diff --git a/app/controllers/refusal_advice_controller.rb b/app/controllers/refusal_advice_controller.rb
index 0d28b2333c..b882045b56 100644
--- a/app/controllers/refusal_advice_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/refusal_advice_controller.rb
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def help_page_redirect
 
   def external_redirect
     external = action.target[:external]
-    redirect_to external if external
+    redirect_to(external, allow_other_host: true) if external
   end
 
   def action
diff --git a/config/initializers/new_framework_defaults_7_0.rb b/config/initializers/new_framework_defaults_7_0.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a0cb0276c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/new_framework_defaults_7_0.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+# Be sure to restart your server when you modify this file.
+#
+# This file eases your Rails 7.0 framework defaults upgrade.
+#
+# Uncomment each configuration one by one to switch to the new default.
+# Once your application is ready to run with all new defaults, you can remove
+# this file and set the `config.load_defaults` to `7.0`.
+#
+# Read the Guide for Upgrading Ruby on Rails for more info on each option.
+# https://guides.rubyonrails.org/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.html
+
+# `button_to` view helper will render `<button>` element, regardless of whether
+# or not the content is passed as the first argument or as a block.
+# Rails.application.config.action_view.button_to_generates_button_tag = true
+
+# `stylesheet_link_tag` view helper will not render the media attribute by default.
+# Rails.application.config.action_view.apply_stylesheet_media_default = false
+
+# Change the digest class for the key generators to `OpenSSL::Digest::SHA256`.
+# Changing this default means invalidate all encrypted messages generated by
+# your application and, all the encrypted cookies. Only change this after you
+# rotated all the messages using the key rotator.
+#
+# See upgrading guide for more information on how to build a rotator.
+# https://guides.rubyonrails.org/v7.0/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.html
+# Rails.application.config.active_support.key_generator_hash_digest_class = OpenSSL::Digest::SHA256
+
+# Change the digest class for ActiveSupport::Digest.
+# Changing this default means that for example Etags change and
+# various cache keys leading to cache invalidation.
+# Rails.application.config.active_support.hash_digest_class = OpenSSL::Digest::SHA256
+
+# Don't override ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone.name and use the default Ruby
+# implementation.
+# Rails.application.config.active_support.remove_deprecated_time_with_zone_name = true
+
+# Calls `Rails.application.executor.wrap` around test cases.
+# This makes test cases behave closer to an actual request or job.
+# Several features that are normally disabled in test, such as Active Record query cache
+# and asynchronous queries will then be enabled.
+# Rails.application.config.active_support.executor_around_test_case = true
+
+# Set both the `:open_timeout` and `:read_timeout` values for `:smtp` delivery method.
+# Rails.application.config.action_mailer.smtp_timeout = 5
+
+# The ActiveStorage video previewer will now use scene change detection to generate
+# better preview images (rather than the previous default of using the first frame
+# of the video).
+# Rails.application.config.active_storage.video_preview_arguments =
+#   "-vf 'select=eq(n\\,0)+eq(key\\,1)+gt(scene\\,0.015),loop=loop=-1:size=2,trim=start_frame=1' -frames:v 1 -f image2"
+
+# Automatically infer `inverse_of` for associations with a scope.
+# Rails.application.config.active_record.automatic_scope_inversing = true
+
+# Raise when running tests if fixtures contained foreign key violations
+# Rails.application.config.active_record.verify_foreign_keys_for_fixtures = true
+
+# Disable partial inserts.
+# This default means that all columns will be referenced in INSERT queries
+# regardless of whether they have a default or not.
+# Rails.application.config.active_record.partial_inserts = false
+
+# Protect from open redirect attacks in `redirect_back_or_to` and `redirect_to`.
+Rails.application.config.action_controller.raise_on_open_redirects = true
+
+# Change the variant processor for Active Storage.
+# Changing this default means updating all places in your code that
+# generate variants to use image processing macros and ruby-vips
+# operations. See the upgrading guide for detail on the changes required.
