Weird behavior if you whitelist an endpoint named "test"

If you add an endpoint in your whitelist (even as a mockup) with a path of /test, it will use that endpoint instead of almost any other path you specify. The only ones it seems to use instead are ones that are named something else -slash- something else. It’s like it is regexing the word “test” as being some sort of wildcard. Can someone explain this behavior? It shouldn’t affect me in the long run, obviously, but it made it very confusing for me when I was trying to play around with tyk!

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Hey @daisieh,
Welcome to our community!
Thats some strange behaviour. It’s not something we’ve seen before. Let me try and replicate it and get back to you.

Thanks,
G

If it helps, here is the API definition from my cloud trial account:

{
“created_at”: “2021-04-27T23:35:30Z”,
“api_model”: {},
“api_definition”: {
“api_id”: “113f9cc20a6f412146e936af8b9719e0”,
“jwt_issued_at_validation_skew”: 0,
“upstream_certificates”: {},
“use_keyless”: true,
“enable_coprocess_auth”: false,
“base_identity_provided_by”: “”,
“custom_middleware”: {
“pre”: [],
“post”: [],
“post_key_auth”: [],
“auth_check”: {
“name”: “”,
“path”: “”,
“require_session”: false,
“raw_body_only”: false
},
“response”: [],
“driver”: “”,
“id_extractor”: {
“extract_from”: “”,
“extract_with”: “”,
“extractor_config”: {}
}
},
“disable_quota”: false,
“custom_middleware_bundle”: “”,
“cache_options”: {
“cache_timeout”: 60,
“enable_cache”: true,
“cache_all_safe_requests”: false,
“cache_response_codes”: [],
“enable_upstream_cache_control”: false,
“cache_control_ttl_header”: “”,
“cache_by_headers”: []
},
“enable_ip_blacklisting”: false,
“tag_headers”: [],
“jwt_scope_to_policy_mapping”: {},
“pinned_public_keys”: {},
“expire_analytics_after”: 0,
“domain”: “”,
“openid_options”: {
“providers”: [],
“segregate_by_client”: false
},
“jwt_policy_field_name”: “”,
“enable_proxy_protocol”: false,
“jwt_default_policies”: [],
“active”: true,
“jwt_expires_at_validation_skew”: 0,
“config_data”: {},
“notifications”: {
“shared_secret”: “”,
“oauth_on_keychange_url”: “”
},
“jwt_client_base_field”: “”,
“auth”: {
“use_param”: false,
“param_name”: “”,
“use_cookie”: false,
“cookie_name”: “”,
“auth_header_name”: “Authorization”,
“use_certificate”: false,
“validate_signature”: false,
“signature”: {
“algorithm”: “”,
“header”: “”,
“secret”: “”,
“allowed_clock_skew”: 0,
“error_code”: 0,
“error_message”: “”
}
},
“check_host_against_uptime_tests”: false,
“auth_provider”: {
“name”: “”,
“storage_engine”: “”,
“meta”: {}
},
“blacklisted_ips”: [],
“graphql”: {
“enabled”: false,
“execution_mode”: “proxyOnly”,
“schema”: “”,
“type_field_configurations”: [],
“playground”: {
“enabled”: false,
“path”: “”
}
},
“hmac_allowed_clock_skew”: -1,
“dont_set_quota_on_create”: false,
“uptime_tests”: {
“check_list”: [],
“config”: {
“expire_utime_after”: 0,
“service_discovery”: {
“use_discovery_service”: false,
“query_endpoint”: “”,
“use_nested_query”: false,
“parent_data_path”: “”,
“data_path”: “”,
“cache_timeout”: 60
},
“recheck_wait”: 0
}
},
“enable_jwt”: false,
“do_not_track”: false,
“name”: “test-api”,
“slug”: “test-api”,
“oauth_meta”: {
“allowed_access_types”: [],
“allowed_authorize_types”: [],
“auth_login_redirect”: “”
},
“CORS”: {
“enable”: false,
“max_age”: 24,
“allow_credentials”: false,
“exposed_headers”: [],
“allowed_headers”: [
“Origin”,
“Accept”,
“Content-Type”,
“X-Requested-With”,
“Authorization”
],
“options_passthrough”: false,
“debug”: false,
“allowed_origins”: [
“*”
],
“allowed_methods”: [
“GET”,
“POST”,
“HEAD”
]
},
“event_handlers”: {
“events”: {}
},
“proxy”: {
“target_url”: “http://httpbin.org”,
“service_discovery”: {
“endpoint_returns_list”: false,
“cache_timeout”: 0,
“parent_data_path”: “”,
“query_endpoint”: “”,
“use_discovery_service”: false,
“_sd_show_port_path”: false,
“target_path”: “”,
“use_target_list”: false,
“use_nested_query”: false,
“data_path”: “”,
“port_data_path”: “”
},
“check_host_against_uptime_tests”: false,
“transport”: {
“ssl_insecure_skip_verify”: false,
“ssl_min_version”: 0,
“proxy_url”: “”,
“ssl_ciphers”: []
},
“target_list”: [],
“preserve_host_header”: false,
“strip_listen_path”: true,
“enable_load_balancing”: false,
“listen_path”: “/test-api”,
“disable_strip_slash”: false
},
“client_certificates”: [],
“use_basic_auth”: false,
“version_data”: {
“not_versioned”: true,
“default_version”: “”,
“versions”: {
