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Asked: 2026-05-20T01:11:41+00:00

The following construct, <meta http-equiv=refresh content=3;url=#scroll /> when accessed from http://localhost/ , redirects all

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The following construct, 

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="3;url=#scroll" />

when accessed from http://localhost/, redirects all browsers to http://localhost/#scroll, and no further redirecting occurs as expected.

However, when the very same construct is used from the target url, http://localhost/#scroll, firefox and opera keep refreshing the page every 3 seconds, making http requests to the server, regardless of the fact that the url for redirect has already been reached.

Is there any explanation and/or fix for this?

NB for possible solutions: JavaScript is unavailable in this specific situation.

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  1. Editorial Team

    In case you’re interested, what Firefox is doing is that it normally treats meta refresh as a forced new document load. But in the case where the URI changes within 15 seconds, it changes it to a replace. And then later on this lets the anchor scroll check succeed.

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