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@@ -1903,6 +1903,36 @@ one; a second `google-maps` row would collide on that name. To actually
 use it: `<GoogleMapsEmbed src="<Google Maps embed URL>" title="..." />`
 anywhere.
 
+## Short links & QR redirects
+
+`app/r/[code]/route.ts` and `app/sticker/[code]/route.ts` are static
+short-link routes (e.g. printed on a flyer or a physical sticker's QR
+code) that resolve a `code` against Payload's `redirects` collection and
+307-redirect (`redirect()`, deliberately not `permanentRedirect()` — the
+target can change at any time and this must never be client-cached) to
+that doc's `targetPath`. Both routes call the same
+`resolveAndTrackRedirect(code, urlPrefix)` in `app/lib/payload.ts`, which
+also fire-and-forget PATCHes `clickCount`/`lastClickedAt` on every hit
+(tracking failure only logs — never worth stranding a visitor over).
+
+- **`/r/[code]`** is the default scheme for all new short links —
+  `einfach-produktiv.com/r/aktion-sommer`.
+- **`/sticker/[code]`** exists only because a batch of physical stickers
+  was already printed as `einfach-produktiv.com/sticker/<code>` (`echt`,
+  `geheimnis`, `fokus`) before `/r/[code]` existed and can't be
+  reprinted — same collection, same lookup, just a second fixed prefix.
+- The Redirects doc's `urlPrefix` field (`/r` or `/sticker`) isn't just an
+  admin label — `resolveAndTrackRedirect` filters on it too, so a code is
+  only reachable under whichever prefix its doc is actually set to.
+  Changing `urlPrefix` in Payload immediately changes which route serves
+  that code.
+- Defense in depth: `targetPath` must start with `/` and not `//` (open-
+  redirect guard, same check `app/api/preview/route.ts` does), enforced
+  both in Payload's own field validation and again in each route.ts before
+  calling `redirect()`.
+- A deactivated (`active: false`) doc — or no matching doc at all —
+  renders a plain 404 (`notFound()`), not a redirect to some fallback.
+
 ## Product image gallery
 
 `ProductGallery.tsx` — main image + thumbnail strip, swappable on click OR