Trailing-slash 301 redirects not working when Comet Cache enabled

[JordanMG]

When Comet Cache is activated, trailing-slash 301 redirects (if configured) do not work on posts.

To replicate:

• create a fresh WordPress install on Nginx
• configure the "post name" permalink settings in WordPress
• confirm that posts without a trailing slash 301-redirect to the slashed version (example.com/post-name -> example.com/post-name/)
• activate comet cache
• as a guest user who views the cached page, note that the redirect no longer takes place (example.com/post-name -> example.com/post-name)

[lkraav]

What does the Comet Cache debug output at the cached page bottom say? What URL does it think it's showing?

EDIT my Apache-based trailing slash redirects have been working fine for a few years now.

[JordanMG]

The debug output shows the trailing slash in the URL.

[lkraav]

I'm thinking it's an nginx config issue. Comet Cache shouldn't even be getting a hit, if you're properly redirecting at webserver level.

[JordanMG]

Yeah, I never imagined Comet Cache would be dealing with this either, but it seems to be.

Nginx config: location / { try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args ; }

The issue can also be replicated on the official Comet Cache blog:

https://cometcache.com/blog https://cometcache.com/blog/

https://cometcache.com/blog/comet-cache-v170808-rc-release-candidate https://cometcache.com/blog/comet-cache-v170808-rc-release-candidate/