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Delete redirected pages

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@tomatotomata is already working on this.

Since Aug 2, 2026.

Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
48/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
java
Domain
backend, search

Research direction

Start by locating the code that changes a link from FETCHED to REDIRECT and the corresponding index update path. Trace how redirected URLs are handled, then add coverage for removing the old URL from the index and run the relevant crawler tests.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Description

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From a user

Links that were once pages and then turn to redirects are our issue. Our content management system auto creates clean URLs. If the title of the page is changed the clean URL is changed and the old URL is redirected to the new URL. The old URL stays in our index unless manually removed. When a link is changed from FETCHED to REDIRECT it would be ideal if the index is removed.

Dominant language
Java
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Forks
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Avg merge
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Merged PRs (30d)
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First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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