[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #62877: Inconsistent behaviour of redirect guess when page is private

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#62877: Inconsistent behaviour of redirect guess when page is private
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 Reporter:  jamieburchell  |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)   |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General        |    Version:  6.7.1
 Severity:  normal         |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                 |
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 I have a blog post with the name "Events Cancelled Due To Coronavirus"
 accessible at the URL "/news/2020/03/30/events-cancelled-due-to-
 coronavirus/". If I create a new page with the name "Events" and URL
 "/events" and set it to "Private", then "/events" redirects to the blog
 post "/news/2020/03/30/events-cancelled-due-to-coronavirus/". If I delete
 the page, the redirect does not happen.

 The redirect guessing code appears to check `get_query_var( 'name' )` and
 in the case of the private events page, this value is populated with
 "events" whereas for a missing page or a request for the URL "/even", this
 is not the case.

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