Links to static assets do not work

[lovasoa]

Describe the bug

When creating a link to a static asset, clicking the link triggers a 404 instead of opening the asset.

Logs

The issue doesn't log anything.

To Reproduce

In the default sveltekit app:

• Create a file in static/hello.txt with the contents hello world
• In src/index.svelte, add the following link: <a href="/hello.txt">xxx</a>

run npm run dev, then, from your browser, click the link

Expected behavior

The text file is loaded

Actual behavior
A 404 error

Information about your SvelteKit Installation:

Diagnostics

  System:
    OS: macOS 11.2.2
    CPU: (12) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8750H CPU @ 2.20GHz
    Memory: 292.30 MB / 16.00 GB
    Shell: 3.2.57 - /bin/bash
  Binaries:
    Node: 16.1.0 - /usr/local/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.22.10 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
    npm: 7.11.2 - /usr/local/bin/npm
  Browsers:
    Chrome: 90.0.4430.212
    Firefox: 88.0.1
    Safari: 14.0.3
  npmPackages:
    @sveltejs/kit: next => 1.0.0-next.107 
    svelte: ^3.34.0 => 3.38.2 

Severity
Caused a broken link in production for me in
https://sanipasse.fr/french-health-pass

[mvolfik]

You probably need to set rel=external on the link: https://kit.svelte.dev/docs#anchor-options-rel-external

[lovasoa]

rel=external is for links to external sites. In this case, I am linking to a resource on my own site.

SvelteKit knows which static assets it has, so there is no reason that we can't make it work with a normal link, is there ?

[tobi-or-not-tobi]

I assume this is fixed by #1487

[benmccann]

This sounds like a duplicate of #1295

[mvolfik]

Yes, it is a duplicate. But let me just point out that this isn't solved by the patch (not)tobi mentions - that solves the case if you have app base /foo/bar and navigate to /

[lovasoa]

Oh, yes, I did not find that original issue. Sorry.