From 6ab43561ad3ad41286617f8afbdd76d37fc7ddb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter White <peter@gitbook.io>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:03:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] changeset

---
 .changeset/empty-space-section-download.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/empty-space-section-download.md

diff --git a/.changeset/empty-space-section-download.md b/.changeset/empty-space-section-download.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d16fee92e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/empty-space-section-download.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"gitbook": patch
+---
+
+Apply the cached-404 guard on top of the regional cache, so a section linked to an empty space is no longer served as a broken 200 response.