diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 7461128b..9d040d1b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -262,3 +262,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run Redis e2e tests
         working-directory: playgrounds/redis
         run: pnpm run test:e2e
+
+      # Provider behaviour the playground's single configuration never reaches,
+      # such as purging with useRedisSets off.
+      - name: Run provider checks against Redis
+        run: pnpm run test:redis:live
+        env:
+          REDIS_URL: redis://127.0.0.1:6379/15
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9d615119..fe3090f2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
     "docs:api": "typedoc",
     "docs:build:only": "vitepress build docs",
     "build:providers": "pnpm --filter \"./packages/provider-*\" run build",
-    "test:cluster:live": "node scripts/redis-cluster-live.cjs"
+    "test:cluster:live": "node scripts/redis-cluster-live.cjs",
+    "test:redis:live": "node scripts/redis-standalone-live.cjs"
   },
   "license": "MIT",
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/provider-rest-cache-redis/src/RedisCacheProvider.ts b/packages/provider-rest-cache-redis/src/RedisCacheProvider.ts
index 5ac26f55..e32772e9 100644
--- a/packages/provider-rest-cache-redis/src/RedisCacheProvider.ts
+++ b/packages/provider-rest-cache-redis/src/RedisCacheProvider.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ export interface RedisClient {
   unlink(...keys: string[]): Promise<unknown>;
   srem(key: string, ...members: string[]): Promise<unknown>;
   multi(): RedisMulti;
+  scan?(cursor: string, ...args: Array<string | number>): Promise<[string, string[]]>;
+  /** On an ioredis Cluster: one client per node. */
+  nodes?(role: 'master'): RedisClient[];
 }
 
 /**
@@ -248,6 +251,31 @@ export class RedisCacheProvider extends CacheProvider {
     const store = redisStoreOf(this.cache);
     const namespace = store._getNamespace?.();
 
+    // With useRedisSets off, @keyv/redis keeps no tracking set and names every
+    // entry `sets:namespace:<ns>:<ns>:<key>`. Reading the set below returned
+    // nothing, so every pattern purge matched nothing and entries survived until
+    // maxAge. Find them by that name instead, on every master when clustered:
+    // SCAN only sees the node it is sent to.
+    if (store.opts?.useRedisSets === false && store.redis && namespace && store.namespace) {
+      const named = `sets:${namespace}:`;
+      const prefix = `${store.namespace}:`;
+      const nodes = store.redis.isCluster ? store.redis.nodes?.('master') ?? [] : [store.redis];
+      const found: string[] = [];
+
+      for (const node of nodes) {
+        let cursor = '0';
+        do {
+          const [next, batch] = await node.scan!(cursor, 'MATCH', `${named}*`, 'COUNT', 1000);
+          cursor = next;
+          found.push(...batch);
+        } while (cursor !== '0');
+      }
+
+      return found
+        .map((key) => key.slice(named.length))
+        .map((key) => (key.startsWith(prefix) ? key.slice(prefix.length) : key));
+    }
+
     if (typeof store.redis?.smembers === 'function' && namespace && store.namespace) {
       const members = await store.redis.smembers(namespace);
 
diff --git a/scripts/redis-cluster-live.cjs b/scripts/redis-cluster-live.cjs
index bd184191..a742f481 100644
--- a/scripts/redis-cluster-live.cjs
+++ b/scripts/redis-cluster-live.cjs
@@ -117,6 +117,29 @@ async function allKeys(cluster) {
     assert.deepStrictEqual(await allKeys(cluster), []);
   });
 
