“Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token <” on deploy using Netlify

[perry]

hi there, this isn’t a perfect answer, but i am wondering if whether some of the strange behaviour you are seeing is due to a service worker:

[Support Guide] Understanding & unregistering service workers

Last reviewed by Netlify Support - August, 2023 A service worker is a script that your browser runs in the background to accomplish a variety of tasks. Browsers cache service workers for 24 hours by default, and don’t update them when you reload your page. Therefore, you may have a service worker on your site which could prevent you from seeing the latest and greatest changes that you’ve made. If you suspect a service worker is causing this issue, I recommend disabling/removing the service wor…

i am also seeing that the %PUBLIC_URL% is getting output in your html, which hints that something during your build step isn’t configured correctly:

Can't access my netlify site / netlify site won't load

Forgive my ignorance, but I don’t use any of those fancy SSGs. If, however, I am correct in assuming that you are deploying to Netlify from the public directory, be advised that you have two links that are looking for the %PUBLIC_URL% directory, which does not exist. This is a placeholder that is supposed to assume some value as specified in your build process somewhere. <link rel="manifest" href="%PUBLIC_URL%/manifest.json"> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="%PUBLIC_URL%/favicon.ico"> You do ha…

is this helpful at all?