do this instead

import { NextResponse } from 'next/server'
 
// Given an incoming request...
const loginUrl = new URL('/login', request.url)
// Add ?from=/incoming-url to the /login URL
loginUrl.searchParams.set('from', request.nextUrl.pathname)
// And redirect to the new URL
return NextResponse.redirect(loginUrl)

then handle the from url after login success

thanks for your response, but as i said above, i'd like to avoid using search params, am looking for a way to push to the router. i find it strange you can do it from server actions but not from middleware

redirect is for route handler and server action

behind the scene it throw an error to the page or the handler

that's why you got NEXT_REDIRECT in middleware

well I just tried, i can go back the page i was redirected from

oh i see, that makes sense, so as a workaround i could transform the search param you suggested in a router.replace + router.push in the login page? but i think that would enter an infinite loop with the middleware redirecting, any way i can replace a previous history item?

tried using the search param or?

no

I try to go to a page where it will be redirect me to another page in middleware

then I press back, i just go back to the page i was redirected from

I think this is the behaviour you want?

so like,

starting from /
going to /link (which triggers a redirect in the middleware)
redirecting to /login

then if you press back it goes to /link??

go to /

well yea, that's a replace not a push

i want /link the router history

I wouldn't want a restricted page in the client browser history lol

haha maybe my usage is not the best example but on some complex conditional restrictions you might be able to go back

i just want it so i can pop it later, in a way the url is not affected so the user doesn't see the previous page that was blocked

I think you can make that page and do the redirect inside it

eg app/link/page.tsx

export default function Page() {
  redirect("/login", RedirectType.push) 
}

ehhh yes but i wanted to take advantage of the middleware to centralize stuff

lol