+# The `:mini_magick` option is not deprecated; it's fine to keep using it.
+# Rails.application.config.active_storage.variant_processor = :vips
+
+# Enable parameter wrapping for JSON.
+# Previously this was set in an initializer. It's fine to keep using that initializer if you've customized it.
+# To disable parameter wrapping entirely, set this config to `false`.
+# Rails.application.config.action_controller.wrap_parameters_by_default = true
+
+# Specifies whether generated namespaced UUIDs follow the RFC 4122 standard for namespace IDs provided as a
+# `String` to `Digest::UUID.uuid_v3` or `Digest::UUID.uuid_v5` method calls.
+#
+# See https://guides.rubyonrails.org/configuring.html#config-active-support-use-rfc4122-namespaced-uuids for
+# more information.
+# Rails.application.config.active_support.use_rfc4122_namespaced_uuids = true
+
+# Change the default headers to disable browsers' flawed legacy XSS protection.
+# Rails.application.config.action_dispatch.default_headers = {
+#   "X-Frame-Options" => "SAMEORIGIN",
+#   "X-XSS-Protection" => "0",
+#   "X-Content-Type-Options" => "nosniff",
+#   "X-Download-Options" => "noopen",
+#   "X-Permitted-Cross-Domain-Policies" => "none",
+#   "Referrer-Policy" => "strict-origin-when-cross-origin"
+# }
+
+
+# ** Please read carefully, this must be configured in config/application.rb **
+# Change the format of the cache entry.
+# Changing this default means that all new cache entries added to the cache
+# will have a different format that is not supported by Rails 6.1 applications.
+# Only change this value after your application is fully deployed to Rails 7.0
+# and you have no plans to rollback.
+# When you're ready to change format, add this to `config/application.rb` (NOT this file):
+#  config.active_support.cache_format_version = 7.0
+
+
+# Cookie serializer: 2 options
+#
+# If you're upgrading and haven't set `cookies_serializer` previously, your cookie serializer
+# is `:marshal`. The default for new apps is `:json`.
+#
+# Rails.application.config.action_dispatch.cookies_serializer = :json
+#
+#
+# To migrate an existing application to the `:json` serializer, use the `:hybrid` option.
+#
+# Rails transparently deserializes existing (Marshal-serialized) cookies on read and
+# re-writes them in the JSON format.
+#
+# It is fine to use `:hybrid` long term; you should do that until you're confident *all* your cookies
+# have been converted to JSON. To keep using `:hybrid` long term, move this config to its own
+# initializer or to `config/application.rb`.
+#
+# Rails.application.config.action_dispatch.cookies_serializer = :hybrid
+#
+#
+# If your cookies can't yet be serialized to JSON, keep using `:marshal` for backward-compatibility.
+#
+# If you have configured the serializer elsewhere, you can remove this section of the file.
+#
+# See https://guides.rubyonrails.org/action_controller_overview.html#cookies for more information.
+
+# Change the return value of `ActionDispatch::Request#content_type` to the Content-Type header without modification.
+# Rails.application.config.action_dispatch.return_only_request_media_type_on_content_type = false
+
+# Active Storage `has_many_attached` relationships will default to replacing the current collection instead of appending to it.
+# Thus, to support submitting an empty collection, the `file_field` helper will render an hidden field `include_hidden` by default when `multiple_file_field_include_hidden` is set to `true`.
+# See https://guides.rubyonrails.org/configuring.html#config-active-storage-multiple-file-field-include-hidden for more information.
+# Rails.application.config.active_storage.multiple_file_field_include_hidden = true
+
+# ** Please read carefully, this must be configured in config/application.rb (NOT this file) **
+# Disables the deprecated #to_s override in some Ruby core classes
+# See https://guides.rubyonrails.org/configuring.html#config-active-support-disable-to-s-conversion for more information.
+# config.active_support.disable_to_s_conversion = true