diff --git a/include/seqan3/io/detail/misc_input.hpp b/include/seqan3/io/detail/misc_input.hpp
index c300eaa18c7..7c161ff5afe 100644
--- a/include/seqan3/io/detail/misc_input.hpp
+++ b/include/seqan3/io/detail/misc_input.hpp
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <tuple>
 
-
 #ifdef SEQAN3_HAS_BZIP2
     #include <seqan3/contrib/stream/bz2_istream.hpp>
 #endif
@@ -31,6 +30,7 @@
     #include <seqan3/contrib/stream/gz_istream.hpp>
 #endif
 #include <seqan3/io/detail/magic_header.hpp>
+#include <seqan3/io/exception.hpp>
 #include <seqan3/utility/detail/exposition_only_concept.hpp>
 
 namespace seqan3::detail
diff --git a/include/seqan3/io/detail/misc_output.hpp b/include/seqan3/io/detail/misc_output.hpp
index 568b0c59f62..f712b511fde 100644
--- a/include/seqan3/io/detail/misc_output.hpp
+++ b/include/seqan3/io/detail/misc_output.hpp
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <seqan3/std/filesystem>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <string>
 #include <tuple>
 
-#include <seqan3/utility/detail/exposition_only_concept.hpp>
 #ifdef SEQAN3_HAS_BZIP2
     #include <seqan3/contrib/stream/bz2_ostream.hpp>
 #endif
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
     #include <seqan3/contrib/stream/bgzf_ostream.hpp>
     #include <seqan3/contrib/stream/gz_ostream.hpp>
 #endif
-#include <seqan3/std/filesystem>
+#include <seqan3/io/exception.hpp>
+#include <seqan3/utility/detail/exposition_only_concept.hpp>
 
 namespace seqan3::detail
 {
@@ -46,26 +47,34 @@ inline auto make_secondary_ostream(std::basic_ostream<char_t> & primary_stream,
 
     std::string extension = filename.extension().string();
 
-    if ((extension == ".gz") || (extension == ".bgzf") || (extension == ".bam"))
+    if (extension == ".gz")
     {
-    #ifdef SEQAN3_HAS_ZLIB
+#ifdef SEQAN3_HAS_ZLIB
+        filename.replace_extension("");
+        return {new contrib::basic_gz_ostream<char_t>{primary_stream}, stream_deleter_default};
+#else
+        throw file_open_error{"Trying to write a gzipped file, but no ZLIB available."};
+#endif
+    }
+    else if ((extension == ".bgzf") || (extension == ".bam"))
+    {
+#ifdef SEQAN3_HAS_ZLIB
         if (extension != ".bam") // remove extension except for bam
             filename.replace_extension("");
 
