diff --git a/components/files/file-browser.tsx b/components/files/file-browser.tsx
index 8a47b7d32..b9cdcb867 100644
--- a/components/files/file-browser.tsx
+++ b/components/files/file-browser.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
   AlertCircle, Star, Clock, FolderUp,
   FileArchive, FileSpreadsheet, Presentation, FileCode,
   Box, PenTool, Terminal as TerminalIcon, Database, Type as TypeIcon,
-  Menu, Users, Share2, SquarePen,
+  Menu, Users, Share2, SquarePen, Link,
 } from "@/components/icons";
 import { useIsDesktop } from "@/hooks/use-media-query";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
@@ -239,17 +239,28 @@ function getFileIconByName(name: string, size: "sm" | "lg") {
   return <File className={`${cls} text-muted-foreground`} />;
 }
 
-function getFileIcon(resource: FileResource) {
+// A symlink's icon, whatever its name suggests: it has no content to open.
+function SymlinkIcon({ className, label }: { className: string; label: string }) {
+  return (
+    <Link className={`${className} text-muted-foreground`} aria-label={label}>
+      <title>{label}</title>
+    </Link>
+  );
+}
+
+function getFileIcon(resource: FileResource, symlinkLabel: string) {
   if (resource.isDirectory) {
     return <Folder className="w-5 h-5 text-blue-500" />;
   }
+  if (resource.isSymlink) return <SymlinkIcon className="w-5 h-5" label={symlinkLabel} />;
   return getFileIconByName(resource.name, "sm");
 }
 
-function getGridIcon(resource: FileResource) {
+function getGridIcon(resource: FileResource, symlinkLabel: string) {
   if (resource.isDirectory) {
     return <Folder className="w-10 h-10 text-blue-500" />;
   }
+  if (resource.isSymlink) return <SymlinkIcon className="w-10 h-10" label={symlinkLabel} />;
   return getFileIconByName(resource.name, "lg");
 }
 
@@ -418,8 +429,15 @@ export function FileBrowser({
   // it (not a shared-with-me node), and holds the mayShare right (owned nodes
   // report full rights; treat missing myRights as allowed).
   const canShare = useCallback((r: FileResource | null | undefined): boolean =>
-    !!(sharingEnabled && onShare && client && r && !r.isShared && (r.myRights?.mayShare ?? true)),
+    !!(sharingEnabled && onShare && client && r && !r.isShared && !r.isSymlink && (r.myRights?.mayShare ?? true)),
     [sharingEnabled, onShare, client]);
+  // Files have content to preview, open, download or duplicate. Folders and
+  // symlinks don't: a symlink row only supports rename, move and delete.
+  const hasContent = useCallback((name: string): boolean => {
+    const r = resources.find(res => res.name === name);
+    return !!r && !r.isDirectory && !r.isSymlink;
+  }, [resources]);
+  const symlinkLabel = t("symlink");
   const [contextMenu, setContextMenu] = useState<{ x: number; y: number; name: string } | null>(null);
   const [emptyContextMenu, setEmptyContextMenu] = useState<{ x: number; y: number } | null>(null);
   const [showNewTextFile, setShowNewTextFile] = useState(false);
@@ -700,6 +718,7 @@ export function FileBrowser({
   }, [marquee, onSetSelection]);
 
