diff --git a/src/http/InternalState.rs b/src/http/InternalState.rs
index de42891fbe38..e4771ead6b62 100644
--- a/src/http/InternalState.rs
+++ b/src/http/InternalState.rs
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ pub struct InternalStateFlags {
     pub(crate) is_redirect_pending: bool,
     pub(crate) is_libdeflate_fast_path_disabled: bool,
     pub(crate) resend_request_body_on_redirect: bool,
+    /// Read in `do_redirect` once the pool/close decision has read `unix_socket_path`.
+    pub(crate) redirect_is_cross_origin: bool,
     /// Set when the TLS handshake completed but the user-supplied JS
     /// `checkServerIdentity` callback has not yet approved the peer
     /// certificate. While set, `on_writable` must not write any HTTP
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ impl InternalStateFlags {
             is_redirect_pending: false,
             is_libdeflate_fast_path_disabled: false,
             resend_request_body_on_redirect: false,
+            redirect_is_cross_origin: false,
             is_waiting_for_cert_check: false,
             receive_paused: false,
             body_compressed: false,
diff --git a/src/http/lib.rs b/src/http/lib.rs
index bdf241a2578d..1ce428ff0de6 100644
--- a/src/http/lib.rs
+++ b/src/http/lib.rs
@@ -2558,9 +2558,6 @@ impl<'a> HTTPClient<'a> {
             self.flags.is_streaming_request_body = false;
         }
 
-        // Decided before unix_socket_path is cleared below: a unix-socket connection must not be pooled.
-        let keep_alive_possible = self.is_keep_alive_possible();
-        self.unix_socket_path = b"";
         // TODO: what we do with stream body?
         let request_body: &[u8] = if self.state.flags.resend_request_body_on_redirect
             && matches!(self.state.original_request_body, HTTPRequestBody::Bytes(_))
@@ -2589,7 +2586,7 @@ impl<'a> HTTPClient<'a> {
             bun_core::scoped_log!(fetch, "close the tunnel");
             self.close_proxy_tunnel(true);
             GenHttpContext::<IS_SSL>::close_socket(socket);
-        } else if keep_alive_possible
+        } else if self.is_keep_alive_possible()
             && self.is_request_fully_sent()
             && !socket.is_closed_or_has_error()
         {
@@ -2616,6 +2613,8 @@ impl<'a> HTTPClient<'a> {
         // (handleResponseMetadata already repointed this.url at the new one).
         self.prev_redirect = Vec::new();
 
+        self.leave_unix_socket_for_cross_origin_redirect();
+
         // TODO: should this check be before decrementing the redirect count?
         // the current logic will allow one less redirect than requested
         if self.remaining_redirect_count == 0 {
@@ -2633,6 +2632,13 @@ impl<'a> HTTPClient<'a> {
         self.start(HTTPRequestBody::Bytes(request_body));
     }
 
+    /// With `unix` the URL's authority is a placeholder, so a same-origin hop stays on the socket.
+    fn leave_unix_socket_for_cross_origin_redirect(&mut self) {
+        if self.state.flags.redirect_is_cross_origin {
+            self.unix_socket_path = b"";
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Re-resolve `http_proxy` against the post-redirect `self.url`. The
     /// decision was made once on the JS thread at request creation; without
     /// this, a redirect into a `no_proxy`-exempt host would still be sent via
@@ -4246,10 +4252,10 @@ impl<'a> HTTPClient<'a> {
     fn do_redirect_multiplexed(&mut self) {
         debug_assert!(self.flags.protocol != Protocol::Http1_1);
         bun_core::scoped_log!(fetch, "doRedirectMultiplexed");
+        self.leave_unix_socket_for_cross_origin_redirect();
         if matches!(self.state.original_request_body, HTTPRequestBody::Stream(_)) {
             self.flags.is_streaming_request_body = false;
         }
-        self.unix_socket_path = b"";
         let request_body: &[u8] = if self.state.flags.resend_request_body_on_redirect
             && matches!(self.state.original_request_body, HTTPRequestBody::Bytes(_))
         {
@@ -5139,6 +5145,8 @@ impl<'a> HTTPClient<'a> {
                     }
                 }
 
+                self.state.flags.redirect_is_cross_origin = !is_same_origin;
+
                 // https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#concept-http-redirect-fetch
                 // If request's current URL's origin is not same origin with
                 // locationURL's origin, then for each headerName of CORS
diff --git a/test/js/web/fetch/fetch.unix.test.ts b/test/js/web/fetch/fetch.unix.test.ts
index 233d6be92303..0f6f7f2d121b 100644
--- a/test/js/web/fetch/fetch.unix.test.ts
+++ b/test/js/web/fetch/fetch.unix.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { serve, ServeOptions, Server } from "bun";
-import { afterAll, expect, it } from "bun:test";
+import { afterAll, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from "bun:test";
 import { mkdirSync, rmSync } from "fs";
 import { isWindows, tmpdirSync } from "harness";
 import { request } from "http";
@@ -248,9 +248,9 @@ it("handle redirect to non-unix", async () => {
 // Following a redirect hands a reusable connection to the keep-alive pool,
 // keyed by the request URL's host and port. A unix-socket connection is not
 // reusable that way: the request URL below names the TCP server, so pooling
-// the unix connection would serve the TCP hop (and any later fetch of that
-// host:port) from the unix server.
-it("does not pool the unix-socket connection whose redirect is being followed", async () => {
+// either unix connection (the one that carried the 3xx or the one that served
+// the hop) would make the plain fetch of that host:port talk to the unix server.
+it("does not pool the unix-socket connections of a followed redirect", async () => {
   startServer({
     fetch(req) {
       return new Response(`tcp ${new URL(req.url).pathname}`);
@@ -268,8 +268,145 @@ it("does not pool the unix-socket connection whose redirect is being followed",
 
