redirect_url is appended after signing out

[xeroxoid]

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Reproduction

https://github.com/clerk/clerk-react-quickstart

Publishable key

pk_test_cHJvdmVuLWdsaWRlci04Mi5jbGVyay5hY2NvdW50cy5kZXYk

Description

Steps to reproduce:

Using @clerk/react version ^5.26.2 on a SPA React app with React Router 6.26.0

1. While signed-in, navigate to any page inside the app (i.e. /the/url/before/signing/out)
2. Hard refresh
3. Sign out (tried with signOut(), signOut({ redirectUrl: '' }), signOut({ redirectUrl: '/sign-in' }) and signOut({ redirectUrl: '/' })
4. You land on the sign-in page but have query param redirect_url=/the/url/before/signing/out (as well as sign_in_fallback_redirect_url, sign_up_force_redirect_url, etc.)

Weird thing is that this does not happen if I do not refresh.

Expected behavior:

Redirect to sign in page without any query params.

When signing in I do not expect to land on the page I was when I signed-out. Another user might sign in and land on a page which might give them an error/404/forbidden.

On the other hand I understand that as per documentation and would expect if I visit /users/123/details while signed out, to get the redirect url and be redirected to that after signing in.

Actual behavior:

Redirected to sign-in with query params set (esp. redirect_url=/the/url/before/signing/out)

This is also reproducible with https://github.com/clerk/clerk-react-quickstart

Environment

System:
 OS: macOS 15.4
 CPU: (12) arm64 Apple M2 Max
 Memory: 85.14 MB / 32.00 GB
 Shell: 5.9 - /bin/zsh
 Binaries:
 Node: 20.18.1 - ~/.local/state/fnm_multishells/12907_1744287998041/bin/node
 npm: 11.1.0 - ~/.local/state/fnm_multishells/12907_1744287998041/bin/npm
 pnpm: 10.6.5 - ~/Library/pnpm/pnpm
 Watchman: 2025.03.10.00 - /opt/homebrew/bin/watchman
 Browsers:
 Chrome: 135.0.7049.84
 Safari: 18.4
 npmPackages:
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 @apollo/client: ^3.11.2 => 3.11.8
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 @clerk/clerk-react: ^5.26.2 => 5.26.2
 @clerk/themes: ^2.1.15 => 2.1.39
 @daily-co/daily-js: ^0.72.1 => 0.72.1
 @daily-co/daily-react: ^0.21.2 => 0.21.2
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[xeroxoid]

This issue might be relevant

[Dannynsikak]

can i be assigned to work on this issue?
i would love to be part of the contributors for clerk.

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