   const handleResourceDoubleClick = (resource: FileResource) => {
+    if (resource.isSymlink) return;
     if (resource.isDirectory) {
       const newPath = currentPath === '/'
         ? `/${resource.name}`
@@ -929,7 +948,7 @@ export function FileBrowser({
             ? `/${resource.name}`
             : `${currentPath}/${resource.name}`;
           onNavigate(newPath, resource.id);
-        } else if (resource) {
+        } else if (resource && !resource.isSymlink) {
           onDownload(resource.name);
         }
         return;
@@ -1003,10 +1022,10 @@ export function FileBrowser({
                 variant="ghost"
                 size="sm"
                 className="h-8"
-                onClick={() => onBatchDownload([...selectedResources].filter(n => !resources.find(r => r.name === n)?.isDirectory))}
+                onClick={() => onBatchDownload([...selectedResources].filter(hasContent))}
               >
                 <Download className="w-4 h-4 me-1" />
-                {t("download")} ({[...selectedResources].filter(n => !resources.find(r => r.name === n)?.isDirectory).length})
+                {t("download")} ({[...selectedResources].filter(hasContent).length})
               </Button>
               <Button
                 variant="ghost"
@@ -1512,9 +1531,9 @@ export function FileBrowser({
                       data-checked={selectedResources.has(resource.name)}
                       onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
                     />
-                    {showThumbnails && isImageFile(resource.name)
+                    {showThumbnails && !resource.isSymlink && isImageFile(resource.name)
                       ? <Thumbnail name={resource.name} getImageUrl={getImageUrl} size="lg" />
-                      : getGridIcon(resource)}
+                      : getGridIcon(resource, symlinkLabel)}
                     <span className="text-xs truncate w-full text-center flex items-center justify-center gap-1" title={resource.name}>
                       <span className="truncate">{resource.name}</span>
                       <ShareBadge resource={resource} t={t} />
@@ -1662,15 +1681,15 @@ export function FileBrowser({
                         className="w-4 h-4 rounded border-border accent-primary cursor-pointer shrink-0"
                         onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
                       />
-                      {showThumbnails && isImageFile(resource.name)
+                      {showThumbnails && !resource.isSymlink && isImageFile(resource.name)
                         ? <Thumbnail name={resource.name} getImageUrl={getImageUrl} size="sm" />
-                        : getFileIcon(resource)}
+                        : getFileIcon(resource, symlinkLabel)}
                       <span className="truncate">{resource.name}</span>
                       <ShareBadge resource={resource} t={t} />
                     </div>
                   </td>
                   <td className="px-4 py-2.5 text-muted-foreground hidden md:table-cell tabular-nums">
-                    {resource.isDirectory ? "-" : formatFileSize(resource.contentLength)}
+                    {resource.isDirectory || resource.isSymlink ? "-" : formatFileSize(resource.contentLength)}
                   </td>
                   <td className="px-4 py-2.5 text-muted-foreground hidden lg:table-cell tabular-nums">
                     {formatDate(resource.lastModified)}
@@ -1702,7 +1721,7 @@ export function FileBrowser({
             style={{ left: contextMenu.x, top: contextMenu.y }}
             onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
           >
-            {!resources.find(r => r.name === contextMenu.name)?.isDirectory && isPreviewable(contextMenu.name) && (
+            {hasContent(contextMenu.name) && isPreviewable(contextMenu.name) && (
               <button
                 className="w-full flex items-center gap-2 px-3 py-2 text-sm hover:bg-muted transition-colors text-start"
                 onClick={() => {
@@ -1718,7 +1737,7 @@ export function FileBrowser({
                 {t("preview")}
               </button>
             )}
-            {!resources.find(r => r.name === contextMenu.name)?.isDirectory && isOfficeEditable?.(contextMenu.name) && onEditFile && (
+            {hasContent(contextMenu.name) && isOfficeEditable?.(contextMenu.name) && onEditFile && (
               <button
                 className="w-full flex items-center gap-2 px-3 py-2 text-sm hover:bg-muted transition-colors text-start"
                 onClick={() => {
@@ -1730,7 +1749,7 @@ export function FileBrowser({
                 {t("office_edit")}
               </button>
             )}
-            {!resources.find(r => r.name === contextMenu.name)?.isDirectory && (
+            {hasContent(contextMenu.name) && (
               <button
                 className="w-full flex items-center gap-2 px-3 py-2 text-sm hover:bg-muted transition-colors text-start"
                 onClick={() => {
@@ -1752,16 +1771,18 @@ export function FileBrowser({
               <Scissors className="w-4 h-4" />
               {t("cut")}
             </button>
-            <button
-              className="w-full flex items-center gap-2 px-3 py-2 text-sm hover:bg-muted transition-colors text-start"
-              onClick={() => {
-                onCopy([contextMenu.name]);
-                setContextMenu(null);
-              }}
-            >
-              <Copy className="w-4 h-4" />
-              {t("copy")}
-            </button>
+            {!resources.find(r => r.name === contextMenu.name)?.isSymlink && (
+              <button
+                className="w-full flex items-center gap-2 px-3 py-2 text-sm hover:bg-muted transition-colors text-start"
+                onClick={() => {
+                  onCopy([contextMenu.name]);
+                  setContextMenu(null);
+                }}
+              >
+                <Copy className="w-4 h-4" />
+                {t("copy")}
+              </button>
+            )}
             {clipboard && (
               <button
                 className="w-full flex items-center gap-2 px-3 py-2 text-sm hover:bg-muted transition-colors text-start"
@@ -1774,7 +1795,7 @@ export function FileBrowser({
                 {t("paste")}
               </button>
             )}
-            {!resources.find(r => r.name === contextMenu.name)?.isDirectory && (
+            {hasContent(contextMenu.name) && (
               <button
                 className="w-full flex items-center gap-2 px-3 py-2 text-sm hover:bg-muted transition-colors text-start"
                 onClick={() => {
@@ -1971,15 +1992,21 @@ export function FileBrowser({
             <div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-3 mb-4">
               {detailResource.isDirectory
                 ? <Folder className="w-12 h-12 text-blue-500" />
-                : getFileIconByName(detailResource.name, "lg")}
+                : detailResource.isSymlink
+                  ? <SymlinkIcon className="w-12 h-12" label={symlinkLabel} />
+                  : getFileIconByName(detailResource.name, "lg")}
               <p className="text-sm font-medium text-center break-all">{detailResource.name}</p>
             </div>
             <dl className="space-y-3 text-sm">
               <div>
                 <dt className="text-muted-foreground text-xs">{t("type")}</dt>
-                <dd>{detailResource.isDirectory ? t("folder") : (detailResource.contentType || t("file"))}</dd>
+                <dd>
+                  {detailResource.isDirectory
+                    ? t("folder")
+                    : detailResource.isSymlink ? symlinkLabel : (detailResource.contentType || t("file"))}
+                </dd>
               </div>
-              {!detailResource.isDirectory && (
+              {!detailResource.isDirectory && !detailResource.isSymlink && (
                 <div>
                   <dt className="text-muted-foreground text-xs">{t("size")}</dt>
                   <dd className="tabular-nums">{formatFileSize(detailResource.contentLength)}</dd>
diff --git a/components/files/files-app.tsx b/components/files/files-app.tsx
index d7c82219f..745610f85 100644
--- a/components/files/files-app.tsx
+++ b/components/files/files-app.tsx
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ export function FilesApp({ linkSegments: routeSegments }: FilesAppProps = {}) {
     const resource = resources.find((r) => r.name === pending);
     if (!resource) return;
     pendingPreviewRef.current = null;
-    if (isFilePreviewable(pending)) {
+    if (!resource.isSymlink && isFilePreviewable(pending)) {
       setPreviewFile(pending);
     } else {
       toast.error(tDeepLink('file_not_found'));
diff --git a/lib/__tests__/filenode-kind.test.ts b/lib/__tests__/filenode-kind.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a3ce4c68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/__tests__/filenode-kind.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import { fileNodeKind } from '../jmap/filenode-kind';
+
+describe('fileNodeKind', () => {
+  it('takes nodeType as Stalwart 0.16.6+ returns it', () => {
+    expect(fileNodeKind({ nodeType: 'file', blobId: 'b1' })).toBe('file');
+    expect(fileNodeKind({ nodeType: 'directory', blobId: null })).toBe('directory');
+  });
+
+  // 1.0 symlinks: `blobId`, `size` and `type` are null, like a folder's.
+  it('tells a symlink from a folder on Stalwart 1.0', () => {
+    expect(fileNodeKind({ nodeType: 'symlink', blobId: null })).toBe('symlink');
+  });
+
+  it('falls back to the blob rule without nodeType (#379)', () => {
+    expect(fileNodeKind({ blobId: null })).toBe('directory');
+    expect(fileNodeKind({ blobId: 'b1' })).toBe('file');
+    // An unknown value from some other server doesn't count.
+    expect(fileNodeKind({ nodeType: 'fifo' as never, blobId: 'b1' })).toBe('file');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/lib/__tests__/jmap-filenode-client.test.ts b/lib/__tests__/jmap-filenode-client.test.ts
index 867a6a409..abfc39f6a 100644
--- a/lib/__tests__/jmap-filenode-client.test.ts
+++ b/lib/__tests__/jmap-filenode-client.test.ts
@@ -155,6 +155,17 @@ describe('JMAPClient FileNode listing past maxObjectsInGet (#1069)', () => {
     const nodes = await client.listAllFileNodesAcrossAccounts();
     expect(sortedIds(nodes)).toEqual(['f0', 'f1', 'f2', 'f3']);
   });
+
+  it('asks for nodeType, which tells Stalwart 1.0 symlinks from folders', async () => {
+    const all = [folder('d1'), file('f0'), file('f1'), file('f2')];
+    const client = createLimitedClient({ maxObjectsInGet: 2 });
+    const sent = fakeFilesServer(all, { maxObjectsInGet: 2 });
+
+    await client.listAllFileNodes();
+    const gets = sent.flat().filter(([method]) => method === 'FileNode/get');
+    expect(gets.length).toBeGreaterThan(1);
+    for (const [, args] of gets) expect(args.properties).toContain('nodeType');
+  });
 });
 
