fix(markdown): align image gallery authorization

packages/ui/src/components/chat/MarkdownImageGallery.tsx

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   subscribeRuntimeUrlAuthToken,
 } from '@/lib/runtime-auth';
 import { getRuntimeApiBaseUrl } from '@/lib/runtime-switch';
+import { isVSCodeRuntime } from '@/lib/desktop';
 import type { ToolPopupContent } from './message/types';
 import {
   extractMarkdownImageCandidates,
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   isLocalMarkdownImageSource,
   prepareLocalMarkdownImages,
   resolveMarkdownImageSource,
+  resolveWorkspaceMarkdownImageSource,
   type PreparedMarkdownImage,
 } from './markdown/markdownImageAssets';
 
@@ -66,8 +68,17 @@ const MarkdownImageThumbnail: React.FC<{
   directory: string;
   assetAuthReady: boolean;
   assetAuthNonce: number;
+  useWorkspaceFsBridge: boolean;
   onShowPopup?: (content: ToolPopupContent) => void;
-}> = ({ candidate, preparation, directory, assetAuthReady, assetAuthNonce, onShowPopup }) => {
+}> = ({
+  candidate,
+  preparation,
+  directory,
+  assetAuthReady,
+  assetAuthNonce,
+  useWorkspaceFsBridge,
+  onShowPopup,
+}) => {
   const { t } = useI18n();
   const thumbnailRef = React.useRef<HTMLButtonElement>(null);
   const [shouldLoad, setShouldLoad] = React.useState(false);
@@ -94,7 +105,19 @@ const MarkdownImageThumbnail: React.FC<{
   }, [shouldLoad]);
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
-    if (!shouldLoad || (local && !preparation)) return;
+    if (!shouldLoad || (local && !useWorkspaceFsBridge && !preparation)) return;
+    if (local && useWorkspaceFsBridge) {
+      const controller = new AbortController();
+      setImage({ url: '', status: 'loading' });
+      void resolveWorkspaceMarkdownImageSource(candidate.source, directory, controller.signal).then((url) => {
+        if (controller.signal.aborted) return;
+        setImage({ url, status: 'loading' });
+      }).catch(() => {
+        if (controller.signal.aborted) return;
+        setImage({ url: '', status: 'error' });
+      });
+      return () => controller.abort();
+    }
     if (local) {
       if (preparation?.status !== 'ready') {
         setImage({ url: '', status: 'error' });
@@ -114,7 +137,7 @@ const MarkdownImageThumbnail: React.FC<{
       setImage({ url: '', status: 'error' });
     });
     return () => controller.abort();
-  }, [assetAuthNonce, assetAuthReady, candidate.source, directory, local, preparation, shouldLoad]);
+  }, [assetAuthNonce, assetAuthReady, candidate.source, directory, local, preparation, shouldLoad, useWorkspaceFsBridge]);
 
