The redirect API might be somehow error-prone and opaque: is there an alternative?

[syenchuk]

Magic methods like redirect() are confusing and unpredictable, and easily lead to programming errors.

redirect() cannot be used in a try / catch block, unless adding specific boilerplate code to handle the issue (by using the undocumented isRedirectError function).

There is NextResponse.redirect but it doesn't work in server-side components (only in routes and middlewares).

The painpoint seems to be similar to how cookies() work: you cannot always use cookies() to write cookies, depending on some conditions.

Is there a discussion going on about how to address these issues?