diff --git a/apps/realtime/src/index.ts b/apps/realtime/src/index.ts
index 41dc396..6926545 100644
--- a/apps/realtime/src/index.ts
+++ b/apps/realtime/src/index.ts
@@ -533,10 +533,14 @@ io.on("connection", (socket) => {
 
       // Enqueue link unfurl job if the message contains a URL
       const rawUrlMatches =
-        parsed.content?.match(/https?:\/\/[^\s<>"]+/g) ?? null
-      const urlMatches = rawUrlMatches?.map((u) =>
-        u.replace(/[.,!?:;'")\]]+$/, "")
-      )
+        parsed.content?.match(/https?:\/\/[^\s<>"[\]]+/g) ?? null
+      const urlMatches = rawUrlMatches
+        ? [
+            ...new Set(
+              rawUrlMatches.map((u) => u.replace(/[.,!?:;'")\]]+$/, ""))
+            ),
+          ]
+        : null
       if (urlMatches && urlMatches.length > 0) {
         void linkUnfurlQueue
           .add("unfurl", {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/lib/editor-utils.ts b/apps/web/src/lib/editor-utils.ts
index fdfffdf..b8f1845 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/lib/editor-utils.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/lib/editor-utils.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ export function toStoredMarkdown(markdown: string) {
       // TipTap outputs either ++[url](url)++ or ++bareUrl++
       .replace(/\+\+\[([^\]]+)\]\([^)]+\)\+\+/g, "$1")
       .replace(/\+\+([\s\S]+?)\+\+/g, "$1")
+      // Strip bare markdown links where text matches href (autolinked URLs without ++ wrappers)
+      .replace(/\[([^\]]+)\]\(\1\)/g, "$1")
       .replace(TIPTAP_MARKDOWN_MENTION_REGEX, (_match, mentionId: string) => {
         if (mentionId.toLowerCase() === EVERYONE_MENTION_ID) {
           return "@everyone"
diff --git a/apps/worker/src/jobs/link-unfurl.ts b/apps/worker/src/jobs/link-unfurl.ts
index 182444c..2c49c6a 100644
--- a/apps/worker/src/jobs/link-unfurl.ts
+++ b/apps/worker/src/jobs/link-unfurl.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ import type { Job } from "bullmq"
 import ogs from "open-graph-scraper"
 import { logger } from "@/lib/logger"
 
-const OG_FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS = 5000
-const MAX_REDIRECTS = 5
+const OG_FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS = 5
 
 const PRIVATE_IP_REGEX =
   /^(127\.|10\.|172\.(1[6-9]|2\d|3[01])\.|192\.168\.|0\.|169\.254\.|::1|fc|fd|fe80)/i
@@ -77,54 +76,6 @@ function matchProxyRule(originalUrl: string) {
   return null
 }
 
-/** Follow redirects manually, validating each hop through isSafeUrl. */
-async function resolveRedirects(startUrl: string): Promise<string | null> {
-  let current = startUrl
-  for (let i = 0; i < MAX_REDIRECTS; i++) {
-    let res: Response
-    try {
-      res = await fetch(current, {
-        method: "HEAD",
-        headers: { "user-agent": "Townhall/1.0 OGBot" },
-        redirect: "manual",
-        signal: AbortSignal.timeout(OG_FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS),
-      })
-    } catch (err) {
-      logger.warn(
-        { err, startUrl, current },
-        "Redirect resolution fetch failed"
-      )
-      return null
-    }
-
-    if (res.status >= 300 && res.status < 400) {
-      const location = res.headers.get("location")
-      if (!location) return null
-      // Resolve relative Location headers against the current URL
-      let next: string
-      try {
-        next = new URL(location, current).toString()
-      } catch {
-        logger.warn({ location, current }, "Malformed redirect Location header")
-        return null
-      }
-      if (!(await isSafeUrl(next))) {
-        logger.warn(
-          { from: current, to: next },
-          "Redirect target failed safety check"
-        )
-        return null
-      }
-      current = next
-      continue
-    }
-
-    return current
-  }
-  logger.warn({ url: startUrl }, "Too many redirects")
-  return null
-}
-
 async function fetchOgEmbed(url: string): Promise<Embed | null> {
   const proxy = matchProxyRule(url)
   const fetchUrl = proxy?.fetchUrl ?? url
@@ -134,26 +85,29 @@ async function fetchOgEmbed(url: string): Promise<Embed | null> {
     return null
   }
 
-  const resolvedUrl = await resolveRedirects(fetchUrl)
-  if (!resolvedUrl) {
-    logger.info({ url, fetchUrl }, "Redirect resolution failed")
-    return null
-  }
-
   try {
-    const { error, result } = await ogs({
-      url: resolvedUrl,
+    const { error, result, response } = await ogs({
+      url: fetchUrl,
       timeout: OG_FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS,
       fetchOptions: {
         headers: {
           "user-agent": "Townhall/1.0 OGBot",
         },
-        redirect: "error",
       },
     })
 
+    // Validate the final URL after redirects to prevent SSRF via redirect chain
+    const finalUrl = (response as Response | undefined)?.url ?? fetchUrl
+    if (finalUrl !== fetchUrl && !(await isSafeUrl(finalUrl))) {
+      logger.warn(
+        { url, fetchUrl, finalUrl },
+        "Redirected to unsafe URL, discarding result"
+      )
+      return null
+    }
+
     if (error || !result.success) {
-      logger.warn({ url, resolvedUrl, error }, "OG scrape returned no result")
+      logger.warn({ url, fetchUrl, error }, "OG scrape returned no result")
       return null
     }
 
@@ -175,7 +129,7 @@ async function fetchOgEmbed(url: string): Promise<Embed | null> {
       siteName: proxy?.siteName ?? result.ogSiteName ?? undefined,
     }
   } catch (err) {
-    logger.error({ err, url, resolvedUrl }, "OG scrape threw")
+    logger.error({ err, url, fetchUrl }, "OG scrape threw")
     return null
   }
 }
diff --git a/turbo.json b/turbo.json
index 7e636d6..019c162 100644
--- a/turbo.json
+++ b/turbo.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://turborepo.dev/schema.json",
-  "ui": "stream-with-experimental-timestamps",
+  "ui": "stream",
   "tasks": {
     "build": {
       "dependsOn": ["^build"],