Redirects when importing Jekyll markdown

Hosting on Micro.blog
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I am doing a trial run of importing posts from my current Jekyll backed static site into my Micro.blog hosted site.

The original post: https://www.toddgrooms.com/2013/11/18/i-m-kind-of-a-big-deal/
The imported post: https://micro.toddgrooms.com/2013/11/17/im-kind-of.html

I included the url field in the post’s front matter, with the understanding that Micro.blog would automatically add the redirect for me. The url I specified matches the slug for the original post: /2013/11/18/i-m-kind-of-a-big-deal/. However, if I visit https://micro.toddgrooms.com/2013/11/18/i-m-kind-of-a-big-deal/, I am not redirected. It’s possible this redirect doesn’t work due to the domain being temporarily different, but I’m not sure how to validate that. I was hoping to validate all of this with a sample before importing everything.

I have been referencing the following help topics:

Am I correct to expect that the redirect would be handled for me during my import (assuming I include the original slug as the url in the post’s front matter)? Is my theory about the domain mismatch valid? Is there a way to validate this on my side?

Thanks!
Todd

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The redirect feature only works if the domain name is the same. I checked one of your imported posts and I can confirm the redirect URL is automatically configured correctly, but it will essentially only be active when toddgrooms.com is pointing to Micro.blog hosting too.

I wish there was a better to test redirects and I may be able to add something like that in the future.

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Thanks for confirming @manton.