[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #55336: Query strings with reserved characters get wrongly redirected to encoded variant at the root level.

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#55336: Query strings with reserved characters get wrongly redirected to encoded
variant at the root level.
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 Reporter:  madstegge     |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General       |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Comment (by madstegge):

 Replying to [comment:1 SergeyBiryukov]:
 > I could not reproduce the issue on a clean install. Testing with some
 other sites like https://ma.tt/?test=123*456, they don't redirect either.
 >
 > WordPress.org does indeed redirect as noted, but I think that might be
 something specific to that particular network.
 That's interesting. All WordPress sites that I know of present this
 behavior. But it might be caused by a widespread plugin then. I'm not a
 developer, so can't give any more details about the affected
 configurations.

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