# Links to /raw/nnn content end up loading as an error

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-raw-nnn-content-end-up-loading-as-an-error/27877
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [23 april 2015 om 20:15 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-raw-nnn-content-end-up-loading-as-an-error/27877 "2015-04-23T20:15:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![DeanMarkTaylor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/deanmarktaylor/32/102462_2.png) [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)
#### Post date: [23 april 2015 om 20:15 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-raw-nnn-content-end-up-loading-as-an-error/27877/1 "2015-04-23T20:15:05Z")

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If links to a raw link, clicking it displays an error `The page you requested doesn't exist or is private`, opening in a new window displays as expected.  
`https://meta.discourse.org/raw/24012/6`

E.g.  
[https://meta.discourse.org/raw/24012/6](https://meta.discourse.org/raw/24012/6)

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [24 april 2015 om 02:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-raw-nnn-content-end-up-loading-as-an-error/27877/2 "2015-04-24T02:01:43Z")

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This is how that has always worked, unfortunately. Something to do with Ember routing I presume @eviltrout as that page has no Ember JS on it.

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### Author: ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [24 april 2015 om 03:09 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-raw-nnn-content-end-up-loading-as-an-error/27877/3 "2015-04-24T03:09:19Z")

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Yep. I tried building something that would make a HEAD request for the page and move there if it exists, but I couldn’t get it to work without breaking the back button.

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### Author: ![elberet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/elberet/32/122404_2.png) [@elberet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elberet)
#### Post date: [24 april 2015 om 04:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-raw-nnn-content-end-up-loading-as-an-error/27877/4 "2015-04-24T04:00:06Z")

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Would it be possible to force `target="_blank"` on these links?

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### Author: ![eviltrout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eviltrout/32/5275_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [24 april 2015 om 15:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-raw-nnn-content-end-up-loading-as-an-error/27877/5 "2015-04-24T15:29:48Z")

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The Ember app assumes everything goes through it. We could add a front end route for that particular link but it doesn’t seem necessary.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [28 september 2016 om 08:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-raw-nnn-content-end-up-loading-as-an-error/27877/6 "2016-09-28T08:22:30Z")

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