In order not to break existing links, I've checked "Create a new alias. Leave the existing alias functioning." for Pathauto's update action. I'm using the default settings, i.e. the node title is used as the URL alias.

Now, when I edit a node and change its title, Pathauto will create a new alias. Good. But this new alias won't be used anywhere. After saving my changes I go back to the page, with the old alias. The node's menu item (created on the node edit page) will still use the old alias.
I think the preferred behaviour would be to use the newest alias first.

A strange thing is if I manually go to the node using the new alias, then on this page (and only this one) the corresponding menu item will use the new alias too.

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greggles’s picture

greggles
he/him
Primary language English
Location Denver, Colorado, USA
commented
Status: Active » Closed (works as designed)

That's not something that Pathauto can fix - it's in the Drupal core path aliasing system.

However, to get the behavior you desire you could install the path redirect module you will get a 4th update action to "Create a new alias. Redirect from old alias."

mdupont’s picture

mdupont
Primary language French
Location Switzerland
commented
Status: Closed (works as designed) » Fixed

Thanks. I'll use it if it's available with a stable release of Pathauto.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.