diff --git a/internal/vault/vault.go b/internal/vault/vault.go
index 40e46a6..d38cdfc 100644
--- a/internal/vault/vault.go
+++ b/internal/vault/vault.go
@@ -1415,7 +1415,8 @@ func (v *Vault) ListAssets() ([]AssetMeta, error) {
 				}
 				continue
 			}
-			if !entry.Type().IsRegular() || strings.EqualFold(filepath.Ext(name), ".md") || isExcalidrawName(name) {
+			isLink := entry.Type()&os.ModeSymlink != 0
+			if (!entry.Type().IsRegular() && !isLink) || strings.EqualFold(filepath.Ext(name), ".md") || isExcalidrawName(name) {
 				continue
 			}
 			info, err := entry.Info()
@@ -1426,6 +1427,20 @@ func (v *Vault) ListAssets() ([]AssetMeta, error) {
 			if err != nil {
 				continue
 			}
+			if isLink {
+				// A link to a file inside the vault is an attachment like any
+				// other: asset requests serve it through SafeJoin, and the web
+				// app calls an embed missing from this list "not on this
+				// device". A link that escapes the vault is refused there, so
+				// it is left out here too, as is a broken one or one to a
+				// folder.
+				if _, err := SafeJoin(v.root, filepath.ToSlash(rel)); err != nil {
+					continue
+				}
+				if info, err = os.Stat(full); err != nil || !info.Mode().IsRegular() {
+					continue
+				}
+			}
 			out = append(out, AssetMeta{
 				Path:         filepath.ToSlash(rel),
 				Name:         name,
diff --git a/internal/vault/vault_test.go b/internal/vault/vault_test.go
index 89bfedb..b5a6e70 100644
--- a/internal/vault/vault_test.go
+++ b/internal/vault/vault_test.go
@@ -1172,6 +1172,53 @@ func TestCreateExcalidrawSeedsEmptyScene(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestListAssetsIncludesFilesReachedThroughSymlinks(t *testing.T) {
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	v, err := New(root, Options{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	assets := filepath.Join(root, "assets")
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(assets, 0o700); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(assets, "original.mp4"), []byte("123"), 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	outside := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "outside.mp4")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(outside, []byte("secret"), 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	links := map[string]string{
+		"clip.mp4":    filepath.Join(assets, "original.mp4"),
+		"escape.mp4":  outside,
+		"gone.mp4":    filepath.Join(assets, "missing.mp4"),
+		"folder.link": assets,
+	}
+	for name, target := range links {
+		if err := os.Symlink(target, filepath.Join(assets, name)); err != nil {
+			t.Skipf("symlinks unavailable: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	listed, err := v.ListAssets()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	sizes := map[string]int64{}
+	for _, asset := range listed {
+		sizes[asset.Path] = asset.Size
+	}
+	if size, ok := sizes["assets/clip.mp4"]; !ok || size != 3 {
+		t.Errorf("assets/clip.mp4 listed=%v size=%d, want listed with the target's size 3", ok, size)
+	}
+	for _, path := range []string{"assets/escape.mp4", "assets/gone.mp4", "assets/folder.link"} {
+		if _, ok := sizes[path]; ok {
+			t.Errorf("%s is listed, want it left out", path)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestListAssetsIgnoresAtomicWriteScratchFiles(t *testing.T) {
 	root := t.TempDir()
 	v, err := New(root, Options{})