Routing "wins" over redirect

[kdambekalns]

Behaviour

Assuming

1. a node exists and is visible in Neos
2. a redirect is (manually) added that redirects the URL of that node somewhere else

then the redirect is not used as long as the node is not hidden.

If the redirect component (tried it on Neos 4.3 👻) is moved before routing (instead of after routing, it works.

Question

This is the intended behaviour, looking at the check for possible routing results (in the middleware and the component)

But what is what people expect? At least I stumbled over this because a customer notified me of a "bug" – so the behaviour is not crystal clear to everyone.

Possible solution

One way is to adjust the position through the configuration, that is even documented (but it could be worded differently for Neos, and/or put in the neos/redirecthandler-neosadapter documentation, too.

[Sebobo]

I also helped several people with this problem, that's why it was added to the docs. I think improving the docs further is the way to go.

[Sebobo]

I honestly never fully understood which projects need the adjustment and which do not. As all my projects don't need it 🤷🏻‍♂️

[kdambekalns]

As all my projects don't need it 🤷🏻‍♂️

In what sense? What behaviour do those projects exhibit, is the redirect used or not?

[Sebobo]

The redirects and custom routes work fine without changing the setting. I would love to know how we can configure it so it works fine for every project.