diff --git a/PROJECTS/beginner/canary-token-generator/backend/internal/token/generators/slowredirect/generator.go b/PROJECTS/beginner/canary-token-generator/backend/internal/token/generators/slowredirect/generator.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..931e3a79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PROJECTS/beginner/canary-token-generator/backend/internal/token/generators/slowredirect/generator.go
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+// ©AngelaMos | 2026
+// generator.go
+
+package slowredirect
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	_ "embed"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"html/template"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/CarterPerez-dev/cybersecurity-projects/canary-token-generator/backend/internal/event"
+	"github.com/CarterPerez-dev/cybersecurity-projects/canary-token-generator/backend/internal/token"
+	"github.com/CarterPerez-dev/cybersecurity-projects/canary-token-generator/backend/internal/token/generators"
+)
+
+const (
+	headerCFConnectingIP = "CF-Connecting-IP"
+	headerXForwardedFor  = "X-Forwarded-For"
+	headerXRealIP        = "X-Real-IP"
+	headerReferer        = "Referer"
+	headerCSP            = "Content-Security-Policy"
+	headerCacheControl   = "Cache-Control"
+	headerPragma         = "Pragma"
+
+	cspOverride         = "default-src 'none'; script-src 'unsafe-inline'; connect-src 'self'"
+	cacheControlNoStore = "no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0"
+	pragmaNoCache       = "no-cache"
+	contentTypeHTML     = "text/html; charset=utf-8"
+
+	triggerPathPrefix     = "/c/"
+	fingerprintPathSuffix = "/fingerprint"
+	metadataDestKey       = "destination_url"
+
+	nilTokenBody = "Not Found"
+)
+
+var ErrMissingDestination = errors.New(
+	"slowredirect: destination_url missing from token metadata",
+)
+
+//go:embed template.html
+var templateHTML string
+
+var pageTemplate = template.Must(
+	template.New("slowredirect").Parse(templateHTML),
+)
+
+type pageData struct {
+	Destination    string
+	FingerprintURL string
+}
+
+type Generator struct{}
+
+func New() *Generator { return &Generator{} }
+
+func (g *Generator) Type() token.Type { return token.TypeSlowRedirect }
+
+func (g *Generator) Generate(
+	_ context.Context,
+	t *token.Token,
+	baseURL string,
+) (generators.Artifact, error) {
+	dest, err := extractDestination(t.Metadata)
+	if err != nil {
+		return generators.Artifact{}, err
+	}
+	url := strings.TrimRight(baseURL, "/") + triggerPathPrefix + t.ID
+	return generators.Artifact{
+		Kind:           generators.KindURL,
+		URL:            url,
+		DestinationURL: dest,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func (g *Generator) Trigger(
+	_ context.Context,
+	t *token.Token,
+	r *http.Request,
+) (*event.Event, *generators.TriggerResponse, error) {
+	if t == nil {
+		return nil, &generators.TriggerResponse{
+			StatusCode:  http.StatusNotFound,
+			ContentType: contentTypeHTML,
+			Body:        []byte(nilTokenBody),
+			ExtraHeaders: map[string]string{
+				headerCacheControl: cacheControlNoStore,
+				headerPragma:       pragmaNoCache,
+			},
+		}, nil
+	}
+
+	dest, err := extractDestination(t.Metadata)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+
+	var body bytes.Buffer
+	data := pageData{
+		Destination:    dest,
+		FingerprintURL: triggerPathPrefix + t.ID + fingerprintPathSuffix,
+	}
+	if err := pageTemplate.Execute(&body, data); err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("render slowredirect template: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	resp := &generators.TriggerResponse{
+		StatusCode:  http.StatusOK,
+		ContentType: contentTypeHTML,
+		Body:        body.Bytes(),
+		ExtraHeaders: map[string]string{
+			headerCSP:          cspOverride,
+			headerCacheControl: cacheControlNoStore,
+			headerPragma:       pragmaNoCache,
+		},
+	}
+
+	evt := &event.Event{
+		TokenID:   t.ID,
+		SourceIP:  realIP(r),
+		UserAgent: optionalHeader(r.UserAgent()),
+		Referer:   optionalHeader(r.Header.Get(headerReferer)),
+	}
+	return evt, resp, nil
+}
+
+func extractDestination(metadata json.RawMessage) (string, error) {
+	if len(metadata) == 0 {
+		return "", ErrMissingDestination
+	}
+	var m map[string]json.RawMessage
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(metadata, &m); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("parse token metadata: %w", err)
+	}
+	raw, ok := m[metadataDestKey]
+	if !ok {
+		return "", ErrMissingDestination
+	}
+	var dest string
