Spring security logout goes to j_spring_security_logout

Question

In my web application when I tries to logout it goes to j_spring_security_logout instead of the given page. In my spring-security.xml page i have a

Answer 1

A better approach to use default logout url would be

<c:url var="logoutUrl" value="j_spring_security_logout"/>
<form action="${logoutUrl}" method="post">
  <input type="submit" value="Log out" />
  <input type="hidden" name="${_csrf.parameterName}" value="${_csrf.token}"/>
</form>

Answer 2

When you have Spring Security CSRF protection enabled, you must logout with POST:

<c:url var="logoutUrl" value="/logout"/>
<form action="${logoutUrl}" method="post">
  <input type="submit" value="Log out" />
  <input type="hidden" name="${_csrf.parameterName}" value="${_csrf.token}"/>
</form>