Silktide diagnostics

Silktide diagnostics is a self-test that verifies Silktide's own checks are producing the results they should. It only operates on special test pages that declare the findings Silktide is expected to report, so on a normal website it reports nothing.

Why this matters

Silktide runs hundreds of automated checks, and you rely on their results being accurate. This check exists to continuously prove that: pages built with known, deliberate problems declare what Silktide should find on them, and any difference between the expected and actual results is caught immediately.

How Silktide tests this

1. Look for an embedded block of expected results on the page - a script element that lists which checks should run there and the findings they should produce.
2. On pages without this block, which is every page of a normal website, the check does not apply and reports nothing.
3. On pages that have it, run the listed checks and compare their actual results against the declared expectations.
4. Report each difference between expected and actual results.

Troubleshooting

This check reported something on my website

That would mean a page on your site embeds a Silktide test declaration, which is very unusual - it may have been copied in from a test page's source. If you did not put it there and the cause is not obvious, contact Silktide support.