/welcome and /settings return 404

When I navigate to either the welcome or settings pages when running locally, the 404 page is displayed.

Interestingly enough, I also receive a 404 for /welcome on https://demo.backstage.io/welcome, but not for https://demo.backstage.io/settings.

Expected Behavior

I should be able to access the welcome and settings pages

Current Behavior

The welcome and settings pages return a 404

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create app with npx @backstage/create-app, selecting sqlite for the database
2. Run the app as indicated in the instructions in the Getting Started docs
3. Try to navigate to /welcome or /settings on the app running locally

Context

I can’t access either of those pages, which means I can’t follow the welcome tutorial in the app.

Your Environment

• NodeJS Version (v12): v12.20.1
• Operating System and Version (e.g. Ubuntu 14.04): Windows 10
• Browser Information: Chrome 88.0.4324.96

[benjdlambert]

Ah ok 🤦 this should be removed. This page basically just listed some basic information about how to get started with backstage, which has all moved really to https://backstage.io/docs. I’ve just created a PR to remove this welcome banner for now until we get round to making this welcome plugin more specific to end user needs. https://github.com/backstage/backstage/pull/4193

[benjdlambert]

Hey!

So the welcome plugin is not registered in either the demo app or create-app versions right now, as we just simply haven’t really gotten around to plan for it yet. It used to be registered, but then we defaulted to using the /catalog page as the root route for now.

The /settings route I think was not added to the create-app but should have been added in this most recent release which is currently building right now. So should be available very soon!