Archives not working on github-pages

[satwikkansal]

I'm trying to add archives to my blog following the instructions at https://mmistakes.github.io/minimal-mistakes/docs/configuration/ but couldn't get them working in github-pages with either of liquid and jekyll-archives.

Some of my findings:

1. Using liquid in both

category_archive:
  type: liquid
  path: /categories/
tag_archive:
  type: liquid
  path: /tags/

tags work as expected locally, but on gh-pages I get random error
Github pages is down for maintainence which disappears after I reload.

categories show the error:
/categories/ not found locally
and 404 not found error on gh-pages

2. Using jekyll-archive for both

category_archive:
  type: jekyll-archives
  path: /categories/
tag_archive:
  type: jekyll-archives
  path: /tags/
jekyll-archives:
  enabled:
    - categories
    - tags
  layouts:
    category: archive-taxonomy
    tag: archive-taxonomy
  permalinks:
    category: /categories/:name/
    tag: /tags/:name/

Both work fine locally, but on github-pages I get the 404 not found error for both of them.

Here's my _config.yml https://github.com/satwikkansal/satwikkansal.github.io/blob/master/_config.yml, and http://blog.satwikkansal.xyz is where the site is deployed.

[mmistakes]

The Jekyll Archives method won't work on GitHub Pages hosted sites because that plugin isn't whitelisted for use so you need to go with the Liquid method.

No idea what the "Github pages is down for maintenance" error is all about. I'd reach out to support since I'm pretty sure it has nothing to do with the theme or Jekyll. That error occurs for every page, asset (JS, CSS, etc). and as you noted resolves itself after a reload.

[satwikkansal]

Thanks for your response.
The liquid method of category archives isn't working even locally for me. The error that's displayed is:
/categories/ not found

[mmistakes]

You're missing the category archive page, that's why it's 404'ing. Add it to your root similar to tag-archive.html.

category-archive.html

[satwikkansal]

Oh, that was a silly mistake. It works now, Thanks. And it turns out that "Github pages is down for maintenance" error is also gone (probably it was due to usage of jekyll-archives)