 describe('JMAPClient FileNode name decoding (#869)', () => {
diff --git a/lib/__tests__/jmap-filenode-writes.test.ts b/lib/__tests__/jmap-filenode-writes.test.ts
index 4df152af3..2fa88f62b 100644
--- a/lib/__tests__/jmap-filenode-writes.test.ts
+++ b/lib/__tests__/jmap-filenode-writes.test.ts
@@ -97,6 +97,32 @@ describe('FileNode writes', () => {
     expect(calls.some(([m]) => m === 'Blob/copy')).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  it('leaves symlinks out of a folder copy instead of making them empty folders (Stalwart 1.0)', async () => {
+    const { client, calls } = makeClient({
+      me: [
+        { id: 'd1', name: 'Docs', parentId: null, nodeType: 'directory', blobId: null, type: null, size: null },
+        { id: 'l1', name: 'latest', parentId: 'd1', nodeType: 'symlink', blobId: null, type: null, size: null },
+        { id: 'f1', name: 'a.txt', parentId: 'd1', nodeType: 'file', blobId: 'b1', type: 'text/plain', size: 3 },
+      ],
+    });
+    await client.copyFileNode('d1', 'Docs (copy)', null);
+
+    // Nor is nodeType ever sent: 1.0 treats it as immutable.
+    const creates = sets(calls).map(a => (a.create as { n0: Record<string, unknown> }).n0);
+    expect(creates).toEqual([
+      { name: 'Docs (copy)' },
+      { name: 'a.txt', parentId: 'new1', type: 'text/plain', blobId: 'b1' },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('refuses to copy a symlink itself', async () => {
+    const { client, calls } = makeClient({
+      me: [{ id: 'l1', name: 'latest', parentId: null, nodeType: 'symlink', blobId: null, type: null, size: null }],
+    });
+    await expect(client.copyFileNode('l1', 'latest (copy)', null)).rejects.toThrow('Symbolic links');
+    expect(sets(calls)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
   it('copies WebDAV-created names inside a folder the way they are shown (#869)', async () => {
     const { client, calls } = makeClient({
       me: [
diff --git a/lib/global-search/__tests__/providers.test.ts b/lib/global-search/__tests__/providers.test.ts
index 57431aed1..13c8c17a6 100644
--- a/lib/global-search/__tests__/providers.test.ts
+++ b/lib/global-search/__tests__/providers.test.ts
@@ -356,4 +356,16 @@ describe('files provider', () => {
     expect(hits.map((h) => h.id)).toEqual(['x']);
     expect(hits[0]).toMatchObject({ folderPath: '/zebra archive', isFolder: true, jmapAccountId: 'owner' });
   });
+
+  it('tells folders by nodeType and leaves Stalwart 1.0 symlinks out of the hits', async () => {
+    const listing = [
+      { id: 'd', parentId: null, name: 'zebra folder', nodeType: 'directory', type: null, blobId: null, size: null, created: '', modified: '' },
+      { id: 'l', parentId: null, name: 'zebra link', nodeType: 'symlink', type: null, blobId: null, size: null, created: '', modified: '' },
+    ];
+    invalidateFileSearchCache();
+    const acc = account('login-l', { listAllFileNodesAcrossAccounts: vi.fn(async () => listing) });
+    const { hits } = await filesProvider.remote(parseSearchQuery('zebra'), acc, { limit: 10, signal });
+    expect(hits.map((h) => h.id)).toEqual(['d']);
+    expect(hits[0]).toMatchObject({ isFolder: true });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/lib/global-search/providers/files.ts b/lib/global-search/providers/files.ts
index 337c110f1..480345346 100644
--- a/lib/global-search/providers/files.ts
+++ b/lib/global-search/providers/files.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { matchesTerms, type ParsedQuery } from '@/lib/global-search/query-parser';
 import type { FileHit, SearchAccount, SearchProvider } from '@/lib/global-search/types';
 import type { FileNode } from '@/lib/jmap/types';
+import { fileNodeKind } from '@/lib/jmap/filenode-kind';
 import { useFileStore } from '@/stores/file-store';
 
