redirect defaults to 303

src/flask/helpers.py

@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ def url_for(
 
 
 def redirect(
-    location: str, code: int = 302, Response: type[BaseResponse] | None = None
+    location: str, code: int = 303, Response: type[BaseResponse] | None = None
 ) -> BaseResponse:
     """Create a redirect response object.
 
@@ -252,6 +252,9 @@ def redirect(
     :param Response: The response class to use. Not used when
         ``current_app`` is active, which uses ``app.response_class``.
 
+    .. versionchanged:: 3.2
+        ``code`` defaults to ``303`` instead of ``302``.
+
     .. versionadded:: 2.2
         Calls ``current_app.redirect`` if available instead of always
         using Werkzeug's default ``redirect``.

src/flask/sansio/app.py

@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ class App(Scaffold):
         """
         return False
 
-    def redirect(self, location: str, code: int = 302) -> BaseResponse:
+    def redirect(self, location: str, code: int = 303) -> BaseResponse:
         """Create a redirect response object.
 
         This is called by :func:`flask.redirect`, and can be called
@@ -941,6 +941,9 @@ class App(Scaffold):
         :param location: The URL to redirect to.
         :param code: The status code for the redirect.
 
+        .. versionchanged:: 3.2
+            ``code`` defaults to ``303`` instead of ``302``.
+
         .. versionadded:: 2.2
             Moved from ``flask.redirect``, which calls this method.
         """