diff --git a/batch_test.go b/batch_test.go
index a48df0f..d5c8400 100644
--- a/batch_test.go
+++ b/batch_test.go
@@ -126,6 +126,12 @@ func TestBatch(t *testing.T) {
 	if after := env.snapshot(t); after != before {
 		t.Fatalf("a refused batch wrote:\n%s", after)
 	}
+	coerced := env.mcp(t, http.MethodPost, "/_seo/api/v1/batch", agent, map[string]any{"changes": []any{
+		map[string]any{"op": "create_redirect", "redirect": map[string]any{"source": "/s307", "target": "/pages/a", "status": 307}},
+	}})
+	if coerced.Code != http.StatusUnprocessableEntity || !strings.Contains(coerced.Body.String(), `"status"`) {
+		t.Fatalf("batch with status 307 = %d %s, want 422 on status", coerced.Code, coerced.Body.String())
+	}
 	if rec := env.mcp(t, http.MethodPost, "/_seo/api/v1/batch", agent, map[string]any{"changes": []any{map[string]any{"op": "explode"}}}); rec.Code != http.StatusUnprocessableEntity {
 		t.Fatalf("unknown op = %d, want 422", rec.Code)
 	}
diff --git a/classes/batch.go b/classes/batch.go
index dc3b995..478847a 100644
--- a/classes/batch.go
+++ b/classes/batch.go
@@ -49,6 +49,36 @@ type RedirectFields struct {
 	Note          *string `json:"note,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// Problems refuses a status, match or query option outside the allowed
+// values (WR-17), so a caller learns its request was not taken rather than
+// getting a default in its place; an empty match or query is the default.
+func (f RedirectFields) Problems() map[string][]models.Problem {
+	out := map[string][]models.Problem{}
+	invalid := []models.Problem{{Key: "golem15.seo::lang.api.value_invalid"}}
+	if f.Status != nil {
+		switch models.RedirectStatus(*f.Status) {
+		case models.Status301, models.Status302, models.Status410:
+		default:
+			out["status"] = invalid
+		}
+	}
+	if f.Match != nil {
+		switch strings.TrimSpace(*f.Match) {
+		case "", models.RedirectExact, models.RedirectPattern, models.RedirectRegex:
+		default:
+			out["match"] = invalid
+		}
+	}
+	if f.Query != nil {
+		switch strings.TrimSpace(*f.Query) {
+		case "", models.QueryIgnore, models.QueryPass:
+		default:
+			out["query"] = invalid
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
 // Apply writes the fields that are set onto r.
 func (f RedirectFields) Apply(r *models.Redirect) {
 	if f.Source != nil {
@@ -380,6 +410,9 @@ func (s *Service) applyChange(ctx context.Context, tx *gorm.DB, index int, ch Ba
 			}
 		}
 		if ch.Redirect != nil {
+			if problems := ch.Redirect.Problems(); len(problems) > 0 {
+				return &ProblemsError{Problems: problems}
+			}
 			ch.Redirect.Apply(&r)
 		}
 		check, err := s.SaveRedirect(ctx, tx, &r)
diff --git a/classes/transfer.go b/classes/transfer.go
index 3fa61d3..91232fd 100644
--- a/classes/transfer.go
+++ b/classes/transfer.go
@@ -422,6 +422,16 @@ func (s *Service) planRedirect(ctx context.Context, tx *gorm.DB, row CSVRow) (pl
 			f.TrailingSlash = &b
 		}
 	}
+	if problems := f.Problems(); len(problems) > 0 {
+		p.status = "refused"
+		for _, column := range []string{"status", "match", "query"} {
+			if _, bad := problems[column]; bad {
+				v, _ := cell(row, column)
+				p.notes = append(p.notes, s.PhraseCtx(ctx, "golem15.seo::lang.transfer.row_invalid", map[string]string{"field": column, "message": v}))
+			}
+		}
+		return p, nil, nil
+	}
 	var rows []models.Redirect