 /**
@@ -66,10 +67,6 @@ export function peekFileListing(localAccountId: string): FileNode[] | null {
   return cached?.nodes ?? null;
 }
 
-export function isFolderNode(node: Pick<FileNode, 'blobId'>): boolean {
-  return node.blobId == null;
-}
-
 /** Inverse of the Files store's `resolvePathToId`: the folder path a node lives in. */
 export function pathOfNode(nodes: FileNode[], node: FileNode): string {
   const byId = new Map(nodes.map((n) => [n.id, n]));
@@ -99,7 +96,10 @@ function filterNodes(parsed: ParsedQuery, nodes: FileNode[], account: SearchAcco
   for (const node of nodes) {
     // The owner's folders above a shared node only feed the path below.
     if (node.discoverableOnly) continue;
-    if (!matchesTerms(parsed.terms, [node.name, isFolderNode(node) ? 'folder' : node.type])) continue;
+    const kind = fileNodeKind(node);
+    // A symlink has nothing a hit could open.
+    if (kind === 'symlink') continue;
+    if (!matchesTerms(parsed.terms, [node.name, kind === 'directory' ? 'folder' : node.type])) continue;
     const folderPath = pathOfNode(nodes, node);
     hits.push({
       kind: 'files',
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ function filterNodes(parsed: ParsedQuery, nodes: FileNode[], account: SearchAcco
       source,
       node,
       folderPath,
-      isFolder: isFolderNode(node),
+      isFolder: kind === 'directory',
     });
     if (hits.length >= limit) break;
   }
diff --git a/lib/jmap/client.ts b/lib/jmap/client.ts
index 93dd37c26..1b8c6c2b9 100644
--- a/lib/jmap/client.ts
+++ b/lib/jmap/client.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { findTasksOnlyCalendarIds, isTaskLikeObject, type ScannedCalendarObject
 import { DEFAULT_CALENDAR_COMPONENTS, mkCalendarCollection, newCalendarCollectionName } from "@/lib/webdav/calendar-collection";
 import { sanitizeDisplayName, splitMailbox } from "@/lib/rfc5322-mailbox";
 import { decodeFileNodeName } from "./filenode-name";
+import { fileNodeKind } from "./filenode-kind";
 import { contactFromWire, contactToWire } from "./contact-wire";
 import { SchedulingDeniedError } from "./scheduling-error";
 import { jmapError, jmapErrorType, jmapSetError, type JmapErrorInfo } from "./jmap-error";
@@ -7874,6 +7875,8 @@ export class JMAPClient implements IJMAPClient {
 
   private static FILE_NODE_PROPERTIES = [
     "id", "parentId", "name", "type", "blobId", "size", "created", "modified",
+    // Tells 1.0's symlinks from folders (see fileNodeKind).
+    "nodeType",
     // Stalwart omits shareWith/myRights from FileNode/get unless requested
     // explicitly, so the share dialog and indicators can't see existing
     // shares without naming them here (same as CALENDAR_PROPERTIES).
@@ -8393,7 +8396,10 @@ export class JMAPClient implements IJMAPClient {
     const tree = await this.fetchAllFileNodes(source.accountId);
     const original = tree.find(n => n.id === source.id);
     if (!original) throw new Error('File node not found');
-    const isFolderNode = (n: FileNode) => n.blobId == null;
+    // Symlinks (Stalwart 1.0) are left out: there is no content to copy, and
+    // the blobId rule used to recreate them as empty folders.
+    if (fileNodeKind(original) === 'symlink') throw new Error('Symbolic links cannot be copied');
+    const isFolderNode = (n: FileNode) => fileNodeKind(n) === 'directory';
 
     // The whole subtree is laid out from one listing before the first create.
     const childrenOf = new Map<string, FileNode[]>();
@@ -8410,7 +8416,9 @@ export class JMAPClient implements IJMAPClient {
       const below = isFolderNode(node) ? childrenOf.get(node.id) ?? [] : [];
       return {
         node: withDecodedName(node),
-        children: below.filter(child => !seen.has(child.id)).map(collect),
+        children: below
+          .filter(child => !seen.has(child.id) && fileNodeKind(child) !== 'symlink')
+          .map(collect),
       };
     };
     const plan = collect(original);
diff --git a/lib/jmap/filenode-kind.ts b/lib/jmap/filenode-kind.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9eb3ca725
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/jmap/filenode-kind.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import type { FileNode, FileNodeType } from './types';
+
+/**
+ * What a FileNode is: a file, a folder or a symlink.
+ *
+ * `nodeType` says so on Stalwart 0.16.6 and later. Without it, a node is a
+ * folder exactly when it has no content blob (#379). Stalwart 1.0 adds
+ * symlinks, which have no blob either but can't hold anything, so the blob
+ * rule alone would show them as empty folders.
+ */
+export function fileNodeKind(node: Pick<FileNode, 'nodeType' | 'blobId'>): FileNodeType {
+  switch (node.nodeType) {
+    case 'file':
+    case 'directory':
+    case 'symlink':
+      return node.nodeType;
+    default:
+      return node.blobId == null ? 'directory' : 'file';
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/jmap/types.ts b/lib/jmap/types.ts
index 73fef7533..b4fcfe858 100644
--- a/lib/jmap/types.ts
+++ b/lib/jmap/types.ts
@@ -997,11 +997,16 @@ export interface AccountStates {
 
