Jekyll serving unexpected URL

[mneumegen]

• I believe this to be a bug, not a question about using Jekyll.
• I Updated to the latest Jekyll (or) if on Github Pages to the latest github-pages
• I Read the CONTRIBUTION file at https://jekyllrb.com/docs/contributing/
• This is a feature request.

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• I am on (or have tested on) _macOS_ 10+
• I am on (or have tested on) _Debian/Ubuntu_ GNU/Linux
• I am on (or have tested on) _Fedora_ GNU/Linux
• I am on (or have tested on) _Arch_ GNU/Linux
• I am on (or have tested on) _Other_ GNU/Linux
• I am on (or have tested on) _Windows_ 10+

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• I was trying to install.
• There is a broken Plugin API.
• I had an error on Github Pages, and I have not tested locally.
• I had an error on Github Pages, and Github Support said it was a Jekyll Bug.
• I had an error on Github Pages and I did not test it locally.
• I was trying to build.
• It was another bug.

My Reproduction Steps

1. Create a site with a index.html.
2. Run jekyll serve.
3. In a browser navigate to http://localhost:4000/index/put/anything/here/ and it will serve /index.html.

The Output I Wanted

I would expect this URL to 404. It's caused confusion among users.

[parkr]

@mneumegen Did you test on master? Here's the code which looks up the path.

[mneumegen]

@parkr Yip tested on jekyll 3.2.0.pre.beta1.

I tried changing the line you suggested to:

super || super(req, res, "#{req.path_info.scan(%r|/[^/]*|).last}.html")

And it solves the problem and works for the other cases (/file.* > /file/index.html > /file.html). This comes from having a quick look at how WEBrick works so I'm not sure of the full implications of this change.

[parkr]

/cc @envygeeks who worked on the servlet.

[envygeeks]

@mneumegen @parkr you're right, that is a slight bug, might be easier to use res.filename if I remember right.

[envygeeks]

I don't remember if we ever resolved this bug?

[DirtyF]

@envygeeks after a quick test, I can confirm that this bug is still unresolved. You can request /index/whatever/you/want and Jekyll won't mind on the local server. In production it won't respond to the request though.

[JazzMaster]

also see the / bug I just reported. jekyll wants it, theres no way in hell its getting /

. or .. maybe... not (root of the drive). I dont know about sin, but on unice thats where that points.

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This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not been commented on for at least two months.

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[DirtyF]

This minor bug is still present in Jekyll 3.3.0

/cc @jekyll/core

[jekyllbot]

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not been commented on for at least two months.

The resources of the Jekyll team are limited, and so we are asking for your help.

If this is a bug and you can still reproduce this error on the 3.3-stable or master branch, please reply with all of the information you have about it in order to keep the issue open.

If this is a feature request, please consider building it first as a plugin. Jekyll 3 introduced hooks which provide convenient access points throughout the Jekyll build pipeline whereby most needs can be fulfilled. If this is something that cannot be built as a plugin, then please provide more information about why in order to keep this issue open.

This issue will automatically be closed in two months if no further activity occurs. Thank you for all your contributions.