faces-redirect=true in JSF - jsf

Question

I am using the ?faces-redirect=true in my JSF2, since I would like to redirect the user so the URL will be changed.
In JSF1.2 I added </redirect> in faces-config.
In JSF2 I have to add to my url return home?faces-redirect=true.
The problem is that I see faces-redirect=2 in the URL, what I haven't seen in JSF1.2 when I used </redirect>
How can I use faces-redirect in actions without displaying it in the browser URL?
My Jar's list:
antlr-2.7.6.jar
aopalliance-1.0.jar
aspectjrt.jar
atmosphere-compat-tomcat-0.5.jar
atmosphere-runtime-0.5.jar
commons-beanutils-1.7.0.jar
commons-collections-3.2.jar
commons-dbcp-1.2.2.jar
commons-digester-2.0.jar
commons-fileupload-1.2.1.jar
commons-httpclient-3.1.jar
commons-io-1.4.jar
commons-logging-1.1.1.jar
commons-pool-1.5.4.jar
dom4j.jar
ehcache-1.2.4.jar
hibernate-annotations.jar
hibernate-cglib-repack-2.1_3.jar
hibernate-commons-annotations.jar
hibernate3.jar
itext-1.4.8.jar
javassist.jar
javax.persistence.jar
jhighlight-1.0.jar
jsf-api.jar
jsf-impl.jar
jstl-api-1.2.jar
jstl-impl-1.2.jar
jta-1.1.jar
log4j-1.2.15.jar
mail.jar
mysql-connector-java-5.1.0-bin.jar
org.springframework.aop-3.0.1.RELEASE-A.jar
org.springframework.asm-3.0.1.RELEASE-A.jar
org.springframework.aspects-3.0.1.RELEASE-A.jar
org.springframework.beans-3.0.1.RELEASE-A.jar
org.springframework.context-3.0.1.RELEASE-A.jar
org.springframework.context.support-3.0.1.RELEASE-A.jar
org.springframework.core-3.0.1.RELEASE-A.jar
org.springframework.expression-3.0.1.RELEASE-A.jar
org.springframework.instrument-3.0.1.RELEASE-A.jar
org.springframework.instrument.tomcat-3.0.1.RELEASE-A.jar
org.springframework.jdbc-3.0.1.RELEASE-A.jar
org.springframework.jms-3.0.1.RELEASE-A.jar
org.springframework.orm-3.0.1.RELEASE-A.jar
org.springframework.oxm-3.0.1.RELEASE-A.jar
org.springframework.test-3.0.1.RELEASE-A.jar
org.springframework.transaction-3.0.1.RELEASE-A.jar
org.springframework.web-3.0.1.RELEASE-A.jar
org.springframework.web.portlet-3.0.1.RELEASE-A.jar
org.springframework.web.servlet-3.0.1.RELEASE-A.jar
org.springframework.web.struts-3.0.1.RELEASE-A.jar
poi-3.2-FINAL.jar
primefaces-2.0.3-SNAPSHOT.jar
slf4j-api-1.5.11.jar
slf4j-log4j12-1.5.11.jar
spring-aop.jar
My web.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
id="WebApp_ID" version="2.5">
<display-name>OnBoard</display-name>
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
<context-param>
<description></description>
<param-name>javax.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD</param-name>
<param-value>server</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>classpath:/applicationContext.xml
classpath:/applicationContext-security.xml
</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<param-name>com.sun.faces.expressionFactory</param-name>
<param-value>com.sun.el.ExpressionFactoryImpl</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<param-name>com.sun.faces.forceLoadConfiguration</param-name>
<param-value>true</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<param-name>facelets.BUILD_BEFORE_RESTORE</param-name>
<param-value>false</param-value>
</context-param>
<filter>
<filter-name>Security Page Filter</filter-name>
<filter-class>com.mycompany.servlet.SecurityFilter</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>Security Page Filter</filter-name>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
</filter-mapping>
<filter>
<filter-name>PrimeFaces FileUpload Filter</filter-name>
<filter-class>org.primefaces.webapp.filter.FileUploadFilter</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>PrimeFaces FileUpload Filter</filter-name>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
</filter-mapping>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.jsf</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Resource Servlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.primefaces.resource.ResourceServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Resource Servlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/primefaces_resource/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<listener>
<listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
</listener>
</web-app>

Answer 1

This looks all fine. Something else is disturbing it. Maybe Spring? I don't do Spring so I can't tell anything about it. At least, it works fine here with Mojarra 2.0.2 + PrimeFaces 2.1 + Tomcat 6.0.24.
To nail this problem down anyway, consider creating a brand new web project with only jsf-api.jar and jsf-impl.jar files in the /WEB-INF/lib and two simple XHTML files with a <h:commandButton outcome="otherfile?faces-redirect=true" />. Then add libraries/components/mappings step by step until you get the same setup as the original project. Test the working of faces-redirect during every step. Keep track of what you've added so that you know what may have caused this problem.

Answer 2

That's not what I'm experiencing with Mojarra (the RI). If I return the following in a managed bean:
return "somepage" + "?faces-redirect=true";
JSF redirects to the target somepage view and the URL doesn't include the ?faces-redirect=true.
What implementation are you using?