Configure Astro Starlight i18n: English default, French as first additional locale#17840
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Configure Astro Starlight i18n: English default, French as first additional locale#17840
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[WIP] Configure Astro for localization with English and French support
Configure Astro Starlight i18n: English default, French as first additional locale
Feb 23, 2026
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Adds multi-language support to the Astro Starlight docs site, with English as the default/fallback and French as the first additional locale.
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docs/astro.config.mjs: AddsdefaultLocale: 'root'and alocalesblock to the Starlight config:Using
rootas the default locale keeps English served from root URLs (e.g.,/setup/quick-start/) — no file moves, no broken links. French content lives under/fr/; until translations are added tosrc/content/docs/fr/, Starlight falls back to English automatically.Warning
Firewall rules blocked me from connecting to one or more addresses (expand for details)
I tried to connect to the following addresses, but was blocked by firewall rules:
telemetry.astro.build/opt/hostedtoolcache/node/24.13.0/x64/bin/node node /home/REDACTED/work/gh-aw/gh-aw/docs/node_modules/.bin/astro build(dns block)If you need me to access, download, or install something from one of these locations, you can either:
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