Language-based redirect only works when 1 browser language set

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#1

I noticed language-based redirects aren’t working of the browser has two languages configured.

I have a redirect rule in my _redirects file as follows:

/  /jp   302  Language=ja

I have set my browser to Japanese with English (US) as my secondary language. My browser (Chrome) sends the following request header.

accept-language: ja,en-US;q=0.9,en;q=0.8

This does not redirect the site.

If I change my browser to Japanese only it sends the following header:

accept-language: ja

When I retry it redirects fine. I have no specific rules set up for English, which is why I’m surprised the redirect doesn’t work. I’m pretty sure this used to work. Can someone clarify?

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Language-specific redirect not working
#4

Hi, @cbetta_box, welcome to our community site. As I believe you may already be aware (via other communication outside of this community thread), this is a known issue we are tracking at this time.

We’ll update this ticket if/when those issues are known to be resolved (and we’ll also email you directly relating to the other communication channel as well).

#5

Any updates on this issue? We use Netlify as our main redirect system.

#6

The response I received via email was that this was a known issue that is in the process of receiving a wider rewrite that might take till Q2 next year. Not ideal, but excited for the improvements.

#7

@jesse-deboer, I don’t have an official ETA of if/when this issue will be resolved.

#8

Sorry to ping, but any updates here? Or ideas for a temporary workaround when the browser sends multiple languages?

#9

Hey oskar, no problem at all. This issue is a sub-concern of something that needs some more comprehensive architectural changes, so we are moving forward with care! We need a little more time to test our changes at scale - we haven’t forgotten about it, and we’ll update here once there is more specific news to share. thanks for your patience. :pray:

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#11

Sorry to ping again, but…any update about this? It’s still failing at least for our projects.

#12

no, i’m sorry that it’s still not working as you’d like it to! I can share that we are very carefully testing some larger infra changes that will likely also fix this issue - no firm eta yet, but we are getting closer. Sorry it is taking us so long!

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#13

any update about this? we have a lot of problems width this…

#14

hi existo, i responded to you here:

#15

Thanks for your reply.

Everything is described in this topic:

Redirects on Language not working
#16

Yes, so, as Perry said on 2 July, no status change as yet. We will follow up here when there is one - we are as anxious as you are and will not forget this thread :slight_smile:

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#17

Hello,

Any update about this? We are struggling to implement reliable redirects based on language or country

Best regards,
Paul

#18

Hey Paul,

Country redirects should be swimming with their head well above water. If you’re having issues specifically with these, please create a topic.

As for language redirects… we mean it when we say we’ll be sure to feed back once there’s developments! :smiley: