diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 9fd71a11cb..b3103a1d79 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Excludes locale files that have been automatically trimmed during prepr
 # from the diff viewer + diff calculation on GitHub.
 **/locales/*/index.json linguist-generated=true
-!**/locales/en-US/index.json linguist-generated
+**/locales/en-US/index.json !linguist-generated
 
 # SQLx calculates a checksum of migration scripts at build time to compare
 # it with the checksum of the applied migration for the same version at
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d442251099..5eecee60aa 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -95,3 +95,4 @@ apps/frontend/src/public/robots.txt
 /test_result.md
 
 packages/tooling-config/script-utils/import-sort.js
+references/
diff --git a/apps/labrinth/src/routes/mod.rs b/apps/labrinth/src/routes/mod.rs
index 132ed5131b..1f55e846d9 100644
--- a/apps/labrinth/src/routes/mod.rs
+++ b/apps/labrinth/src/routes/mod.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use crate::util::error::{ApiContext, Context};
 use actix_cors::Cors;
 use actix_files::Files;
 use actix_web::http::{StatusCode, header};
-use actix_web::{HttpRequest, HttpResponse, web};
+use actix_web::{FromRequest, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, web};
 use ariadne::ids::base62_impl::parse_base62;
 use futures::FutureExt;
 use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
@@ -354,7 +354,23 @@ pub async fn redirect_ref(
     session_queue: &AuthQueue,
     required_scopes: Scopes,
 ) -> Result<Option<HttpResponse>, ApiError> {
-    let Some(project_ref) = req.match_info().get(parameter_name) else {
+    let Some(parameter_index) = req
+        .match_info()
+        .iter()
+        .position(|(name, _)| name == parameter_name)
+    else {
+        return Ok(None);
+    };
+    // `match_info` preserves encoded `+`, `/`, and `%`; the path extractor fully decodes them.
+    let parameters =
+        web::Path::<Vec<String>>::extract(req)
+            .await
+            .map_err(|err| {
+                ApiError::Request(eyre::eyre!(
+                    "decoding project redirect path: {err}"
+                ))
+            })?;
+    let Some(project_ref) = parameters.get(parameter_index) else {
         return Ok(None);
     };
     let Some(target_project_id) = resolve_visible_refs(
diff --git a/apps/labrinth/tests/project.rs b/apps/labrinth/tests/project.rs
index 978638dbd5..368785c325 100644
--- a/apps/labrinth/tests/project.rs
+++ b/apps/labrinth/tests/project.rs
@@ -370,6 +370,59 @@ async fn project_slug_edit_invalidates_redirect_cache() {
     .await;
 }
 
+#[actix_rt::test]
+async fn project_redirect_accepts_literal_and_encoded_plus() {
+    with_test_environment_all(None, |env| async move {
+        let target_id = &env.dummy.project_alpha.project_id;
+        let target = parse_base62(target_id).unwrap();
+        let percent_target_id = &env.dummy.project_beta.project_id;
+        let percent_target = parse_base62(percent_target_id).unwrap();
+        let fixture_sql = format!(
+            r#"INSERT INTO project_redirects (slug, target_project_id)
+			VALUES ('redirect+alias', {target}), ('redirect%2balias', {percent_target})"#
+        );
+        sqlx::raw_sql(&fixture_sql)
+            .execute(&env.db.pool)
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        for project_ref in [
+            "redirect+alias",
+            "redirect%2Balias",
+            "redirect%2balias",
+            "redirect%252Balias",
+        ] {
+            for suffix in ["", "/check", "/check?test=foo%2Bbar"] {
+                let response = env
+                    .api
+                    .get_project(
+                        &format!("{project_ref}{suffix}"),
+                        USER_USER_PAT,
+                    )
+                    .await;
+                assert_status!(&response, StatusCode::PERMANENT_REDIRECT);
+                let location = response
+                    .headers()
+                    .get("location")
+                    .unwrap()
+                    .to_str()
+                    .unwrap();
+                let expected_target = if project_ref == "redirect%252Balias" {
+                    percent_target_id
+                } else {
+                    target_id
+                };
+                assert!(
+                    location.ends_with(&format!(
+                        "/project/{expected_target}{suffix}"
+                    ))
+                );
+            }
+        }
+    })
+    .await;
+}
+
 #[actix_rt::test]
 async fn project_redirect_cache_preserves_case_sensitive_ids() {
     with_test_environment_all(None, |env| async move {