Shopify's redirect settings are only effective when the specified page is 404 Not Found

It's hard to understand the redirect settings of Shopify, but the redirect is only effective when the page you specified is 404 Not Found. In addition, the very helpful verification results have been shared here, but it seems that if the product is in draft status, it is not 404, so the redirect will not be effective, so be careful.

Redirect is enabled

If you want to redirect while keeping the products, you need to remove the online store from the sales channel instead of changing it to draft.

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