Was the config file created properly ?

config_inc.php looks OK.
I am able to use the installation without problems.
It's just the redirect that goes wrong.

The installer page is opened in upgrade mode after clicking the link.
database_version in config_table is 189

I found out that the behavior is caused by the way I started the installation using one of my bookmarks in browser.
I installed by starting page http://localhost/mantisbt/master/login_page.php instead of starting page http://localhost/mantisbt/master/admin/install.php
IIRC this worked in older versions and should work also in 1.3 or should at least not show this confusing behavior.
Maybe related to 0014486

Starting the installation using http://localhost/mantisbt/master/admin/install.php works, but the new workflow is more complicated than in 1.2

This is the current workflow in 1.3 which is even more complicated if I don't enter a value for crypto_master_salt
1) Start http://localhost/mantisbt/master/admin/install.php and enter needed values
2) Click link to create a project
3) Get redirected to login page
4) Login as administrator/root
5) Get redirected to account page
6) Change password
7) Get automatically logged out and redirected to login page
8) Log in as administrator with new password
9) Finally get redirected to project create page

Enforcing a value for the administrator password in installation dialog 0010968 would simplify the installation process for users and simplify the code.

I was able to reproduce this behavior, and after investigation I believe it is caused by the browser caching the redirection header. I was able to fix the problem by adding a 'no-cache' header.

2013-10-23 00:01 atrol Fixed in Version 1.3.0dev => 1.3.x

Beat me to it ;-)
You shouldn't have to do this in the future, I think I fixed the behavior of the source plugin, see my post to the mailing list.

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