[edit] rename DisablePreviousPageUrlUpdate to EnablePreviousPageUrlUpdate and bump to v5.7

Author: i4004

src/Simplify.Web/Bootstrapper/Setup/BaseBootstrapperControllersExecution.cs

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public virtual void RegisterControllersExecutor()
 
 		BootstrapperFactory.ContainerProvider.Register<ControllersExecutor>();
 
-		if (!Settings.DisablePreviousPageUrlUpdate)
+		if (Settings.EnablePreviousPageUrlUpdate)
 			BootstrapperFactory.ContainerProvider.Register<IControllersExecutor>(r =>
 				new PreviousPageUrlUpdater(
 					r.Resolve<ControllersExecutor>(),

src/Simplify.Web/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## [5.6.0] - 2026-07-24
+## [5.7.0] - 2026-07-24
 
 ### Added
 
-- `DisablePreviousPageUrlUpdate` setting (default: `true`) to control automatic
-  previous-page URL cookie tracking. The feature is now disabled by default — the
+- `EnablePreviousPageUrlUpdate` setting (default: `false`) to control automatic
+  previous-page URL cookie tracking. The feature is disabled by default — the
   `PreviousPageUrlUpdater` decorator is not registered, eliminating both the cookie
   write and its entry in the controller-execution call stack.
-  Set to `false` in `SimplifyWebSettings` to re-enable the previous-page tracking.
-  Configure via `SimplifyWebSettings:DisablePreviousPageUrlUpdate` in appsettings.json.
+  Set to `true` in `SimplifyWebSettings` to enable the previous-page tracking.
+  Configure via `SimplifyWebSettings:EnablePreviousPageUrlUpdate` in appsettings.json.
 
 ### Fixed
 
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@
 - `PreviousPageUrlUpdater`: skip cookie setting when `Response.HasStarted` is true,
   preventing a crash when the response stream is already being written.
 
+## [5.6.0] - 2026-07-06
+
+### ⚠️ Bad Release — Do Not Use
+
+This release introduced a `DisablePreviousPageUrlUpdate` setting with inverted
+(default: off) semantics. The property was renamed to `EnablePreviousPageUrlUpdate`
+and corrected in 5.7.0. See the 5.7.0 entry above.
+
 ## [5.5.0] - 2026-07-06
 
 ### Added

src/Simplify.Web/Settings/ISimplifyWebSettings.cs

@@ -191,11 +191,12 @@ public interface ISimplifyWebSettings
 
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Gets the value indicating whether the automatic previous page URL update
-	/// (via cookie) after each request should be disabled.
-	/// When enabled, Simplify.Web automatically stores the current page URL as the
-	/// "previous page" URL after each successful request.
-	/// Disable this if you do not need this functionality or if it conflicts with
-	/// responses that start writing before the URL can be stored (e.g. <c>StatusCode</c> responses).
-	/// </summary>
-	bool DisablePreviousPageUrlUpdate { get; }
+	/// (via cookie) after each request is enabled.
+	/// When enabled (default: false), Simplify.Web stores the current page URL as
+	/// the "previous page" URL after each normal page request.
+	/// Enable this if you use "back to previous page" redirect functionality.
+	/// Disabled by default to avoid conflicts with responses that start writing
+	/// before the URL can be stored (e.g. <c>StatusCode</c> responses).
+	/// </summary>
+	bool EnablePreviousPageUrlUpdate { get; }
 }

src/Simplify.Web/Settings/SimplifyWebSettings.cs

@@ -217,9 +217,9 @@ public SimplifyWebSettings(IConfiguration configuration)
 	public long MaxRequestBodySize { get; private set; } = 104857600;
 
 	/// <summary>
-	/// Gets the value indicating whether the automatic previous page URL update (via cookie) after each request should be disabled.
+	/// Gets the value indicating whether the automatic previous page URL update (via cookie) after each request is enabled.
 	/// </summary>
-	public bool DisablePreviousPageUrlUpdate { get; private set; } = true;
+	public bool EnablePreviousPageUrlUpdate { get; private set; }
 
 	private void LoadLanguageManagerSettings(IConfiguration config)
 	{
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ private void LoadEngineBehaviorSettings(IConfiguration config)
 		HideExceptionDetails = config.GetValue<bool?>(nameof(HideExceptionDetails)) ?? HideExceptionDetails;
 		ErrorPageDarkStyle = config.GetValue<bool>(nameof(ErrorPageDarkStyle));
 		MaxRequestBodySize = config.GetValue<long?>(nameof(MaxRequestBodySize)) ?? MaxRequestBodySize;
-		DisablePreviousPageUrlUpdate = config.GetValue<bool?>(nameof(DisablePreviousPageUrlUpdate)) ?? DisablePreviousPageUrlUpdate;
+		EnablePreviousPageUrlUpdate = config.GetValue<bool>(nameof(EnablePreviousPageUrlUpdate));
 	}
 
 	private void LoadCacheSettings(IConfiguration config)

src/Simplify.Web/Simplify.Web.csproj

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 		<SymbolPackageFormat>snupkg</SymbolPackageFormat>
 		<GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
 
-		<Version>5.6</Version>
+		<Version>5.7</Version>
 
 		<Description>Lightweight and fast .NET web-framework based on MVC and OWIN</Description>
 		<Product>Simplify</Product>