diff --git a/migrations/news_story_canonical_20261110.php b/migrations/news_story_canonical_20261110.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..786a41b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/news_story_canonical_20261110.php
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/**
+ * News articles that carry the same text as a success story get the story
+ * as canonical (field tx_news_domain_model_news.vitec_canonical_usecase,
+ * evaluated by VitecMetaHandler). The article stays in the news list.
+ *
+ * Pairs from the Seobility duplicate-content report of 2026-11-10.
+ *
+ * Dry run:  php migrations/news_story_canonical_20261110.php
+ * Write:    php migrations/news_story_canonical_20261110.php --apply
+ */
+
+error_reporting(E_ALL);
+ini_set('display_errors', '1');
+
+$apply = in_array('--apply', $argv, true);
+
+$root = null;
+$dir = __DIR__;
+for ($i = 0; $i < 5; $i++) {
+    if (is_file($dir . '/config/system/settings.php')) { $root = $dir; break; }
+    $dir = dirname($dir);
+}
+if ($root === null) { exit("no project root\n"); }
+$settings = require $root . '/config/system/settings.php';
+$db = $settings['DB']['Connections']['Default'];
+$pdo = new PDO(
+    sprintf('mysql:host=%s;port=%s;dbname=%s;charset=utf8mb4', $db['host'] ?? 'localhost', $db['port'] ?? 3306, $db['dbname'] ?? ''),
+    $db['user'] ?? '', $db['password'] ?? '',
+    [PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE => PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION, PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE => PDO::FETCH_ASSOC]
+);
+
+echo $apply ? "== APPLY ==\n" : "== DRY RUN (add --apply to write) ==\n";
+
+// news uid => usecase (story) uid
+$pairs = [
+    361 => 56,  // Denver Sportsbook Bar & Grill
+    121 => 24,  // European Space Agency
+    164 => 26,  // Feature Story News
+    336 => 62,  // Kyndryl Cyber Operations Center
+    388 => 74,  // Leading Video Capture for the Medical Market
+    239 => 66,  // RRS Sir David Attenborough
+    158 => 46,  // Sacramento Kings
+    310 => 68,  // SENTRY Video Walls – 2024 Olympic Games
+    290 => 72,  // UK Mission Critical Control Room
+    389 => 59,  // Intercity Istanbul Park
+    436 => 64,  // NHS tribute onto Parliament
+    395 => 54,  // Bahrain International Circuit
+    327 => 60,  // ITV News Headquarters
+];
+
+$news = $pdo->prepare("SELECT uid, title, path_segment, vitec_canonical_usecase FROM tx_news_domain_model_news WHERE deleted = 0 AND uid = ?");
+$story = $pdo->prepare("SELECT uid, title, slug, hidden FROM tx_vitec_domain_model_usecase WHERE deleted = 0 AND uid = ?");
+$update = $pdo->prepare("UPDATE tx_news_domain_model_news SET vitec_canonical_usecase = ?, tstamp = UNIX_TIMESTAMP() WHERE uid = ?");
+$set = 0;
+$paths = [];
+foreach ($pairs as $newsUid => $storyUid) {
+    $news->execute([$newsUid]); $n = $news->fetch();
+    $story->execute([$storyUid]); $s = $story->fetch();
+    if (!$n || !$s) { echo "  #$newsUid -> #$storyUid: Datensatz fehlt, uebersprungen\n"; continue; }
+    if ((int)$s['hidden'] === 1) { echo "  #$newsUid -> #$storyUid: Story versteckt, uebersprungen\n"; continue; }
+    $state = (int)$n['vitec_canonical_usecase'] === $storyUid ? 'schon gesetzt' : 'setzen';
+    printf("  news #%-4d %-70s -> story #%-3d /success-stories/%s  [%s]\n", $newsUid, mb_substr($n['title'], 0, 70), $storyUid, $s['slug'], $state);
+    $paths[] = '/news/article/' . $n['path_segment'];
+    if ($state === 'setzen') {
+        $set++;
+        if ($apply) { $update->execute([$storyUid, $newsUid]); }
+    }
+}
+echo "\n$set Zuordnung(en) " . ($apply ? 'geschrieben' : 'wuerden geschrieben') . ".\n";
+echo "SSR-Pfade:\n  " . implode("\n  ", $paths) . "\n";
diff --git a/packages/vitec/Classes/Seo/VitecMetaHandler.php b/packages/vitec/Classes/Seo/VitecMetaHandler.php
index ea3642e..eaeca12 100644
--- a/packages/vitec/Classes/Seo/VitecMetaHandler.php
+++ b/packages/vitec/Classes/Seo/VitecMetaHandler.php
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ class VitecMetaHandler extends MetaHandler
         $title = trim((string)($content['seo']['title'] ?? ''));
         $description = '';
         $image = '';
+        $canonicalPath = '';
 
         // --- record context -------------------------------------------------
         $newsUid = (int)($args['tx_news_pi1']['news'] ?? 0);
@@ -90,6 +91,15 @@ class VitecMetaHandler extends MetaHandler
                     );
                 }
                 $image = $this->firstImage('tx_news_domain_model_news', 'fal_media', $newsUid);
+                // Same text as a success story: the story is the original.
