From b6875fa0b46ff6ab872ff8bc2e7dc3800a7d532f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Duncan McClean <duncan@doublethree.digital>
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2025 17:45:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Revert "[5.x] Escape start_page Preference to avoid
 invalid Redirect (#11616)"

This reverts commit b4b78754a5b1eb73f7eb31dd525427a2476ddcae.
---
 src/Http/Controllers/CP/StartPageController.php | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Http/Controllers/CP/StartPageController.php b/src/Http/Controllers/CP/StartPageController.php
index e6ac7ceafa..918587c30c 100644
--- a/src/Http/Controllers/CP/StartPageController.php
+++ b/src/Http/Controllers/CP/StartPageController.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ public function __invoke()
     {
         session()->reflash();
 
-        $url = config('statamic.cp.route').'/'.urlencode(Preference::get('start_page', config('statamic.cp.start_page')));
+        $url = config('statamic.cp.route').'/'.Preference::get('start_page', config('statamic.cp.start_page'));
 
         return redirect($url);
     }

From a911b0819891f1fe6a2bb7dd54810daac898486c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Duncan McClean <duncan@duncanmcclean.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2025 18:03:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add test

---
 tests/CP/StartPageTest.php | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tests/CP/StartPageTest.php

diff --git a/tests/CP/StartPageTest.php b/tests/CP/StartPageTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..45d1cee3f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/CP/StartPageTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace CP;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Test;
+use Statamic\Facades\File;
+use Statamic\Facades\Preference;
+use Statamic\Facades\User;
+use Tests\PreventSavingStacheItemsToDisk;
+use Tests\TestCase;
+
+class StartPageTest extends TestCase
+{
+    use PreventSavingStacheItemsToDisk;
+
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+
+        File::delete(resource_path('preferences.yaml'));
+    }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function it_uses_start_page_preference()
+    {
+        config('statamic.cp.start_page', 'dashboard');
+
+        Preference::default()->setPreference('start_page', 'collections/pages')->save();
+
+        $this
+            ->actingAs(User::make()->makeSuper()->save())
+            ->get('/cp')
+            ->assertRedirect('/cp/collections/pages');
+    }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function it_falls_back_to_start_page_config_option_when_preference_is_missing()
+    {
+        config('statamic.cp.start_page', 'dashboard');
+
+        $this
+            ->actingAs(User::make()->makeSuper()->save())
+            ->get('/cp')
+            ->assertRedirect('/cp/dashboard');
+    }
+}