Redirect not working when an entry exists

[kevinmu17]

Description

I'm trying to add some redirects for a client but they do not work.

When doing something simple like 'test' > 'test2' it is working absolutely fine. But when trying to redirect an URI while an entry exists on that URI the redirect doesn't do a thing. Is this by design?

Steps to reproduce

1. create a single entry like 'notworking'
2. Add SEO redirect '/notworking' to '/notworking2'

Additional info

• Craft version: 3.7.34
• SEO version: 3.7.4
• PHP version: 8.0.13
• Database driver & version: MariaDB 10.3
• Other Plugins: N/A

[hadyfarhat97]

Same here.

When I enter a URI that's associated with an entry, the redirect doesn't work. However, when I enter a random URI that's no associated with an entry, the redirect works

[masiorama]

Same here. +1

[alexjcollins]

That is the intended behaviour - we only run a lookup in the redirects table when Craft returns a 404.
The idea behind this is to remove the need to query the redirects on every request.

It's possible to use {% exit 404 %} in templates to force a redirect. Changlog.

[masiorama]

@alexjcollins I see, so in order to fix it a solution could be this, on top of the template, right?

{% if (craft.app.request.getSegment(1) == 'oldurl')%}
    {% exit 404 %}
{% endif %}

Thanks

[alexjcollins]

Yeah, exactly 👍