diff --git a/src/Simplex/FileTransfer/Agent.hs b/src/Simplex/FileTransfer/Agent.hs
index bae008e58..ed52dea75 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/FileTransfer/Agent.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/FileTransfer/Agent.hs
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ runXFTPSndPrepareWorker c Worker {doWork} = do
       let numRecipients' = min numRecipients maxRecipients
       -- concurrently?
       -- separate worker to create chunks? record retries and delay on snd_file_chunks?
-      forM_ (filter (not . chunkCreated) chunks) $ createChunk numRecipients'
+      forM_ (filter (\SndFileChunk {replicas} -> null replicas) chunks) $ createChunk numRecipients'
       withStore' c $ \db -> updateSndFileStatus db sndFileId SFSUploading
       where
         AgentConfig {xftpMaxRecipientsPerRequest = maxRecipients, messageRetryInterval = ri} = cfg
@@ -413,9 +413,6 @@ runXFTPSndPrepareWorker c Worker {doWork} = do
           let chunkSpecs = prepareChunkSpecs fsEncPath chunkSizes
           chunkDigests <- liftIO $ mapM getChunkDigest chunkSpecs
           pure (FileDigest digest, zip chunkSpecs $ coerce chunkDigests)
-        chunkCreated :: SndFileChunk -> Bool
-        chunkCreated SndFileChunk {replicas} =
-          any (\SndFileChunkReplica {replicaStatus} -> replicaStatus == SFRSCreated) replicas
         createChunk :: Int -> SndFileChunk -> AM ()
         createChunk numRecipients' ch = do
           atomically $ assertAgentForeground c
diff --git a/tests/XFTPAgent.hs b/tests/XFTPAgent.hs
index 2befdcc76..2b7d01c35 100644
--- a/tests/XFTPAgent.hs
+++ b/tests/XFTPAgent.hs
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ import Data.Int (Int64)
 import Data.List (find, isSuffixOf)
 import Data.Maybe (fromJust)
 import SMPAgentClient (agentCfg, initAgentServers, testDB, testDB2, testDB3)
-import Simplex.FileTransfer.Description (FileDescription (..), FileDescriptionURI (..), ValidFileDescription, fileDescriptionURI, mb, qrSizeLimit, pattern ValidFileDescription)
+import Simplex.FileTransfer.Description (FileChunk (..), FileDescription (..), FileDescriptionURI (..), ValidFileDescription, fileDescriptionURI, mb, qrSizeLimit, pattern ValidFileDescription)
 import Simplex.FileTransfer.Protocol (FileParty (..))
-import Simplex.FileTransfer.Transport (XFTPErrorType (AUTH))
 import Simplex.FileTransfer.Server.Env (XFTPServerConfig (..))
+import Simplex.FileTransfer.Transport (XFTPErrorType (AUTH))
 import Simplex.Messaging.Agent (AgentClient, disposeAgentClient, testProtocolServer, xftpDeleteRcvFile, xftpDeleteSndFileInternal, xftpDeleteSndFileRemote, xftpReceiveFile, xftpSendDescription, xftpSendFile, xftpStartWorkers)
 import Simplex.Messaging.Agent.Client (ProtocolTestFailure (..), ProtocolTestStep (..))
 import Simplex.Messaging.Agent.Protocol (ACommand (..), AgentErrorType (..), BrokerErrorType (..), RcvFileId, SndFileId, noAuthSrv)
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ testXFTPAgentSendReceive = withXFTPServer $ do
     (sfId, _, rfd1, rfd2) <- testSend sndr filePath
     liftIO $ xftpDeleteSndFileInternal sndr sfId
     pure (rfd1, rfd2)
-
   -- receive file, delete rcv file
   testReceiveDelete 2 rfd1 filePath
   testReceiveDelete 3 rfd2 filePath
@@ -157,6 +156,9 @@ testXFTPAgentSendReceiveRedirect = withXFTPServer $ do
     sfGet sndr >>= \case
       (_, _, SFDONE _snd (vfd : _)) -> pure vfd
       r -> error $ "Expected SFDONE, got " <> show r
+
+  testNoRedundancy vfdDirect
+
   redirectFileId <- runRight $ xftpSendDescription sndr 1 vfdDirect 1
   logInfo $ "File sent, sending redirect: " <> tshow redirectFileId
   sfGet sndr `shouldReturn` ("", redirectFileId, SFPROG 65536 65536)
@@ -164,6 +166,9 @@ testXFTPAgentSendReceiveRedirect = withXFTPServer $ do
     sfGet sndr >>= \case
       (_, _, SFDONE _snd (vfd : _)) -> pure vfd
       r -> error $ "Expected SFDONE, got " <> show r
+
+  testNoRedundancy vfdRedirect
+
   case fdRedirect of
     FileDescription {redirect = Just _} -> pure ()
     _ -> error "missing RedirectFileInfo"
@@ -208,6 +213,9 @@ testXFTPAgentSendReceiveNoRedirect = withXFTPServer $ do
     sfGet sndr >>= \case
       (_, _, SFDONE _snd (vfd : _)) -> pure vfd
       r -> error $ "Expected SFDONE, got " <> show r
+
+  testNoRedundancy vfdDirect
+
   let uri = strEncode $ fileDescriptionURI vfdDirect
   B.length uri `shouldSatisfy` (< qrSizeLimit)
   case strDecode uri of
@@ -255,9 +263,15 @@ testSendCF sndr file = do
   sfId <- xftpSendFile sndr 1 file 2
   sfProgress sndr $ mb 18
   ("", sfId', SFDONE sndDescr [rfd1, rfd2]) <- sfGet sndr
+  liftIO $ testNoRedundancy rfd1
+  liftIO $ testNoRedundancy rfd2
   liftIO $ sfId' `shouldBe` sfId
   pure (sfId, sndDescr, rfd1, rfd2)
 
+testNoRedundancy :: HasCallStack => ValidFileDescription 'FRecipient -> IO ()
+testNoRedundancy (ValidFileDescription FileDescription {chunks}) =
+  all (\FileChunk {replicas} -> length replicas == 1) chunks `shouldBe` True
+
 testReceive :: HasCallStack => AgentClient -> ValidFileDescription 'FRecipient -> FilePath -> ExceptT AgentErrorType IO RcvFileId
 testReceive rcp rfd = testReceiveCF rcp rfd Nothing
 
@@ -400,7 +414,9 @@ testXFTPAgentSendRestore = withGlobalLogging logCfgNoLogs $ do
     sndr' <- getSMPAgentClient' 3 agentCfg initAgentServers testDB
     runRight_ $ xftpStartWorkers sndr' (Just senderFiles)
     sfProgress sndr' $ mb 18
-    ("", sfId', SFDONE _sndDescr [rfd1, _rfd2]) <- sfGet sndr'
+    ("", sfId', SFDONE _sndDescr [rfd1, rfd2]) <- sfGet sndr'
+    liftIO $ testNoRedundancy rfd1
+    liftIO $ testNoRedundancy rfd2
     liftIO $ sfId' `shouldBe` sfId
 
     -- prefix path should be removed after sending file
@@ -618,6 +634,8 @@ testXFTPAgentRequestAdditionalRecipientIDs = withXFTPServer $ do
       length rfds `shouldBe` 500
     pure rfds
 
+  forM_ rfds testNoRedundancy
+
   -- receive file using different descriptions
   -- ! revise number of recipients and indexes if xftpMaxRecipientsPerRequest is changed
   rcp <- getSMPAgentClient' 2 agentCfg initAgentServers testDB2