null link after clicking on search result that is the root page

[wojtek-jarosz]

Site under test: https://optimistic-wilson-f4030f.netlify.app/

After typing in "Payload" and hitting enter, we're redirected to a "null" link :https://optimistic-wilson-f4030f.netlify.app/null

The slug of the page is set to "/" (it's a main page) so probably that's the issue here

Also the links displayed are "Payload#" instead of "Payload"

[neoakris]

I just encountered this bug today as well.

snippet of my docusaurus.config.js

  plugins: [  //adds search to the top right, using clientside javascript via lunr
      [require.resolve('docusaurus-lunr-search'),
          { //options for the plugin
            indexBaseUrl: true,
            languages: ['en']
          }
      ]
  ], //end plugins

It builds and indexes fine, but when I got to search for something that exists on the root of my site.
Clicking the search results, ends up redirecting me to /null instead of /

I suspect I might be able to work around the issue by leveraging client side redirect logic
https://docusaurus.io/docs/api/plugins/@docusaurus/plugin-client-redirects
redirecting /null -> / might work as a hack fix

[neoakris]

Note in case someone else bumps into this, my idea didn't work, this would have to be solved at javascript code level.

  plugins: [  //adds search to the top right, using clientside javascript via lunr
      [require.resolve('docusaurus-lunr-search'),
          { //options for the plugin
            indexBaseUrl: true, //has a bug where search results on root direct to /null instead of /
            languages: ['en']
          }
      ], 
      ['@docusaurus/plugin-client-redirects', //attempt to fix bug on clientside search by introducing /null --> / redirect
          { //options for the plugin
            redirects: [
              {
                from: '/null',
                to: '/'
              }
            ]
          }
      ]
  ], //end plugins  

The following experimental config would often cause the local search to freeze with grey loading text in the search box / remain frozen and unclickable. Page refresh could sometimes fix it. The search results would still redirect to /null, even with this clientside redirect.

(And I was able to test that the clientside redirect was working because if I refreshed the /null page it would redirect to /, or if I typed it directly into the browser and pressed enter it'd redirect, just doesn't redirect through the search functionality.) I'm just going to set the indexBaseUrl: false to avoid the issue for now.