Account confirmation page is ignoring the redirect parameter

Log-in as admin in your local site Go to Site administration > Plugins >Authentication > Manage authentication and Enable the "E-mail based self-registration" plugin, in the same page scroll down to "Self registration " to set there "E-mail based self-registration" Now, log-out and open again your Moodle site in the browser and via the login page "Create new account" button create a new user account using a correct email address you have access to You should receive a new account confirmation email with a confirmation URL that has the following format: http://localhost/m/stable_master/login/confirm.php?data=XXXXXXXXX/username Do not click on that URL, just copy it Append to that URL the following: &redirect= http://localhost/m/stable_master/calendar/view.php?view=month (replacing http://localhost/m/stable_master with your local site URL) Open that URL in a browser and check that you are redirected to the site "Calendar page" authenticated as the new user you just created Now, repeat the complete process (starting in point 3, using a different email account) but instead appending the URL indicating in step 7, use for example: https://www.google.com and check that you are not redirected to the external URL (google in this case)