Static HTML file in public folder cannot be accessed in production build

Is this a bug report?

No

Did you try recovering your dependencies?

Yes

Environment

Environment: OS: Linux 4.17 Node: 8.10.0 Yarn: 1.7.0 npm: 6.1.0 Watchman: Not Found Xcode: N/A Android Studio: Not Found

Steps to Reproduce

1. Generate React project with npx create-react-app my-app
2. Insert new index.html file in a subfolder in public. Mine is in public/home/index.html
3. The above file path works in the development build, when I navigate to localhost:3000/home/. However, if I run a production build, I am no longer able to access this HTML file. Curiously, I’m able to access any other type of file, such as localhost:5000/home/js/random.js, and even if I change the name of index.html to index.htm, I’m able to navigate to it via localhost:5000/home/index.htm. It’s just the specific case of the HTML file extension that seems to be blocked by something.

Expected Behavior

I would hope to find a way to take advantage of the public directory to serve up my static HTML landing page. I wouldn’t necessarily call this a bug, but I’ve tried a bunch of webpack configurations, tried disabling the service worker, copywebpackplugin, and none of it really worked to allow me to visit http://mysite/home.

Any help is much appreciated!

[Timer]

Hmm, it sounds like an issue needs to be opened with serve to serve a file when there’s an exact match on the file system.

[stale[bot]]

This issue has been automatically closed because it has not had any recent activity. If you have a question or comment, please open a new issue.