diff --git a/src/analyzer/tests/redirection.js b/src/analyzer/tests/redirection.js
index 6c02de4..8dd4f7e 100644
--- a/src/analyzer/tests/redirection.js
+++ b/src/analyzer/tests/redirection.js
@@ -44,50 +44,55 @@ export function redirectionTest(
   expectation = Expectation.RedirectionToHttps
 ) {
   const output = new RedirectionOutput(expectation);
-  const response = requests.responses.http;
+  const httpResponse = requests.responses.http;
 
-  if (requests.responses.httpRedirects.length > 0) {
-    output.destination =
-      requests.responses.httpRedirects[
-        requests.responses.httpRedirects.length - 1
-      ]?.url?.href || null;
-  } else if (requests.responses.httpsRedirects.length > 0) {
-    output.destination =
-      requests.responses.httpsRedirects[
-        requests.responses.httpsRedirects.length - 1
-      ]?.url?.href || null;
+  const httpRoute = requests.responses.httpRedirects;
+  const httpsRoute = requests.responses.httpsRedirects;
+
+  // For display only: prefer the HTTP chain, fall back to HTTPS chain when HTTP is absent
+  const displayRoute = httpRoute.length > 0 ? httpRoute : httpsRoute;
+
+  const destination = displayRoute.at(-1)?.url?.href;
+  if (destination) {
+    output.destination = destination;
   }
-  output.statusCode = response ? response.status : null;
+  output.statusCode = httpResponse ? httpResponse.status : null;
 
-  if (!response) {
+  if (!httpResponse) {
     output.result = Expectation.RedirectionNotNeededNoHttp;
-  } else if (!response.verified) {
+  } else if (!httpResponse.verified) {
     output.result = Expectation.RedirectionInvalidCert;
   } else {
-    const route = requests.responses.httpRedirects;
-    output.route = route.map((r) => r.url.href);
+    output.route = displayRoute.map((r) => r.url.href);
 
-    // Check to see if every redirection was covered by the preload list
-    const allRedirectsPreloaded = route.every((re) =>
-      isHstsPreloaded(Site.fromSiteString(re.url.hostname))
-    );
+    // Check to see if every redirection was covered by the preload list.
+    // Guard httpRoute.length > 1 to avoid vacuous truth on an empty array.
+    const allRedirectsPreloaded =
+      httpRoute.length > 1 &&
+      httpRoute.every((re) =>
+        isHstsPreloaded(Site.fromSiteString(re.url.hostname))
+      );
     if (allRedirectsPreloaded) {
       output.result = Expectation.RedirectionAllRedirectsPreloaded;
-    } else if (route.length === 1) {
+    } else if (httpRoute.length < 2) {
       // No redirection, so you just stayed on the http website
       output.result = Expectation.RedirectionMissing;
       output.redirects = false;
-    } else if (route[route.length - 1]?.url.protocol !== "https:") {
-      // Final destination wasn't an https website
+    } else if (
+      httpRoute.at(-1)?.url.protocol !== "https:" ||
+      (httpsRoute.length > 0 && httpsRoute.at(-1)?.url.protocol !== "https:")
+    ) {
+      // Final destination wasn't https — checked for both the HTTP chain and
+      // the independent HTTPS chain (catches HTTPS redirecting back to HTTP)
       output.result = Expectation.RedirectionNotToHttps;
-    } else if (route[1]?.url.protocol === "http:") {
+    } else if (httpRoute[1]?.url.protocol === "http:") {
       // http should never redirect to another http location -- should always go to https first
       output.result = Expectation.RedirectionNotToHttpsOnInitialRedirection;
-      output.statusCode = route[route.length - 1]?.status || null;
+      output.statusCode = httpRoute.at(-1)?.status || null;
     } else if (
-      route[0]?.url.protocol === "http:" &&
-      route[1]?.url.protocol === "https:" &&
-      route[0]?.url.hostname !== route[1]?.url.hostname
+      httpRoute[0]?.url.protocol === "http:" &&
+      httpRoute[1]?.url.protocol === "https:" &&
+      httpRoute[0]?.url.hostname !== httpRoute[1]?.url.hostname
     ) {
       output.result = Expectation.RedirectionOffHostFromHttp;
     } else {
diff --git a/src/retriever/retriever.js b/src/retriever/retriever.js
index a837859..3d6d7e3 100644
--- a/src/retriever/retriever.js
+++ b/src/retriever/retriever.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export async function retrieve(site, options = {}) {
 
   // use the http redirect chain
   retrievals.responses.httpRedirects = httpSession.redirectHistory;
-  retrievals.responses.httpsRedirects = httpSession.redirectHistory;
+  retrievals.responses.httpsRedirects = httpsSession.redirectHistory;
 
   if (httpsSession.clientInstanceRecordingRedirects) {
     retrievals.responses.auto = httpsSession.response;
diff --git a/test/redirection.test.js b/test/redirection.test.js
index 51f9530..898224d 100644
--- a/test/redirection.test.js
+++ b/test/redirection.test.js
@@ -141,6 +141,77 @@ describe("Redirections", () => {
     assert.isFalse(res.pass);
   });
 
+  it("uses https redirects as fallback for destination and route when http redirects are empty", function () {
+    reqs.responses.httpRedirects = [];
+    reqs.responses.httpsRedirects = [
+      {
+        url: new URL("https://mozilla.org/"),
+        status: 301,
+      },
+      {
+        url: new URL("https://www.mozilla.org/"),
+        status: 200,
+      },
+    ];
+
+    const res = redirectionTest(reqs);
+    assert.equal(res.destination, "https://www.mozilla.org/");
+    assert.deepEqual(res.route, [
+      "https://mozilla.org/",
+      "https://www.mozilla.org/",
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("fails when https redirects back to http even if http redirects look fine", function () {
+    // HTTP chain correctly redirects to HTTPS on the same hostname
+    reqs.responses.httpRedirects = [
+      {
+        url: new URL("http://mozilla.org/"),
+        status: 301,
+      },
+      {
+        url: new URL("https://mozilla.org/"),
+        status: 200,
+      },
+    ];
+    // But the independent HTTPS session ends on HTTP — that should be an error
+    reqs.responses.httpsRedirects = [
+      {
+        url: new URL("https://mozilla.org/"),
+        status: 301,
+      },
+      {
+        url: new URL("http://mozilla.org/"),
+        status: 200,
+      },
+    ];
+
+    const res = redirectionTest(reqs);
+    assert.equal(res.result, Expectation.RedirectionNotToHttps);
+    assert.isFalse(res.pass);
+  });
+
+  it("fails with redirection-missing when http redirects are empty but http response exists", function () {
+    // The OR fallback previously caused httpsRedirects to be used for pass/fail
+    // logic when httpRedirects is empty, which could produce a spurious pass.
+    reqs.responses.httpRedirects = [];
+    reqs.responses.httpsRedirects = [
+      {
+        url: new URL("https://mozilla.org/"),
+        status: 301,
+      },
+      {
+        url: new URL("https://www.mozilla.org/"),
+        status: 200,
+      },
+    ];
+    // responses.http is still set (from emptyRequests), so the site is reachable over HTTP
+
+    const res = redirectionTest(reqs);
+    assert.equal(res.result, Expectation.RedirectionMissing);
+    assert.isFalse(res.pass);
+  });
+
   it("checks for all redirections preloaded", function () {
     reqs.responses.httpRedirects = [
       {