From c7e895b3dadb6293ed7b86b94c60afc65eefe29d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Pawe=C5=82=20Kuna?=
 <1282324+codecalm@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2026 22:50:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Show the `Generated` stamp only on preview builds (#2884)

---
 .changeset/footer-generated-preview-only.md |  5 +++++
 shared/components/layout/Footer.astro       | 11 +++++------
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/footer-generated-preview-only.md

diff --git a/.changeset/footer-generated-preview-only.md b/.changeset/footer-generated-preview-only.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f990e71f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/footer-generated-preview-only.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@tabler/preview": patch
+---
+
+Updated the footer to show the version link everywhere and the `Generated` timestamp only on preview builds.
diff --git a/shared/components/layout/Footer.astro b/shared/components/layout/Footer.astro
index d447f2df0..7b552a0f8 100644
--- a/shared/components/layout/Footer.astro
+++ b/shared/components/layout/Footer.astro
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@ import Icon from '@ui/Icon.astro'
 import { site } from '@shared/lib/site'
 import { formatUtcTimestamp } from '@shared/lib/date-format'
 
-// Development build (unminified assets), same as BaseLayout.
-const environment: string = 'development'
+// Set to "preview" on the branch deploys, same as robots.txt and sitemap.xml.
+const environment = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'production'
 
 const now = new Date()
-const generatedAt = formatUtcTimestamp(now)
 ---
 
 <!--  BEGIN FOOTER  -->
@@ -44,12 +43,12 @@ const generatedAt = formatUtcTimestamp(now)
           </li>
           <li class="list-inline-item">
             {
-              environment === 'production' || environment === 'preview' ? (
+              environment === 'preview' ? (
+                `Generated ${formatUtcTimestamp(now)}`
+              ) : (
                 <a href="./changelog.html" class="link-secondary" rel="noopener">
                   v{site.version}
                 </a>
-              ) : (
-                `Generated ${generatedAt}`
               )
             }
           </li>