From 7610aa40bf7ec9c886f9442aa1bf79a0e17f4352 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Owen <owen@txv.io>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:10:28 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Follow redirects by default for backward compat

Fixes #330
---
 healthcheck/healthcheck.go | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/healthcheck/healthcheck.go b/healthcheck/healthcheck.go
index 0f3a039..d75797e 100644
--- a/healthcheck/healthcheck.go
+++ b/healthcheck/healthcheck.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	Interval           int               `json:"hcInterval"`          // in seconds
 	UnhealthyInterval  int               `json:"hcUnhealthyInterval"` // in seconds
 	Timeout            int               `json:"hcTimeout"`           // in seconds
-	FollowRedirects    bool              `json:"hcFollowRedirects"`
+	FollowRedirects    *bool             `json:"hcFollowRedirects"`
 	Headers            map[string]string `json:"hcHeaders"`
 	Method             string            `json:"hcMethod"`
 	Status             int               `json:"hcStatus"` // HTTP status code
@@ -202,7 +202,9 @@ func (m *Monitor) addTargetUnsafe(config Config) error {
 		cancel: cancel,
 		client: &http.Client{
 			CheckRedirect: func() func(*http.Request, []*http.Request) error {
-				if !config.FollowRedirects {
+				// Default to following redirects if not explicitly configured
+				followRedirects := config.FollowRedirects == nil || *config.FollowRedirects
+				if !followRedirects {
 					return func(req *http.Request, via []*http.Request) error {
 						return http.ErrUseLastResponse
 					}