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diff --git a/docs/Readme.md b/docs/Readme.md index 987a5b8e4..9d3b9d06f 100644 --- a/docs/Readme.md +++ b/docs/Readme.md @@ -30,10 +30,26 @@ link on that page. ## API Reference The [latest online documentation](http://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html) is -automatically generated from committed upstream sources. There is a short-duration -cache involved, in case old content or an error is returned, try clearing your browser -cache or returning to the site after 10-30 minutes. - -***Maintainers Note***: Please refer to [the Cirrus-CI tasks -documentation](../contrib/cirrus/README.md#docs-task) for -important operational details. +automatically generated by two cooperating automation systems based on committed upstream +source code. Firstly, [the Cirrus-CI docs task](../contrib/cirrus/README.md#docs-task) builds +`pkg/api/swagger.yaml` and uploads it to a public-facing location (Google Storage Bucket - +an online service for storing unstructured data). Second, [Read The Docs](readthedocs.com) +reacts to the github.com repository change, building the content for the [libpod documentation +site](https://podman.readthedocs.io/). This site includes for the API section, +some javascript which consumes the uploaded `swagger.yaml` file directly from the Google +Storage Bucket. + +Since there are multiple systems and local cache is involved, it's possible that updates to +documentation (especially the swagger/API docs) will lag by 10-or-so minutes. However, +because the client (i.e. your web browser) is fetching content from multiple locations that +do not share a common domain, accessing the API section may show a stack-trace similar to +the following: + + + +If reloading the page, or clearing your local cache does not fix the problem, it is +likely caused by broken metadata needed to protect clients from cross-site-scripting +style attacks. Please [notify a maintainer](https://github.com/containers/libpod#communications) +so they may investigate how/why the swagger.yaml file's CORS-metadata is incorrect. See +[the Cirrus-CI tasks documentation](../contrib/cirrus/README.md#docs-task) for +details regarding this situation. |