diff --git a/docs/services/caching.md b/docs/services/caching.md
index febebbd..295dc39 100644
--- a/docs/services/caching.md
+++ b/docs/services/caching.md
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ The kind names what was saved (a plugin picks it, for example `faq`, `menu`, `me
 
 `cooler.PurgeSiteCacheAfterCommit` registers the request on the save's transaction through `lagoon.AfterCommit`. It is sent only after the commit, so a page view between the purge and the commit cannot re-cache the old content, and a save that fails or is rolled back sends nothing. Outside a transaction it is sent at once.
 
-A purge never fails a save. The request is bounded by `cooler.SiteCachePurgeTimeout` (2 s) and detached from the admin request's cancellation; an unreachable site, an error status or a timeout is logged as one `cooler: site cache purge failed` warning and the save answers as usual.
+A purge never fails a save. The request is bounded by `cooler.SiteCachePurgeTimeout` (2 s) and detached from the admin request's cancellation; an unreachable site, an error status or a timeout is logged as one `cooler: site cache purge failed` warning and the save answers as usual. Redirects are not followed: a 3xx answer is logged as a failed purge with its status, so the bearer token never goes to another URL and the POST never turns into a GET. Point `site_cache.purge_url` at the final URL.
 
 ### Purging from a plugin
 
diff --git a/modules/cooler/README.md b/modules/cooler/README.md
index b4f2413..5361a39 100644
--- a/modules/cooler/README.md
+++ b/modules/cooler/README.md
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ func AllowExport(ctx context.Context, app *backpack.App, fallback cooler.Attempt
 | `cooler.SiteCachePurger` | Sends the site-cache purge request; a nil purger does nothing. |
 | `cooler.NewSiteCachePurger` | Builds the purger from the values of `site_cache.purge_url` and `site_cache.purge_token`; both empty returns nil; errors name those keys and never the token. |
 | `cooler.NewSiteCachePurgerFor` | The same with the config keys its errors name passed in, for a plugin that reads deprecated keys of its own. |
-| `cooler.SiteCachePurger.Purge` | Sends one purge request (2 s timeout, detached from cancellation) and logs the outcome; never fails. |
+| `cooler.SiteCachePurger.Purge` | Sends one purge request (2 s timeout, detached from cancellation, redirects not followed) and logs the outcome; never fails. |
 | `cooler.SiteCachePurger.Endpoint` | The purge URL's host and path, for log lines. |
 | `cooler.PurgeSiteCacheAfterCommit` | Registers one purge to run after the given transaction commits (at once outside a transaction). |
 | `cooler.SiteCacheFromApp` | Returns the published purger, or builds it from the framework keys and publishes it; nil when unset or invalid. |
diff --git a/modules/cooler/sitecache.go b/modules/cooler/sitecache.go
index 28d794b..517458f 100644
--- a/modules/cooler/sitecache.go
+++ b/modules/cooler/sitecache.go
@@ -90,9 +90,14 @@ func NewSiteCachePurgerFor(urlKey, tokenKey, purgeURL, token string) (*SiteCache
 	if len(token) < SiteCachePurgeMinTokenLength {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s must hold at least %d characters", tokenKey, SiteCachePurgeMinTokenLength)
 	}
-	return &SiteCachePurger{url: u.String(), endpoint: u.Host + u.Path, token: token, client: &http.Client{}}, nil
+	return &SiteCachePurger{url: u.String(), endpoint: u.Host + u.Path, token: token, client: &http.Client{CheckRedirect: noRedirect}}, nil
 }
 
+// noRedirect keeps the purge client on the configured URL: a 3xx answer is
+// returned as is (and logged as a failed purge with its status), so the
+// bearer token never follows a Location and the POST never becomes a GET.
+func noRedirect(*http.Request, []*http.Request) error { return http.ErrUseLastResponse }
+
 // Endpoint returns the purge URL's host and path, without the scheme, user
 // info or query, for log lines.
 func (p *SiteCachePurger) Endpoint() string {
@@ -118,8 +123,9 @@ type siteCachePurgeBody struct {
 // Purge sends the purge request for one saved entity: a POST of
 // {"kind":kind,"slug":slug} with the bearer token, bounded by
 // SiteCachePurgeTimeout and detached from ctx's cancellation. It logs the
-// outcome and returns nothing: a purge never fails a save. The token is
-// never logged.
+// outcome and returns nothing: a purge never fails a save. A redirect is
+// never followed; a 3xx answer is logged as a failed purge with its status.
+// The token is never logged.
 func (p *SiteCachePurger) Purge(ctx context.Context, kind, slug string) {
 	if p == nil {
 		return
diff --git a/modules/cooler/sitecache_test.go b/modules/cooler/sitecache_test.go
index b1de2b3..ce94928 100644
--- a/modules/cooler/sitecache_test.go
+++ b/modules/cooler/sitecache_test.go
@@ -639,3 +639,24 @@ func TestSiteCacheFromApp(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("SiteCacheFromApp rebuilt a published purger")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestSiteCachePurgeNoRedirect(t *testing.T) {
+	logs := captureLogs(t)
+	target, targetHits := purgeReceiver(t, func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) { _, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"purged":1}`)) })
+	srv, hits := purgeReceiver(t, func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+		w.Header().Set("Location", target.URL+"/api/__site__/cache/purge")
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusTemporaryRedirect)
+	})
+	newTestPurger(t, srv).Purge(context.Background(), "post", "moved")
+	if len(hits()) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("%d requests to the purge URL, want 1", len(hits()))
+	}
+	if got := targetHits(); len(got) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("the redirect target received %d requests: %#v", len(got), got)
+	}
+	lines := logs.lines()
+	if len(lines) != 1 || !strings.Contains(lines[0], "level=WARN") || !strings.Contains(lines[0], `msg="cooler: site cache purge failed"`) || !strings.Contains(lines[0], "status=307") {
+		t.Fatalf("log = %q, want one failed purge with status=307", lines)
+	}
+	assertNoToken(t, logs)
+}