v0.16 So close, but it doesn't work still...

plugin.rb

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 # name: discourse-legacy_links
 # about: A plugin to handle legacy Gossamer Forums URLs
-# version: 0.15
+# version: 0.16
 # authors: saint@federated.computer
 # url: https://gitea.federated.computer/saint/discourse-legacy_links.git
 
@@ -21,14 +21,20 @@ after_initialize do
     end
 
     # Define the custom controller
-    class CustomPostController < ::ApplicationController
-      # Match URLs that include a post_id at the end or query parameter
-      # Main action triggered when the route is matched.
+    class DiscourseLegacyLinks::CustomPostController < ::ApplicationController
+      skip_before_action :verify_authenticity_token
+      skip_before_action :ensure_logged_in
+      skip_before_action :redirect_to_login_if_required
+      skip_before_action :check_xhr
+      skip_before_action :ensure_staff
+
       def test
         Rails.logger.warn "[WARN WARN WARN WARN WARN WARN WARN WARN WARN WARN AMDG JMJ PAX WARN WARN WARN WARN]"
         render plain: 'Test route'
       end
 
+      # Match URLs that include a post_id at the end or query parameter
+      # Main action triggered when the route is matched.
       def index
         Rails.logger.warn "[DEBUG] Reached the index action"
 
@@ -128,11 +134,18 @@ after_initialize do
 
     # Register custom routes to handle legacy URLs
     Rails.logger.warn "[DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG WOW WOW WOW]"
+    Rails.application.routes.routes.each do |route|
+      Rails.logger.warn "[ROUTE] #{route.path.spec}"
+    end
 #    Discourse::Application.routes.append do
     Discourse::Application.routes.prepend do
-      get '/test_route' => 'discourse_legacy_links/custom_post#test'
-      get '/forum/*path' => 'discourse_legacy_links/custom_post#index'
-      get '/forum' => 'discourse_legacy_links/custom_post#index'
+#      get '/forum/*path', to: 'discourse_legacy_links/custom_post#index', constraints: lambda { |req| !Permalink.exists?(url: req.path) }
+      get '/forum/*path', to: 'discourse_legacy_links/custom_post#index', constraints: lambda { |request| Rails.logger.warn("[DEBUG] StarForum Route matched: #{request.path}") }
+      get '/forum', to: 'discourse_legacy_links/custom_post#index', constraints: lambda { |request| Rails.logger.warn("[DEBUG] NoStarForum Route matched: #{request.path}") }
+      get '/testroute2', to: 'discourse_legacy_links/custom_post#test', constraints: lambda { |request| Rails.logger.warn("[DEBUG] TestRoute Route matched: #{request.path}") }
+#      get '/testroute2' => 'discourse_legacy_links/custom_post#test'
+#      get '/forum/*path' => 'discourse_legacy_links/custom_post#index'
+#      get '/forum' => 'discourse_legacy_links/custom_post#index'
     end
   end
 end