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &dest); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("parse destination_url: %w", err)
+	}
+	if strings.TrimSpace(dest) == "" {
+		return "", ErrMissingDestination
+	}
+	return dest, nil
+}
+
+func optionalHeader(v string) *string {
+	v = strings.TrimSpace(v)
+	if v == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return &v
+}
+
+func realIP(r *http.Request) string {
+	if v := strings.TrimSpace(r.Header.Get(headerCFConnectingIP)); v != "" {
+		return v
+	}
+	if v := lastNonEmptyXFF(r.Header.Get(headerXForwardedFor)); v != "" {
+		return v
+	}
+	if v := strings.TrimSpace(r.Header.Get(headerXRealIP)); v != "" {
+		return v
+	}
+	if host, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(r.RemoteAddr); err == nil {
+		return host
+	}
+	return r.RemoteAddr
+}
+
+func lastNonEmptyXFF(header string) string {
+	if header == "" {
+		return ""
+	}
+	parts := strings.Split(header, ",")
+	for i := len(parts) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		if v := strings.TrimSpace(parts[i]); v != "" {
+			return v
+		}
+	}
+	return ""
+}
diff --git a/PROJECTS/beginner/canary-token-generator/backend/internal/token/generators/slowredirect/generator_test.go b/PROJECTS/beginner/canary-token-generator/backend/internal/token/generators/slowredirect/generator_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..78ceb0a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PROJECTS/beginner/canary-token-generator/backend/internal/token/generators/slowredirect/generator_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,333 @@
+// ©AngelaMos | 2026
+// generator_test.go
+
+package slowredirect_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/CarterPerez-dev/cybersecurity-projects/canary-token-generator/backend/internal/token"
+	"github.com/CarterPerez-dev/cybersecurity-projects/canary-token-generator/backend/internal/token/generators"
+	"github.com/CarterPerez-dev/cybersecurity-projects/canary-token-generator/backend/internal/token/generators/slowredirect"
+)
+
+const (
+	cspOverride         = "default-src 'none'; script-src 'unsafe-inline'; connect-src 'self'"
+	cacheControlNoStore = "no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0"
+	pragmaNoCache       = "no-cache"
+	contentTypeHTML     = "text/html; charset=utf-8"
+)
+
+func newSlowRedirectToken(t testing.TB, id, destination string) *token.Token {
+	t.Helper()
+	metadata := json.RawMessage(`{}`)
+	if destination != "" {
+		raw, err := json.Marshal(map[string]string{
+			"destination_url": destination,
+		})
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		metadata = raw
+	}
+	return &token.Token{
+		ID:           id,
+		ManageID:     "manage-" + id,
+		Type:         token.TypeSlowRedirect,
+		Memo:         "unit test slowredirect",
+		AlertChannel: token.ChannelWebhook,
+		Enabled:      true,
+		Metadata:     metadata,
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGenerator_TypeIsSlowRedirect(t *testing.T) {
+	g := slowredirect.New()
+	require.Equal(t, token.TypeSlowRedirect, g.Type())
+}
+
+func TestGenerate_PersistsDestinationOnToken(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		name        string
+		baseURL     string
+		id          string
+		destination string
+		wantURL     string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:        "plain destination",
+			baseURL:     "https://canary.example.com",
+			id:          "abc123",
+			destination: "https://news.example.com/article/42",
+			wantURL:     "https://canary.example.com/c/abc123",
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "trailing slash trimmed on base URL",
+			baseURL:     "https://canary.example.com/",
+			id:          "xyz999",
+			destination: "https://news.example.com",
+			wantURL:     "https://canary.example.com/c/xyz999",
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "subpath base URL preserved",
+			baseURL:     "https://example.com/canary",
+			id:          "p7",
+			destination: "https://other.example.com",
+			wantURL:     "https://example.com/canary/c/p7",
+		},
+	}
+
+	g := slowredirect.New()
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		tc := tc
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			tok := newSlowRedirectToken(t, tc.id, tc.destination)
+			art, err := g.Generate(
+				context.Background(),
+				tok,
+				tc.baseURL,
+			)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.Equal(t, generators.KindURL, art.Kind)
+			require.Equal(t, tc.wantURL, art.URL)
+			require.Equal(
+				t,
+				tc.destination,
+				art.DestinationURL,
+				"artifact must surface destination_url that was persisted on the token metadata",
