Current Google documentation states that a temporary redirect is followed but is not itself used by the indexing pipeline as a signal that the target should become canonical.

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Sources

• Redirects and Google Search | Google Search Central

  Google · primary source · retrieved 2026-08-18

  “the indexing pipeline doesn't use the redirect as a signal” — 'Overview of redirect types' table, Temporary row

• How to Specify a Canonical with rel="canonical" and Other Methods | Google Search Central

  Google · primary source · retrieved 2026-08-18

  “the target of the redirect should become canonical” — 'Order of methods' list at top of the canonicalization page

• URL Redirect Types: 301 vs 302 vs 307 Explained

  minily.org · retrieved 2026-08-18

  “keep the old URL indexed” — 'What Google actually says about canonicalization' section

• 302 Redirect

  Patrick Stox · retrieved 2026-08-18

  “pipeline says it doesn’t treat a temporary redirect as a signal the target should be canonical” — lines 205-210