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Expand Up @@ -70,6 +70,14 @@ as the value to the current URL:

http://example.com/somewhere?_switch_user=thomas

.. tip::

You can leverage the Twig function ``impersonation_path('thomas')``

.. versionadded:: 6.4

The ``impersonation_path()`` function was introduced in Symfony 6.4.

.. tip::

Instead of adding a ``_switch_user`` query string parameter, you can pass
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http://example.com/somewhere?_switch_user=_exit

.. tip::

You can leverage the Twig function ``impersonation_exit_path('/somewhere')``

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lets add the versionadded here too?

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not sure, as far as I know and can find on GitHub, impersonation_exit_path was added in v5

This feature is only available to users with a special role called ``ROLE_ALLOWED_TO_SWITCH``.
Using :ref:`role_hierarchy <security-role-hierarchy>` is a great way to give this
role to the users that need it.
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