calling `redirect()` inside a server component causes flashing UI
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Description
Link to the code that reproduces this issue
https://github.com/Fredkiss3/bug-next-redirect-flashing-ui
To Reproduce
- click on the link
- you will see a blank page while the page is being redirected
Current vs. Expected behavior
You can see in the video below that for server actions it works as expected, the page don't flash while being redirected (this is the desired behavior), while for link it doesn't :
https://github.com/vercel/next.js/assets/38298743/415037db-31a9-4cde-9b13-4f7c6eb99c3a
Verify canary release
- I verified that the issue exists in the latest Next.js canary release
Provide environment information
Operating System:
Platform: darwin
Arch: arm64
Version: Darwin Kernel Version 23.0.0: Fri Sep 15 14:43:05 PDT 2023; root:xnu-10002.1.13~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T6020
Binaries:
Node: 18.17.1
npm: 9.6.7
Yarn: N/A
pnpm: N/A
Relevant Packages:
next: 13.5.5
eslint-config-next: 13.4.6
react: 18.2.0
react-dom: 18.2.0
typescript: 4.9.5
Next.js Config:
output: N/A
Which area(s) are affected? (Select all that apply)
App Router
Additional context
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Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by running the linked reproduction repository and follow the App Router steps for navigation through a link and through a server action. Compare the two redirect paths in the latest canary; the work is done when link-triggered redirects no longer show a blank or flashing page, matching the server-action behavior.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, next.js, react
- Domain
- frontend, web-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100