Content is viewed > Page redirect node load? [#1880510]

With an Event of 'Content is viewed,' then a Action of 'Page Redirect,' is there a node load happening? Does this load the node, then redirect?

Using field_redirection.module:
Have a field in node that determines where to redirect externally > Visit That nodes alias > Get directed to external url > An activity message DOES get posted to users profile saying they visited a node.

Using Rules to redirect:
Plain text field in node with url redirect > Make a rule if Content is viewed, then redirect to the url in the field > Visit That nodes alias > Get directed to external url > An activity message DOES NOT get posted to users profile saying they visited a node.

So is my assumption that Rules actually loads the mode, then redirects, where as field_redirection doesnt, correct?

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tsikerdekis CreditAttribution: tsikerdekis as a volunteer commented 24 July 2015 at 15:24

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I can answer for the content is viewed->page redirect rules scenario that it works and the actual content of the original page is never viewed. I am restricting access to certain pages for security reasons using this method. When I have network tab from chrome's inspector's I can see the original URL request but the response is just the headers and a 302 status. In other words there isn't even a tag returned from the server and you are immediately redirected to the other URL.