I can't capture the issue in a screenshot, but you can see the problem when you right click on the back arrow. 1) The first link is the original new tab.

2) The next URL is the initial search, in this case I was searching "wayland window manager":

3) This URL is then rewritten as:

4) If I go to one of the search results, I get an additional URL inserted into the list:

5) Then the URL I wanted to go to:

6) So once I'm on the webpage that I wanted to see, if I now click on the back arrow to go back to the original search results, I get redirected by (4) back to (5). The only way to go back to the search results is to drop down the history, skip (4) to get back to the results page. It's very frustrating.

Thanks for your help!

I can't capture the issue in a screenshot, but you can see the problem when you right click on the back arrow. 1) The first link is the original new tab. 2) The next URL is the initial search, in this case I was searching "wayland window manager": https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=wayland+window+manager&atb=v323-2 3) This URL is then rewritten as: https://html.duckduckgo.com/html?q=wayland%20window%20manager 4) If I go to one of the search results, I get an additional URL inserted into the list: 'https://duckduckgo.com/l/?uddg=https%3A%2F%2Funix.stackexchange.com%2Fquestions%2F254946%2Fwindow%2Dmanager%2Dwith%2Dwayland&rut=116bde84dc5b699643c5ee494cfd62b57594a8dcc5be408fbcf95730dc0a6627' 5) Then the URL I wanted to go to: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/254946/window-manager-with-wayland 6) So once I'm on the webpage that I wanted to see, if I now click on the back arrow to go back to the original search results, I get redirected by (4) back to (5). The only way to go back to the search results is to drop down the history, skip (4) to get back to the results page. It's very frustrating. Thanks for your help! -John