 // JMAP FileNode types (draft-ietf-jmap-filenode / Stalwart implementation)
 
+export type FileNodeType = 'file' | 'directory' | 'symlink';
+
 export interface FileNode {
   id: string;
   parentId: string | null;
   name: string;
   type: string; // "d" for directory, MIME type for files
+  // Returned by Stalwart 0.16.6+; 1.0 adds symlinks. Read it through
+  // fileNodeKind(), and never send it in FileNode/set.
+  nodeType?: FileNodeType;
   blobId: string | null;
   size: number;
   created: string;
diff --git a/locales/ar/common.json b/locales/ar/common.json
index 5c01bfd1a..0cee325e3 100644
--- a/locales/ar/common.json
+++ b/locales/ar/common.json
@@ -3364,6 +3364,7 @@
     "type": "النوع",
     "folder": "مجلد",
     "file": "ملف",
+    "symlink": "رابط رمزي",
     "parent_directory": "المجلد الأصل",
     "breadcrumb_root": "الرئيسية",
     "other_accounts": "حسابات أخرى",
diff --git a/locales/ca/common.json b/locales/ca/common.json
index 79e931b31..dc35c8bbc 100644
--- a/locales/ca/common.json
+++ b/locales/ca/common.json
@@ -3364,6 +3364,7 @@
     "type": "Tipus",
     "folder": "Carpeta",
     "file": "Fitxer",
+    "symlink": "Enllaç simbòlic",
     "parent_directory": "Directori superior",
     "breadcrumb_root": "Inici",
     "other_accounts": "Altres comptes",
diff --git a/locales/cs/common.json b/locales/cs/common.json
index bc9ed6664..60ef6e23b 100644
--- a/locales/cs/common.json
+++ b/locales/cs/common.json
@@ -3319,6 +3319,7 @@
     "type": "Typ",
     "folder": "Složka",
     "file": "Soubor",
+    "symlink": "Symbolický odkaz",
     "parent_directory": "Nadřazený adresář",
     "breadcrumb_root": "Domů",
     "drop_files_here": "Přetáhněte sem soubory nebo složky pro jejich nahrání",
diff --git a/locales/da/common.json b/locales/da/common.json
index 25a68d1f3..96749b2dd 100644
--- a/locales/da/common.json
+++ b/locales/da/common.json
@@ -3364,6 +3364,7 @@
     "type": "Type",
     "folder": "Mappe",
     "file": "Fil",
+    "symlink": "Symbolsk link",
     "parent_directory": "Overordnet mappe",
     "breadcrumb_root": "Hjem",
     "drop_files_here": "Træk filer eller mapper hertil for at uploade",
diff --git a/locales/de/common.json b/locales/de/common.json
index 7820075ff..132299c68 100644
--- a/locales/de/common.json
+++ b/locales/de/common.json
@@ -3319,6 +3319,7 @@
     "type": "Typ",
     "folder": "Ordner",
     "file": "Datei",
+    "symlink": "Symbolischer Link",
     "parent_directory": "Übergeordnetes Verzeichnis",
     "breadcrumb_root": "Startseite",
     "drop_files_here": "Dateien oder Ordner hier ablegen zum Hochladen",
diff --git a/locales/en/common.json b/locales/en/common.json
index f4ca008e5..7049b0873 100644
--- a/locales/en/common.json
+++ b/locales/en/common.json
@@ -3364,6 +3364,7 @@
     "type": "Type",
     "folder": "Folder",
     "file": "File",
+    "symlink": "Symbolic link",
     "parent_directory": "Parent directory",
     "breadcrumb_root": "Home",
     "other_accounts": "Other accounts",
diff --git a/locales/es/common.json b/locales/es/common.json
index 0ccb096f1..0ea5c4579 100644
--- a/locales/es/common.json
+++ b/locales/es/common.json
@@ -3319,6 +3319,7 @@
     "type": "Tipo",
     "folder": "Carpeta",
     "file": "Archivo",
+    "symlink": "Enlace simbólico",
     "parent_directory": "Directorio superior",
     "breadcrumb_root": "Inicio",
     "drop_files_here": "Suelte archivos o carpetas aquí para subirlos",
diff --git a/locales/fa/common.json b/locales/fa/common.json
index bd1769937..e72fffd64 100644
--- a/locales/fa/common.json
+++ b/locales/fa/common.json
@@ -3364,6 +3364,7 @@
     "type": "نوع",
     "folder": "پوشه",
     "file": "فایل",
+    "symlink": "پیوند نمادین",
     "parent_directory": "پوشه والد",
     "breadcrumb_root": "خانه",
     "other_accounts": "سایر حساب‌ها",
diff --git a/locales/fr/common.json b/locales/fr/common.json
index d6bbb8335..db013f740 100644
--- a/locales/fr/common.json
+++ b/locales/fr/common.json
@@ -3319,6 +3319,7 @@
     "type": "Type",
     "folder": "Dossier",
     "file": "Fichier",
+    "symlink": "Lien symbolique",
     "parent_directory": "Répertoire parent",
     "breadcrumb_root": "Accueil",
     "drop_files_here": "Déposez des fichiers ou dossiers ici pour les téléverser",
diff --git a/locales/he/common.json b/locales/he/common.json
index 1c05411b5..d3f8a6e8b 100644
--- a/locales/he/common.json
+++ b/locales/he/common.json
@@ -3242,6 +3242,7 @@
     "type": "הקלד",
     "folder": "תיקיה",
     "file": "קובץ",
+    "symlink": "קישור סמלי",
     "parent_directory": "ספריית הורים",
     "breadcrumb_root": "בית",
     "drop_files_here": "שחרר כאן קבצים או תיקיות כדי להעלות",
diff --git a/locales/hu/common.json b/locales/hu/common.json
index 84c3ba559..013002ac0 100644
--- a/locales/hu/common.json
+++ b/locales/hu/common.json
@@ -3364,6 +3364,7 @@
     "type": "Típus",
     "folder": "Mappa",
     "file": "Fájl",
+    "symlink": "Szimbolikus hivatkozás",
