REST API - Web.config file - Missing httpredirect enabled=false parameter - Can cause unexpected application behavior

This article is about product releases

ALVAO 11.2 and higher

Symptoms

REST API application redirects user (requests) to the WebApp (or different) application => does not return correct data.

Cause

The cause is a bug in ALVAO products.

Solution

Fixed in release 11.2.1486 - 11.2/FIX3 (2024-07-04)

Workaround

Add <httpRedirect enabled="false" /> under the <system.webServer> part in the web.config file.
Or disable it manually in IIS settings: AlvaoRestApi – Http Redirect – disable choice *Redirect requests to this destination*

Sample web.config settings:

<system.webServer>
   <handlers>
      <add name="aspNetCore" path="*" verb="*" modules="AspNetCoreModuleV2" resourceType="Unspecified" />
   </handlers>
   <aspNetCore processPath="bin\Release\net6.0\Alvao.RestApi.exe" arguments="" stdoutLogEnabled="false" hostingModel="InProcess" />
   <security>
      <requestFiltering>
         <requestLimits maxAllowedContentLength="104857600" />
      </requestFiltering>
   </security>
   <httpRedirect enabled="false" />
</system.webServer>

Issue number

T160128ALVAO

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