VanityURL redirect applying URL encoding instead of just redirecting.

[nathan-hildebrandt]

Parent Issue

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Problem Statement

When using 301 or 302 redirects in VanityURLs URL Encoding is being applied.

For example, when there is a # within the URL, it is changing it to %23 which breaks the redirect.

Steps to Reproduce

Create a VanityURL that redirects to a URL with a # within it. In my testing I used the sitemap.xml vanity url on the demo and just set the redirect to a website that contains a # within the URL. and this reproduced the issue when trying to go to demo.dotcms.com/sitemap.xml

Acceptance Criteria

Prevent URL Encoding from being applied to redirects

dotCMS Version

23.10.24 LTS 24.09.20

Proposed Objective

Core Features

Proposed Priority

Priority 2 - Important

External Links... Slack Conversations, Support Tickets, Figma Designs, etc.

https://dotcms.freshdesk.com/a/tickets/27773

Assumptions & Initiation Needs

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Quality Assurance Notes & Workarounds

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Sub-Tasks & Estimates

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