From 321b06d873abd987441bb5d0b340da06207dde71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter White <peter@gitbook.io>
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2026 12:14:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: keep permanent redirects temporary in site previews and
 for draft redirects

---
 packages/gitbook/src/components/SitePage/fetch.ts | 2 ++
 packages/gitbook/src/lib/context.ts               | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/gitbook/src/components/SitePage/fetch.ts b/packages/gitbook/src/components/SitePage/fetch.ts
index 484b90b2f..498f2f99c 100644
--- a/packages/gitbook/src/components/SitePage/fetch.ts
+++ b/packages/gitbook/src/components/SitePage/fetch.ts
@@ -93,10 +93,12 @@ async function resolvePage(context: GitBookSiteContext, params: PagePathParams |
                 const isPublicLiveContext =
                     !shareKey &&
                     !context.changeRequest &&
+                    !context.preview &&
                     context.revisionId === context.space.revision &&
                     !context.isLoggedInVisitor;
                 if (
                     resolvedSiteRedirect.redirect &&
+                    !resolvedSiteRedirect.redirect.draft &&
                     'permanent' in resolvedSiteRedirect.redirect &&
                     resolvedSiteRedirect.redirect.permanent === true &&
                     isPublicLiveContext
diff --git a/packages/gitbook/src/lib/context.ts b/packages/gitbook/src/lib/context.ts
index 20a1917db..16dec245b 100644
--- a/packages/gitbook/src/lib/context.ts
+++ b/packages/gitbook/src/lib/context.ts
@@ -201,6 +201,9 @@ export type GitBookSiteContext = GitBookSpaceContext & {
     /** Whether the request included a visitor token. */
     isLoggedInVisitor: boolean;
 
+    /** Whether the site is rendered from a preview URL. */
+    preview: boolean;
+
     /** Whether to display agent instructions in the markdown output. Defaults to true when undefined. */
     displayAgentInstructions?: boolean;
 
@@ -287,6 +290,7 @@ export async function fetchSiteContextByURLLookup(
         isFallback: data.isFallback ?? false,
         noIndexSearch: data.noIndexSearch ?? false,
         isLoggedInVisitor: data.isLoggedInVisitor ?? false,
+        preview: data.preview ?? false,
         displayAgentInstructions: data.displayAgentInstructions,
         isAiAgent: data.isAiAgent,
     });
@@ -310,6 +314,7 @@ export async function fetchSiteContextByIds(
         isFallback: boolean;
         noIndexSearch: boolean;
         isLoggedInVisitor: boolean;
+        preview: boolean;
         displayAgentInstructions?: boolean;
         isAiAgent?: boolean;
     }
@@ -439,6 +444,7 @@ export async function fetchSiteContextByIds(
         isFallback: ids.isFallback,
         noIndexSearch: ids.noIndexSearch,
         isLoggedInVisitor: ids.isLoggedInVisitor,
+        preview: ids.preview,
         displayAgentInstructions: ids.displayAgentInstructions,
         isAiAgent: ids.isAiAgent,
     };