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docusaurus serve redirects /file.html to /file, even when file.html exists. Static hosts like Netlify and GitHub Pages serve the file instead, so docusaurus serve doesn't let you preview what users get at these URLs.
It also breaks routes that really end with .html, like a doc with slug: dummy.html: /tests/docs/dummy.html redirects to /tests/docs/dummy, which isn't a route, and React logs a hydration error. That's why 2 dogfood pages were on the Argos blacklist.
docusaurus serve now serves the existing .html files as-is. serve-handler's cleanUrls both resolves /file to file.html and redirects /file.html to /file: it's only turned off for requests of existing .html files, where the resolution has nothing to do. .html URLs without a file, like /missing.html, still redirect to their clean URL.
Test Plan
pnpm test packages/docusaurus/src/commands/serve. The snapshot diff shows what changes: the existing .html files return 200 instead of 1 to 3 redirects, for every baseUrl and trailingSlash. Edge cases:
2 tests used /file.html to check that clean URL redirects keep the baseUrl and the query string: they now use /folder/index.
The check decodes the path before resolving its .. segments, like serve-handler: hand-typed rows cover /base/file%2Ehtml (200 file.html) and /base/folder%2Fx/../file.html. The TODO about serve-handler dropping the baseUrl of encoded paths moves to /base/missing%2Ehtml.
Folders aren't .html files: with the client redirect file legacy.html/index.html, /legacy.html still redirects to /legacy.
The Argos tests of /tests/docs/dummy.html and /tests/blog/x/y/z.html now pass locally, without console errors. With the previous docusaurus serve, /tests/docs/dummy.html fails with "Hydration failed".
Existing .html pages are now served directly instead of redirecting to clean URLs, including index pages and pages with Unicode filenames.
Requests for missing .html pages retain their redirect and 404 behavior, with query strings preserved. Clean-URL redirects continue to follow the configured trailing-slash behavior for paths without an existing HTML file.
Requests with encoded dots or normalized path segments resolve consistently when they target existing HTML files.
…ssisted)
Like static hosts such as Netlify and GitHub Pages, `docusaurus serve` no
longer redirects /file.html to /file when file.html exists. Routes that end
with .html now work, so 2 dogfood pages leave the Argos blacklist.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The serve request handler now serves requests for existing .html files directly instead of redirecting them to clean URLs. Tests cover trailing-slash modes, deployment bases, encoded paths, and query strings. The screenshot test removes two HTML routes from its blacklist.
Changes: Existing HTML request handling
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Summary
Resolve HTML requests and control redirects packages/docusaurus/src/commands/serve/requestHandler.ts
The handler checks for existing HTML files before applying clean-URL redirects. Malformed or out-of-directory paths do not resolve to a file.
Validate direct responses and redirects packages/docusaurus/src/commands/serve/__tests__/requestHandler.test.ts, packages/docusaurus/src/commands/serve/__tests__/__fixtures__/build/legacy.html/index.html, argos/tests/screenshot.spec.ts
Tests cover direct responses for existing HTML files and redirects for missing paths across trailing-slash modes, deployment bases, and request path forms. The screenshot test removes two HTML routes from its blacklist.
sequenceDiagram
participant Browser
participant RequestHandler
participant FileSystem
participant ServeHandler
Browser->>RequestHandler: Request URL
RequestHandler->>FileSystem: Resolve path and check for an existing HTML file
FileSystem-->>RequestHandler: Return resolved path or no match
RequestHandler->>ServeHandler: Disable clean URLs for existing HTML file requests
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Possibly related PRs
meta/docusaurus#12910: Tests .html routes, encoded dots, and queries across serve configurations.
meta/docusaurus#12881: Adds hand-typed URL and dot-segment tests that this change updates for existing .html files.
meta/docusaurus#12901: Covers an encoded .html request that this change updates to serve the existing file directly.
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Opening generated HTML URLs can duplicate page content or cause hydration errors. Resolve the preload mismatch before merging.
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644-650: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Low value
Test an encoded slash before checking file existence.
The encoded-dot test does not cover decoding slashes before the existence check. A regression could redirect an existing HTML file while this test still passes.
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Review comment at
@packages/docusaurus/src/commands/serve/__tests__/requestHandler.test.ts around
lines 644 - 650:
Extend the `serves existing .html files with encoded paths` test for
`serveRequest` to cover an encoded slash and parent-directory segment before the
file-existence check; verify that the request resolves to the existing
`file.html` response.
668-670: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Low value
Cover missing HTML redirects with query strings.
The existing query-string redirect test uses /folder/index, not a missing .html file. Add a test for query preservation on the missing-file fallback.
Suggested test
it('keeps the query string in redirects without a baseUrl', async () => {
await expect(
serveRequest(
{baseUrl: '/', trailingSlash: undefined},
'/folder/index?query=1',
),
).resolves.toBe('302 /folder?query=1 → 200 folder/index.html');
});
++ it('keeps the query string when redirecting a missing .html file', async () => {+ await expect(+ serveRequest(+ {baseUrl: '/', trailingSlash: undefined},+ '/missing.html?query=1',+ ),+ ).resolves.toBe('302 /missing?query=1 → 404 404.html');+ });
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@packages/docusaurus/src/commands/serve/__tests__/requestHandler.test.ts around
lines 668 - 670:
Extend the requestHandler tests with a case that requests a missing .html path
with a query string and verifies the fallback redirect preserves the query and
returns the expected 404 result. Keep the existing folder-index query-string
test unchanged.
