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redirect back to previous page after login

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
authentication

Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue: open a specific page while logged out, choose login, and observe the redirect after authentication. Trace the login flow and how the requested page is carried through it. Done means login returns the user to the page they originally viewed instead of the root.

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Description

enhancement

If I'm viewing a specific page and then notice I'm not logged in, and click login, I am redirected back to the root instead of the previous page I was in.

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Python
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