Cannot redirect() from within API Route

[uap-dev]

Which project does this relate to?

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Describe the bug

Might not be a bug, but seems like something that we should be able to do to take advantage of type safety in routing. Cannot use redirect method from within APIRoute. Can use the raw response object way of doing things, but leveraging the redirect primitive for type safety would be nice.

import { createAPIFileRoute } from '@tanstack/react-start/api';
import { deleteCookie } from '@tanstack/react-start/server';
import { redirect } from '@tanstack/react-router';

export const APIRoute = createAPIFileRoute('/api/logout')({
  GET: ({ request }) => {
    console.log('/api/logout');
    deleteCookie('my_session_cookie');


    // Uncomment below (Works)
    // const response = new Response(null, { status: 302 });
    // response.headers.set('Location', '/#');
    // return response;

    // Doesn't work
    throw redirect({
      to: '/#',
    });
  },
});

Your Example Website or App

https://github.com/uap-dev/before_load_error/tree/api_route_no_redirect

Steps to Reproduce the Bug or Issue

1. npm run dev
2. nav to /api/logout
3. expect redirect to /#, leveraging redirect primitive from @tanstack/react-router

Expected behavior

Would expect to be able to leverage redirect for type safety inside API routes.

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Platform

• OS: [e.g. macOS, Windows, Linux]
• Browser: [e.g. Chrome, Safari, Firefox]
• Version: [e.g. 91.1]

Additional context

No response

[schiller-manuel]

not a bug, just not supported. maybe never will