Intermittent query parameter issues on a lightweight puzzle page

[hannah455]

I’m hosting a small browser game, similar to a puzzle where you connect letters to form words, and I’m noticing some odd behavior with NGINX. The page uses query parameters to track the current puzzle state, but occasionally these parameters are stripped or trigger unexpected redirects when moving between steps.

I’ve checked my try_files rules and location blocks, but the problem still happens sporadically.

Has anyone run into this kind of intermittent query-handling issue on simple single-page setups? Any advice on what to look for in the config would be really helpful.

[route443]

Hi @hannah455 ,

This kind of behavior almost always means that nginx is using different code paths for different requests, and one of those paths is removing or overwriting the query string. In any case, it’s hard to say anything definitive without having the full configuration and sample requests.