+			)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGenerate_RejectsMissingDestination(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		name     string
+		metadata json.RawMessage
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "empty metadata",
+			metadata: json.RawMessage(``),
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "empty object",
+			metadata: json.RawMessage(`{}`),
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "empty destination string",
+			metadata: json.RawMessage(`{"destination_url":""}`),
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "whitespace destination",
+			metadata: json.RawMessage(`{"destination_url":"   "}`),
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "wrong key",
+			metadata: json.RawMessage(`{"redirect":"https://example.com"}`),
+		},
+	}
+
+	g := slowredirect.New()
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		tc := tc
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			tok := &token.Token{
+				ID:       "missingdest",
+				Type:     token.TypeSlowRedirect,
+				Metadata: tc.metadata,
+			}
+			_, err := g.Generate(
+				context.Background(),
+				tok,
+				"https://canary.example.com",
+			)
+			require.Error(t, err)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTrigger_RendersHTMLWithEscapedDestination(t *testing.T) {
+	g := slowredirect.New()
+
+	t.Run("plain destination renders into JS and noscript", func(t *testing.T) {
+		dest := "https://news.example.com/article"
+		tok := newSlowRedirectToken(t, "plainok01", dest)
+		r := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/c/plainok01", nil)
+		r.Header.Set("CF-Connecting-IP", "203.0.113.7")
+
+		evt, resp, err := g.Trigger(context.Background(), tok, r)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.NotNil(t, evt)
+		require.NotNil(t, resp)
+		require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, resp.StatusCode)
+		require.Equal(t, contentTypeHTML, resp.ContentType)
+
+		body := string(resp.Body)
+		require.Contains(
+			t,
+			body,
+			`url=https://news.example.com/article`,
+			"noscript meta refresh must point at the destination",
+		)
+		require.Contains(
+			t,
+			body,
+			"https://news.example.com/article",
+			"JS body must include the destination for window.location.replace",
+		)
+		require.Contains(
+			t,
+			body,
+			"/c/plainok01/fingerprint",
+			"JS body must reference the per-token fingerprint endpoint",
+		)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("XSS attempt in destination is neutralized", func(t *testing.T) {
+		hostile := `https://x.example.com/" /></noscript><script>alert(1)</script>`
+		tok := newSlowRedirectToken(t, "xssa001", hostile)
+		r := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/c/xssa001", nil)
+
+		_, resp, err := g.Trigger(context.Background(), tok, r)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		body := string(resp.Body)
+
+		require.NotContains(
+			t,
+			body,
+			"<script>alert(1)</script>",
+			"raw script injection must not appear unescaped in any context",
+		)
+		require.NotContains(
+			t,
+			body,
+			`/></noscript><script>`,
+			"attribute-context injection must be HTML-escaped",
+		)
+		require.Equal(
+			t,
+			1,
+			strings.Count(body, "<script>"),
+			"only the trusted inline script tag may appear",
+		)
+		require.Equal(
+			t,
+			1,
+			strings.Count(body, "</script>"),
+			"only the trusted inline script closing tag may appear",
+		)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("script-closing injection is neutralized", func(t *testing.T) {
+		hostile := `https://x.example.com/</script><img src=x onerror=alert(1)>`
+		tok := newSlowRedirectToken(t, "xssb001", hostile)
+		r := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/c/xssb001", nil)
+
+		_, resp, err := g.Trigger(context.Background(), tok, r)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		body := string(resp.Body)
+
+		require.NotContains(
+			t,
+			body,
+			"</script><img",
+			"closing-script-tag escape must be applied inside JS contexts",
+		)
+	})
+}
+
+func TestTrigger_SetsCSPOverride(t *testing.T) {
+	g := slowredirect.New()
+	tok := newSlowRedirectToken(t, "cspok001", "https://news.example.com")
+	r := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/c/cspok001", nil)
+
+	_, resp, err := g.Trigger(context.Background(), tok, r)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotNil(t, resp)
+
+	csp, ok := resp.ExtraHeaders["Content-Security-Policy"]
+	require.True(
+		t,
+		ok,
