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Fixes #12927

When markdown.mdx1Compat.comments is true (the default in Docusaurus 3.x), @slorber/remark-comment is registered as a unified plugin. During micromark parsing, it tokenized HTML comments and dropped them from the AST because ast: true was not specified in its options.

Consequently, when headings remark plugin ran, any heading written with explicit heading ID comment syntax like:

## Hello World <!-- #my-explicit-id -->

no longer had the comment node in heading.children. The heading was assigned id="hello-world-" (preserving the trailing space as a hyphen), and any links to #my-explicit-id were reported as broken anchors.

This PR:

  1. Passes {ast: true} to remarkComment so comment nodes (type: 'comment') are preserved in the AST rather than dropped during parsing.
  2. Updates getCommentHeadingId in headings remark plugin to check lastChild?.type === 'comment' and extract the heading ID from its commentValue.
  3. Ensures comment nodes are ignored when computing heading text fallback in getHeadingText.

Test Plan

Added unit tests in:

  • packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/remark/headings/__tests__/index.test.ts: verified headings remark plugin extracts ID from HTML comments when remarkComment with {ast: true} is enabled.
  • packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/__tests__/processor.test.ts: verified processContent extracts id: "my-explicit-id" and produces clean children: "Hello World" for both format: 'md' and format: 'mdx' with mdx1Compat.comments enabled.
  • All 17 test files (246 tests) in packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader pass cleanly.
  • packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader builds cleanly with tsc.

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Closes #12927

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Explicit heading IDs written in HTML comments are now recognized when MDX 1 compatibility is enabled, in both Markdown and MDX.
    • Legacy {#id} heading IDs continue to work when comments appear in headings, including within emphasized text or across multiple text segments.
    • HTML comments no longer contribute to generated heading slugs or appear as heading text.

…s is enabled

When markdown.mdx1Compat.comments is enabled, remarkComment stripped HTML comments during micromark parsing, leaving behind the trailing space on the heading text and preventing extractCommentId from reading the comment node.

Configure remarkComment with {ast: true} so comment nodes are retained in the AST, and teach headings remark plugin to recognize comment nodes to extract the explicit heading ID and clean up trailing spaces.

Fixes meta#12927

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When MDX 1-compatible comment processing is enabled, the processor emits comment AST nodes. The heading plugin extracts explicit IDs from those nodes, handles legacy IDs across nested heading text, and excludes comments from heading text. Tests cover CommonMark and both md and mdx formats.

Changes: Comment-based heading IDs

Layer / File(s) Summary
Configure comment parsing and extract heading IDs
packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/processor.ts, packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/remark/headings/index.ts, packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/remark/headings/__tests__/index.test.ts, packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/__tests__/processor.test.ts
The processor configures remarkComment with {ast: true} when MDX 1-compatible comments are enabled. The heading plugin extracts IDs from comment AST nodes, handles legacy IDs across nested text nodes, and excludes comments from heading text. Tests cover these cases in CommonMark and both md and mdx formats.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested labels: pr: bug fix

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The heading-ID change is mergeable with awareness that an MDX expression followed by a comment may render with an extra paragraph.

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Linked Issues check Passed Issue #12927 requires explicit <!-- #id --> heading IDs to work when markdown.mdx1Compat.comments is enabled. processor.ts configures remarkComment with {ast: true}. headings/index.ts read…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The changes support issue #12927. Recursive cleanup of classic {#id} suffixes and its tests preserve legacy heading IDs when comment nodes are present. The reviewed change summaries identify no unre…
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Issue #12927 requires explicit &lt;!-- #id --&gt; heading IDs to work when markdown.mdx1Compat.comments is enabled. processor.ts configures remarkComment with {ast: true}. headings/index.ts reads commentValue from trailing comment nodes and excludes comments from fallback heading text. The tests cover explicit IDs for Markdown and MDX, including processor output with clean heading text.

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The changes support issue #12927. Recursive cleanup of classic {#id} suffixes and its tests preserve legacy heading IDs when comment nodes are present. The reviewed change summaries identify no unrelated source or configuration changes.

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parseMarkdownHeadingId, trim trailing whitespace from the preceding text node
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