 	if err := tx.Where("source = ? AND match = ?", strings.TrimSpace(source), strings.TrimSpace(match)).Limit(1).Find(&rows).Error; err != nil {
 		return p, nil, err
diff --git a/controllers/api/redirects.go b/controllers/api/redirects.go
index 460f5f7..be96df2 100644
--- a/controllers/api/redirects.go
+++ b/controllers/api/redirects.go
@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@ func CreateRedirect(service func() *classes.Service) http.HandlerFunc {
 		if err := decode(r, maxBody, &body); err != nil {
 			return 0, nil, err
 		}
+		if problems := body.Problems(); len(problems) > 0 {
+			return 0, nil, &classes.ProblemsError{Problems: problems}
+		}
 		row := models.NewRedirect()
 		row.Origin = classes.RedirectOrigin(ctx)
 		body.Apply(&row)
@@ -165,6 +168,9 @@ func UpdateRedirect(service func() *classes.Service) http.HandlerFunc {
 		if err := decode(r, maxBody, &body); err != nil {
 			return 0, nil, err
 		}
+		if problems := body.Problems(); len(problems) > 0 {
+			return 0, nil, &classes.ProblemsError{Problems: problems}
+		}
 		var row models.Redirect
 		var check classes.RedirectCheck
 		err = write(ctx, svc, func(ctx context.Context, tx *gorm.DB) error {
diff --git a/mcp_test.go b/mcp_test.go
index e4bc9af..b78798b 100644
--- a/mcp_test.go
+++ b/mcp_test.go
@@ -281,6 +281,15 @@ func TestManagementAPI(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("deleted rule = %d, want 404", rec.Code)
 	}
 
+	// A status, match or query outside the allowed values is refused, not
+	// replaced by the default (WR-17).
+	for field, value := range map[string]any{"status": 308, "match": "Regex", "query": "keep"} {
+		rec := env.mcp(t, http.MethodPost, "/_seo/api/v1/redirects", agent, map[string]any{"source": "/coerced", "target": "/y", field: value})
+		if rec.Code != http.StatusUnprocessableEntity || !strings.Contains(rec.Body.String(), `"`+field+`"`) {
+			t.Fatalf("create_redirect %s=%v = %d %s, want 422 on %s", field, value, rec.Code, rec.Body.String(), field)
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Redirects: a chain is saved with a warning, a loop refused.
 	first := env.mcpExpect(t, http.StatusCreated, http.MethodPost, "/_seo/api/v1/redirects", agent, map[string]any{"source": "/x", "target": "/y"})
 	if d, _ := first["data"].(map[string]any); d["origin"] != "mcp" || d["status"] != float64(301) {
diff --git a/transfer_test.go b/transfer_test.go
index 2fea39c..fbbcb4f 100644
--- a/transfer_test.go
+++ b/transfer_test.go
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ func TestCSVTransfer(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Refusals of the file as a whole.
+	odd := env.mcpExpect(t, http.StatusOK, http.MethodPost, "/_seo/api/v1/import", agent, map[string]any{"dataset": "redirects", "csv": "source;match;target;query\n/g1;glob;/x;ignore\n/g2;exact;/x;keep\n", "delimiter": ";", "dry_run": true})
+	if s := summary(t, odd); s["refused"] != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("import with an unknown match and query = %v, want 2 refused rows (WR-17)", odd)
+	}
 	rec := env.mcp(t, http.MethodPost, "/_seo/api/v1/import", agent, map[string]any{"dataset": "redirects", "csv": "target;status\n/x;301\n", "delimiter": ";", "dry_run": true})
 	if rec.Code != http.StatusUnprocessableEntity || !strings.Contains(rec.Body.String(), `"error":"missing_column"`) || !strings.Contains(rec.Body.String(), "source") {
 		t.Fatalf("missing column = %d %s", rec.Code, rec.Body.String())