Which Joomla-Version? There is a Reason why you are asked for "System Information".

1. This screenshot has nothing to do with J 3.x or J4.
2. In a normal j3 environment we first get a page containing only a Logout button. But therafter we are redirected. If nothing is entered in the Menu Item Logout Redirect or Logout Redirect fields, then the default page can't be the logout view and therefore displays the Home Page.
3. I agree that the tip is wrong

Joomla V3.9.11

@chandanndeep that doesn't look like a core menu item. can you show us the details tab?

@infograf768 @HLeithner
It's the menu voice "Logout" under "Users" section in "menu voice type" and it's a core element of Joomla.

@chandanndeep Is the "System - Logout" plugin enabled or disabled?

If it is active, it overrides the setting of the menu item and always redirects to the home.
I don't know if this is the intended functionality, a warning should be shown ...

@HLeithner its the standard logout page! The user just has several plugins installed which add extra tabs

Oh ok I found it, thx @simbus82
funy the german translation is completely different.

The description has been changed by @infograf768 in PR #12337 but I don't see a functional change in this pr maybe I didn't see a reference to a code change?

In my opinion the description is wrong and should be changed back to the original text if there wars no intention to change this behavior in j3.7

Oh ok I found it, thx @simbus82
funy the german translation is completely different.

I was also in doubt, I changed from Italian to English and found it ;-)
About the PR #12337, am I wrong or is it related to the module and not to the menu item?

@HLeithner
In fact I did not change the part concerned i.e. redirection to the same page.
That was and is still wrong. We should keep the rest of my changes and just modify that part IMHO.

@simbus82 its both
@HLeithner the change in the string was really just to account for the fact that the menu selection was no longer in a dropdown

Also dont forget that the string is also used for the module and not just the menu item where the behaviour may be different

Also dont forget that the string is also used for the module and not just the menu item where the behaviour may be different

Not that I am aware of.
The login module uses:
MOD_LOGIN_FIELD_LOGIN_REDIRECTURL_DESC
MOD_LOGIN_FIELD_LOGOUT_REDIRECTURL_DESC

change has been done in this commit: 463bbb6#diff-7bead94ab2f4003deaee80abfddcf323L206

From "default" to "same" which is not the same ;-)

anyway so we should change this back to the correct value.

lol, indeed. Different from the module indeed.

Anyone makes the patch?

Also dont forget that the string is also used for the module and not just the menu item where the behaviour may be different

Sorry if I wasnt clear (typing on my phone). The module strings were chan ged in the same PR that Harald linked to and they will be different to the component behaviour

I will make the pr.

Closing for PR #25946

thx all for the help.

Sorry guys but... i have tested it before.

Is the "System - Logout" plugin enabled or disabled?
If it is active, it overrides the setting of the menu item and always redirects to the home.
I don't know if this is the intended functionality, a warning should be shown ..."

If this plugin is disabled, the menu voice with Logout Redirection Page set to "Default" works well, as the expected behaviour.

Based on the source of system - logout it would only redirect you to the main page if the current page is not accessible by the current user. Which is no user if you hit the logout button.

But if you set a redirect the redirect should be executed before system - logout get called to redirect you...

are you sure the page you are redirecting to has access level public? also the component takes the return parameter and should redirect you to the url (menu item) you set. if none is set it redirects you to the default page.

Or I misinterpret something in the source

I have do this test, i have created a menu voice "logout" with same settings as @chandanndeep.
Example with Plugin ON
I'm logged-in and i'm browsing around. Now i'm in the public url www.mysite/page-public.
Then I see a menu voice called "logout", i click it: i'm redirected to Home Page.
This behaviour is wrong most of the times, because broke the User Experience.

Example with Plugin OFF
I'm logged-in and i'm browsing around. Now i go to the public url www.mysite/page-public.
Then I see a menu voice called "logout", i click it: i'm redirected to www.mysite/page-public, the same page that i'm visiting.
This behaviour is correct, it's what is expected by user.

Maybe we need only to inform the admin user that the plugin affects this behavior.

Reopened as #25946 is closed.

The issue still happens in J4. Unfortunately, with the way menu logout is implemented, it's quite hard to fix.