umbracoRedirect not working after upgrade

[solidjohn]

Which Umbraco version are you using? (Please write the exact version, example: 10.1.0)

This happens when you upgrade from 10.1.x to >= 10.2.0

Bug summary

I upgraded from v10.0.1 to v10.4.2 and now pages that use the umbracoRedirect property, to redirect to other pages, just show the 404 not found custom page. Presumably because these pages don't have a template associated with them, and the redirect isn't being honoured.

Specifics

I rolled back to v10.0.1 and everything works fine once again. I then upgraded in increments until I reached v10.2.0 at which point the issue occurs.

umbracoInternalRedirectId (rewrite) does work, umbracoRedirect (302 redirect) does not.

Note, upgrading to 10.2.0 initiates a database update.

Steps to reproduce

Create a new page in v10.2.0+ (I tested on v10.2.0 and v10.4.2) with a property named umbracoRedirect of type Content Picker. Select another alternative page using that content picker.

Expected result / actual result

The new page should redirect to the alternative page, but instead shows the 404 page.

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This item has been added to our backlog AB#28220

[github-actions]

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[nikolajlauridsen]

Hey @solidjohn thanks for reaching out, but unfortunately I'm unable to reproduce your issue, I've tried on both v11, 10.4.2, and upgrading from 10.1.0 -> 10.4.2, but unfortunately no luck, I've attached a video, so you can see if I'm missing something.

RedirectBugReproductionAttemptShortened.mp4

[solidjohn]

Hi @nikolajlauridsen thanks for responding. I've just created a new install and run some tests similar to yours, and the problem is still occurring for me. Here's a video - perhaps you'll notice a difference between your implementation and mine.

Note that the video shows an upgrade from 10.1.0 to 10.2.0 since the issue occurs with 10.2.0, however I have since upgraded the project to 10.4.2. and the exact same problem remains.

2023-03-30.14-39-16_low4.mp4

[nikolajlauridsen]

Hey @solidjohn thanks for the video, that did indeed help out quite a bit.

The difference between my attempt and yours are that your document type didn't have a template attached to it, and mine did, that was the key difference.

Looking at the diffs on the two releases I'm guessing that it was probably broken by #12002, but this is very clearly a regression, thanks for reporting 👍