Help With _routes.json File

Hello, I am a bit confused by the

_routes.json

_routes.json

file. I have added the file to my

functions

functions

directory with the following config:

{
  "version": 1,
  "include": ["/*"],
  "exclude": ["/", "manifest.json"]
}

{
  "version": 1,
  "include": ["/*"],
  "exclude": ["/", "manifest.json"]
}

I have another file

[article].ts

[article].ts

in my

functions

functions

folder with the following code, for testing purposes:

export function onRequest(context) {
    console.log('Hit: ' + context.params.article);
    return new Response(context.params.article);
}

export function onRequest(context) {
    console.log('Hit: ' + context.params.article);
    return new Response(context.params.article);
}

My understanding of the

_routes.json

_routes.json

is that I should not see a

Hit

Hit

log for when I visit my Pages site at

http://localhost:8788

http://localhost:8788

, however, I see

Hit: manifest.json

Hit: manifest.json

in the logs (nothing for the index route itself).

Why is this?

Essentially, what I am after is for the static page to load for

, but then all other routes to fallback to my

[article].ts

[article].ts

function.