   const results: string[] = [];
   for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
-    const response = await fetch(`http://127.0.0.1:${server.port}/hello`, { unix: path });
-    results.push(`${response.status} ${response.redirected} ${await response.text()}`);
+    const redirected = await fetch(`http://127.0.0.1:${server.port}/hello`, { unix: path });
+    const direct = await fetch(`http://127.0.0.1:${server.port}/world`);
+    results.push(`${redirected.status} ${redirected.redirected} ${await redirected.text()} | ${await direct.text()}`);
   }
-  expect(results).toEqual(Array(5).fill("200 true tcp /world"));
+  expect(results).toEqual(Array(5).fill("200 true unix /world | tcp /world"));
+});
+
+// With `unix`, the URL's authority only fills in the Host header and is what a
+// relative Location resolves against. A redirect that stays on that authority
+// is still addressed to the unix server, so it is followed over the socket. To
+// make a hop that leaves the socket visible (instead of failing to connect),
+// every URL below names a live TCP listener.
+describe("redirects over a unix socket", () => {
+  let unixSeen: string[], tcpSeen: string[];
+  let path: string, origin: string;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    unixSeen = [];
+    tcpSeen = [];
+    startServer({
+      fetch(req) {
+        tcpSeen.push(`${req.method} ${new URL(req.url).pathname} authorization=${req.headers.get("authorization")}`);
+        return new Response("tcp");
+      },
+    });
+    origin = `http://127.0.0.1:${server.port}`;
+    path = startServerUnix({
+      async fetch(req) {
+        const { pathname } = new URL(req.url);
+        unixSeen.push(`${req.method} ${pathname} authorization=${req.headers.get("authorization")}`);
+        switch (pathname) {
+          case "/relative":
+            return new Response(null, { status: 302, headers: { Location: "/done" } });
+          case "/absolute":
+            return new Response(null, { status: 302, headers: { Location: `${origin}/done` } });
+          case "/chain":
+            return new Response(null, { status: 302, headers: { Location: "/relative" } });
+          case "/resend":
+            return new Response(null, { status: 307, headers: { Location: "/echo" } });
+          case "/leave":
+            return new Response(null, { status: 302, headers: { Location: `${server.url.origin}/done` } });
+          case "/echo":
+            return new Response(`unix echo ${await req.text()}`);
+        }
+        return new Response(`unix ${pathname}`);
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
+  const headers = { Authorization: "Bearer daemon-token" };
+
+  async function summarize(response: Response) {
+    return {
+      status: response.status,
+      redirected: response.redirected,
+      url: response.url,
+      body: await response.text(),
+      unixSeen,
+      tcpSeen,
+    };
+  }
+
+  it("follows a relative Location over the socket", async () => {
+    const response = await fetch(`${origin}/relative`, { unix: path, headers });
+    expect(await summarize(response)).toEqual({
+      status: 200,
+      redirected: true,
+      url: `${origin}/done`,
+      body: "unix /done",
+      unixSeen: ["GET /relative authorization=Bearer daemon-token", "GET /done authorization=Bearer daemon-token"],
+      tcpSeen: [],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("follows an absolute Location on the same authority over the socket", async () => {
+    const response = await fetch(`${origin}/absolute`, { unix: path, headers });
+    expect(await summarize(response)).toEqual({
+      status: 200,
+      redirected: true,
+      url: `${origin}/done`,
+      body: "unix /done",
+      unixSeen: ["GET /absolute authorization=Bearer daemon-token", "GET /done authorization=Bearer daemon-token"],
+      tcpSeen: [],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("stays on the socket across several hops", async () => {
+    const response = await fetch(`${origin}/chain`, { unix: path, headers });
+    expect(await summarize(response)).toEqual({
+      status: 200,
+      redirected: true,
+      url: `${origin}/done`,
+      body: "unix /done",
+      unixSeen: [
+        "GET /chain authorization=Bearer daemon-token",
+        "GET /relative authorization=Bearer daemon-token",
+        "GET /done authorization=Bearer daemon-token",
+      ],
+      tcpSeen: [],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("resends the body of a 307 over the socket", async () => {
+    const response = await fetch(`${origin}/resend`, { unix: path, headers, method: "POST", body: "payload" });
+    expect(await summarize(response)).toEqual({
+      status: 200,
+      redirected: true,
+      url: `${origin}/echo`,
+      body: "unix echo payload",
+      unixSeen: ["POST /resend authorization=Bearer daemon-token", "POST /echo authorization=Bearer daemon-token"],
+      tcpSeen: [],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("works with the usual placeholder host in the URL", async () => {
+    const response = await fetch("http://localhost/relative", { unix: path, headers });
+    expect(await summarize(response)).toEqual({
+      status: 200,
+      redirected: true,
+      url: "http://localhost/done",
+      body: "unix /done",
+      unixSeen: ["GET /relative authorization=Bearer daemon-token", "GET /done authorization=Bearer daemon-token"],
+      tcpSeen: [],
+    });
+  });
+
+  // A Location on another authority names a different server (see "handle
+  // redirect to non-unix" above): that hop leaves the socket and, like any
+  // cross-origin redirect, goes out without the credentials.
+  it("a Location on another authority leaves the socket without the credentials", async () => {
+    expect(server.url.origin).not.toBe(origin);
+    const response = await fetch(`${origin}/leave`, { unix: path, headers });
+    expect(await summarize(response)).toEqual({
+      status: 200,
+      redirected: true,
+      url: `${server.url.origin}/done`,
+      body: "tcp",
+      unixSeen: ["GET /leave authorization=Bearer daemon-token"],
+      tcpSeen: ["GET /done authorization=null"],
+    });
+  });
 });