diff --git a/TESTING.md b/TESTING.md
index cb421836..302d457c 100644
--- a/TESTING.md
+++ b/TESTING.md
@@ -2494,7 +2494,8 @@ files to the system trash. **No code path unlinks or overwrites a media file.**
   `_media_access_error` is the one gate (by-id, inspect, reveal, link, rescope as
   `file-missing`, a prompt's media listing); `/images/serve` and the autotag target ask
   `in_trash_below_roots` too, `media_target` refuses by name (annotations, collections,
-  whose capture store denies links and aliases), and previews are not made. The delete
+  whose capture store denies links and aliases), and previews are neither made nor served, the fallback past the preview gate's cap
+  included (`_quick_source`). A History output in one answers `missing`. The delete
   and Return flows never use this gate. Windows spellings (trailing dots and spaces, case,
   8.3) run for real on the Windows job in `tests/test_trash_gate_routes.py`.
 - **An output folder that is a mount point** (#543): the mount's own `.Trash-$uid` and
diff --git a/py/api/history_current.py b/py/api/history_current.py
index bde14c24..4842db5b 100644
--- a/py/api/history_current.py
+++ b/py/api/history_current.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from aiohttp import web
 
 from . import thumbnail_settings
 from .images import _canonical, _public_path, SERVABLE_EXTENSIONS, VIDEO_EXTENSIONS
+from .images import in_trash_below_roots
 from .images import existing_media_thumbnail, media_thumbnail_rel
 
 try:
@@ -248,6 +249,9 @@ def _open_current_target(
     A *preview* (a file under ``thumbnails/``) may also be JPEG XL (#317)."""
     if _canonical(target) != target:
         raise CurrentLocationUnavailable("not_authorized", stale=True)
+    if in_trash_below_roots(target, [namespace]):
+        # An output recorded before #501 skipped trash folders (#543).
+        raise CurrentLocationUnavailable("missing")
     if not _authorized(target, namespace, scope):
         raise CurrentLocationUnavailable("not_authorized")
     suffix = target.suffix.lower()
diff --git a/py/api/thumbnail_auto.py b/py/api/thumbnail_auto.py
index a69f8d9b..05af0c2d 100644
--- a/py/api/thumbnail_auto.py
+++ b/py/api/thumbnail_auto.py
@@ -225,6 +225,8 @@ def _quick_source(root, parts):
         for name in (base + extension, base + extension.upper()):
             path = folder / name
             if _regular_file(path) and _is_within(path, root):
+                if in_trash_below_roots(path, [root]):
+                    return None  # also the fallback past the gate's cap (#543)
                 return path, extension in VIDEO_EXTENSIONS
     return None
 
diff --git a/tests/test_trash_gate_routes.py b/tests/test_trash_gate_routes.py
index 7c8f83df..ede6edee 100644
--- a/tests/test_trash_gate_routes.py
+++ b/tests/test_trash_gate_routes.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import os
 import unittest
 import urllib.parse
 from pathlib import Path
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, patch
 
 try:
     from tests.test_api_admin import _write_png
@@ -20,7 +21,8 @@ except ImportError:  # discovered with tests/ as the top-level directory
     from test_image_delete_routes import ImageDeleteTestCase
 
 from py.api.images import media_thumbnail_rel
-from py.api.thumbnail_auto import _thumbnail_source
+from py.api.history_current import CurrentLocationUnavailable, _open_current_target
+from py.api.thumbnail_auto import OVER, _quick_source, _thumbnail_source
 from utils.media_folders import in_trash_below_roots, in_trash_folder, is_trash_folder
 
 ON_CI = bool(os.environ.get("GITHUB_ACTIONS"))
@@ -204,6 +206,28 @@ class TestTheGate(_GateCase):
         kept = Path(media_thumbnail_rel(Path("kept.png"))).parts
         self.assertIsNotNone(_thumbnail_source(self.root, kept))
 
+    async def test_the_preview_fallback_past_the_cap_is_gated_too(self):
+        # The gate's OVER branch looks the source up by name and serves it.
+        self.links()
+        gate = self.api._preview_gate()
+        with patch.object(gate, "run", AsyncMock(return_value=OVER)):
+            linked = media_thumbnail_rel(Path("linkdir/x.png"))
+            self.assertEqual(await self.serve(linked), 404)
+            kept = media_thumbnail_rel(Path("kept.png"))
+            self.assertEqual(await self.serve(kept), 200)
+        self.assertIsNone(
+            _quick_source(
+                self.root, Path(media_thumbnail_rel(Path("linkdir/x.png"))).parts
+            )
+        )
+
+    async def test_a_history_output_in_a_trash_folder_does_not_open(self):
+        self.links()
+        target = self.root / ".Trash-1000" / "files" / "x.png"
+        with self.assertRaises(CurrentLocationUnavailable) as caught:
+            _open_current_target(Path(os.path.realpath(target)), self.root, None)
+        self.assertEqual(caught.exception.reason, "missing")
+
     async def test_a_source_named_like_a_trash_folder_still_reads(self):
         source = self.root / ".Trash-77"
         source.mkdir()