     "parent_directory": "Szülő könyvtár",
     "breadcrumb_root": "Kezdőlap",
     "other_accounts": "További fiókok",
diff --git a/locales/it/common.json b/locales/it/common.json
index 4815027e4..8a1c70eec 100644
--- a/locales/it/common.json
+++ b/locales/it/common.json
@@ -3319,6 +3319,7 @@
     "type": "Tipo",
     "folder": "Cartella",
     "file": "File",
+    "symlink": "Collegamento simbolico",
     "parent_directory": "Directory superiore",
     "breadcrumb_root": "Home",
     "drop_files_here": "Trascina file o cartelle qui per caricarli",
diff --git a/locales/ja/common.json b/locales/ja/common.json
index 080734923..f76ceec15 100644
--- a/locales/ja/common.json
+++ b/locales/ja/common.json
@@ -3319,6 +3319,7 @@
     "type": "種類",
     "folder": "フォルダー",
     "file": "ファイル",
+    "symlink": "シンボリックリンク",
     "parent_directory": "親ディレクトリ",
     "breadcrumb_root": "ホーム",
     "drop_files_here": "ここにファイルまたはフォルダをドロップしてアップロード",
diff --git a/locales/ko/common.json b/locales/ko/common.json
index 5909bf3cc..85fb986fd 100644
--- a/locales/ko/common.json
+++ b/locales/ko/common.json
@@ -3319,6 +3319,7 @@
     "type": "유형",
     "folder": "폴더",
     "file": "파일",
+    "symlink": "심볼릭 링크",
     "parent_directory": "상위 폴더",
     "breadcrumb_root": "홈",
     "drop_files_here": "여기에 파일이나 폴더를 끌어다 놓으세요",
diff --git a/locales/lv/common.json b/locales/lv/common.json
index 7576c63b0..107761f8b 100644
--- a/locales/lv/common.json
+++ b/locales/lv/common.json
@@ -3319,6 +3319,7 @@
     "type": "Veids",
     "folder": "Mape",
     "file": "Fails",
+    "symlink": "Simboliskā saite",
     "parent_directory": "Augstāka līmeņa mape",
     "breadcrumb_root": "Sākums",
     "drop_files_here": "Velciet failus vai mapes šeit, lai augšupielādētu",
diff --git a/locales/mn/common.json b/locales/mn/common.json
index 5fc9779da..d9e4be8ab 100644
--- a/locales/mn/common.json
+++ b/locales/mn/common.json
@@ -3364,6 +3364,7 @@
     "type": "Төрөл",
     "folder": "Хавтас",
     "file": "Файл",
+    "symlink": "Симбол холбоос",
     "parent_directory": "Эцэг эх лавлах",
     "breadcrumb_root": "Гэр",
     "other_accounts": "Бусад дансууд",
diff --git a/locales/nb/common.json b/locales/nb/common.json
index 0e65e5fde..4c371e7b0 100644
--- a/locales/nb/common.json
+++ b/locales/nb/common.json
@@ -3364,6 +3364,7 @@
     "type": "Type",
     "folder": "Mappe",
     "file": "Fil",
+    "symlink": "Symbolsk lenke",
     "parent_directory": "Overordnet mappe",
     "breadcrumb_root": "Hjem",
     "other_accounts": "Andre kontoer",
diff --git a/locales/nl/common.json b/locales/nl/common.json
index 581468d86..0eb816803 100644
--- a/locales/nl/common.json
+++ b/locales/nl/common.json
@@ -3319,6 +3319,7 @@
     "type": "Type",
     "folder": "Map",
     "file": "Bestand",
+    "symlink": "Symbolische koppeling",
     "parent_directory": "Bovenliggende map",
     "breadcrumb_root": "Start",
     "drop_files_here": "Sleep bestanden of mappen hierheen om te uploaden",
diff --git a/locales/pl/common.json b/locales/pl/common.json
index 0892915ce..74f007677 100644
--- a/locales/pl/common.json
+++ b/locales/pl/common.json
@@ -3319,6 +3319,7 @@
     "type": "Typ",
     "folder": "Folder",
     "file": "Plik",
+    "symlink": "Dowiązanie symboliczne",
     "parent_directory": "Katalog nadrzędny",
     "breadcrumb_root": "Strona główna",
     "drop_files_here": "Upuść pliki lub foldery tutaj, aby je przesłać",
diff --git a/locales/pt/common.json b/locales/pt/common.json
index 338cc7ec5..8dc43780b 100644
--- a/locales/pt/common.json
+++ b/locales/pt/common.json
@@ -3319,6 +3319,7 @@
     "type": "Tipo",
     "folder": "Pasta",
     "file": "Arquivo",
+    "symlink": "Link simbólico",
     "parent_directory": "Diretório superior",
     "breadcrumb_root": "Início",
     "drop_files_here": "Largue arquivos ou pastas aqui para carregar",
diff --git a/locales/ro/common.json b/locales/ro/common.json
index b854035da..9f269d363 100644
--- a/locales/ro/common.json
+++ b/locales/ro/common.json
@@ -3364,6 +3364,7 @@
     "type": "Tastați",
     "folder": "Dosar",
     "file": "Fișier",
+    "symlink": "Legătură simbolică",
     "parent_directory": "Directorul părinte",
     "breadcrumb_root": "Acasă",
     "other_accounts": "Alte conturi",
diff --git a/locales/ru/common.json b/locales/ru/common.json
index 2ea5f5107..ef7af2a02 100644
--- a/locales/ru/common.json
+++ b/locales/ru/common.json
@@ -3319,6 +3319,7 @@
     "type": "Тип",
     "folder": "Папка",
     "file": "Файл",
+    "symlink": "Символическая ссылка",
     "parent_directory": "Родительский каталог",
     "breadcrumb_root": "Главная",
     "drop_files_here": "Перетащите файлы или папки сюда для загрузки",
diff --git a/locales/sk/common.json b/locales/sk/common.json
index 759ceb62a..0c4209608 100644
--- a/locales/sk/common.json
+++ b/locales/sk/common.json
@@ -3364,6 +3364,7 @@
     "type": "Typ",
     "folder": "Priečinok",
     "file": "Súbor",