+  // Without redis sets there is no tracking set to read, so keys() has to find
+  // entries itself - on every master, since SCAN only sees the node it is sent
+  // to. Reading one node, or the empty set, made pattern purges match nothing.
+  const unset = new RedisCacheProvider(cluster, { useRedisSets: false });
+  unset.cache.stores[0].on('error', (error) => storeErrors.push(error.message));
+
+  await check('without redis sets: keys() finds entries on every master', async () => {
+    await flushAll(cluster);
+    for (const key of KEYS) await unset.set(key, { key }, MAX_AGE);
+    noStoreErrors();
+    const populated = (
+      await Promise.all(cluster.nodes('master').map((node) => node.dbsize()))
+    ).filter((size) => size > 0).length;
+    assert.ok(populated > 1, 'entries did not spread across masters');
+    assert.deepStrictEqual((await unset.keys()).sort(), [...KEYS].sort());
+  });
+
+  await check('without redis sets: purging what keys() lists removes it', async () => {
+    await unset.delMany(await unset.keys());
+    noStoreErrors();
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(await allKeys(cluster), []);
+  });
+
   await flushAll(cluster);
   cluster.disconnect();
 
diff --git a/scripts/redis-standalone-live.cjs b/scripts/redis-standalone-live.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e6711372
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/redis-standalone-live.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+'use strict';
+
+/**
+ * Drives the redis provider against a real standalone Redis, for behaviour the
+ * e2e suite cannot reach because the playground uses one fixed configuration.
+ *
+ * Needs a Redis it may flush: REDIS_URL (default redis://127.0.0.1:6379/15).
+ */
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+const path = require('path');
+const { createRequire } = require('module');
+
+const ROOT = path.join(__dirname, '..');
+const PROVIDER = path.join(ROOT, 'packages/provider-rest-cache-redis');
+const requireFromProvider = createRequire(path.join(PROVIDER, 'package.json'));
+// The ioredis the provider actually runs on is @keyv/redis's.
+const Redis = createRequire(requireFromProvider.resolve('@keyv/redis'))('ioredis');
+const { RedisCacheProvider } = require(path.join(PROVIDER, 'dist/RedisCacheProvider.js'));
+
+const REDIS_URL = process.env.REDIS_URL || 'redis://127.0.0.1:6379/15';
+const KEYS = ['/api/articles?', '/api/articles/1?populate=*', '/api/categories?locale=fr'];
+const MAX_AGE = 600000;
+
+const results = [];
+async function check(name, fn) {
+  try {
+    await fn();
+    results.push([true, name, '']);
+  } catch (error) {
+    results.push([false, name, error.message.split('\n')[0]]);
+  }
+}
+
+(async () => {
+  const client = new Redis(REDIS_URL);
+
+  // With useRedisSets off, @keyv/redis keeps no tracking set and names every
+  // entry `sets:namespace:keyv:keyv:<key>`. keys() read the (empty) tracking
+  // set anyway and returned nothing, so every pattern purge matched nothing
+  // and the entries survived until maxAge.
+  for (const options of [{}, { useRedisSets: false }]) {
+    const mode = options.useRedisSets === false ? 'without redis sets' : 'with redis sets';
+    const provider = new RedisCacheProvider(client, options);
+
+    await check(`${mode}: keys() lists every entry, unqualified`, async () => {
+      await client.flushdb();
+      for (const key of KEYS) await provider.set(key, { key }, MAX_AGE);
+      assert.deepStrictEqual((await provider.keys()).sort(), [...KEYS].sort());
+    });
+
+    await check(`${mode}: purging what keys() lists removes it`, async () => {
+      const matched = (await provider.keys()).filter((key) => key.startsWith('/api/articles'));
+      assert.strictEqual(matched.length, 2, 'pattern matched nothing');
+      await provider.delMany(matched);
+      assert.deepStrictEqual((await provider.keys()).sort(), ['/api/categories?locale=fr']);
+      for (const key of matched) assert.ok((await provider.get(key)) == null, `${key} survived`);
+    });
+  }
+
+  await client.flushdb();
+  await client.quit();
+
+  console.log('redis standalone (live)\n');
+  for (const [ok, name, detail] of results) {
+    console.log(`  ${ok ? 'PASS' : 'FAIL'}  ${name}${detail ? `\n          ${detail}` : ''}`);
+  }
+  const failed = results.filter(([ok]) => !ok).length;
+  console.log(`\n${results.length - failed}/${results.length} passed`);
+  process.exit(failed > 0 ? 1 : 0);
+})().catch((error) => {
+  console.error(error);
+  process.exit(1);
+});