When the index is set to false, requests ending with / are being served with the content type header set to application/octet-stream instead of actual file's content type about serve-static

[dougwilson]

Hello, and thank you for the report, I will investigate. The index.html file should not be sent at all in your example, so we'll want to fix that 👍

[rmhaiderali]

I thought maybe they implemented it this way intentionally. However, it would be more logical not to serve the file at all.

[rmhaiderali]

I'm not sure where the error is coming from, but it happens when server is running in a windows environment.

[rmhaiderali]

Hello @dougwilson,

Windows intentionally implemented this behavior where, when accessing a path, if it ends with "/", instead of treating it as a directory, it checks if a file with the same name exists. In such cases, it ignores the "/" and allows users to access files as if the path did not end with "/".

I'm unsure about which package (serve-static or send) we should modify to include a check that restricts serving a file if its path ends with "/".