Redirects with :splat broken

[Melvin]

Hi @jpfeuffer,

Thanks for reaching out and welcome to Netlify’s Support Forums!

Have you seen our Support Guide for troubleshooting redirects:

[Support Guide] Making redirects work for you - troubleshooting and debugging

Last reviewed by Netlify Support in July 2025 Introduction You’ve put blood, sweat and tears into building an incredible static site with all the bells and whistles. However, you’ve configured some redirect rules and you’ve come unstuck… they don’t appear to be working! Ensure you’ve followed the correct guidance Our redirects and rewrites document covers a broad range of use cases, from status codes to proxying another service and everything in between. Ensure you’re using the correct syntax …

There’s a specific section on splats here.

You mention that you have this redirect:

/documentation/* https://abibuilder.cs.uni-tuebingen.de/archive/openms/Documentation/release/latest/html/:splat 200

If you add the following redirect (above the redirect mentioned just above) does the issue get resolved:

/documentation/ https://abibuilder.cs.uni-tuebingen.de/archive/openms/Documentation/release/latest/html/:splat 200

Let us know if you have any questions.