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With "follow redirect = true", 303 are followed

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Hello

Describe the bug

As you can see, the option is disabled

And when a got a 303 and I’m on preview mode the redirection is followed. I think this is due to the fact there is a “meta refresh” in the body, and it’s interpreted

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <meta charset="UTF-8" />
        <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url='https://api.foo.test/mobile/hotels/search/5e53460b-76df-5725-af84-27a2df117477/results?sortBy=%2Bclosest'" />

        <title>Redirecting to https://api.foo.test/mobile/hotels/search/5e53460b-76df-5725-af84-27a2df117477/results?sortBy=%2Bclosest</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        Redirecting to <a href="https://api.foo.test/mobile/hotels/search/5e53460b-76df-5725-af84-27a2df117477/results?sortBy=%2Bclosest">https://api.foo.test/mobile/hotels/search/5e53460b-76df-5725-af84-27a2df117477/results?sortBy=%2Bclosest</a>.
    </body>
</html>

More over, the redirected request does not embed the header I manually defined.

If I use “follow redirect: true” everything works fine

Desktop (please complete the following information):

OS: Ubuntu 18.04
Installation Method: APT
App Version 2020.4.2

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Created 3 years ago
Comments:6 (2 by maintainers)

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jgiovarescocommented, Nov 2, 2020

When follow redirect: true, Insomnia will follow the redirection. Insomnia is using cUrl under the hood. When the setting is checked, the option FOLLOWLOCATION is given, and cUrl will automatically redirect using the Location header when the response status is 30x.

When follow redirect: false, Insomnia will detect it can render the response in the Preview mode. This mode will display the response in a webview. It behaves like an iframe; therefore, the content is interpreted, and the meta redirect is read and trigger the redirection. The redirection is done regardless of the follow redirect settings, and the defined headers are not provided.

Honestly, I don’t know how we could handle this edge case. It would be possible to prevent navigation in the webview, but I’m not sure it is a good idea. I will let @nijikokun or @develohpanda give their thoughts.

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lyrixxcommented, May 29, 2021

Actually this issue has not been solved. If we can let it open, it will be better IMHO.

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