+		"Content-Security-Policy must be set on trigger response",
+	)
+	require.Equal(t, cspOverride, csp)
+	require.Equal(
+		t,
+		cacheControlNoStore,
+		resp.ExtraHeaders["Cache-Control"],
+		"cache-control must prevent intermediary caching",
+	)
+	require.Equal(
+		t,
+		pragmaNoCache,
+		resp.ExtraHeaders["Pragma"],
+		"pragma must be set for HTTP/1.0 caches",
+	)
+}
+
+func TestTrigger_RecordsEventWithRequestMetadata(t *testing.T) {
+	g := slowredirect.New()
+	tok := newSlowRedirectToken(t, "evtok001", "https://news.example.com")
+	r := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/c/evtok001", nil)
+	r.Header.Set("CF-Connecting-IP", "203.0.113.55")
+	r.Header.Set("User-Agent", "Mozilla/5.0")
+	r.Header.Set("Referer", "https://mail.example.com/inbox")
+
+	evt, _, err := g.Trigger(context.Background(), tok, r)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotNil(t, evt)
+	require.Equal(t, "evtok001", evt.TokenID)
+	require.Equal(t, "203.0.113.55", evt.SourceIP)
+	require.NotNil(t, evt.UserAgent)
+	require.Equal(t, "Mozilla/5.0", *evt.UserAgent)
+	require.NotNil(t, evt.Referer)
+	require.Equal(t, "https://mail.example.com/inbox", *evt.Referer)
+}
+
+func TestTrigger_TokenNotFound_ReturnsNilEvent(t *testing.T) {
+	g := slowredirect.New()
+	r := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/c/does-not-exist", nil)
+	r.Header.Set("CF-Connecting-IP", "203.0.113.100")
+
+	evt, resp, err := g.Trigger(context.Background(), nil, r)
+	require.NoError(
+		t,
+		err,
+		"nil-token path must not error (spec §8.5 defense-in-depth)",
+	)
+	require.NotNil(
+		t,
+		resp,
+		"nil-token path must still return a response so the trigger handler does not panic",
+	)
+	require.Nil(
+		t,
+		evt,
+		"nil-token path returns nil event so the handler cannot accidentally insert an event row with empty TokenID",
+	)
+}
+
+func TestTrigger_BodyIsIndependentCopyPerCall(t *testing.T) {
+	g := slowredirect.New()
+	tok := newSlowRedirectToken(t, "indep001", "https://news.example.com")
+	r := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/c/indep001", nil)
+
+	_, resp1, err := g.Trigger(context.Background(), tok, r)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	_, resp2, err := g.Trigger(context.Background(), tok, r)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	resp1.Body[0] = 0x00
+	require.NotEqual(
+		t,
+		byte(0x00),
+		resp2.Body[0],
+		"each Trigger call must produce an independent body slice — shared template buffer would corrupt concurrent responses",
+	)
+}
diff --git a/PROJECTS/beginner/canary-token-generator/backend/internal/token/generators/slowredirect/template.html b/PROJECTS/beginner/canary-token-generator/backend/internal/token/generators/slowredirect/template.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..22e49bc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PROJECTS/beginner/canary-token-generator/backend/internal/token/generators/slowredirect/template.html
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<!-- ©AngelaMos | 2026 -->
+<!-- template.html -->
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<head><title>Loading…</title>
+<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
+</head>
+<body>
+<noscript><meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url={{.Destination}}"></noscript>
+<script>
+(async () => {
+  const fp = {
+    screen: { w: screen.width, h: screen.height },
+    viewport: { w: innerWidth, h: innerHeight },
+    timezone: Intl.DateTimeFormat().resolvedOptions().timeZone,
+    language: navigator.language,
+    languages: Array.from(navigator.languages || []),
+    platform: navigator.platform,
+    hwConcurrency: navigator.hardwareConcurrency,
+    colorDepth: screen.colorDepth,
+    doNotTrack: navigator.doNotTrack,
+    plugins: Array.from(navigator.plugins || []).map(p => p.name),
+    webgl: (() => {
+      try {
+        const c = document.createElement('canvas').getContext('webgl');
+        if (!c) return null;
+        const ext = c.getExtension('WEBGL_debug_renderer_info');
+        return ext ? { vendor: c.getParameter(ext.UNMASKED_VENDOR_WEBGL), renderer: c.getParameter(ext.UNMASKED_RENDERER_WEBGL) } : null;
+      } catch { return null; }
+    })(),
+    referrer: document.referrer || null
+  };
+  try {
+    await fetch({{.FingerprintURL | js}}, {
+      method: 'POST',
+      body: JSON.stringify(fp),
+      headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
+      keepalive: true
+    });
+  } catch (_) { /* swallow */ }
+  window.location.replace({{.Destination | js}});
+})();
+</script>
+</body>
+</html>