redirect_to_last_remembered raises an error when it fails to redirect to home - instead of trying retrying endlessly

app/controllers/application.rb

@@ -88,7 +88,11 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
   end
 
   def redirect_home(web = @web_name)
+    if web
       redirect_to_page('HomePage', web)
+    else
+      redirect_to_url '/'
+    end
   end
 
   def redirect_to_page(page_name = @page_name, web = @web_name)
@@ -120,10 +124,16 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
   def return_to_last_remembered
     # Forget the redirect location
     redirect_target, @session[:return_to] = @session[:return_to], nil
+    tried_home, @session[:tried_home] = @session[:tried_home], false
+
     # then try to redirect to it
     if redirect_target.nil?
-      logger.debug("Session ##{session.object_id}: no remembered redirect location, trying /")
-      redirect_to_url '/'
+      if tried_home
+        raise 'Application could not render the index page'
+      else
+        logger.debug("Session ##{session.object_id}: no remembered redirect location, trying home")
+        redirect_home
+      end
     else
       logger.debug("Session ##{session.object_id}: " +
           "redirect to the last remembered URL #{redirect_target}")

test/functional/file_controller_test.rb

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class FileControllerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     # User uploads the picture
     file = "abcdefgh\n123"
     r = process 'file', 'web' => 'wiki1', 'id' => 'instiki-e2e.txt', 'file' => StringIO.new(file)
-    assert_redirect_url '/'
+    assert_redirected_to :controller => 'wiki', :action => 'show', :web => 'wiki1', :id => 'HomePage'
     assert @wiki.file_yard(@web).has_file?('instiki-e2e.txt')
     assert_equal(file, File.read("#{RAILS_ROOT}/storage/test/wiki1/instiki-e2e.txt"))