diff --git a/src/Wiki.Application/Reading/ArticleQueries.cs b/src/Wiki.Application/Reading/ArticleQueries.cs
index b76ba85..23e32eb 100644
--- a/src/Wiki.Application/Reading/ArticleQueries.cs
+++ b/src/Wiki.Application/Reading/ArticleQueries.cs
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ namespace Wiki.Application.Reading;
 /// <summary>
 /// Read side of the house encyclopedia, straight from the catalog. An article file that does not parse
 /// counts as missing. Anonymous visibility is per subject: both language files must exist and be public.
-/// Redirects come from <c>articles/_plan.json</c> at the catalog's commit.
+/// Redirects come from <c>articles/_plan.json</c> at the catalog's commit; anonymous readers get only those whose
+/// retired article was public when it was folded.
 /// </summary>
 public sealed class ArticleQueries(IDocumentCatalog catalog, INoteStore store, ILogger<ArticleQueries> log)
 {
@@ -19,38 +20,50 @@ public sealed class ArticleQueries(IDocumentCatalog catalog, INoteStore store, I
 
     private static readonly IReadOnlyDictionary<string, string> NoRedirects = new Dictionary<string, string>();
 
-    private sealed record Cached(string Commit, IReadOnlyDictionary<string, string> Redirects);
+    private sealed record Cached(string Commit, IReadOnlyDictionary<string, string> All, IReadOnlyDictionary<string, string> Public);
 
     private volatile Cached? _redirects;
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Retired slug → slug that took over; empty when the plan is missing, unreadable or the store fails.
-    /// Cached per commit, a failure too (no store request per page view until the commit changes).
+    /// Retired slug → slug that took over; anonymous (<paramref name="signedIn"/> false): only redirects whose retired article was
+    /// public when it was folded, so a chain through a non-public retired slug ends there. Empty when the plan is missing,
+    /// unreadable or the store fails. Cached per commit, a failure too (no store request per page view until the commit changes).
     /// </summary>
-    public async Task<IReadOnlyDictionary<string, string>> RedirectsAsync(CancellationToken ct)
+    public async Task<IReadOnlyDictionary<string, string>> RedirectsAsync(bool signedIn, CancellationToken ct)
     {
         var commit = (await catalog.GetStateAsync(ct)).Commit;
         if (commit is null) return NoRedirects;
-        if (_redirects is { } cached && cached.Commit == commit) return cached.Redirects;
-        IReadOnlyDictionary<string, string> redirects;
+        if (_redirects is not { } cached || cached.Commit != commit)
+        {
+            cached = await LoadAsync(commit, ct);
+            _redirects = cached;
+        }
+        return signedIn ? cached.All : cached.Public;
+    }
+
+    private async Task<Cached> LoadAsync(string commit, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
         try
         {
             var text = await store.ReadTextAsync(PlanPath, commit, ct);
-            redirects = (text is null ? null : ArticlePlanJson.Read(text.Text))?.Redirects ?? NoRedirects;
+            if (text is not null && ArticlePlanJson.Read(text.Text) is { } plan)
+                return new Cached(commit, plan.Redirects,
+                    plan.Redirects.Where(r => plan.PublicRedirects.Contains(r.Key)).ToDictionary(StringComparer.Ordinal));
         }
         catch (Exception e) when (e is not OperationCanceledException)
         {
             log.LogWarning(e, "Cannot read {Path} at {Commit}; serving without redirects", PlanPath, commit);
-            redirects = NoRedirects;
         }
-        _redirects = new Cached(commit, redirects);
-        return redirects;
+        return new Cached(commit, NoRedirects, NoRedirects);
     }
 
-    /// <summary>The article slug <paramref name="slug"/> stands for (itself when it is an article), following redirects; null when none, cyclic or too long a chain.</summary>
-    public async Task<string?> ResolveAsync(string slug, CancellationToken ct)
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The article slug <paramref name="slug"/> stands for (itself when it is an article), following the redirects
+    /// <see cref="RedirectsAsync"/> gives this reader; null when none, cyclic or too long a chain.
+    /// </summary>
+    public async Task<string?> ResolveAsync(string slug, bool signedIn, CancellationToken ct)
     {
-        var redirects = await RedirectsAsync(ct);
+        var redirects = await RedirectsAsync(signedIn, ct);
         var slugs = (await AllAsync(ct)).Select(a => a.Slug).ToHashSet(StringComparer.Ordinal);
         return ArticlePlan.ResolveRedirect(slug, redirects, slugs.Contains);
     }
diff --git a/src/Wiki.Host/Components/Pages/HouseArticle.razor b/src/Wiki.Host/Components/Pages/HouseArticle.razor
index 59bd502..3ef688a 100644
--- a/src/Wiki.Host/Components/Pages/HouseArticle.razor
+++ b/src/Wiki.Host/Components/Pages/HouseArticle.razor
@@ -95,18 +95,21 @@ else if (_article is not null && _rendered is not null)
             return;
         }
         var titles = await Articles.VisibleTitlesAsync(Lang, _signedIn, ct);
-        var redirects = await Articles.RedirectsAsync(ct);
+        var redirects = await Articles.RedirectsAsync(_signedIn, ct);
         _article = article;
         _rendered = ArticleMarkdown.Render(article.Body, Lang, Slug, _signedIn, titles, redirects, Log);
         _infobox = WithTitleBar(_rendered.InfoboxHtml, article.Title);
         _otherExists = await Articles.GetAsync(Other, Slug, ct) is not null;
     }
 