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- Around line 644-650: Extend the `serves existing .html files with encoded
paths` test for `serveRequest` to cover an encoded slash and parent-directory
segment before the file-existence check; verify that the request resolves to the
existing `file.html` response.
- Around line 668-670: Extend the requestHandler tests with a case that requests
a missing .html path with a query string and verifies the fallback redirect
preserves the query and returns the expected 404 result. Keep the existing
folder-index query-string test unchanged.
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Minor · Normalize the pathname before the initial preload. · requestHandler.ts:56-58
packages/docusaurus/src/commands/serve/requestHandler.ts:56-58 Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Normalize the pathname before the initial preload.
When docusaurus serve serves an existing generated tests.html, the server HTML represents /tests, but clientEntry.tsx preloads the raw /tests.html path. That path matches the generated catch-all route, not the exact /tests route. The client then normalizes the route only during rendering, so the page loadable can initially render its loading fallback and trigger a hydration mismatch. Use the existing route-aware normalization before preloading; it preserves literal .html routes.
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import ReactDOM, {type ErrorInfo} from 'react-dom/client';
import {HelmetProvider} from 'react-helmet-async';
import {BrowserRouter, HashRouter} from 'react-router-dom';
+import type {Location} from 'history';
import siteConfig from '@generated/docusaurus.config';
import ExecutionEnvironment from './exports/ExecutionEnvironment';
import App from './App';
import preload from './preload';
+import normalizeLocation from './normalizeLocation';
import docusaurus from './docusaurus';
...
- preload(window.location.pathname).then(() => {+ preload(+ normalizeLocation({pathname: window.location.pathname} as Location).pathname,+ ).then(() => {
startTransition(renderApp);
});
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Normalize the pathname before the initial preload in clientEntry.tsx: pass the
pathname produced by the existing normalizeLocation helper to preload instead of
the raw browser pathname. Preserve literal .html routes while ensuring generated
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- Around line 56-58: Normalize the pathname before the initial preload in
clientEntry.tsx: pass the pathname produced by the existing normalizeLocation
helper to preload instead of the raw browser pathname. Preserve literal .html
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- Around line 666-675: Update the serveRequest redirect handling so an existing
HTML file with an encoded dot is served directly without a slash redirect for
both trailingSlash true and false; add tests for both modes and preserve the
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Review comments at @packages/docusaurus/src/commands/serve/requestHandler.ts:
- Around line 177-180: Update isHtmlFile to verify that the resolved .html path
is a file, not merely an existing path; use a file-type check such as
stat().isFile() while preserving handling for missing paths.
- Around line 66-68: Update the request handling around both HTML checks so they
use the same effective path that serve-handler resolves, including encoded
slashes and dot segments; keep the cleanUrls decision and redirect check
consistent with that path. Add an encoded-slash regression test for
`/dir%2Finner/../file.html` covering the relevant file-existence cases.
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Decode the path before resolving its ".." segments, ignore folders like
the client redirect file "legacy.html/index.html", and skip the trailing
slash redirects of existing .html files with encoded dots.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Motivation
docusaurus serveredirects/file.htmlto/file, even whenfile.htmlexists. Static hosts like Netlify and GitHub Pages serve the file instead, sodocusaurus servedoesn't let you preview what users get at these URLs.It also breaks routes that really end with
.html, like a doc withslug: dummy.html:/tests/docs/dummy.htmlredirects to/tests/docs/dummy, which isn't a route, and React logs a hydration error. That's why 2 dogfood pages were on the Argos blacklist.docusaurus servenow serves the existing.htmlfiles as-is. serve-handler'scleanUrlsboth resolves/filetofile.htmland redirects/file.htmlto/file: it's only turned off for requests of existing.htmlfiles, where the resolution has nothing to do..htmlURLs without a file, like/missing.html, still redirect to their clean URL.Test Plan
pnpm test packages/docusaurus/src/commands/serve. The snapshot diff shows what changes: the existing.htmlfiles return 200 instead of 1 to 3 redirects, for everybaseUrlandtrailingSlash. Edge cases:/file.htmlto check that clean URL redirects keep thebaseUrland the query string: they now use/folder/index...segments, like serve-handler: hand-typed rows cover/base/file%2Ehtml(200file.html) and/base/folder%2Fx/../file.html. The TODO about serve-handler dropping thebaseUrlof encoded paths moves to/base/missing%2Ehtml..htmlfiles: with the client redirect filelegacy.html/index.html,/legacy.htmlstill redirects to/legacy.The Argos tests of
/tests/docs/dummy.htmland/tests/blog/x/y/z.htmlnow pass locally, without console errors. With the previousdocusaurus serve,/tests/docs/dummy.htmlfails with "Hydration failed".Test links
Deploy preview: https://deploy-preview-12904--docusaurus-2.netlify.app/
Related issues/PRs
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.htmlpages are now served directly instead of redirecting to clean URLs, including index pages and pages with Unicode filenames..htmlpages retain their redirect and 404 behavior, with query strings preserved. Clean-URL redirects continue to follow the configured trailing-slash behavior for paths without an existing HTML file.