next dev server only serves html (no scripts or assets, replicated with stock create-next-app)

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To replicate my issue, I created a next app template folder with npx create-next-app (Version 13.1.6==latest, all default options, Node v18.14.0==LTS) and when I try to run it with npm run dev it loads HTML files like index.tsx, but 404s on all assets and scripts.

The same thing happens with npm run build/start.

Reproduced the issue on both Chrome and Firefox (no extensions or adblockers of any sort) with create-next-app@latest and @12.4.3. The issue does not reproduce on Docker though (node:alpine-current).

network tab console tab

Did you try `npx create-next-app@latest` as per [the documentation](https://nextjs.org/docs/api-reference/create-next-app)? — Phil, Feb 08 '23 at 23:50
Don't think so, I'm getting the same problem with create-next-app@12.3.4, so it's definitely something in my machine. — emivespa, Feb 09 '23 at 00:09
See if this helps ~ [Run NPX commands in debug mode](https://stackoverflow.com/q/61210949/283366) — Phil, Feb 09 '23 at 02:31
Can you add your folder structure? Routes in next are based on file path. So if you want a `/about` page, you'll need to create a `about.js` in the `pages` folder. — therealdakotal, Feb 09 '23 at 16:12
It's the default create-next-app skeleton, I changed nothing. Tried it on Docker (node:alpine-current) to see if I was going mad: nope, works fine on docker. — emivespa, Feb 09 '23 at 16:24
So just pages/index.tsx. You can see what fails to load in the question screenshots at the bottom. — emivespa, Feb 09 '23 at 16:31

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 01 '23 at 18:43

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It was a file naming issue. Apparently Next mishandles your files if there are weird characters in the absolute filepaths. I suspect a lot of questions/issues of the sort "brand new create-next-app routes not resolving" have to do with this.

answered Mar 01 '23 at 18:43

emivespa

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