+    "symlink": "Symbolický odkaz",
     "parent_directory": "Nadradený adresár",
     "breadcrumb_root": "Domov",
     "other_accounts": "Ostatné účty",
diff --git a/locales/tr/common.json b/locales/tr/common.json
index 1a847f4aa..4f0de6a67 100644
--- a/locales/tr/common.json
+++ b/locales/tr/common.json
@@ -3364,6 +3364,7 @@
     "type": "Tür",
     "folder": "Klasör",
     "file": "Dosya",
+    "symlink": "Sembolik bağlantı",
     "parent_directory": "Üst dizin",
     "breadcrumb_root": "Ana Sayfa",
     "drop_files_here": "Yüklemek için dosya veya klasörleri buraya bırakın",
diff --git a/locales/uk/common.json b/locales/uk/common.json
index 6ac60e0e4..a5b795e48 100644
--- a/locales/uk/common.json
+++ b/locales/uk/common.json
@@ -3319,6 +3319,7 @@
     "type": "Тип",
     "folder": "Папка",
     "file": "Файл",
+    "symlink": "Символічне посилання",
     "parent_directory": "Батьківський каталог",
     "breadcrumb_root": "додому",
     "drop_files_here": "Перетягніть файли або папки сюди, щоб завантажити",
diff --git a/locales/zh-TW/common.json b/locales/zh-TW/common.json
index f2a70108f..9e1307fe5 100644
--- a/locales/zh-TW/common.json
+++ b/locales/zh-TW/common.json
@@ -3364,6 +3364,7 @@
     "type": "類型",
     "folder": "資料夾",
     "file": "檔案",
+    "symlink": "符號連結",
     "parent_directory": "上層目錄",
     "breadcrumb_root": "首頁",
     "other_accounts": "其他帳號",
diff --git a/locales/zh/common.json b/locales/zh/common.json
index 27e585317..c02692c38 100644
--- a/locales/zh/common.json
+++ b/locales/zh/common.json
@@ -3319,6 +3319,7 @@
     "type": "类型",
     "folder": "文件夹",
     "file": "文件",
+    "symlink": "符号链接",
     "parent_directory": "父目录",
     "breadcrumb_root": "根目录",
     "drop_files_here": "将文件或文件夹拖放到此处进行上传",
diff --git a/stores/__tests__/file-store.test.ts b/stores/__tests__/file-store.test.ts
index 65f0a8d4f..64e2fee78 100644
--- a/stores/__tests__/file-store.test.ts
+++ b/stores/__tests__/file-store.test.ts
@@ -478,6 +478,56 @@ describe('file-store "Shared with me"', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('file-store symlinks (Stalwart 1.0)', () => {
+  // A 1.0 symlink: no blob, size or type, like a folder, but nodeType says so.
+  const link = (id: string, name: string, parentId: string | null): FileNode => ({
+    id, parentId, name, nodeType: 'symlink', type: null as unknown as string, blobId: null, size: null as unknown as number,
+    created: '2026-09-01T08:00:00Z', modified: '2026-09-01T08:00:00Z',
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    useFileStore.setState({
+      client: null,
+      currentParentId: null,
+      currentPath: '/',
+      pathStack: [{ id: null, name: '' }],
+      resources: [],
+      selectedResources: new Set(),
+      clipboard: null,
+      lastAction: null,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('lists a symlink as its own kind of row, not as a folder', async () => {
+    const client = makeMockClient([dir('docs', 'Docs', null), link('l', 'latest', null)]);
+    useFileStore.getState().initClient(client);
+    await useFileStore.getState().navigate(null);
+
+    expect(useFileStore.getState().resources.find(r => r.name === 'latest'))
+      .toMatchObject({ isDirectory: false, isSymlink: true, contentType: '' });
+    expect(useFileStore.getState().resources.find(r => r.name === 'Docs'))
+      .toMatchObject({ isDirectory: true, isSymlink: false });
+
+    // A path through it doesn't resolve to a folder.
+    await useFileStore.getState().navigateByPath('/latest');
+    expect(useFileStore.getState().currentPath).toBe('/');
+  });
+
+  it('keeps symlinks out of copies and duplicates', async () => {
+    const client = makeMockClient([file('f', 'a.txt', null), link('l', 'latest', null)]);
+    useFileStore.getState().initClient(client);
+    await useFileStore.getState().navigate(null);
+
+    useFileStore.getState().copyResources(['a.txt', 'latest']);
+    expect(useFileStore.getState().clipboard).toMatchObject({ mode: 'copy', ids: ['f'], names: ['a.txt'] });
+    useFileStore.getState().copyResources(['latest']);
+    expect(useFileStore.getState().clipboard).toMatchObject({ ids: ['f'] });
+
+    await useFileStore.getState().duplicateResource('latest');
+    expect(client._nodes()).toHaveLength(2);
+  });
+});
+
 describe('resourceServerRef', () => {
   it('splits a shared drive\'s namespaced id into the owner account and the node id', () => {
     expect(resourceServerRef({ id: 'owner1:n5', isShared: true, ownerAccountId: 'owner1' }))
diff --git a/stores/file-store.ts b/stores/file-store.ts
index be2a4b49c..b5d0f4293 100644
--- a/stores/file-store.ts
+++ b/stores/file-store.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 import { create } from 'zustand';
 import type { IJMAPClient } from '@/lib/jmap/client-interface';
 import type { FileNode, FileNodeRights } from '@/lib/jmap/types';
+import { fileNodeKind } from '@/lib/jmap/filenode-kind';
 
