How do I change the status code of http redirection to https from 308 to 301?

[ksnyder]

Summary

This is sort of a duplicate of but since that ticket is marked 'Answered', even though it isn't truly answered, I am creating this one to catch someone's eye. The 'answer' in that ticket was "you shouldn't need 301, and if you do tell us why" -- there was not actually a solution to the problem of generating a 301. I have responded in that ticket with a reason why 301 is needed. Please let us know how to get Vercel to generate a 301. Thanks.

Example

No response

Steps to Reproduce

Set up a 301 redirect. Vercel will respond with a 308 instead.

[sebastianroming]

Hi @ksnyder,

Vercel will always forward HTTP traffic to HTTPS with a 308 status code (see our documentation).
It's not possible to change the status code to 301 in this case.

The main reason for this is that the client must repeat the same request method (GET, POST) on the target location when redirecting with a 308 status code, whereas this is not necessarily the case for a 301 status code (for this status code it's allowed to change the request method from POST to GET). This may lead to unintended behavior, which is prevented by using the 308 status code.

An excerpt from the RFC 7238:

Note: This status code is similar to 301 (Moved Permanently)
([RFC7231], Section 6.4.2), except that it does not allow changing
the request method from POST to GET.

[ksnyder]

How do you handle domain moves with Google search then? They require a 301. And to test if the old domain is redirecting properly, they call it with http. In the original ticket this one refers to I have posted the Google error message.

[bernardogarza]

In other words, it is impossible to change the address in Google Search Console when the site is hosted on Vercel?