   const openPreview = React.useCallback(() => {
     if (image.status === 'error') {
@@ -185,16 +208,21 @@ export const MarkdownImageGallery: React.FC<{
   const [shouldPrepare, setShouldPrepare] = React.useState(false);
   const [prepared, setPrepared] = React.useState<Map<string, PreparedMarkdownImage> | null>(null);
   const [prepareEpoch, setPrepareEpoch] = React.useState(0);
+  const useWorkspaceFsBridge = isVSCodeRuntime();
   const candidates = React.useMemo(
     () => extractMarkdownImageCandidates(contents, MAX_MARKDOWN_IMAGE_COUNT),
     [contents],
   );
-  const localSources = React.useMemo(
+  const serverPreparationSources = React.useMemo(
-    () => candidates.filter((candidate) => isLocalMarkdownImageSource(candidate.source)).map((candidate) => candidate.source),
+    () => useWorkspaceFsBridge
-    [candidates],
+      ? []
+      : candidates
+        .filter((candidate) => isLocalMarkdownImageSource(candidate.source))
+        .map((candidate) => candidate.source),
+    [candidates, useWorkspaceFsBridge],
   );
   React.useEffect(() => {
-    if (localSources.length === 0 || shouldPrepare) return;
+    if (serverPreparationSources.length === 0 || shouldPrepare) return;
     const gallery = galleryRef.current;
     if (!gallery || typeof IntersectionObserver === 'undefined') {
       setShouldPrepare(true);
@@ -207,13 +235,13 @@ export const MarkdownImageGallery: React.FC<{
     }, { rootMargin: '200px' });
     observer.observe(gallery);
     return () => observer.disconnect();
-  }, [localSources.length, shouldPrepare]);
+  }, [serverPreparationSources.length, shouldPrepare]);
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
-    if (!shouldPrepare || !sessionId || localSources.length === 0) return;
+    if (!shouldPrepare || !sessionId || serverPreparationSources.length === 0) return;
     const controller = new AbortController();
     void prepareLocalMarkdownImages({
-      sources: localSources,
+      sources: serverPreparationSources,
       directory,
       sessionId,
       messageId,
@@ -223,11 +251,11 @@ export const MarkdownImageGallery: React.FC<{
       setPrepared(result);
     }).catch(() => {
       if (!controller.signal.aborted) {
-        setPrepared(new Map(localSources.map((source) => [source, { status: 'error' }])));
+        setPrepared(new Map(serverPreparationSources.map((source) => [source, { status: 'error' }])));
       }
     });
     return () => controller.abort();
-  }, [directory, localSources, messageId, prepareEpoch, sessionId, shouldPrepare]);
+  }, [directory, messageId, prepareEpoch, serverPreparationSources, sessionId, shouldPrepare]);
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     const nextExpiry = Math.min(...[...(prepared?.values() ?? [])]
@@ -257,6 +285,7 @@ export const MarkdownImageGallery: React.FC<{
           directory={directory}
           assetAuthReady={assetAuth.ready}
           assetAuthNonce={assetAuth.nonce}
+          useWorkspaceFsBridge={useWorkspaceFsBridge}
           onShowPopup={onShowPopup}
         />
       ))}

packages/ui/src/components/chat/markdown/markdownImageAssets.test.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,22 @@
 import { describe, expect, mock, test } from 'bun:test';
 
 let requestCount = 0;
-const runtimeFetch = mock(async (_path: string, init?: RequestInit) => {
+let requestPaths: string[] = [];
+const PNG = Buffer.from(
+  'iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mP8z8DwHwAFBQIAX8jx0gAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==',
+  'base64',
+);
+const runtimeFetch = mock(async (path: string, init?: RequestInit & { query?: Record<string, unknown> }) => {
+  requestPaths.push(path);
+  if (path === '/api/fs/stat') {
+    return new Response(JSON.stringify({ isFile: true, size: PNG.byteLength }), {
+      status: 200,
+      headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+    });
+  }
+  if (path === '/api/fs/raw') {
+    return new Response(PNG, { status: 200, headers: { 'content-type': 'image/png' } });
+  }
   requestCount += 1;
   const body = JSON.parse(String(init?.body)) as { sources: string[] };
   return new Response(JSON.stringify({
@@ -19,7 +34,30 @@ const resolver = {
 mock.module('@/lib/runtime-fetch', () => ({ runtimeFetch }));
 mock.module('@/lib/runtime-url', () => ({ getRuntimeUrlResolver: () => resolver }));
 
-const { getPreparedMarkdownImageUrl, prepareLocalMarkdownImages } = await import('./markdownImageAssets');
+class TestFileReader {
+  result: string | ArrayBuffer | null = null;
+  error: DOMException | null = null;
+  onload: (() => void) | null = null;
+  onerror: (() => void) | null = null;
+
+  readAsDataURL(blob: Blob) {
+    void blob.arrayBuffer().then((buffer) => {
+      this.result = `data:${blob.type};base64,${Buffer.from(buffer).toString('base64')}`;
+      this.onload?.();
+    }).catch((error) => {
+      this.error = error as DOMException;
+      this.onerror?.();
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+globalThis.FileReader = TestFileReader as unknown as typeof FileReader;
+
+const {
+  getPreparedMarkdownImageUrl,
+  prepareLocalMarkdownImages,
+  resolveWorkspaceMarkdownImageSource,
+} = await import('./markdownImageAssets');
 
