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fix(core): docusaurus serve keeps the baseUrl with encoded clean URL paths #12916

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30 changes: 21 additions & 9 deletions packages/docusaurus/src/commands/serve/__tests__/requestHandler.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -727,15 +727,27 @@ describe('createServeRequestHandler', () => {
).resolves.toBe('200 file.html');
});

// TODO fix: keep the baseUrl, "301 /base/missing → 404 404.html"
// serve-handler decodes the path before its clean URL redirect
it('drops the baseUrl in clean URL redirects of encoded paths', async () => {
await expect(
serveRequest(
{baseUrl: '/base/', trailingSlash: undefined},
'/base/missing%2Ehtml',
),
).resolves.toBe('301 /missing → 302 /base/ → 200 index.html');
// serve-handler decodes the path before its clean URL redirect, which
// would drop the baseUrl
describe('answers 404 to encoded clean URL paths', () => {
it('with an encoded .html extension', async () => {
await expect(
serveRequest(
{baseUrl: '/base/', trailingSlash: undefined},
'/base/missing%2Ehtml',
),
).resolves.toBe('404 404.html');
});

// cspell:ignore Findex
it('with an encoded /index segment', async () => {
await expect(
serveRequest(
{baseUrl: '/base/', trailingSlash: undefined},
'/base/folder%2Findex',
),
).resolves.toBe('404 404.html');
});
});

it('keeps the query string in redirects without a baseUrl', async () => {
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17 changes: 15 additions & 2 deletions packages/docusaurus/src/commands/serve/requestHandler.ts
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Expand Up @@ -76,8 +76,11 @@ export function createServeRequestHandler({

await serveHandler(req, res, {
// cleanUrls serves /file with file.html, but also redirects /file.html
// to /file, even when the file exists
cleanUrls: !(await isHtmlFileRequest(outDir, req.url)),
// to /file, even when the file exists, and drops the baseUrl
// We already did our clean URL redirects: only existing .html files and
// paths with an encoded ".html" or "/index" get there
// See https://github.com/meta/docusaurus/pull/12916
cleanUrls: !hasCleanUrlSuffix(req.url),

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Low value

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rg -n -F -e 'missing%2Ehtml' -e '%2Ehtml' -e 'encoded' -e 'trailingSlash' -- packages/docusaurus/src/commands/serve/__tests__/requestHandler.test.ts

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Skip trailing-slash redirects for missing encoded suffixes.

With trailingSlash: true, /base/missing%2Ehtml receives a 301 to /base/missing%2Ehtml/ instead of a direct 404. Check for encoded clean-URL suffixes before trailing-slash normalization, while preserving existing .html file handling.

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Review comment at @packages/docusaurus/src/commands/serve/requestHandler.ts at
line 83:
Update the request handling around cleanUrls and trailing-slash normalization to
detect encoded clean-URL suffixes before issuing a trailing-slash redirect, so a
missing path such as /base/missing%2Ehtml returns a direct 404. Preserve the
existing handling of actual .html files.

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public: outDir,
// We do the trailing slash redirects: serve-handler would decode
// encoded slashes, merge them and drop the baseUrl
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -194,6 +197,16 @@ function hasNullByte(url: string): boolean {
return pathname.includes('%00');
}

// The decoded paths that serve-handler's cleanUrls redirects
function hasCleanUrlSuffix(url: string): boolean {
const pathname = url.split(/[?#]/)[0]!;
try {
return /(?:\.html|\/index)$/.test(decodeURIComponent(pathname));
} catch {
return false; // Malformed percent-encoding, serve-handler answers 400
}
}

// Pages with a dot in their name look like assets, like "docs/2.x"
async function isPage(outDir: string, urlPath: string): Promise<boolean> {
const filePath = getFilePath(outDir, urlPath);
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