ASP.NET Response.Redirect uses 302 instead of 301

Question

using the following code

context.Response.StatusCode = 301;

context.Response.Redirect(newUrl, true);
context.Response.End();

I can see in

Answer 1

Response.Redirect() will overwrite the StatusCode property with the code for a redirect (302). Also, because you're using the Response.Redirect() overload taking the boolean parameter, you should set it to False if you want to call Response.End() yourself. Otherwise it's redundant and can cause errors.

Try the following (pre-ASP.NET 4.0; Adam Butler's answer covers the new best practice):

context.Response.Redirect(newUrl, false);
context.Response.StatusCode = 301;
context.Response.End();