prerender · belminpre · Jun 11, 2026 · Jun 11, 2026
diff --git a/netlify.toml b/netlify.toml
@@ -40,6 +40,50 @@
   to = "/.netlify/functions/qa-403"
   status = 200
 
+# QA-only: additional fixed-status endpoints handled by a single
+# parameterized function (netlify/functions/qa-code.ts). The function
+# inspects the public path it was hit at (req.url in v2 reflects the
+# original /qa-NNN, not the internal /.netlify/functions/qa-code) and
+# emits the matching status. Same rewrite-proxy mechanism as the QA
+# endpoints above — status = 200 is the rewrite TYPE, not a forced
+# response code, so Netlify preserves the function's real status code
+# and headers (Location for 3xx, Content-Type for 4xx HTML).
+# All MUST remain BEFORE the SPA catch-all below.
+[[redirects]]
+  from = "/qa-302"
+  to = "/.netlify/functions/qa-code"
+  status = 200
+
+[[redirects]]
+  from = "/qa-303"
+  to = "/.netlify/functions/qa-code"
+  status = 200
+
+[[redirects]]
+  from = "/qa-307"
+  to = "/.netlify/functions/qa-code"
+  status = 200
+
+[[redirects]]
+  from = "/qa-308"
+  to = "/.netlify/functions/qa-code"
+  status = 200
+
+[[redirects]]
+  from = "/qa-401"
+  to = "/.netlify/functions/qa-code"
+  status = 200
+
+[[redirects]]
+  from = "/qa-404"
+  to = "/.netlify/functions/qa-code"
+  status = 200
+
+[[redirects]]
+  from = "/qa-429"
+  to = "/.netlify/functions/qa-code"
+  status = 200
+
 # Redirect all requests to /index.html for SPA routing
 [[redirects]]
   from = "/*"

diff --git a/netlify/functions/qa-code.ts b/netlify/functions/qa-code.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+// QA-only Netlify Function used to emit a fixed HTTP status code based on
+// the public path the request came in on. One function, many rewrites in
+// netlify.toml (one per code: /qa-302, /qa-303, /qa-307, /qa-308, /qa-401,
+// /qa-404, /qa-429). Used to test how Prerender handles each status on a
+// clean, page-looking URL.
+//
+// How status preservation works:
+// - The status code AND headers (Location / Content-Type) are set by THIS
+//   function and passed through unchanged by Netlify's status=200 rewrite
+//   proxy in netlify.toml. The client sees a real 302/303/307/308/401/
+//   404/429 — not a 200 with error text, and Netlify does not auto-follow
+//   the 3xx redirects server-side.
+//
+// How the path is read:
+// - In Netlify Functions v2, req.url reflects the URL the client actually
+//   requested (e.g. https://weirdanimals.life/qa-302), even when the
+//   function was reached via a rewrite-proxy. We parse the pathname and
+//   match against an explicit allow-list of codes. Unknown paths return
+//   a 404 so misconfiguration fails loud instead of silently emitting a
+//   wrong status.
+
+type RedirectConfig = {
+  kind: "redirect";
+  status: number;
+};
+
+type HtmlConfig = {
+  kind: "html";
+  status: number;
+  title: string;
+  heading: string;
+};
+
+type CodeConfig = RedirectConfig | HtmlConfig;
+
+const REDIRECT_LOCATION = "https://weirdanimals.life/";
+
+const CODES: Record<string, CodeConfig> = {
+  "302": { kind: "redirect", status: 302 },
+  "303": { kind: "redirect", status: 303 },
+  "307": { kind: "redirect", status: 307 },
+  "308": { kind: "redirect", status: 308 },
+  "401": { kind: "html", status: 401, title: "401 - QA", heading: "Unauthorized" },
+  "404": { kind: "html", status: 404, title: "404 - QA", heading: "Not Found" },
+  "429": { kind: "html", status: 429, title: "429 - QA", heading: "Too Many Requests" },
+};
+
+function renderHtml(title: string, heading: string): string {
+  return `<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    <meta charset="utf-8" />
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
+    <title>${title}</title>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <h1>${heading}</h1>
+  </body>
+</html>
+`;
+}
+
+export default async (req: Request): Promise<Response> => {
+  const { pathname } = new URL(req.url);
+  const match = pathname.match(/^\/qa-(\d{3})\/?$/);
+  const code = match?.[1];
+  const cfg = code ? CODES[code] : undefined;
+
+  if (!cfg) {
+    return new Response(
+      `QA: no handler for path ${pathname}. Expected /qa-<code> where <code> is one of: ${Object.keys(CODES).join(", ")}.`,
+      {
+        status: 404,
+        headers: { "Content-Type": "text/plain; charset=utf-8" },
+      },
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (cfg.kind === "redirect") {
+    return new Response(null, {
+      status: cfg.status,
+      headers: { Location: REDIRECT_LOCATION },
+    });
+  }
+
+  return new Response(renderHtml(cfg.title, cfg.heading), {
+    status: cfg.status,
+    headers: { "Content-Type": "text/html; charset=utf-8" },
+  });
+};