Redirect don't work when you visit your site for the first time

[Scott]

You’ll want to make sure that the rule you have specified in your first post is at the top of your redirects file. Then, below it, I believe you’ll want a SPA redirect:

[Support Guide] Direct links to my single page app (SPA) don't work

Last reviewed by Netlify Support - August, 2023 If you’re building a Single Page Application (SPA), or an app that manages its own routes (url paths), you’ll want to add a _redirects file to your publish directory with the following line to take advantage of browser history pushstate: /* /index.html 200 You can read more information in our docs, which can be found here.