@RequireHttps not switching to https when setting response page to non-bookmarkable page

When navigating to a @RequireHttps annotated page using setResponsePage(new HttpsAnnotatedPage()); the redirection to https does not occur, see mailing list for full description:
http://old.nabble.com/%40RequireHttps---forms-misbehaving-ts26845496.html
Using "setRedirect(true);" does not seem to have any effect.