Rules

A rule is the core unit of RedirectQ. Rules are evaluated in ascending sort order — the first matching rule wins.

Rule properties

Property	Required	Description
Name	yes	Human-readable label shown in the admin and tester
Sort order	yes	Evaluation order; lower numbers are checked first
Match expression	no	Boolean expression; if omitted the rule always matches
Target template	yes	The redirect URL, with {token} placeholders
Status code	yes	HTTP redirect code (301, 302, etc.)
Retention days	yes	How long visit records are kept
Extracts	no	Named values captured from the request
Cookies	no	Cookies to set on the response

Evaluation flow

for each rule (ordered by sort order):
    1. evaluate match expression  →  false? skip
    2. evaluate each extract      →  any error? skip
    3. resolve target template
    4. return redirect

If no rule matches, the redirector returns 404.