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What happens with `redirect()` inside `try/catch` in a Server Action?

try {
  await save(data);
  redirect('/done');
} catch (e) {
  return { error: 'Failed to save' };
}

✓Correct answer: catch intercepts the redirect's internal exception, so there's no redirect
2The redirect works; catch runs only if save fails
3Next.js reports a build error

Explanation

redirect() and notFound() work by throwing special exceptions. A regular catch swallows them. The fix is to call redirect after the try/catch block or rethrow internal errors (unstable_rethrow(e)).

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