[MattIPv4]

Description

While investigating #9244, I realised the current logic allowed for direct navigation to /download/current where it'd show an LTS release, rather than a Current release, at the wrong path. This logic change now ensures that the path is normalized one first load, so that navigating to /download/current redirects the user to /download as there is no Current release available currently.

Validation

Access /download/current, redirected to /download. Access /download/alpha, no redirect.

Related Issues

cc #9223

Check List

• I have read the Contributing Guidelines and made commit messages that follow the guideline.
• I have run pnpm format to ensure the code follows the style guide.
• I have run pnpm test to check if all tests are passing.
• I have run pnpm build to check if the website builds without errors.
• I've covered new added functionality with unit tests if necessary.

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Codecov Report

❌ Patch coverage is 93.75000% with 2 lines in your changes missing coverage. Please review.
✅ Project coverage is 86.16%. Comparing base (b86c448) to head (b864cdf).
⚠️ Report is 2 commits behind head on main.
✅ All tests successful. No failed tests found.

Files with missing lines	Patch %	Lines
...e/components/Downloads/Release/VersionDropdown.tsx	93.75%	2 Missing ⚠️

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[Copilot]

🟢 Approval recommended

No active review issues remain for the changes aligning download URLs with the displayed release.

No open issues 🎉

What changed in this PR

This PR keeps download URLs consistent with the displayed release on initial load. When no Current release is available, visiting /download/current redirects to /download rather than showing an LTS release at the Current URL.

Changes:

• Shares release-status routing logic between initial rendering and version selection.
• Adds tests for initial route normalization and stateful version changes.

File	Description
apps/​site/​components/​Downloads/​Release/​VersionDropdown.tsx	Normalizes the initial route and reuses redirect logic for version selection.
apps/​site/​components/​Downloads/​Release/​__tests__/​VersionDropdown.test.jsx	Tests initial redirects and verifies selection behavior with state updates.

_{Review effort: Balanced}

[MattIPv4]

Lol what, codecov is angry that the tests don't cover a type import??

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📦 Build Size Comparison

Summary

Metric	Value
Old Total First Load JS	7.21 MB
New Total First Load JS	7.21 MB
Delta	2.78 KB (+0.04%)

Changes

🔄 Modified Routes (4)

Route	Old First Load JS	New First Load JS	Delta
/[locale]	1.69 MB	1.69 MB	📈 711.00 B (+0.04%)
/[locale]/[...path]	1.69 MB	1.69 MB	📈 711.00 B (+0.04%)
/[locale]/blog/[...path]	1.69 MB	1.69 MB	📈 711.00 B (+0.04%)
/[locale]/download/archive/[version]	1.69 MB	1.69 MB	📈 711.00 B (+0.04%)

[ovflowd]

Wrote my last nit, just to make the code a bit easier to read. After that LGTM!

[MattIPv4]

Happy to fast-track this as well, as another bug fix?

[ovflowd]