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404 does not 404.html

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
html
Domain
web-dev

Research direction

Start by opening the files view and review comment in pull request #15, which is the only location referenced by the issue. Trace how a missing page is handled and verify the expected 404.html behavior; done means a nonexistent route serves that page with a 404 response.

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Description

bug
Dominant language
HTML
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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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