From e4a370f28d16314616efcf7bfa75f7491aeb36a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Donath <martin.donath@squidfunk.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2026 15:58:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: change several validation defaults to false (#758)

Signed-off-by: squidfunk <martin.donath@squidfunk.com>
---
 crates/zensical/src/config/validation.rs | 12 ++++++------
 python/zensical/config.py                | 19 ++++++++++---------
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/zensical/src/config/validation.rs b/crates/zensical/src/config/validation.rs
index 291b3da..25c9cbc 100644
--- a/crates/zensical/src/config/validation.rs
+++ b/crates/zensical/src/config/validation.rs
@@ -83,12 +83,12 @@ impl Default for Validation {
     #[inline]
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
-            unresolved_references: true,
-            unresolved_footnotes: true,
-            unused_definitions: true,
-            unused_footnotes: true,
-            shadowed_definitions: true,
-            shadowed_footnotes: true,
+            unresolved_references: false,
+            unresolved_footnotes: false,
+            unused_definitions: false,
+            unused_footnotes: false,
+            shadowed_definitions: false,
+            shadowed_footnotes: false,
             invalid_links: true,
             invalid_link_anchors: true,
         }
diff --git a/python/zensical/config.py b/python/zensical/config.py
index bdb5cc7..ed3992b 100644
--- a/python/zensical/config.py
+++ b/python/zensical/config.py
@@ -592,12 +592,12 @@ def _apply_defaults(config: dict, path: str) -> dict:
 
     # Initialize defaults for validation
     validation = {
-        "unresolved_references": True,
-        "unresolved_footnotes": True,
-        "unused_definitions": True,
-        "unused_footnotes": True,
-        "shadowed_definitions": True,
-        "shadowed_footnotes": True,
+        "unresolved_references": False,
+        "unresolved_footnotes": False,
+        "unused_definitions": False,
+        "unused_footnotes": False,
+        "shadowed_definitions": False,
+        "shadowed_footnotes": False,
         "invalid_links": True,
         "invalid_link_anchors": True,
     }
@@ -606,9 +606,10 @@ def _apply_defaults(config: dict, path: str) -> dict:
     # validation of links right now, as navigation will change significantly
     if "validation" in config:
         if isinstance(config["validation"], bool):
-            config["validation"] = dict.fromkeys(
-                validation, config["validation"]
-            )
+            config["validation"] = {
+                "invalid_links": config["validation"],
+                "invalid_link_anchors": config["validation"],
+            }
 
         # Hoist links configuration to the top level, if present
         input = config["validation"]