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A page prev:/next: link points at a document that is not in the project’s render index.

Q-13-7 — Page Navigation References Missing Document

A page prev:/next: link points at a document that is not in the project’s render index.

What this means

A Quarto website page can declare explicit previous/next links in its front matter:

prev: intro.qmd
next: chapter-2.qmd

These render as page-navigation buttons (typically at the bottom of the page). At render time, each name is looked up in the project index. This error fires when the target is not there. The button still renders, but its link is broken.

Why this happens

Same family of causes as Q-13-1 (sidebar missing document): typo, renamed or deleted document, excluded file, wrong relative-path base.

How to fix

Update the prev: or next: value to point at a file in the render set, or remove the entry if no such file is appropriate.