diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index c247a0a6a9..69ef7cea29 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,22 @@ jobs:
       run: npm run typecheck
     - name: 🔤 Spell Check
       run: npm run spellcheck
+    # Docusaurus derives a heading's anchor from its text, so renaming a
+    # heading moves the anchor and breaks every inbound link. An explicit id
+    # survives the rename, and lets a translation keep the English anchor
+    # after the heading text is translated.
+    #
+    # Nothing in Docusaurus enforces this: a page whose headings are all
+    # unpinned builds clean. So run its own generator and fail if it had
+    # anything to add.
+    - name: 🔗 Heading IDs
+      run: |
+        npm run heading-ids
+        if ! git diff --quiet -- docs; then
+          echo "::error::Headings are missing explicit ids. Run \`npm run heading-ids\` and commit the result."
+          git diff -- docs
+          exit 1
+        fi
     - uses: ./.github/workflows/actions/check-translations
 
   cross-platform:
diff --git a/docusaurus.config.js b/docusaurus.config.js
index f020c84229..05cf7cc5b0 100644
--- a/docusaurus.config.js
+++ b/docusaurus.config.js
@@ -45,7 +45,16 @@ module.exports = {
       ja: { label: '日本語' },
     },
   },
-  onBrokenLinks: 'warn',
+  /**
+   * A broken link or anchor fails the build instead of warning, so a stale
+   * cross-reference cannot reach production unnoticed.
+   *
+   * `build:preview` passes `--locale en`, so a pull request preview only
+   * ever checks English. A regression in a translated locale surfaces in
+   * the production build, which builds every locale.
+   */
+  onBrokenLinks: 'throw',
+  onBrokenAnchors: 'throw',
   future: {
     v4: {
       /**
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index afec9cf311..fded68b474 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     "deploy": "docusaurus deploy",
     "docusaurus": "docusaurus",
     "generate-markdown": "node scripts/native.mjs && node scripts/cli.mjs && node scripts/release-notes.mjs",
+    "heading-ids": "docusaurus write-heading-ids . \"docs/**/*.mdx\" \"!docs/native/**\" \"!docs/cli/commands/**\" --syntax mdx-comment",
     "lint": "npm run prettier -- --write",
     "serve": "docusaurus serve",
     "playground:new": "hygen playground new",