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I think the behaviour when we handle the redirects* and use -MaximumRedirection and -WebSession is incorrect.
Each time we handle a redirection the WebSession.MaximumRedirection parameter is reduced by one.
In the example below it goes from 3 to 0.
When we use the web session I would expect the -MaximumRedirection to be 3 in each follow up request, instead WebSession.MaximumRedirection is 0 and stays 0

Test:

Invoke-WebRequest "http://mockbin.org/redirect/300?to=https://mockbin.org/redirect/301?to=http://mockbin.org/redirect/302?to=https://mockbin.org/redirect/303?to=http://mockbin.org/redirect/308?to=https://mockbin.org/status/200" -MaximumRedirection 3 -SessionVariable session -AllowInsecureRedirect
[int]($error[0].Exception.statuscode) #--> 303
$session.MaximumRedirection #--> 0 (i think it should be 3)
Invoke-WebRequest "http://mockbin.org/redirect/300?to=https://mockbin.org/redirect/301?to=http://mockbin.org/redirect/302?to=https://mockbin.org/redirect/303?to=http://mockbin.org/redirect/308?to=https://mockbin.org/status/200" -WebSession $session -AllowInsecureRedirect 
# I expect -MaximumRedirection == 3
[int]($error[0].Exception.statuscode) #--> 300
$session.MaximumRedirection #--> 0

If this issue is confirmed, I will fix it in my next PR

• We currently handle the redirects in 3 cases -AllowInsecureRedirect (https to http redirect); -PreserveAuthorizationOnRedirect; -PreserveHttpMethodOnRedirect in the other cases HttpClient handles the redirects

Expected behavior

After setting -MaximumRedirection 3 it should remain 3 in the following requests

Actual behavior

It changes

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