diff --git a/t/helper/test-trace2.c b/t/helper/test-trace2.c
index d5ca0046c89fd4..1adac29a575254 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-trace2.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-trace2.c
@@ -412,6 +412,56 @@ static int ut_201counter(int argc, const char **argv)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int ut_300redact_start(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+	if (!argc)
+		die("expect <argv...>");
+
+	trace2_cmd_start(argv);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ut_301redact_child_start(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+	struct child_process cmd = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
+	int k;
+
+	if (!argc)
+		die("expect <argv...>");
+
+	for (k = 0; argv[k]; k++)
+		strvec_push(&cmd.args, argv[k]);
+
+	trace2_child_start(&cmd);
+
+	strvec_clear(&cmd.args);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ut_302redact_exec(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+	if (!argc)
+		die("expect <exe> <argv...>");
+
+	trace2_exec(argv[0], &argv[1]);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ut_303redact_def_param(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+	struct key_value_info kvi = KVI_INIT;
+
+	if (argc < 2)
+		die("expect <key> <value>");
+
+	trace2_def_param(argv[0], argv[1], &kvi);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Usage:
  *     test-tool trace2 <ut_name_1> <ut_usage_1>
@@ -438,6 +488,11 @@ static struct unit_test ut_table[] = {
 
 	{ ut_200counter,  "200counter", "<v1> [<v2> [<v3> [...]]]" },
 	{ ut_201counter,  "201counter", "<v1> <v2> <threads>" },
+
+	{ ut_300redact_start,       "300redact_start",       "<argv...>" },
+	{ ut_301redact_child_start, "301redact_child_start", "<argv...>" },
+	{ ut_302redact_exec,        "302redact_exec",        "<exe> <argv...>" },
+	{ ut_303redact_def_param,   "303redact_def_param",   "<key> <value>" },
 };
 /* clang-format on */
 
diff --git a/t/t0212-trace2-event.sh b/t/t0212-trace2-event.sh
index 6d3374ff773c1e..147643d582643e 100755
--- a/t/t0212-trace2-event.sh
+++ b/t/t0212-trace2-event.sh
@@ -323,4 +323,44 @@ test_expect_success 'discard traces when there are too many files' '
 	head -n2 trace_target_dir/git-trace2-discard | tail -n1 | grep \"event\":\"too_many_files\"
 '
 
+# In the following "...redact..." tests, skip testing the GIT_TRACE2_REDACT=0
+# case because we would need to exactly model the full JSON event stream like
+# we did in the basic tests above and I do not think it is worth it.
+
+test_expect_success 'unsafe URLs are redacted by default in cmd_start events' '
+	test_when_finished \
+		"rm -r trace.event" &&
+
+	GIT_TRACE2_EVENT="$(pwd)/trace.event" \
+		test-tool trace2 300redact_start git clone https://user:pwd@example.com/ clone2 &&
+	! grep user:pwd trace.event
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'unsafe URLs are redacted by default in child_start events' '
+	test_when_finished \
+		"rm -r trace.event" &&
+
+	GIT_TRACE2_EVENT="$(pwd)/trace.event" \
+		test-tool trace2 301redact_child_start git clone https://user:pwd@example.com/ clone2 &&
+	! grep user:pwd trace.event
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'unsafe URLs are redacted by default in exec events' '
+	test_when_finished \
+		"rm -r trace.event" &&
+
+	GIT_TRACE2_EVENT="$(pwd)/trace.event" \
+		test-tool trace2 302redact_exec git clone https://user:pwd@example.com/ clone2 &&
+	! grep user:pwd trace.event
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'unsafe URLs are redacted by default in def_param events' '
+	test_when_finished \
+		"rm -r trace.event" &&
+
+	GIT_TRACE2_EVENT="$(pwd)/trace.event" \
+		test-tool trace2 303redact_def_param url https://user:pwd@example.com/ &&
+	! grep user:pwd trace.event
+'
+
 test_done