A recurring issue in internal linking is easy to describe: internal links point through unnecessary redirects. Resolving it requires checking the underlying condition as well as the visible result.
Find the likely cause
Old destinations remain embedded after URL changes.
Treat this as an explanation to verify against the actual work. Look at the input, the relevant decision, and the final result together. If the evidence does not support this diagnosis, investigate the mismatch before applying a convenient but unrelated fix.
Make the targeted correction
Update links to the intended final URLs where practical.
Internal links should help readers discover the next useful page and make relationships between pages understandable.
Check that the repair worked
Check that each updated destination returns the expected page.
Repeat the check on the final version that the reader or customer will encounter. An approved draft, a preview, and a published result can differ; the acceptance decision should concern the version people actually use.
Prevent the next related failure
A separate issue to watch for is this: a page is overloaded with repetitive internal links. Keep useful links and remove repetitive distractions.
Monitor the useful outcome
Track broken links, isolated pages, and meaningful clicks on contextual links.
Keep a short record of the original symptom, the evidence behind the diagnosis, and the result of the acceptance check. That record makes the solution reusable when the same condition appears again, without assuming that every superficially similar problem has the same cause.