Gatsby: Document about the 404 page when handling client-only routes with Gatsby

[ThewBear]

Summary

When handling client-only routes with Gatsby without configuring rewrite on a server, the server will serve the 404 page causing a flickering screen. This behavior should be documented in the docs.

https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby/blob/master/docs/docs/client-only-routes-and-user-authentication.md

Motivation

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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52051090/gatsbyjs-client-only-paths-goes-to-404-page-when-the-url-is-directly-accessed-in

[JustFly1984]

really interested in solution

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[wardpeet]

Thank you for creating the issue. Are you talking about specific providers?

The stackoverflow seems to have a nice list:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52051090/gatsbyjs-client-only-paths-goes-to-404-page-when-the-url-is-directly-accessed-in

Netlify: Redirects
Firebase: URL Rewrites
Nginx: Rewrite Directions
Apache: Mod_Rewrite
Amazon S3: Configuring a Webpage Redirect
Amazon Amplify: Using redirects
Cloudflare: URL Forwarding

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Hiya!

This issue has gone quiet. Spooky quiet. 👻

We get a lot of issues, so we currently close issues after 30 days of inactivity. It’s been at least 20 days since the last update here.
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