---
title: Emergency Redirect
description: Learn how to implement an emergency redirect without re-deploying your site.
url: /kb/guide/emergency-redirect
canonical_url: "https://vercel.com/kb/guide/emergency-redirect"
published: 2025-11-03
last_updated: 2025-11-11
authors: DX Team
related:
  - /docs/security/vercel-waf/examples
  - /docs/security/vercel-waf/custom-rules
install_vercel_plugin: npx plugins add vercel/vercel-plugin
---
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## Related pages

> **For AI agents:** Follow these links to understand how this page connects to the rest of the Vercel ecosystem. For the full cross-link map (inbound, outbound, prerequisites, and semantic neighbors), see the .graph.md link below.

- [Examples](https://vercel.com/docs/vercel-firewall/vercel-waf/examples?from=related) — Learn how to use Vercel WAF to protect your site in specific situations.
- [Redirects](https://vercel.com/docs/routing/redirects?from=related) — Learn how to use redirects on Vercel to instruct Vercel's platform to redirect incoming requests to a new URL.
- [Configuration Redirects](https://vercel.com/docs/routing/redirects/configuration-redirects?from=related) — Learn how to define static redirects in your framework configuration or vercel.json with support for wildcards, pattern
- [Deploying & Redirecting Domains](https://vercel.com/docs/domains/working-with-domains/deploying-and-redirecting?from=related) — Learn how to deploy your domains and set up domain redirects with this guide.
- [Manage Redirects at Scale](https://vercel.com/docs/routing/redirects/manage-redirects-at-scale?from=related) — Add, bulk upload, version, and roll back project-level redirects using the CLI.
- [Suspicious Traffic in Specific Countries](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/suspicious-traffic-in-specific-countries?from=related) — Learn how to block traffic in specific geographical regions.
- [Does Vercel support permanent redirects?](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/does-vercel-support-permanent-redirects?from=related) — Information on Vercel's support for permanent redirects.
- [How can I increase the limit of redirects or use dynamic redirects on Vercel?](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/how-can-i-increase-the-limit-of-redirects-or-use-dynamic-redirects-on-vercel?from=related) — Instructions on how to use Serverless Functions to handle redirects on Vercel.
- [Can I use Vercel as a reverse proxy?](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/vercel-reverse-proxy-rewrites-external?from=related) — Learn how to use rewrites to proxy requests from Vercel to other deployments.
- [Dynamic redirects with Global Config and Next.js proxy](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/dynamic-redirects-with-global-config-and-next-js-proxy?from=related) — Learn how to create redirects that update instantly without redeploying by storing rules in Global Config and reading th

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**Scenario**: During the release of a new feature to your production website, you identify a bug where users cannot log in. You cannot go back to a previous deployment and need some time to publish a fix. You can create a redirect to another URL where you can support your users in the meantime.

1. Select your project from the Vercel [dashboard](/dashboard) and select the **Firewall** tab.
   
2. From the top right corner of the Firewall page, click the **Configure** button and then **\+ New Rule**.
   
3. For the **Name**, enter "Emergency redirect".
   
4. In the **Configure** section, set up the following **If** configuration:
   

- **If** **Request Path** **Equals**
  
- Enter the relative path of the page where the problem is happening. For example `/conference-login`.
  

1. In the **Then** section, select "Redirect" from the dropdown.
   
2. In the `to` field, type the URL of the page you want to redirect to. If the page exists in the same project, you can use a relative URL. Your rule should look like this:
   
3. Select **Save Rule**.
   
4. Apply the changes:
   
   - When you make any change, you will see a **Review Changes** button appear or update on the top right with the number of changes requested
     

- Select **Review Changes** and review the changes to be applied
  
- Select **Publish** to apply the changes to your production deployment
  

1. Test that the redirect is working by navigating to the request path where the problem is happening.
   

## Related

- [Suspicious Traffic in Specific Countries](/guides/suspicious-traffic-in-specific-countries)
  
- [Limit Abuse with Rate Limiting](/guides/limit-abuse-with-rate-limiting)
  
- [WAF Examples](/docs/security/vercel-waf/examples)
  
- [WAF Custom Rules](/docs/security/vercel-waf/custom-rules)