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fix(core): preload the normalized pathname before hydrating (AI-assisted) - #12810
Opening a page at a non-canonical URL, like /tests.html or /tests/index.html, can render it twice: React keeps the server HTML and appends a client render after it.
Root cause:
clientEntry preloads the raw window.location.pathname, but App renders the normalized location, without the .html or /index.html suffix. The route chunk isn't loaded before hydrating, so the route renders @theme/Loading (null).
For routes whose whole layout lives in the route component (pages, blog, homepage), the first client render at the root is empty.
This PR preloads the pathname that App renders: decoded like the router does, then normalized. Hydration then renders the same route as the server. It's an alternative to #10059 that doesn't change the DOM structure: it's not a breaking change, and can be backported to v3.
Test Plan
Unit tests for the new normalizeBrowserPathname() helper, including an encoded .html route (/caf%C3%A9.html) and a pathname that must stay decodable (/100%25.html).
Tested manually on a local website build, served without clean URLs, with a 404.html fallback (like Netlify):
With trailingSlash: true (the deploy preview config), /tests/index.html, /index.html, /blog/index.html and /docs/installation/index.html hydrate without error.
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The client now shares pathname normalization between location handling and browser route preloading. Tests cover HTML suffix removal and encoded paths.
normalizeLocation uses cached normalized paths and returns a copied location. normalizeBrowserPathname decodes, normalizes, and re-encodes browser paths. Tests cover HTML paths and encoded characters.
Normalize paths before preload packages/docusaurus/src/client/clientEntry.tsx
clientEntry passes the normalized browser pathname to preload before rendering.
meta/docusaurus#12904: Serves existing .html files, including index.html, without redirecting. The current change normalizes such paths before client-side preloading.
Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 0e778
This change preloads the pathname the app will actually render, so pages opened at URLs like /page.html or /index.html should no longer render twice. Encoded paths are handled without throwing. No concrete merge-blocking risk remains.
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[#10053] clientEntry preloads the decoded and normalized pathname before hydration, so /index.html loads the route that App renders. Unit tests cover /index.html and encoded pathnames. The PR …
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[#10053] The shared pathname normalization refactor, preload change, route mock, and unit tests support the hydration fix. The changes have no demonstrated unrelated scope.
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[#10053] clientEntry preloads the decoded and normalized pathname before hydration, so /index.html loads the route that App renders. Unit tests cover /index.html and encoded pathnames. The PR reports that the home page renders once in the affected case.
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- Line 69: Update the clientEntry preload flow to decode the pathname once
before normalization, and ensure preload does not decode that already-decoded
input again. Preserve router-equivalent matching for encoded .html routes and
prevent a second decode from throwing on paths containing %25; add regression
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Regression test for exact .html routes with encoded characters: the
browser URL is /caf%C3%A9.html while the router decodes it.
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docusaurus serve redirects /page.html URLs, so serve the HTML file the
way Netlify does to reproduce the duplicate render of the app.
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Accessing /page.html loaded the chunks of the wrong route: the first render
was empty, and React kept the server HTML next to the client render.
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The router decodes the pathname, so exact .html routes with encoded
characters, like /café.html, kept their extension in App but not in the
preloaded pathname.
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The blog post appeared in the sidebar of every dogfood blog page in the
Argos dev build. Like dummy.html, the doc is in no sidebar.
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Motivation
Opening a page at a non-canonical URL, like
/tests.htmlor/tests/index.html, can render it twice: React keeps the server HTML and appends a client render after it.Root cause:
clientEntrypreloads the rawwindow.location.pathname, butApprenders the normalized location, without the.htmlor/index.htmlsuffix. The route chunk isn't loaded before hydrating, so the route renders@theme/Loading(null).This PR preloads the pathname that
Apprenders: decoded like the router does, then normalized. Hydration then renders the same route as the server. It's an alternative to #10059 that doesn't change the DOM structure: it's not a breaking change, and can be backported to v3.Test Plan
Unit tests for the new
normalizeBrowserPathname()helper, including an encoded.htmlroute (/caf%C3%A9.html) and a pathname that must stay decodable (/100%25.html).Tested manually on a local website build, served without clean URLs, with a
404.htmlfallback (like Netlify):/tests.html/blog.html,/index.html/docs/installation.html/tests/index.html,/blog/index.html404.htmlWith
trailingSlash: true(the deploy preview config),/tests/index.html,/index.html,/blog/index.htmland/docs/installation/index.htmlhydrate without error.Test links
Deploy preview: https://deploy-preview-12810--docusaurus-2.netlify.app/
These URLs render the page twice on
main(compare with the deploy preview of #12805), and once here, without hydration error:main, but a hydration error)Related issues/PRs
Alternatives to this PR, for comparison:
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.htmland paths containing encoded characters, including percent signs and accented characters.