- Issue created by @MegaKeegMan
- 🇺🇸United States MegaKeegMan
Noteworthy that this is only an issue because of the decision not to generate short aliases sequentially. That still feels like the right decision though.
Currently the module generates a random number between 1 and 33554431, which when encoded will produce a string up to 5 characters long. The issue with this is that it is much more likely to generate a alias path that is 5 characters long compared to one that is 2 or 3 characters long, and it would be nice to increase that probability.
Add config to control the min and max number of characters in a generated alias. If an alias fails to be generated, there is an error reporting such. This error should change depending on the permissions of the user.
For someone with permissions to administer redirects, recommend that if the problem continues to try increasing the max character limit, and link them to the config.
For someone without these permissions, recommend that if the problem persists, they contact a site admin.
I have labeled the configurable path prefix issue as related, since (when that one is done) it might be worth configuring these prefixes before increasing the max character limit in order to increase the number of possible shorter aliases. These preferences may vary though.
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Noteworthy that this is only an issue because of the decision not to generate short aliases sequentially. That still feels like the right decision though.