Application URLs Without Trailing Slash Fail

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
backend

Research direction

Start by reproducing the blank page with the slash-free application URL and compare it with the trailing-slash URL. Trace how Shiny Server handles both address forms and verify that both load the application without a blank response or missing debugging output.

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Description

We have an index page with links such as http://shiny.maths.usyd.edu.au/CPOP that worked for the past few years. Recently, that causes a blank page to be shown with no debugging output to help troubleshoot. However, everything is fine with http://shiny.maths.usyd.edu.au/CPOP/. There was an operating system kernel update by the system administrator at around the same time as the blank screen began. Reinstalling the latest version of Shiny Server didn't help. Could Shiny Server seamlessly work for both formats? The slash-free addresses are in all of our team's published journal articles.

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