REQ-00173

Statement

The system shall support a provider-agnostic redirects manifest that defines redirect rules in source control. Redirect execution uses Astro's native routing with middleware status code correction. The manifest format is designed for future provider-specific output generation (e.g., Netlify, Vercel, Cloudflare) without making any provider mandatory.

Rationale

URL changes are inevitable over a site's lifetime. A manifest-driven approach keeps redirect logic portable, auditable, and independent of hosting provider.

Topics

Owner: seo-metadata

Related: operational

Applies To

• Redirects DOC-00083

Related Requirements

• REQ-00145 In production-aligned outputs (build/preview/deployed), requests for URLs missing the required trailing slash shall automatically redirect to the trailing-slash canonical URL.
• REQ-00132 Provider-specific infrastructure shall not be required.

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