-    /// <summary>The slug a retired <see cref="Slug"/> resolves to when that article exists in <see cref="Lang"/> and this reader may see it; else null.</summary>
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The slug a retired <see cref="Slug"/> resolves to when that article exists in <see cref="Lang"/> and this reader may see it;
+    /// else null. Anonymous readers follow only redirects whose every hop was public when folded.
+    /// </summary>
     private async Task<string?> RedirectTargetAsync(CancellationToken ct)
     {
-        if (!(await Articles.RedirectsAsync(ct)).ContainsKey(Slug)) return null;
-        var target = await Articles.ResolveAsync(Slug, ct);
+        if (!(await Articles.RedirectsAsync(_signedIn, ct)).ContainsKey(Slug)) return null;
+        var target = await Articles.ResolveAsync(Slug, _signedIn, ct);
         if (target is null || target == Slug || !HouseEndpoints.IsSlug(target) || await Articles.GetAsync(Lang, target, ct) is null) return null;
         return !_signedIn && await Articles.IsPrivateAsync(target, ct) ? null : target;
     }
diff --git a/test/Wiki.Host.Tests/HouseTests.cs b/test/Wiki.Host.Tests/HouseTests.cs
index 12996b4..9ef63fa 100644
--- a/test/Wiki.Host.Tests/HouseTests.cs
+++ b/test/Wiki.Host.Tests/HouseTests.cs
@@ -49,7 +49,10 @@ public class HouseTests(WikiHostFactory factory) : IClassFixture<WikiHostFactory
             {"articles":[],"assignments":{},"redirects":{
               "old-switch":"schalter","old-net":"network-internals","chain-a":"chain-b","chain-b":"schalter",
               "loop-a":"loop-b","loop-b":"loop-a","old-gone":"deleted-article","old-nur-de":"nur-de",
-              "hop-1":"hop-2","hop-2":"hop-3","hop-3":"hop-4","hop-4":"hop-5","hop-5":"hop-6","hop-6":"schalter"}}
+              "hop-1":"hop-2","hop-2":"hop-3","hop-3":"hop-4","hop-4":"hop-5","hop-5":"hop-6","hop-6":"schalter",
+              "secret-switch":"schalter","mixed-a":"mixed-b","mixed-b":"schalter"},
+             "publicRedirects":["old-switch","old-net","chain-a","chain-b","loop-a","loop-b","old-gone","old-nur-de",
+              "hop-1","hop-2","hop-3","hop-4","hop-5","hop-6","mixed-a"]}
             """;
         factory.Store.Files["articles/de/nur-de.md"] = ArticleText("de", "nur-de", "Nur Deutsch", "public", "Text.");
         factory.Store.Binaries["raw/taster.png"] = TasterPng;
@@ -198,6 +201,37 @@ public class HouseTests(WikiHostFactory factory) : IClassFixture<WikiHostFactory
         Assert.Equal("/house/de/schalter", page.Headers.Location!.ToString());
     }
 
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("secret-switch")]
+    [InlineData("mixed-a")]
+    public async Task Redirect_FromNonPublicRetiredSlug_Anonymous_Is404_LikeMissing(string old)
+    {
+        await SeedAsync();
+
+        var page = await Browser().GetAsync($"/house/de/{old}");
+        var missing = await Browser().GetAsync("/house/de/does-not-exist");
+
+        Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.NotFound, page.StatusCode);
+        Assert.Null(page.Headers.Location);
+        Assert.Equal(WithoutComponentState(await Html(missing)).Replace("does-not-exist", "{slug}", StringComparison.Ordinal),
+            WithoutComponentState(await Html(page)).Replace(old, "{slug}", StringComparison.Ordinal));
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("secret-switch")]
+    [InlineData("mixed-a")]
+    [InlineData("old-switch")]
+    public async Task Redirect_PublicOrNot_SignedIn_Is301(string old)
+    {
+        await SeedAsync();
+        var browser = await SignedInAsync();
+
+        var page = await browser.GetAsync($"/house/de/{old}");
+
+        Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.MovedPermanently, page.StatusCode);
+        Assert.Equal("/house/de/schalter", page.Headers.Location!.ToString());
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public async Task Redirect_Chain_Followed()
     {