+                $storyUid = (int)($news['vitec_canonical_usecase'] ?? 0);
+                if ($storyUid > 0) {
+                    $story = $this->fetchRow('tx_vitec_domain_model_usecase', ['uid' => $storyUid]);
+                    $storySlug = trim((string)($story['slug'] ?? ''));
+                    if ($storySlug !== '') {
+                        $canonicalPath = '/success-stories/' . $storySlug;
+                    }
+                }
             }
         } elseif ($productArg !== '') {
             $product = is_numeric($productArg)
@@ -227,6 +237,23 @@ class VitecMetaHandler extends MetaHandler
             }
         }
 
+        // --- news article whose canonical is a success story --------------------
+        if ($canonicalPath !== '') {
+            $href = $this->absolute($canonicalPath, $base);
+            $links = is_array($content['seo']['link'] ?? null) ? $content['seo']['link'] : [];
+            $replaced = false;
+            foreach ($links as $index => $link) {
+                if (($link['rel'] ?? '') === 'canonical') {
+                    $links[$index]['href'] = $href;
+                    $replaced = true;
+                }
+            }
+            if (!$replaced) {
+                $links[] = ['href' => $href, 'rel' => 'canonical'];
+            }
+            $content['seo']['link'] = $links;
+        }
+
         return $content;
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/vitec/Configuration/TCA/Overrides/tx_news_domain_model_news.php b/packages/vitec/Configuration/TCA/Overrides/tx_news_domain_model_news.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..925d7c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/vitec/Configuration/TCA/Overrides/tx_news_domain_model_news.php
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?php
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+defined('TYPO3') or die();
+
+// Canonical story for a news article: when a success story carries the same
+// text as the article, the article stays in the news list but its canonical
+// link points to the story (VitecMetaHandler reads this field).
+(static function (): void {
+    \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\ExtensionManagementUtility::addTCAcolumns('tx_news_domain_model_news', [
+        'vitec_canonical_usecase' => [
+            'label' => 'Canonical success story',
+            'description' => 'Set when a success story carries the same text as this article. The article stays in the news list; search engines count the story as the original.',
+            'config' => [
+                'type' => 'select',
+                'renderType' => 'selectSingle',
+                'foreign_table' => 'tx_vitec_domain_model_usecase',
+                'foreign_table_where' => 'AND {#tx_vitec_domain_model_usecase}.{#deleted} = 0 ORDER BY tx_vitec_domain_model_usecase.title',
+                'items' => [['label' => '— none —', 'value' => 0]],
+                'default' => 0,
+                'size' => 1,
+                'maxitems' => 1,
+            ],
+        ],
+    ]);
+    \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\ExtensionManagementUtility::addToAllTCAtypes(
+        'tx_news_domain_model_news',
+        '--div--;VITEC SEO, vitec_canonical_usecase'
+    );
+})();
diff --git a/packages/vitec/ext_tables.sql b/packages/vitec/ext_tables.sql
index da33ef7..6fbc2e6 100755
--- a/packages/vitec/ext_tables.sql
+++ b/packages/vitec/ext_tables.sql
@@ -518,3 +518,7 @@ CREATE TABLE tx_vitec_clienterrorlog (
     PRIMARY KEY (uid),
     KEY crdate (crdate)
 );
+
+CREATE TABLE tx_news_domain_model_news (
+    vitec_canonical_usecase int(11) unsigned DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL
+);