Missing a trailing slash causes 404 on forum in subfolder

[djensen47]

Even though this could be solved with better proxy rules. I'm wondering if it's also not being handled correctly on the server side as well.

1. Install a forum in a "subfolder" like /forums
2. Visit the homepage without a trailing slash: https://www.axisandallies.org/forums

Expected Result
The page loads fine

Actual Result
Receive the following error:

/forumscategories Not Found
You seem to have stumbled upon a page that does not exist. Return to the home page.

You can see the error here: https://www.axisandallies.org/forums

[baris]

Definitely sounds like a bug in core https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/issues/6949

barisusakli created this issue in NodeBB/NodeBB

closed sub folder install homepage gives 404 #6949

[julian]

Can you show us your reverse proxy config? I don't have this issue on my local environment although we can reproduce if we remove nginx out of the equation

[djensen47]

@julian Yes. I'll need to remove the "sensitive" info out of the config first.

[baris]

I spent quite a bit of time trying to fix this but wasn't able to, it is definitely a bug in core. The way we rewrite the home page url conflicts with express.js.

[djensen47]

Here's the config: HAProxy Config

[djensen47]

@baris Okay, thanks for digging into it. If it will take a while to fix, I'll create a rule in HAProxy to add a trailing slash.

[baris]

@djensen47 Should be fixed on master, give it shot