#2675 – Issue about custom url

When i create a Custom url in the sef list i get some trouble.
It creates the custom url correct and makes a Alias for the old url in the new ones alias list. But the problem comes after some time because the old url turns up in the sef list again.
When i then wanna edit the new custom url with e.g. Meta and click save. Then i get a Error that says "Alias is already a alias or a sef url" and then it deletes the Alias in the new url.

Old url :
www.xxxx.de/de/test-test

New url :
www.xxxx.de/de/test


That error message/ deleting of the alias should not be there or, the best the old url (www.xxxx.de/de/test-test) should not turn up in the SEF list anymore.

I just tested again.

When i make the custom url

Old url :
www.xxxx.de/de/test-test
New url :
www.xxxx.de/de/test

The the old url disapears in the sef ist and it is a Alias on the new url. After some time the old url comes in the list (OK) and on the site it redirects from old > new url correct.

But when i edit and save the new custom url i get the error and it deletes the old url Alias. Now the old url is active on the site and do not redirect > new url.

So the problem is that the check is made for both a excisting Alias or SEF url = error. It should only be a check if = excisting Alias.

I can not see why thats okay because then there is not a Alias for the old url anymore?

Lets say Google has indexed old url = www.xxxx.de/de/test-test

I wanna change the url to new url = www.xxxx.de/de/test

I make the custom url OK. After some time i make the Edit and get the error and it deletes the Alias.

Now Google has 2 duplicate urls to index because old url = www.xxxx.de/de/test-test is now an active url again.

That is duplicate content and the old url will never get removed because it's not redirected.

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