@xavdid Thanks, Dave. I just plugged your code into Chromium's Dev Tools & it output legitimate links. I don't know what the problem is at this point except possibly that I still have sites without secure certificates - I noticed a Mastodon code request to enforce https in URLs for verification. I'm unsure if this request made it into development & release. My other instances on Mastodon had no problem with this when I initially verified them back in Nov '22. I place my tags in the HTML header.
@JasonPester ah yeah, hard to say. I know verification checks happen when you save your profile, so a check can fail if the server is especially busy when you hit "save". If the output looks right (and it seems to), maybe try re-saving your profile to force a re-check?