“Default”: {
“name”: “Default”,
“expires”: “”,
“paths”: {
“ignored”: [],
“white_list”: [],
“black_list”: []
},
“use_extended_paths”: true,
“global_headers”: {},
“global_headers_remove”: [],
“global_response_headers”: {},
“global_response_headers_remove”: [],
“ignore_endpoint_case”: false,
“global_size_limit”: 0,
“override_target”: “”,
“extended_paths”: {
“white_list”: [
{
“path”: “/foo/foo”,
“ignore_case”: false,
“method_actions”: {
“GET”: {
“action”: “reply”,
“code”: 200,
“data”: “more foofoo stuff”,
“headers”: {}
}
}
},
{
“path”: “/test”,
“ignore_case”: false,
“method_actions”: {
“GET”: {
“action”: “reply”,
“code”: 200,
“data”: “test test”,
“headers”: {}
}
}
},
{
“path”: “/foo”,
“ignore_case”: false,
“method_actions”: {
“GET”: {
“action”: “reply”,
“code”: 200,
“data”: “other stuff”,
“headers”: {}
}
}
}
]
}
}
}
},
“jwt_scope_claim_name”: “”,
“use_standard_auth”: false,
“session_lifetime”: 0,
“hmac_allowed_algorithms”: [],
“disable_rate_limit”: false,
“definition”: {
“location”: “header”,
“key”: “x-api-version”,
“strip_path”: false
},
“use_oauth2”: false,
“jwt_source”: “”,
“jwt_signing_method”: “”,
“jwt_not_before_validation_skew”: 0,
“use_go_plugin_auth”: false,
“jwt_identity_base_field”: “”,
“allowed_ips”: [],
“request_signing”: {
“is_enabled”: false,
“secret”: “”,
“key_id”: “”,
“algorithm”: “”,
“header_list”: [],
“certificate_id”: “”,
“signature_header”: “”
},
“org_id”: “60889f5419b8f5000165c332”,
“enable_ip_whitelisting”: false,
“global_rate_limit”: {
“rate”: 0,
“per”: 0
},
“protocol”: “”,
“enable_context_vars”: false,
“tags”: [],
“basic_auth”: {
“disable_caching”: false,
“cache_ttl”: 0,
“extract_from_body”: false,
“body_user_regexp”: “”,
“body_password_regexp”: “”
},
“listen_port”: 0,
“session_provider”: {
“name”: “”,
“storage_engine”: “”,
“meta”: {}
},
“auth_configs”: {
“authToken”: {
“use_param”: false,
“param_name”: “”,
“use_cookie”: false,
“cookie_name”: “”,
“auth_header_name”: “Authorization”,
“use_certificate”: false,
“validate_signature”: false,
“signature”: {
“algorithm”: “”,
“header”: “”,
“secret”: “”,
“allowed_clock_skew”: 0,
“error_code”: 0,
“error_message”: “”
}
},
“basic”: {
“use_param”: false,
“param_name”: “”,
“use_cookie”: false,
“cookie_name”: “”,
“auth_header_name”: “Authorization”,
“use_certificate”: false,
“validate_signature”: false,
“signature”: {
“algorithm”: “”,
“header”: “”,
“secret”: “”,
“allowed_clock_skew”: 0,
“error_code”: 0,
“error_message”: “”
}
},
“coprocess”: {
“use_param”: false,
“param_name”: “”,
“use_cookie”: false,
“cookie_name”: “”,
“auth_header_name”: “Authorization”,
“use_certificate”: false,
“validate_signature”: false,
“signature”: {
“algorithm”: “”,
“header”: “”,
“secret”: “”,
“allowed_clock_skew”: 0,
“error_code”: 0,
“error_message”: “”
}
},
“hmac”: {
“use_param”: false,
“param_name”: “”,
“use_cookie”: false,
“cookie_name”: “”,
“auth_header_name”: “Authorization”,
“use_certificate”: false,
“validate_signature”: false,
“signature”: {
“algorithm”: “”,
“header”: “”,
“secret”: “”,
“allowed_clock_skew”: 0,
“error_code”: 0,
“error_message”: “”
}
},
“jwt”: {
“use_param”: false,
“param_name”: “”,
“use_cookie”: false,
“cookie_name”: “”,
“auth_header_name”: “Authorization”,
“use_certificate”: false,
“validate_signature”: false,
“signature”: {
“algorithm”: “”,
“header”: “”,
“secret”: “”,
“allowed_clock_skew”: 0,
“error_code”: 0,
“error_message”: “”
}
},
“oauth”: {
“use_param”: false,
“param_name”: “”,
“use_cookie”: false,
“cookie_name”: “”,
“auth_header_name”: “Authorization”,
“use_certificate”: false,
“validate_signature”: false,
“signature”: {
“algorithm”: “”,
“header”: “”,
“secret”: “”,
“allowed_clock_skew”: 0,
“error_code”: 0,
“error_message”: “”
}
},
“oidc”: {
“use_param”: false,
“param_name”: “”,
“use_cookie”: false,
“cookie_name”: “”,
“auth_header_name”: “Authorization”,
“use_certificate”: false,
“validate_signature”: false,
“signature”: {
“algorithm”: “”,
“header”: “”,
“secret”: “”,
“allowed_clock_skew”: 0,
“error_code”: 0,
“error_message”: “”
}
}
},
“strip_auth_data”: false,
“id”: “60889fc2a932f10001f57eba”,
“certificates”: [],
“enable_signature_checking”: false,
“use_openid”: false,
“internal”: false,
“jwt_skip_kid”: false,
“enable_batch_request_support”: false,
“enable_detailed_recording”: false,
“response_processors”: [],
“use_mutual_tls_auth”: false
},
“hook_references”: [],
“is_site”: false,
“sort_by”: 0,
“user_group_owners”: [],
“user_owners”: []
}

Have you been able to replicate this?