38be755bafb4a781b702dfba822 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Caner Akdas <canerakdas@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 16:23:50 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] refactor: extra checks removed, changelog added

---
 apps/site/components/withDownloadArchive.tsx  | 11 +++--------
 apps/site/pages/en/download/archive/index.mdx |  4 +++-
 apps/site/util/download/archive.tsx           | 15 +++------------
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/site/components/withDownloadArchive.tsx b/apps/site/components/withDownloadArchive.tsx
index 122042a16c42c..b5f394733eaf5 100644
--- a/apps/site/components/withDownloadArchive.tsx
+++ b/apps/site/components/withDownloadArchive.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-import { notFound } from 'next/navigation';
 import type { FC } from 'react';
-import semVer from 'semver';
 
 import { getClientContext } from '#site/client-context';
 import provideReleaseData from '#site/next-data/providers/releaseData';
@@ -27,14 +25,11 @@ const WithDownloadArchive: FC<WithDownloadArchiveProps> = async ({
   // Extract version from pathname
   const version = extractVersionFromPath(pathname);
 
-  if (version == null) {
-    return notFound();
-  }
-
   // Find the release data for the given version
   const releaseData = provideReleaseData();
-  const release = releaseData.find(
-    release => semVer.major(version) === release.major
+  const release = releaseData.find(release =>
+    // Match major version only (e.g., v22.x.x for release.major v22)
+    version.startsWith(`v${release.major}`)
   )!;
 
   const releaseArtifacts = buildReleaseArtifacts(release, version);
diff --git a/apps/site/pages/en/download/archive/index.mdx b/apps/site/pages/en/download/archive/index.mdx
index 480a1564e7c5e..e8a0ea76c9537 100644
--- a/apps/site/pages/en/download/archive/index.mdx
+++ b/apps/site/pages/en/download/archive/index.mdx
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ layout: download-archive
       <ReleaseOverview release={release} />
 
       <ul className='flex list-none flex-col gap-2 p-0 text-sm'>
-
+        <li>
+          Read the <LinkWithArrow href={`https://github.com/nodejs/node/releases/tag/${version}`}>changelog</LinkWithArrow> or <Link href={`/blog/release/${version}`}>blog post</Link> for this version.
+        </li>
         <li>
           Learn more about <Link href="/about/previous-releases">Node.js releases</Link>, including the release schedule and LTS status.
         </li>
diff --git a/apps/site/util/download/archive.tsx b/apps/site/util/download/archive.tsx
index bb6156254c191..36e107a66052f 100644
--- a/apps/site/util/download/archive.tsx
+++ b/apps/site/util/download/archive.tsx
@@ -140,19 +140,10 @@ export const buildReleaseArtifacts = (
  * Extracts the version from the pathname.
  * It expects the version to be in the format like 'v22.0.4'.
  */
-export const extractVersionFromPath = (pathname: string | undefined) => {
-  if (!pathname) {
-    return null;
-  }
-
+export const extractVersionFromPath = (pathname: string) => {
   const segments = pathname.split('/').filter(Boolean);
-  const version = segments.pop();
-
-  // Checks the version prefix + digits + optional dot-separated digits
-  //  (v22, v22.0.4)
-  if (!version || !version.match(/^v\d+(\.\d+)*$/)) {
-    return null;
-  }
+  // The version is expected to be the last segment in the path
+  const version = segments.pop()!;
 
   return version;
 };

From a9d550f6e1189da2f8c4234b49d535d2d860ee70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Caner Akdas <canerakdas@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 21:23:11 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] chore: redirect archive index page

---
 apps/site/redirects.json | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/apps/site/redirects.json b/apps/site/redirects.json
index 3698f577095fe..5cf63fdb8ca05 100644
--- a/apps/site/redirects.json
+++ b/apps/site/redirects.json
@@ -332,6 +332,10 @@
       "source": "/:locale/download/source-code/current",
       "destination": "/:locale/download/current"
     },
+    {
+      "source": "/:locale/download/archive",
+      "destination": "/:locale/download/archive/current"
+    },
     {
       "source": "/discord",
       "destination": "https://discord.gg/nodejs"

From 03b2a931b6c3023d00c7438a6c2e507b979be301 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Caner Akdas <canerakdas@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 22:28:15 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] chore: release check added

---
 apps/site/components/withDownloadArchive.tsx | 5 +++++
 apps/site/redirects.json                     | 4 ----
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/site/components/withDownloadArchive.tsx b/apps/site/components/withDownloadArchive.tsx
index b5f394733eaf5..460150ead3948 100644
--- a/apps/site/components/withDownloadArchive.tsx
+++ b/apps/site/components/withDownloadArchive.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { notFound } from 'next/navigation';
 import type { FC } from 'react';
 
 import { getClientContext } from '#site/client-context';
@@ -32,6 +33,10 @@ const WithDownloadArchive: FC<WithDownloadArchiveProps> = async ({
     version.startsWith(`v${release.major}`)
   )!;
 
+  if (!release) {
+    return notFound();
+  }
+
   const releaseArtifacts = buildReleaseArtifacts(release, version);
 
   return <Component {...releaseArtifacts} />;
diff --git a/apps/site/redirects.json b/apps/site/redirects.json
index 5cf63fdb8ca05..3698f577095fe 100644
--- a/apps/site/redirects.json
+++ b/apps/site/redirects.json
@@ -332,10 +332,6 @@
       "source": "/:locale/download/source-code/current",
       "destination": "/:locale/download/current"
     },
-    {
-      "source": "/:locale/download/archive",
-      "destination": "/:locale/download/archive/current"
-    },
     {
       "source": "/discord",
       "destination": "https://discord.gg/nodejs"