 describe('Markdown image asset preparation', () => {
   test('prepares many images in one message-level request', async () => {
@@ -65,4 +103,17 @@ describe('Markdown image asset preparation', () => {
     expect(url).toContain('path=%2Ftmp%2Fopencode%2Fimage.png');
     expect(url).toContain('outsideFileGrant=grant-1');
   });
+
+  test('loads a workspace image through the local filesystem bridge', async () => {
+    requestPaths = [];
+
+    const url = await resolveWorkspaceMarkdownImageSource(
+      'screens/image.png',
+      '/repo',
+      new AbortController().signal,
+    );
+
+    expect(url.startsWith('data:image/png;base64,')).toBe(true);
+    expect(requestPaths).toEqual(['/api/fs/stat', '/api/fs/raw']);
+  });
 });

packages/ui/src/components/chat/markdown/markdownImageAssets.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { runtimeFetch } from '@/lib/runtime-fetch';
 import { getRuntimeUrlResolver, type RuntimeUrlResolver } from '@/lib/runtime-url';
+import { isFilePathWithinDirectory, toAbsoluteFilePath } from '@/lib/path-utils';
 
 const MAX_MARKDOWN_IMAGE_BYTES = 10 * 1024 * 1024;
 const MAX_PREPARE_CACHE_ENTRIES = 1024;
@@ -26,19 +27,60 @@ const throwIfAborted = (signal: AbortSignal): void => {
   if (signal.aborted) throw new DOMException('Image load aborted', 'AbortError');
 };
 
+const parseLocalImagePath = (source: string): string => {
+  let value = source;
+  if (/^file:\/\//i.test(value)) {
+    try {
+      const fileUrl = new URL(value);
+      if (fileUrl.protocol !== 'file:') return '';
+      value = fileUrl.host && fileUrl.host !== 'localhost'
+        ? `//${fileUrl.host}${fileUrl.pathname}`
+        : fileUrl.pathname;
+      if (/^\/[A-Za-z]:\//.test(value)) value = value.slice(1);
+    } catch {
+      return '';
+    }
+  }
+
+  const path = value.split(/[?#]/, 1)[0] ?? '';
+  try {
+    return decodeURIComponent(path);
+  } catch {
+    return path;
+  }
+};
+
+const blobToDataUrl = (blob: Blob): Promise<string> => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+  const reader = new FileReader();
+  reader.onload = () => {
+    if (typeof reader.result === 'string') {
+      resolve(reader.result);
+    } else {
+      reject(new Error('Unable to encode image'));
+    }
+  };
+  reader.onerror = () => reject(reader.error ?? new Error('Unable to encode image'));
+  reader.readAsDataURL(blob);
+});
+
 const hasImageSignature = async (blob: Blob, mimeType: string): Promise<boolean> => {
   const bytes = new Uint8Array(await blob.slice(0, 12).arrayBuffer());
   const ascii = (start: number, end: number) => String.fromCharCode(...bytes.slice(start, end));
-  if (mimeType === 'image/png') {
+  switch (mimeType) {
-    return bytes[0] === 0x89 && ascii(1, 4) === 'PNG'
+    case 'image/png':
-      && bytes[4] === 0x0d && bytes[5] === 0x0a && bytes[6] === 0x1a && bytes[7] === 0x0a;
+      return bytes[0] === 0x89 && ascii(1, 4) === 'PNG'
+        && bytes[4] === 0x0d && bytes[5] === 0x0a && bytes[6] === 0x1a && bytes[7] === 0x0a;
+    case 'image/jpeg':
+      return bytes[0] === 0xff && bytes[1] === 0xd8 && bytes[2] === 0xff;
+    case 'image/gif': {
+      const gif = ascii(0, 6);
+      return gif === 'GIF87a' || gif === 'GIF89a';
+    }
+    case 'image/webp':
+      return ascii(0, 4) === 'RIFF' && ascii(8, 12) === 'WEBP';
+    default:
+      return false;
   }
-  if (mimeType === 'image/jpeg') return bytes[0] === 0xff && bytes[1] === 0xd8 && bytes[2] === 0xff;
-  if (mimeType === 'image/gif') {
-    const gif = ascii(0, 6);
-    return gif === 'GIF87a' || gif === 'GIF89a';
-  }
-  return mimeType === 'image/webp' && ascii(0, 4) === 'RIFF' && ascii(8, 12) === 'WEBP';
 };
 
 const validateImageBlob = async (blob: Blob, mimeType: string): Promise<void> => {
@@ -158,6 +200,52 @@ export const resolveMarkdownImageSource = async (
   throw new Error('Local image has not been prepared');
 };
 
