From f6be654573cb43c7467e665e98ed6611ca5adc87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: TheFlow <theflow@sydigital.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:41:29 +1200
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?fix(server):=20enable=20clean=20URLs=20(/whitep?=
 =?UTF-8?q?apers/foo=20=E2=86=92=20foo.html)?=
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Add extensions: ['html'] to express.static so the .html-less URLs resolve
to their matching files. Affects every static HTML route including
/whitepapers/distributive-equity, /whitepapers/eu-policy-brief, etc.

.html-suffixed URLs continue to work unchanged. Non-existent paths still
return the friendly 404 via the notFound middleware.
---
 src/server.js | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/server.js b/src/server.js
index c5968a34..1a434310 100644
--- a/src/server.js
+++ b/src/server.js
@@ -135,7 +135,9 @@ const rssRoutes = require('./routes/rss.routes');
 app.use('/', rssRoutes);
 
 // Static files
-app.use(express.static('public'));
+// extensions: ['html'] lets clean URLs (e.g. /whitepapers/eu-policy-brief) resolve
+// to the matching .html file. Without this, only the .html-suffixed URL works.
+app.use(express.static('public', { extensions: ['html'] }));
 
 // Health check endpoint (minimal, no sensitive data)
 app.get('/health', (req, res) => {