-        return {new contrib::basic_bgzf_ostream<char_t>{primary_stream},
-                stream_deleter_default};
-    #else
-        throw file_open_error{"Trying to write a gzipped file, but no ZLIB available."};
-    #endif
+        return {new contrib::basic_bgzf_ostream<char_t>{primary_stream}, stream_deleter_default};
+#else
+        throw file_open_error{"Trying to write a bgzf'ed file, but no ZLIB available."};
+#endif
     }
     else if (extension == ".bz2")
     {
-    #ifdef SEQAN3_HAS_BZIP2
+#ifdef SEQAN3_HAS_BZIP2
         filename.replace_extension("");
         return {new contrib::basic_bz2_ostream<char_t>{primary_stream}, stream_deleter_default};
-    #else
+#else
         throw file_open_error{"Trying to write a bzipped file, but no libbz2 available."};
-    #endif
+#endif
     }
     else if (extension == ".zst")
     {
diff --git a/test/unit/io/detail/CMakeLists.txt b/test/unit/io/detail/CMakeLists.txt
index 32763995c23..a6ce1f3d492 100644
--- a/test/unit/io/detail/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/unit/io/detail/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 seqan3_test(detail_record_test.cpp)
 seqan3_test(in_file_iterator_test.cpp)
 seqan3_test(misc_test.cpp)
+seqan3_test(misc_output_test.cpp)
 seqan3_test(out_file_iterator_test.cpp)
 seqan3_test(ignore_output_iterator_test.cpp)
 seqan3_test(record_like_test.cpp)
diff --git a/test/unit/io/detail/misc_output_test.cpp b/test/unit/io/detail/misc_output_test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2094ed199fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/io/detail/misc_output_test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Copyright (c) 2006-2020, Knut Reinert & Freie Universität Berlin
+// Copyright (c) 2016-2020, Knut Reinert & MPI für molekulare Genetik
+// This file may be used, modified and/or redistributed under the terms of the 3-clause BSD-License
+// shipped with this file and also available at: https://github.com/seqan/seqan3/blob/master/LICENSE.md
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+#include <fstream>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include <seqan3/core/debug_stream.hpp>
+
+#include <seqan3/io/detail/misc_input.hpp>
+#include <seqan3/io/detail/misc_output.hpp>
+#include <seqan3/test/tmp_filename.hpp>
+
+inline seqan3::test::tmp_filename tmp_compressed_file(std::string const & file_extension)
+{
+    std::string const tmp_file_name = "io_misc_output_test.txt." + file_extension;
+    seqan3::test::tmp_filename tmp_file{tmp_file_name.c_str()};
+
+    // We need a copy of the path because `make_secondary_ostream` will strip the compression extension.
+    auto file_path = tmp_file.get_path();
+    std::ofstream filestream{file_path};
+    auto stream_ptr = seqan3::detail::make_secondary_ostream(filestream, file_path);
+    *stream_ptr << std::string(8, 'a') << '\n';
+
+    return tmp_file;
+}
+
+inline std::vector<char> read_file_content(std::filesystem::path const & path)
+{
+    std::ifstream filestream{path};
+    using char_t = decltype(filestream)::char_type;
+    return {std::istreambuf_iterator{filestream}, std::istreambuf_iterator<char_t>{}};
+}
+
+#ifdef SEQAN3_HAS_ZLIB
+TEST(misc_output, issue2455_gz)
+{
+    seqan3::test::tmp_filename const compressed_file = tmp_compressed_file("gz");
+    std::vector<char> const file_content = read_file_content(compressed_file.get_path());
+
+    EXPECT_TRUE(seqan3::detail::starts_with(file_content, seqan3::detail::gz_compression::magic_header));
+    // gz should not have a valid bgzf header (the gz header is a prefix of the bgzf header)
+    EXPECT_FALSE(seqan3::detail::bgzf_compression::validate_header(std::span{file_content}));
+}
+
+TEST(misc_output, issue2455_bgzf)
+{
+    seqan3::test::tmp_filename const compressed_file = tmp_compressed_file("bgzf");
+    std::vector<char> const file_content = read_file_content(compressed_file.get_path());
+
+    EXPECT_TRUE(seqan3::detail::bgzf_compression::validate_header(std::span{file_content}));
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifdef SEQAN3_HAS_BZIP2
+TEST(misc_output, issue2455_bz)
+{
+    seqan3::test::tmp_filename const compressed_file = tmp_compressed_file("bz2");
+    std::vector<char> const file_content = read_file_content(compressed_file.get_path());
+
+    EXPECT_TRUE(seqan3::detail::starts_with(file_content, seqan3::detail::bz2_compression::magic_header));
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/test/unit/io/detail/misc_test.cpp b/test/unit/io/detail/misc_test.cpp
index 50d41cc9178..2ca06958daf 100644
--- a/test/unit/io/detail/misc_test.cpp
+++ b/test/unit/io/detail/misc_test.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 #include <seqan3/io/detail/magic_header.hpp>
 #include <seqan3/io/detail/misc.hpp>
-#include <seqan3/std/ranges>
 #include <seqan3/test/tmp_filename.hpp>
 
 struct dummy_file
diff --git a/test/unit/io/sam_file/sam_file_output_test.cpp b/test/unit/io/sam_file/sam_file_output_test.cpp
index 575bae12263..bc31df56290 100644
--- a/test/unit/io/sam_file/sam_file_output_test.cpp
+++ b/test/unit/io/sam_file/sam_file_output_test.cpp
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ TEST(compression, by_filename_gz)
 
     std::string buffer = compression_by_filename_impl(filename);
     buffer[9] = '\x00'; // zero out OS byte.
-    EXPECT_EQ(buffer, expected_bgzf);
+    EXPECT_EQ(buffer, expected_gz);
 }
 
 TEST(compression, by_stream_gz)
diff --git a/test/unit/io/sequence_file/sequence_file_output_test.cpp b/test/unit/io/sequence_file/sequence_file_output_test.cpp
index 0367538f12a..d5cb90fd58c 100644
--- a/test/unit/io/sequence_file/sequence_file_output_test.cpp
+++ b/test/unit/io/sequence_file/sequence_file_output_test.cpp
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ TEST(compression, by_filename_gz)
 
     std::string buffer = compression_by_filename_impl(filename);
     buffer[9] = '\x00'; // zero out OS byte
-    EXPECT_EQ(buffer, expected_bgzf);
+    EXPECT_EQ(buffer, expected_gz);
 }
 
 TEST(compression, by_stream_gz)
diff --git a/test/unit/io/structure_file/structure_file_output_test.cpp b/test/unit/io/structure_file/structure_file_output_test.cpp
index 2a710a20451..40d58b9b1cd 100644
--- a/test/unit/io/structure_file/structure_file_output_test.cpp
+++ b/test/unit/io/structure_file/structure_file_output_test.cpp
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ TEST_F(structure_file_output_compression, by_filename_gz)
     seqan3::test::tmp_filename filename{"structure_file_output_test.dbn.gz"};
     std::string buffer = compression_by_filename_impl(filename);
     buffer[9] = '\x00'; // zero out OS byte
-    EXPECT_EQ(buffer, expected_bgzf);
+    EXPECT_EQ(buffer, expected_gz);
 }
 
 TEST_F(structure_file_output_compression, by_stream_gz)