diff --git a/system/CodeIgniter.php b/system/CodeIgniter.php
index 99ceb0ca1815..2d4b1c819bd1 100644
--- a/system/CodeIgniter.php
+++ b/system/CodeIgniter.php
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 namespace CodeIgniter;
 
 use Closure;
-use CodeIgniter\Filters\Exceptions\FilterException;
 use CodeIgniter\HTTP\DownloadResponse;
 use CodeIgniter\HTTP\RedirectResponse;
 use CodeIgniter\HTTP\Request;
@@ -50,6 +49,7 @@
 use CodeIgniter\Events\Events;
 use CodeIgniter\HTTP\Response;
 use CodeIgniter\HTTP\CLIRequest;
+use CodeIgniter\Router\Exceptions\RedirectException;
 use CodeIgniter\Router\RouteCollectionInterface;
 use CodeIgniter\Exceptions\PageNotFoundException;
 use Exception;
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ public function initialize()
 	 * @param boolean                                      $returnResponse
 	 *
 	 * @return boolean|\CodeIgniter\HTTP\RequestInterface|\CodeIgniter\HTTP\Response|\CodeIgniter\HTTP\ResponseInterface|mixed
-	 * @throws \CodeIgniter\Filters\Exceptions\FilterException
+	 * @throws \CodeIgniter\Router\Exceptions\RedirectException
 	 * @throws \Exception
 	 */
 	public function run(RouteCollectionInterface $routes = null, bool $returnResponse = false)
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ public function run(RouteCollectionInterface $routes = null, bool $returnRespons
 		{
 			return $this->handleRequest($routes, $cacheConfig, $returnResponse);
 		}
-		catch (FilterException $e)
+		catch (RedirectException $e)
 		{
 			$logger = Services::logger();
 			$logger->info('REDIRECTED ROUTE at ' . $e->getMessage());
@@ -252,6 +252,8 @@ public function run(RouteCollectionInterface $routes = null, bool $returnRespons
 			// If the route is a 'redirect' route, it throws
 			// the exception with the $to as the message
 			$this->response->redirect($e->getMessage(), 'auto', $e->getCode());
+			$this->sendResponse();
+
 			$this->callExit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 		}
 		catch (PageNotFoundException $e)
diff --git a/system/Router/Exceptions/RedirectException.php b/system/Router/Exceptions/RedirectException.php
index c1f68620b46e..5c3f695570cd 100644
--- a/system/Router/Exceptions/RedirectException.php
+++ b/system/Router/Exceptions/RedirectException.php
@@ -8,8 +8,5 @@
 
 class RedirectException extends \Exception
 {
-	public static function forUnableToRedirect(string $route, string $code)
-	{
-		return new static(lang('Redirect.forUnableToRedirect', [$route, $code]));
-	}
+	protected $code = 302;
 }
diff --git a/system/Router/Router.php b/system/Router/Router.php
index 0b79af581690..7f010ca22eaf 100644
--- a/system/Router/Router.php
+++ b/system/Router/Router.php
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ protected function checkRoutes(string $uri): bool
 				// Is this route supposed to redirect to another?
 				if ($this->collection->isRedirect($key))
 				{
-					throw RedirectException::forUnableToRedirect($val, $this->collection->getRedirectCode($key));
+					throw new RedirectException($val, $this->collection->getRedirectCode($key));
 				}
 
 				$this->setRequest(explode('/', $val));
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/general/errors.rst b/user_guide_src/source/general/errors.rst
index 781bd3083c37..97d2658f7cd3 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/general/errors.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/general/errors.rst
@@ -123,3 +123,16 @@ or when it is temporarily lost::
 	throw new \CodeIgniter\Database\Exceptions\DatabaseException();
 
 This provides an HTTP status code of 500 and an exit code of 8.
+
+RedirectException
+-----------------
+
+This exception is a special case allowing for overriding of all other response routing and
+forcing a redirect to a specific route or URL.
+
+	throw new \CodeIgniter\Router\Exceptions\RedirectException($route);
+
+``$route`` may be a named route, relative URI, or a complete URL. You can also supply a
+redirect code to use instead of the default (``302``, "temporary redirect"):
+
+	throw new \CodeIgniter\Router\Exceptions\RedirectException($route, 301);