Hacker News never rechecks a link. A story submitted in 2012 keeps its points, its comment thread and its URL forever. The site will happily send you to that URL in 2026 whether or not anything is still there.
Source: [Dev.to](https://dev.to/aiq_labs/i-used-the-hacker-news-api-to-check-5000-old-links-34-domains-are-now-unregistered-2jbf)