# .rss/.json links in posts don't work initially

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/rss-json-links-in-posts-dont-work-initially/45764
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [June 16, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rss-json-links-in-posts-dont-work-initially/45764 "2016-06-16T15:07:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Patrick\_David](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/patrick_david/32/119657_2.png) [@Patrick\_David](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Patrick_David)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rss-json-links-in-posts-dont-work-initially/45764/1 "2016-06-16T15:07:50Z")

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The rss feed for the _Bug_ category as a link doesn’t work on initial click:

[https://meta.discourse.org/c/bug.rss](https://meta.discourse.org/c/bug.rss)

When linked from a post, it looks like the page is sticking around and returning a “ **Oops! That page doesn’t exist or is private.** ”

But a refresh of the page then loads the .rss/.json as expected?

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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rss-json-links-in-posts-dont-work-initially/45764/2 "2016-06-16T15:33:11Z")

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That’s because the routes aren’t defined in the Ember side of the application.

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### Author: ![Patrick\_David](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/patrick_david/32/119657_2.png) [@Patrick\_David](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Patrick_David)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rss-json-links-in-posts-dont-work-initially/45764/3 "2016-06-16T17:10:24Z")

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It’s not really a problem for me personally, but I did find the behavior un-intuitive. It leaves the impression that the link is broken, when in fact it works just fine (especially in the ways that people who are looking for those links would use them - rss and json are hardly something you want to read in the browser I’d imagine 😉 ).

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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: [June 16, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rss-json-links-in-posts-dont-work-initially/45764/4 "2016-06-16T21:56:12Z")

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This is a duplicate of several other bugs – Ember won’t route what it does not know about.