ERR_INVALID_REDIRECT when running http-server

[matpl]

Do you want to request a feature or report a bug?

If the issue is a bug report, please provide the steps to reproduce it. Please include the actual command causing the issue if applicable.

npm i -g http-server
http-server

Then open chrome at 127.0.0.1:8080

What did you expect to happen?

Open an empty page

What actually happened? Please include the actual error trace and / or stack trace if applicable.

ERR_INVALID_REDIRECT

If the issue is a feature request, what is the motivation / use case for it?

Tell us about your environment

• http-server version:
  Tried 0.11 and also the master branch from the github repo
• Platform:
  win10

[matpl]

I feel it may be related to the ecstatic issue earlier today... Could it be possible that the updated version of ecstatic (3.3.2) isn't compatible with http-server?

[thornjad]

What is in the directory you're serving? I'm not getting the same on my Mac

[matpl]

I'm serving the current directory. I tried with an index.html with an empty body, but I still get ERR_INVALID_REDIRECT. I'm at work so it could possibly be a proxy issue or something. I can try again at home later today to see if I get the same behavior.

[captainturtle]

I have the same issue. I'm running http-server on Windows 10, and getting the same error. I updated http-server and ecstatic, but it didn't work. In my case I only have a single html page (index.html).

[thornjad]

Just an idea, but do any of you see the same thing if you use npx http-server-legacy instead of http-server?

[matpl]

I have the same issue with npx http-server-legacy. And I use http-server on a weekly basis I'd say, and I only had this error from a fresh install for http-server. So it was working fine with the latest version in the last weeks, and it stopped working after a clean install today (with the same version). That's why I suspect a dependency issue.

[gdurazzo]

i have the same issue, both http-server and http-server-legacy,
no solution so far

[captainturtle]

I think the issue is somehow related to directories.

When I enter http://localhost:8080, I get the same error, however requesting http://localhost:8080/index.html directly works.

A weird thing happens when I request a directory under the root. When I go to
http://localhost:8080/folder
it redirects me to this address:
http://localhost:8080/folder///////////////////
and produces this error:

This page isn’t working
localhost redirected you too many times.
Try clearing your cookies.
ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS

[captainturtle]

Just an idea, but do any of you see the same thing if you use npx http-server-legacy instead of http-server?

I have tried npx http-server-legacy now, still giving the error.

[charlie-collard]

I'm having exactly the same error as @captainturtle on windows only. Seems to be working fine on OSX.

[captainturtle]

Possibly related to ecstatic issue as mentioned:

https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/830

[charlie-collard]

It's definitely ecstatic. I downgraded to 3.0.0 and the issue disappears.

[gdurazzo]

@bspammer I did the same and solved it too.