content/index.md is not showing

[NyllRE]

when I start a project freshly new, the routes are broken. the index.md will never be shown and for some reason going to localhost:3000 it always reroutes me to the about.md even though the url seems to not change. has this ever happened to anyone else? it's weird because it is a fresh new project, untouched code.

also something weird is that it shows in the terminal that I'm using nuxt rc.8 but in the package.json file it shows nuxt rc.4

I have followed the official nuxt guide to start the project

node: v16.16.0
npm: 8.11.0
nuxt: 3.0.0@rc.4 ?? maybe rc.8 idk it shows both

[kjanusz]

I can confirm the "problem" you described.

with

{
  "devDependencies": {
    "@nuxt/content": "^2.0.0",
    "nuxt": "^3.0.0-rc.4"
  }
}

and

{
  "devDependencies": {
    "@nuxt/content": "^2.0.1",
    "nuxt": "^3.0.0-rc.8"
  }
}

My recommendation: add new index.vue in pages directory, example:

<template>
    <main>
        <ContentList path="/">
            <!-- ...default slot -->
            <template #default="{ list }">
                <div v-for="post in list" :key="post._path">
                    <h2>{{ post.title }}</h2>
                    <p>{{ post.description }}</p>
                    LINK:
                    <nuxt-link :to="post._path">{{ post.title }}</nuxt-link>
                </div>
            </template>
            <template #not-found>
                <p>No articles found. ERROR 404</p>
            </template>
        </ContentList>
        <br />
        <hr />
        <br />
        <nuxt-link to="/">HOME</nuxt-link>
    </main>
</template>

[nobkd]

You can try using the edge channel until v2.1.0 is released: #1439
There are multiple issues describing the problem with the index routing (like #1237) that suggest to use the edge channel in the meantime.
Alternatively just add a 1. to the front of your index.md to specify a custom navigation order.

For the "problem" with the nuxt version:
I think your project uses the nuxt version rc.4 but nuxi (the nuxt CLI) version rc.8. But that's just my hypothesis 🤷.
You could also upgrade your nuxt version by using nuxi upgrade in the root of your repo, or by changing the version manually in the package.json and installing the packages with your package manager again.