redirect_to does indeed send a 302 response to the browser, which causes the browser to make a new request at the redirect URL. A whole new web request occurs, and none of the code executed before the redirect is retained in memory.
redirect_to does indeed send a 302 response to the browser, which causes the browser to make a new request at the redirect URL. A whole new web request occurs, and none of the code executed before the redirect is retained in memory.
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