+/**
+ * VS Code has no OpenChamber server route for message-scoped temporary-file
+ * grants. Preserve its existing workspace-only gallery path through the local
+ * filesystem bridge, including the same size and signature validation.
+ */
+export const resolveWorkspaceMarkdownImageSource = async (
+  source: string,
+  directory: string,
+  signal: AbortSignal,
+): Promise<string> => {
+  throwIfAborted(signal);
+  const localPath = parseLocalImagePath(source);
+  const absolutePath = toAbsoluteFilePath(directory, localPath);
+  if (!directory || !localPath || !isFilePathWithinDirectory(absolutePath, directory)) {
+    throw new Error('Image path is outside the active workspace');
+  }
+
+  const statResponse = await runtimeFetch('/api/fs/stat', {
+    query: { path: absolutePath, directory, optional: 'true' },
+    signal,
+  });
+  if (!statResponse.ok) throw new Error(`Unable to inspect image (${statResponse.status})`);
+  const stat = await statResponse.json() as { isFile?: boolean; size?: number };
+  if (!stat.isFile) throw new Error('Image path is not a file');
+  if (typeof stat.size === 'number' && stat.size > MAX_MARKDOWN_IMAGE_BYTES) {
+    throw new Error('Image is too large');
+  }
+
+  const response = await runtimeFetch('/api/fs/raw', {
+    query: { path: absolutePath, directory },
+    signal,
+  });
+  if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Unable to load image (${response.status})`);
+
+  const mimeType = (response.headers.get('content-type') ?? '').split(';', 1)[0]?.toLowerCase() ?? '';
+  const contentLength = Number(response.headers.get('content-length'));
+  if (Number.isFinite(contentLength) && contentLength > MAX_MARKDOWN_IMAGE_BYTES) {
+    throw new Error('Image is too large');
+  }
+
+  const blob = await response.blob();
+  await validateImageBlob(blob, mimeType);
+  throwIfAborted(signal);
+  return blobToDataUrl(blob);
+};
+
 export const getPreparedMarkdownImageUrl = (
   image: Extract<PreparedMarkdownImage, { status: 'ready' }>,
   directory: string,

packages/ui/src/components/chat/message/parts/DOCUMENTATION.md

@@ -63,17 +63,19 @@ Use this doc when you ask an agent to change tool/header/description behavior.
   PNG/JPEG/GIF/WebP image candidates into one 100px thumbnail gallery in the
   message-completion area after all message text and above the turn's changed
   files. Each muted filename caption includes the shared image-file icon.
-  HTTP(S) images keep their browser URL. Embedded and workspace-local gallery
+  HTTP(S) images keep their browser URL. Embedded and workspace-local images
-  images are limited to 10 MiB and validated as PNG/JPEG/GIF/WebP. Local paths
+  are limited to 10 MiB and validated as PNG/JPEG/GIF/WebP. Chat Markdown uses
-  reuse the existing authenticated `/api/fs/raw` asset URL. Chat
+  the assistant image-label policy without gallery-specific link rewriting,
-  Markdown uses the assistant image-label policy without gallery-specific
+  completion-state switching, or hidden placeholders. A
-  link rewriting, completion-state switching, or hidden placeholders. A
   completed assistant message hydrates at most 12 unique image candidates,
   including persisted text parts that omit their optional part-level end time.
-  A gallery approaching the viewport prepares all local candidates in one
+  In server-backed runtimes, a gallery approaching the viewport prepares all
-  message-level request, while each asset URL loads only when its own thumbnail
+  local candidates in one message-level request, then reuses the authenticated
-  approaches the viewport. Mounted historical messages therefore do not
+  `/api/fs/raw` asset route. Each URL loads only when its thumbnail approaches
-  eagerly read every image.
+  the viewport. VS Code instead loads workspace-contained images through its
+  local filesystem bridge and never calls the server grant route; OpenCode
+  temporary-directory images remain unsupported there. Mounted historical
+  messages therefore do not eagerly read every image.
   Gallery clicks do not introduce or alter preview chrome: desktop and mobile
   both reuse the pre-existing attachment image preview overlay.
   Workspace-external images receive the existing path-bound `outsideFileGrant`

packages/vscode/src/DOCUMENTATION.md

@@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ The webview CSP permits `blob:` only for `worker-src` so shared UI parsers can r
 
 - `bridge-localfs-proxy-runtime.ts`
   - Local `/api/fs/read` and `/api/fs/raw` proxy helpers and shared proxy utility helpers.
-  - Returns an explicit unsupported response for server-owned Markdown image grants instead of forwarding them to OpenCode.
+  - Workspace-contained Markdown gallery images use these local filesystem
+    routes without calling the server grant route. Grant requests for OpenCode
+    temporary-directory images return an explicit unsupported response instead
+    of being forwarded to OpenCode.
 
