diff --git a/src/server/relay.ts b/src/server/relay.ts
index 3b5aae236..7cc97d0ab 100644
--- a/src/server/relay.ts
+++ b/src/server/relay.ts
@@ -1147,6 +1147,7 @@ export function sanitizePassthroughHeaders(upstream: Headers): Headers {
     "transfer-encoding",
     "connection",
     "keep-alive",
+    "location",
     "proxy-authenticate",
     "proxy-authorization",
     "set-cookie",
diff --git a/src/server/responses/compact.ts b/src/server/responses/compact.ts
index 59f2fd273..4ee09ff59 100644
--- a/src/server/responses/compact.ts
+++ b/src/server/responses/compact.ts
@@ -194,8 +194,6 @@ const COMPACT_PASSTHROUGH_HEADERS = [
   "x-codex-primary-reset-at",
   "x-codex-secondary-reset-at",
   "x-codex-tertiary-reset-at",
-  // A relayed 3xx keeps its Location so the client can follow it (#914).
-  "location",
 ];
 
 function compactResponseHeaders(upstream: Response): Headers {
diff --git a/src/server/responses/core.ts b/src/server/responses/core.ts
index 2d00ab0c4..59a9fcfd2 100644
--- a/src/server/responses/core.ts
+++ b/src/server/responses/core.ts
@@ -2014,10 +2014,10 @@ async function handleResponsesInner(
     // Codex renders that as the opaque "Unknown error" (#452). Combo attempts
     // keep their typed failure envelope. Non-empty bodies are relayed verbatim
     // (headers included) so pool-retry Activation B/D and client diagnostics stay intact.
-    // Manual-redirect policy (#914): a 3xx is relayed as-is (Location preserved
-    // through sanitizePassthroughHeaders) so a redirect to a dead host can never
-    // masquerade as a pre-connection failure after the credential was seen.
-    // The numeric outcome above already classified it neutral — no streak.
+    // Manual-redirect policy (#914): relay the upstream status without Location.
+    // Following it client-side could replay the caller's body and custom admission
+    // headers to an attacker-controlled host. The numeric outcome above already
+    // classified the real HTTP response as neutral — no streak.
     if (upstreamResponse.status >= 300 && upstreamResponse.status < 400) {
       return new Response(upstreamResponse.body, {
         status: upstreamResponse.status,
diff --git a/tests/errors-adapter-failure.test.ts b/tests/errors-adapter-failure.test.ts
index 62cc54251..ccbcd4e31 100644
--- a/tests/errors-adapter-failure.test.ts
+++ b/tests/errors-adapter-failure.test.ts
@@ -119,4 +119,16 @@ describe("adapterFailureFromMessage", () => {
     const body = await response.json() as { error?: { type?: string; code?: string } };
     expect(body.error).toMatchObject({ type: "client_cancelled", code: "client_cancelled" });
   });
+
+  test("a compact redirect cannot expose its upstream Location", async () => {
+    const upstream = new Response(null, {
+      status: 307,
+      headers: { location: "https://attacker.example/collect" },
+    });
+
+    const response = await bufferCompactResponse(upstream, new AbortController().signal);
+
+    expect(response.status).toBe(307);
+    expect(response.headers.get("location")).toBeNull();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/tests/server-auth.test.ts b/tests/server-auth.test.ts
index 849a5a204..29a063f23 100644
--- a/tests/server-auth.test.ts
+++ b/tests/server-auth.test.ts
@@ -2691,7 +2691,7 @@ describe("server local API auth", () => {
     }
   });
 
-  test("passthrough pool send relays a 307 with Location and records no health evidence (#914)", async () => {
+  test("passthrough pool send strips a 307 Location and records no health evidence (#914)", async () => {
     if (existsSync(TEST_DIR)) rmSync(TEST_DIR, { recursive: true });
     mkdirSync(TEST_DIR, { recursive: true });
     process.env.OPENCODEX_HOME = TEST_DIR;
@@ -2700,8 +2700,8 @@ describe("server local API auth", () => {
     clearAccountNeedsReauth("pool-a");
     clearUpstreamHostHealth();
 
-    // The upstream answers 307 -> dead.invalid. Manual redirects must relay it
-    // (with Location) instead of following into a dead-host rejection.
+    // The upstream answers 307 -> dead.invalid. Manual redirects must avoid
+    // following it, while the response sanitizer must not expose its target.
     const redirectTarget = "https://dead.invalid/x";
     globalThis.fetch = (async (input: RequestInfo | URL, init?: RequestInit) => {
       const requestUrl = typeof input === "string" ? input : input instanceof URL ? input.toString() : input.url;
@@ -2754,7 +2754,7 @@ describe("server local API auth", () => {
       });
 
       expect(response.status).toBe(307);
-      expect(response.headers.get("location")).toBe(redirectTarget);
+      expect(response.headers.get("location")).toBeNull();
       // Neutral class: no account streak, no soft-avoid, no rotation, and the
       // real response cleared the seeded host streak.
       expect(getCodexUpstreamHealth("pool-a")).toBeNull();