diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index b318ae0e..34d8fee0 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -146,14 +146,14 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
     :as => "user_enable_invite"
 
   # 2023-07 redirect /u to /~username and /users (for tree)
-  get "/u", to: redirect("/users", status: 302)
-  get "/u/:username", to: redirect("/~%{username}", status: 302)
+  get "/u", to: redirect("/users", status: 301)
+  get "/u/:username", to: redirect("/~%{username}", status: 301)
   # we don't do /@alice but easy mistake with comments autolinking @alice
-  get "/@:username", to: redirect("/~%{username}", status: 302)
-  get "/u/:username/standing", to: redirect("~%{username}/standing", status: 302)
-  get "/newest/:user", to: redirect("~%{user}/stories", status: 302)
-  get "/newest/:user(/page/:page)", to: redirect("~%{user}/stories/page/%{page}", status: 302)
-  get "/threads/:user", to: redirect("~%{user}/threads", status: 302)
+  get "/@:username", to: redirect("/~%{username}", status: 301)
+  get "/u/:username/standing", to: redirect("~%{username}/standing", status: 301)
+  get "/newest/:user", to: redirect("~%{user}/stories", status: 301)
+  get "/newest/:user(/page/:page)", to: redirect("~%{user}/stories/page/%{page}", status: 301)
+  get "/threads/:user", to: redirect("~%{user}/threads", status: 301)
 
   get "/avatars/:username_size.png" => "avatars#show"
   post "/avatars/expire" => "avatars#expire"
diff --git a/spec/routing/user_spec.rb b/spec/routing/user_spec.rb
index 13083e8d..ab4d0b28 100644
--- a/spec/routing/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/routing/user_spec.rb
@@ -54,13 +54,4 @@ describe "user redirects", type: :request do
   it "threads" do
     expect(get("/threads/alice")).to redirect_to("/~alice/threads")
   end
-
-  # 2023-07: I'm deploying with 302 redirects so I don't have to worry about 301s getting
-  # indefinitely cached in case of error, but after some time to build confidence, it's appropriate
-  # to 301. I'm putting a time bomb test in here to remind me to finalize.
-  it "is temporarily temporary" do
-    expect(get("/u/alice")).to eq(302)
-
-    expect(Time.zone.today).to be_before(Date.new(2024, 1, 1))
-  end
 end