 - `bridge-proxy-runtime.ts`
   - Proxy route handlers (`api:proxy`, `api:session:message`) with injected helper dependencies.

packages/web/server/lib/markdown-image-grants/DOCUMENTATION.md

@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ different machine.
 - `POST /api/openchamber/sessions/:sessionId/markdown-image-grants` prepares up to 12
   local images in one message-level request. The server fetches the assistant
   message once and verifies every exact image source before reading files.
+- Authorization recognizes the same common inline and reference-style image
+  destinations collected by the UI, including balanced parentheses, while
+  excluding fenced and inline code.
 - Relative and workspace-contained absolute paths resolve against the active
   directory. Other absolute paths are accepted only inside
   `os.tmpdir()/opencode` after `realpath` resolution.
@@ -27,4 +30,7 @@ different machine.
 
 The routes are OpenChamber-owned and must be registered before the generic
 OpenCode proxy. Web, Electron, hosted mobile, and Capacitor use the shared
-server implementation. VS Code returns an explicit unsupported response.
+server implementation. VS Code does not call this route for workspace images;
+those use its local filesystem bridge. If called, the grant route returns an
+explicit unsupported response because OpenCode temporary images are not
+supported there.

packages/web/server/lib/markdown-image-grants/routes.js

@@ -42,25 +42,150 @@ const hasImageSignature = (bytes) => {
     || (header.startsWith('RIFF') && header.slice(8, 12) === 'WEBP');
 };
 
