React Router 6 - Page Refresh Resets To Base Path '/' - react-router

Hello and thanks in advance for any feedback.
I am building out an app with React Router 6 with several nested routes.
The issue that I keep running into is that on-page refresh the router navigates back to the base route...
meaning if I am on /about and hit refresh - the App is going to navigate back to the '/' URL.
It may be worth adding that if I click on <- back or forward -> browser buttons the app behaves as expected and navigates to the previous URL.
This is obviously less than ideal.

I know the question is a bit old but to avoid the navigation to / on refresh, you could use <Link> which react-router-dom provides.
App.jsx
<nav>
<Link to="/">Home</Link>
<Link to="/about">About</Link>
</nav>
<Routes>
<Route path="/" element={<Home />} />
<Route path="/about" element={<About/>} />
</Routes>

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