`redirect()` ignores `Headers()`, making it impossible to set multiple headers with the same name

[frenzzy]

Which project does this relate to?

Start

Describe the bug

It is not possible to set multiple headers using the redirect() method with the Headers() interface, because all headers are ignored in this case:

import { redirect } from '@tanstack/react-router';
import { createServerFn } from '@tanstack/react-start';

export const action = createServerFn({ method: 'GET' }).handler(() => {
  const headers = new Headers()
  headers.append('x-example', 'a')
  headers.append('x-example', 'b')
  throw redirect({ to: '/', headers }) // no response headers
  // throw redirect({ to: '/', headers: { 'x-example': 'c' } }) // works
})

Your Example Website or App

https://tanstack.com/start/latest/docs/framework/react/examples/start-basic?path=examples%2Freact%2Fstart-basic%2Fsrc%2Futils%2Fposts.tsx

Steps to Reproduce the Bug or Issue

1. Create a server function with redirect()
2. Pass a Headers() object to redirect()
3. Make a request and check the response headers

Expected behavior

Headers should be present in the response

Screenshots or Videos

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Platform

• OS: any
• Browser: any
• Version: latest on Apr 24, 2025 (1.117.0)

Additional context

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[LadyBluenotes]

This is working on current main. Headers instances passed to redirect() are preserved correctly, including repeated header values, and the redirect response contains the expected Location header.

I also verified this through the server-function response path. The relevant redirect coverage was added in PR #5978, including a browser test for preserving multiple Set-Cookie headers across a redirect.

I’m going to close this as fixed. If you still encounter it on the latest version, please open a new issue with an updated reproduction and we’ll take another look!