Level 75
I don't why it would try a redirect, yes check your Nginx logs. There is somehow a redirect somewhere.
Edit:
Probably just how Laravel is redirecting to the 404 page.
Jan 15, 2026
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Level 1
Is it normal for 404.blade to respond as 301?
When using the browser network tools, I can see that any missing route originally reveals 404 before the official response as a 301 redirect to the 404.blade template.
However, I'm checking my Nginx access logs and all the bots pinging random wordpress routes all show the response as 301. Is this normal behavior?
Level 1
That's my thinking, but shouldn't bots and crawlers or curl pings receive a proper 404 response? I just checked the standard Laravel 404 (dark 404 | NOT FOUND page) and the response is 404 in dev tools. But my custom 404.blade is 301.
Level 75
Try this url https://laracasts.com/joe Look in you network tab.
Just made up one, you will see 404 but also a 302.
I also tried https://forum.acronis.com/joe got 404 and 304
Microsoft gives 404 and a 302.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/joe only 404
So I guess it depends on stack, host, if using something like Cloudflare, etc.
What information is given in the 301? There will be text.
Level 80
@sllkevin No, it’s not normal. Is there some sort of canonical redirect going on, e.g. www to non-www, HTTP-to-HTTPS, etc?
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