REL-005
Long redirect chain before the page loads
LowDefault severity · Performance · SEO, quality and performance
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What it checks
Number of redirects between the scanned URL and the final page.
Why it matters
Every redirect is another round trip before anything shows, and search engines may stop following long chains.
Recommended fix
Redirect straight to the final URL in one step.
How to verify
Run `curl -sIL <url>` and confirm at most one redirect.
Example fix prompt
Generic prompt (your report adds the evidence)
Please fix this production issue in my app.
Issue REL-005: Long redirect chain before the page loads
Site: https://your-app.example
First confirm the issue in the code or live config. If it is not present, say so and change nothing.
Task: Collapse the redirect chain in the evidence into a single redirect from the original URL to the final URL (hosting or framework redirect config).
Constraints: make the smallest change that fixes this, keep the current design and behaviour, never paste secret values into code or chat, and tell me which files you changed.
Done when: Run `curl -sIL <url>` and confirm at most one redirect.