When using ugly-URLs, links to the homepage render as "/" instead of the expected "/index.html". This causes problems when trying to host Hugo sites on hosts that disable DirectoryIndex. In my particular use-case, it's when I use the gitlab "exposed artifact"-feature to preview website changes for mesa3d.org.

What version of Hugo are you using (hugo version)?

$ hugo version 
Hugo Static Site Generator v0.68.3/extended linux/amd64 BuildDate: 2020-03-25T06:15:45Z

Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?

Yes