diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 473aad1af..5001de0a6 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ will fail if:
 6. **Update documentation** if needed
    - Update README.md for user-facing changes
    - Update relevant docs in `docs/`
-   - Add entry to `docs/CHANGELOG.md` under `[Unreleased]`
+   - Add entry to `docs/changelog.md` under `[Unreleased]`
 
 7. **Submit a pull request** and fill out the PR template — including the automated
    tests, manual testing, and "why it was required" sections
diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index f8e4e385d..0d59e6d5c 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - **Doc paths named from the Python package resolve again.** The K-LD7
   OPS-bin penalty warning, the cloud client and session-logger comments,
   and the two-ray module docstring pointed at flat `docs/*.md` files that
-  moved in the docs restructure. A new test scans `src/openflight` for
-  `docs/…​.md` references and fails on any that do not exist.
+  moved in the docs restructure. A new test scans `src/openflight`,
+  `scripts/`, `.github/`, and the top-level guides for `docs/…​.md`
+  references and fails on any that do not exist.
 - **`openflight-cloud` honors `--config`/`--log-dir` before the subcommand.**
   The subcommand's defaults overwrote options given before it, so
   `openflight-cloud --log-dir X push` scanned the default session directory.
diff --git a/tests/test_doc_references.py b/tests/test_doc_references.py
index d536679a2..a9467971b 100644
--- a/tests/test_doc_references.py
+++ b/tests/test_doc_references.py
@@ -1,40 +1,77 @@
-"""Doc paths mentioned from the Python package must exist.
-
-Log messages, docstrings, and comments under ``src/openflight`` point users
-at ``docs/...md`` pages. The docs restructure moved those pages into
-sectioned directories and several pointers were left naming files that no
-longer exist (see the kld7 OPS-bin penalty warning, which sent users to a
-404 for months). This test fails on any such reference so a future docs
-move cannot silently strand them again.
+"""Doc paths mentioned outside ``docs/`` must exist.
+
+Log messages, docstrings, shell ``warn`` lines, issue templates, and the
+top-level guides all point users at ``docs/...md`` pages. The docs
+restructure moved those pages into sectioned directories and left a dozen
+pointers naming files that no longer exist, including a production WARNING
+in the K-LD7 estimator and the setup script every new builder runs. Those
+were fixed by hand (PRs #294 and #295); this test fails on any such
+reference so a future docs move cannot silently strand them again.
+
+Links *inside* ``docs/`` are not scanned here: the Zensical build runs with
+``--strict`` in CI and already fails on broken intra-docs links.
 """
 
+import os
 import re
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
 
 REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
-PACKAGE_ROOT = REPO_ROOT / "src" / "openflight"
 DOC_REF = re.compile(r"docs/[A-Za-z0-9_./-]+\.md")
 
+# (root, glob) pairs scanned for docs/*.md mentions. Keep this list explicit
+# so a new tree that references docs is added deliberately, not by accident.
+SCAN_TARGETS: tuple[tuple[str, str], ...] = (
+    ("src/openflight", "**/*.py"),
+    ("scripts", "**/*.py"),
+    ("scripts", "**/*.sh"),
+    (".github", "**/*.yml"),
+    (".github", "**/*.md"),
+    (".", "README.md"),
+    (".", "CONTRIBUTING.md"),
+    (".", "CLAUDE.md"),
+    (".", "AGENTS.md"),
+    ("ui", "README.md"),
+)
+
+
+def _exists_with_exact_case(rel_path: str) -> bool:
+    """``Path.is_file`` with exact on-disk casing for every component.
+
+    macOS and Windows filesystems are case-insensitive, so ``docs/CHANGELOG.md``
+    looks fine there and only breaks on the Linux CI runners (and on GitHub's
+    rendered links). Check each component against its parent's real listing.
+    """
+    current = REPO_ROOT
+    for part in Path(rel_path).parts:
+        if part not in os.listdir(current):
+            return False
+        current = current / part
+    return current.is_file()
+
 
 def _doc_references() -> list[tuple[str, str]]:
-    found: list[tuple[str, str]] = []
-    for path in sorted(PACKAGE_ROOT.rglob("*.py")):
-        text = path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
-        for match in sorted(set(DOC_REF.findall(text))):
-            found.append((str(path.relative_to(REPO_ROOT)), match))
-    return found
+    found: set[tuple[str, str]] = set()
+    for root, pattern in SCAN_TARGETS:
+        for path in (REPO_ROOT / root).glob(pattern):
+            if not path.is_file() or "__pycache__" in path.parts:
+                continue
+            text = path.read_text(encoding="utf-8", errors="replace")
+            for match in DOC_REF.findall(text):
+                found.add((str(path.relative_to(REPO_ROOT)), match))
+    return sorted(found)
 
 
 _REFERENCES = _doc_references()
 
 
-def test_package_mentions_at_least_one_doc():
+def test_scan_finds_references():
     """Guard against the scan silently matching nothing."""
-    assert _REFERENCES, "expected src/openflight to reference docs/*.md somewhere"
+    assert len(_REFERENCES) > 10, f"expected many docs/*.md references, found {len(_REFERENCES)}"
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(("source", "doc"), _REFERENCES, ids=[f"{s}:{d}" for s, d in _REFERENCES])
 def test_referenced_doc_exists(source, doc):
-    assert (REPO_ROOT / doc).is_file(), f"{source} points at {doc}, which does not exist"
+    assert _exists_with_exact_case(doc), f"{source} points at {doc}, which does not exist"