Universal link always opens app regardless of Apple App Site Associations - ios

Question

We've implemented Universal Links as described here so that users can confirm their account. We recently introduced some some new controllers/pages to our site and we found that all links will open the app regardless of what is in the apple-app-site-association file. I've checked our configurations and can't find an issue.
Before new pages added:
{
"applinks": {
"apps": [],
"details": [
{
"appID": "XXXXXXXX.com.mybundle.identifier",
"paths": ["*"]
}
]
}
}
After new pages added:
{
"applinks": {
"apps": [],
"details": [
{
"appID": "XXXXXXXX.com.mybundle.identifier",
"paths": ["NOT /about/*", "NOT /home/*", "*"]
}
]
}
}
Things to note:
I've tried several variations in the paths including "NOT /about*" or "NOT *" and all links will still open the app.
AASA Validator returns all green.
I've versioned and uninstalled between each test.
Any thoughts on what we could check next?

Answer 1

In the last section of document about allowing_apps_and_websites_to_link_to_your_content, it says:
Use wildcards in path strings within the paths array to specify
sections of your website. For example, append * to a specific URL,
such as /videos/samples/2015/, to specify all paths below
/videos/samples/2015/. Use ? to match any single character, such as
/photography//samples/201?/mypage. Use a standalone * to specify your
entire website.
And
Identify an area that should not be handled by adding “NOT ”
(including a space after the T) to the beginning of the path string.
So, in you second paths, you use NOT and * at the same time which is contradictory. I think you should change it to:
"paths": ["NOT /about/*", "NOT /home/*"]
Or something like
"paths": ["NOT /about/*", "NOT /home/*", "/vailddomain/*"]
I have not test it but I think it's probably the right solution.