diff --git a/src-tauri/src/commands/ai.rs b/src-tauri/src/commands/ai.rs
index a94135c6..2843bfeb 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/commands/ai.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/commands/ai.rs
@@ -13,22 +13,27 @@ pub async fn analyze_logs(
     provider_config: ProviderConfig,
     state: State<'_, AppState>,
 ) -> Result<AnalysisResult, String> {
-    // Load log file contents
+    // Load log file contents — only redacted files may be sent to an AI provider
     let mut log_contents = String::new();
     {
         let db = state.db.lock().map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
         for file_id in &log_file_ids {
             let mut stmt = db
-                .prepare("SELECT file_name, file_path FROM log_files WHERE id = ?1")
+                .prepare("SELECT file_name, file_path, redacted FROM log_files WHERE id = ?1")
                 .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
-            if let Ok((name, path)) = stmt.query_row([file_id], |row| {
-                Ok((row.get::<_, String>(0)?, row.get::<_, String>(1)?))
+            if let Ok((name, path, redacted)) = stmt.query_row([file_id], |row| {
+                Ok((
+                    row.get::<_, String>(0)?,
+                    row.get::<_, String>(1)?,
+                    row.get::<_, i32>(2)? != 0,
+                ))
             }) {
+                let redacted_path = redacted_path_for(&name, &path, redacted)?;
                 log_contents.push_str(&format!("--- {name} ---\n"));
-                if let Ok(content) = std::fs::read_to_string(&path) {
+                if let Ok(content) = std::fs::read_to_string(&redacted_path) {
                     log_contents.push_str(&content);
                 } else {
-                    log_contents.push_str("[Could not read file]\n");
+                    log_contents.push_str("[Could not read redacted file]\n");
                 }
                 log_contents.push('\n');
             }
@@ -103,6 +108,17 @@ pub async fn analyze_logs(
     })
 }
 
+/// Returns the path to the `.redacted` file, or an error if the file has not been redacted.
+fn redacted_path_for(name: &str, path: &str, redacted: bool) -> Result<String, String> {
+    if !redacted {
+        return Err(format!(
+            "Log file '{name}' has not been scanned and redacted. \
+             Run PII detection and apply redactions before sending to AI."
+        ));
+    }
+    Ok(format!("{path}.redacted"))
+}
+
 fn extract_section(text: &str, header: &str) -> Option<String> {
     let start = text.find(header)?;
     let after = &text[start + header.len()..];
@@ -384,6 +400,19 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(list, vec!["Item one", "Item two"]);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_redacted_path_rejects_unredacted_file() {
+        let err = redacted_path_for("app.log", "/data/app.log", false).unwrap_err();
+        assert!(err.contains("app.log"));
+        assert!(err.contains("redacted"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_redacted_path_returns_dotredacted_suffix() {
+        let path = redacted_path_for("app.log", "/data/app.log", true).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(path, "/data/app.log.redacted");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_extract_list_missing_header() {
         let text = "No findings here";