Will code in finally run after a redirect?

Question

Take for example the following code:

   try
   {
      Response.Redirect(someurl);
    }
    finally
    {
       // Will this code run?
    }

Answer 1

Try this:

try
{
  Response.Redirect("http://www.google.com");
}
finally
{
   // Will this code run?
  // yes :)
  Response.Redirect("http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3668422/will-code-in-finally-run-after-a-redirect");

}

Answer 2

The general rule is that the code in finally will be applied in all cases (try/catch)

Answer 3

Yes.

Try it and see!

Answer 4

It will run. Response.Redirect actually throws a ThreadAbortException, so that's why code after that will not run (except anything in a finally block of course).

Answer 5

Why do you not just try it?

finally always runs, except in these extreme scenarios:

• Total application crash, or application termination (e.g. FailFast())
• A limited number of serious exceptions
• Threads getting terminated (eg. Thread.Abort())
• Hardware failure (e.g. machine losing power)
• Infinite loop inside the try-block (which ultimately results in application termination)

Answer 6

It will indeed. See this MSDN article: Finally always executes