# Posting a link to the site root doesn't open

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-a-link-to-the-site-root-doesnt-open/65418
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [30.Июнь.2017 19:36:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-a-link-to-the-site-root-doesnt-open/65418 "2017-06-30T19:36:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![RBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@RBoy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RBoy)
#### Post date: [30.Июнь.2017 19:36:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-a-link-to-the-site-root-doesnt-open/65418/1 "2017-06-30T19:36:48Z")

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[https://meta.discourse.org](https://meta.discourse.org)

Doesn’t open when you click on it, gets a blank page until you refresh the page manually. (Chrome)

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### Author: ![fefrei](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fefrei/32/119538_2.png) [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)
#### Post date: [30.Июнь.2017 20:22:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-a-link-to-the-site-root-doesnt-open/65418/2 "2017-06-30T20:22:14Z")

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In can reproduce this on Safari on iPad. 👍

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### Author: ![dax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dax/32/244677_2.png) [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)
#### Post date: [30.Июнь.2017 20:28:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-a-link-to-the-site-root-doesnt-open/65418/3 "2017-06-30T20:28:49Z")

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The same here with Win 10 and Firefox 54.0.1

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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: [30.Июнь.2017 22:45:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-a-link-to-the-site-root-doesnt-open/65418/4 "2017-06-30T22:45:05Z")

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Yep we can repro this @eviltrout, needs fixing

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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: [04.Июль.2017 16:46:54 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-a-link-to-the-site-root-doesnt-open/65418/6 "2017-07-04T16:46:54Z")

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This commit should fix it up:

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/35ff5d6796e2148c619df71cad7b791a53dc3062](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/35ff5d6796e2148c619df71cad7b791a53dc3062)

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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: [04.Июль.2017 16:51:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-a-link-to-the-site-root-doesnt-open/65418/7 "2017-07-04T16:51:42Z")

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