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Explained the edge-case where the use_referer option doesn't work #8199

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Explained the edge-case where the use_referer option doesn't work
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Added a note about the misspelling of "use_referer" option name
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9 changes: 8 additions & 1 deletion reference/configuration/security.rst
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Expand Up @@ -348,7 +348,14 @@ use_referer
**type**: ``boolean`` **default**: ``false``

If ``true``, the user is redirected to the value stored in the ``HTTP_REFERER``
header when no previous URL was stored in the session.
header when no previous URL was stored in the session. If the referrer URL is
the same as the one generated with the ``login_path`` route, the user is
redirected to the ``default_target_path`` to avoid a redirection loop.

.. note::

For historical reasons, and to match the misspelling of the HTTP standard,
the option is called ``use_referer`` instead of ``use_referrer``.

.. _reference-security-pbkdf2:

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