 export interface FileResource {
   id: string;
   name: string;
   serverName: string;
   isDirectory: boolean;
+  // A symbolic link (Stalwart 1.0). Shown, renamed, moved and deleted like
+  // any node, but it has no content and holds nothing, so it can't be opened.
+  isSymlink?: boolean;
   contentType: string;
   contentLength: number;
   lastModified: string;
@@ -145,12 +149,11 @@ function isDirectoryType(type: string | undefined): boolean {
   return DIRECTORY_TYPES.has(type) || type.includes('directory');
 }
 
-// A FileNode is a folder iff it has no content blob. This is the authoritative
-// signal in the JMAP FileNode spec and in Stalwart (a node is a container when
-// its `file`/`blobId` is null); a `type` of "d" is not — older builds created
-// "folders" as blob-backed files, which can't hold children (#379).
-function isFolder(node: Pick<FileNode, 'blobId'>): boolean {
-  return node.blobId == null;
+// Whether a FileNode is a folder, by `nodeType` or else by having no content
+// blob (see fileNodeKind). A `type` of "d" doesn't make one: older builds
+// created "folders" as blob-backed files, which can't hold children (#379).
+function isFolder(node: Pick<FileNode, 'nodeType' | 'blobId'>): boolean {
+  return fileNodeKind(node) === 'directory';
 }
 
 // Direct children of a given parent in the FileNode hierarchy.
@@ -181,13 +184,14 @@ export function resourceServerRef(
 }
 
 function nodeToResource(node: FileNode): FileResource {
-  const isDir = isFolder(node);
+  const kind = fileNodeKind(node);
   return {
     id: node.id,
     name: node.name,
     serverName: node.name,
-    isDirectory: isDir,
-    contentType: isDir ? '' : node.type,
+    isDirectory: kind === 'directory',
+    isSymlink: kind === 'symlink',
+    contentType: kind === 'file' ? node.type : '',
     contentLength: node.size,
     lastModified: node.modified || node.created,
     blobId: node.blobId,
@@ -371,7 +375,7 @@ export const useFileStore = create<FileState>((set, get) => ({
       // Safety net: a real folder has no content blob. If the server (or a stale
       // build of createFileDirectory) hands back a blob-backed node, it is NOT a
       // folder - abort before we delete anything irreversible (see below).
-      if (created.blobId != null) {
+      if (!isFolder(created)) {
         creationBroken = true;
         throw new Error('createFileDirectory returned a non-folder (has a blobId)');
       }
@@ -856,7 +860,7 @@ export const useFileStore = create<FileState>((set, get) => ({
     if (!client) return;
 
     const resource = resources.find(r => r.name === name);
-    if (!resource) return;
+    if (!resource || resource.isSymlink) return;
 
     const dotIdx = name.lastIndexOf('.');
     const copyName = dotIdx > 0
@@ -919,9 +923,21 @@ export const useFileStore = create<FileState>((set, get) => ({
 
   copyResources: (names: string[]) => {
     const { currentPath, currentParentId, resources } = get();
-    const ids = names.map(n => resources.find(r => r.name === n)?.id).filter(Boolean) as string[];
-    const serverNames = names.map(n => resources.find(r => r.name === n)?.serverName).filter(Boolean) as string[];
-    set({ clipboard: { mode: 'copy', ids, names, serverNames, sourceParentId: currentParentId, sourcePath: currentPath } });
+    // A symlink has nothing to copy (see copyFileNode), so it stays behind.
+    const picked = names
+      .map(n => resources.find(r => r.name === n))
+      .filter((r): r is FileResource => !!r && !r.isSymlink);
+    if (picked.length === 0) return;
+    set({
+      clipboard: {
+        mode: 'copy',
+        ids: picked.map(r => r.id),
+        names: picked.map(r => r.name),
+        serverNames: picked.map(r => r.serverName),
+        sourceParentId: currentParentId,
+        sourcePath: currentPath,
+      },
+    });
   },
 
   pasteResources: async () => {