Syntax for the _redirects file

[arturmikheyankou]

Hello all. Recently, I received an email about changes in redirects. Where do I need to specify at the end of the redirect:

! and redirect status code → example ! 301

The email contained part of the redirects, please tell me if this applies to all redirects (in _redirects file) or only the specified ones?

Redirects and rewrites

Regards,
Artur.

[jen]

Hey @arturmikheyankou,

You’ll want to look at the redirects in your _redirects file and check that they have the ! if you want to force the redirect. The changes to redirects can be boiled down to:

If you have a redirect rule that’s not explicitly marked as forced, and you also have a file under the same path, we will serve the file.

and our CTO goes into much more detail in his post here:

Changed behavior in redirects

Hi all, We’re working on making a breaking change in how our redirects feature works regarding file shadowing. We want to explain to you why we’re making this change and how it can affect your sites on Netlify. Forced rules and shadowing To understand these changes, there are two concepts that you need to know first. First, Netlify redirects have the concept of forced rules. These rules can be expressed in two ways: in a _redirects file with an exclamation point after the status code, for exa…

The syntax for a forced redirect would be:

/new-home.html   /old-home.html   301!

The syntax for an unforced redirect (that enables shadowing) would be:

/tshirts/*   /other-summer-clothes.html   301

Let us know if we can answer any other questions about this!