-const markdownImageSources = (message) => {
+const normalizeReferenceLabel = (value) => value.trim().replace(/\s+/g, ' ').toLowerCase();
-  const sources = new Set();
+
+const unescapeMarkdownDestination = (value) => value.replace(/\\([!"#$%&'()*+,\-./:;<=>?@[\]^_`{|}~\\])/g, '$1');
+
+const isEscapedAt = (value, index) => {
+  let slashes = 0;
+  for (let cursor = index - 1; cursor >= 0 && value[cursor] === '\\'; cursor -= 1) slashes += 1;
+  return slashes % 2 === 1;
+};
+
+const findClosingBracket = (value, start) => {
+  for (let cursor = start; cursor < value.length; cursor += 1) {
+    if (value[cursor] === ']' && !isEscapedAt(value, cursor)) return cursor;
+  }
+  return -1;
+};
+
+const findInlineImageEnd = (value, start) => {
+  let cursor = start;
+  while (/\s/.test(value[cursor] || '')) cursor += 1;
+  if (value[cursor] === ')') return cursor;
+
+  const opener = value[cursor];
+  const closer = opener === '"' ? '"' : opener === "'" ? "'" : opener === '(' ? ')' : '';
+  if (!closer) return -1;
+  cursor += 1;
+  for (; cursor < value.length; cursor += 1) {
+    if (value[cursor] !== closer || isEscapedAt(value, cursor)) continue;
+    cursor += 1;
+    while (/\s/.test(value[cursor] || '')) cursor += 1;
+    return value[cursor] === ')' ? cursor : -1;
+  }
+  return -1;
+};
+
+const parseInlineDestination = (value, start) => {
+  let cursor = start;
+  while (/\s/.test(value[cursor] || '')) cursor += 1;
+  if (value[cursor] === '<') {
+    const end = value.indexOf('>', cursor + 1);
+    if (end < 0) return null;
+    const imageEnd = findInlineImageEnd(value, end + 1);
+    return imageEnd < 0
+      ? null
+      : { source: unescapeMarkdownDestination(value.slice(cursor + 1, end)), end: imageEnd };
+  }
+
+  let source = '';
+  let depth = 0;
+  for (; cursor < value.length; cursor += 1) {
+    const char = value[cursor];
+    if (char === '\\' && cursor + 1 < value.length) {
+      source += char + value[cursor + 1];
+      cursor += 1;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (char === '(') {
+      depth += 1;
+      source += char;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (char === ')') {
+      if (depth === 0) return { source: unescapeMarkdownDestination(source), end: cursor };
+      depth -= 1;
+      source += char;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (/\s/.test(char) && depth === 0) {
+      const imageEnd = findInlineImageEnd(value, cursor);
+      return imageEnd < 0 ? null : { source: unescapeMarkdownDestination(source), end: imageEnd };
+    }
+    source += char;
+  }
+  return null;
+};
+
+const parseDefinitionDestination = (value) => {
+  const trimmed = value.trimStart();
+  if (trimmed.startsWith('<')) {
+    const end = trimmed.indexOf('>', 1);
+    return end < 0 ? '' : unescapeMarkdownDestination(trimmed.slice(1, end));
+  }
+  const match = /^(?:\\.|\S)+/.exec(trimmed);
+  return match ? unescapeMarkdownDestination(match[0]) : '';
+};
+
+const collectMarkdownLinesOutsideCode = (message) => {
+  const lines = [];
   for (const part of Array.isArray(message?.parts) ? message.parts : []) {
     if (part?.type !== 'text' || typeof part.text !== 'string') continue;
-    // Code examples must never authorize file access, even when they contain image syntax.
+    let fence = null;
-    let fenced = false;
     for (const line of part.text.split('\n')) {
-      if (/^\s{0,3}(?:```|~~~)/.test(line)) {
+      const fenceMatch = /^\s{0,3}(`{3,}|~{3,})/.exec(line);
-        fenced = !fenced;
+      if (fenceMatch) {
+        const marker = fenceMatch[1];
+        if (!fence) {
+          fence = { char: marker[0], size: marker.length };
+        } else if (marker[0] === fence.char && marker.length >= fence.size) {
+          fence = null;
+        }
         continue;
       }
-      if (fenced) continue;
+      if (fence) continue;
-      const visible = line.replace(/`+[^`]*`+/g, '');
+      lines.push(line.replace(/`+[^`]*`+/g, ''));
-      const pattern = /(?<!\\)!\[[^\]]*]\(\s*(?:<([^>\n]+)>|([^\s)\n]+))/g;
+    }
-      let match = pattern.exec(visible);
+  }
-      while (match) {
+  return lines;
-        sources.add(match[1] || match[2]);
+};
-        match = pattern.exec(visible);
+
+const markdownImageSources = (message) => {
+  const sources = new Set();
+  const markdownLines = collectMarkdownLinesOutsideCode(message);
+  const definitions = new Map();
+  for (const line of markdownLines) {
+    const match = /^\s{0,3}\[([^\]]+)]\s*:\s*(.*)$/.exec(line);
+    if (!match) continue;
+    const source = parseDefinitionDestination(match[2]);
+    if (source) definitions.set(normalizeReferenceLabel(match[1]), source);
+  }
+
+  for (const line of markdownLines) {
+    for (let cursor = 0; cursor < line.length; cursor += 1) {
+      if (line[cursor] !== '!' || line[cursor + 1] !== '[' || isEscapedAt(line, cursor)) continue;
+      const altEnd = findClosingBracket(line, cursor + 2);
+      if (altEnd < 0) continue;
+      const alt = line.slice(cursor + 2, altEnd);
+      const next = line[altEnd + 1];
+      if (next === '(') {
+        const parsed = parseInlineDestination(line, altEnd + 2);
+        if (parsed?.source) sources.add(parsed.source);
+        cursor = parsed?.end ?? altEnd;
+        continue;
       }
+      let label = alt;
+      if (next === '[') {
+        const labelEnd = findClosingBracket(line, altEnd + 2);
+        if (labelEnd < 0) continue;
+        label = line.slice(altEnd + 2, labelEnd) || alt;
+        cursor = labelEnd;
+      } else {
+        cursor = altEnd;
+      }
+      const source = definitions.get(normalizeReferenceLabel(label));
+      if (source) sources.add(source);
     }
   }
   return sources;

packages/web/server/lib/markdown-image-grants/routes.test.js

@@ -129,6 +129,52 @@ describe('session image assets', () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  it('authorizes reference-style image syntax using its resolved destination', async () => {
+    const source = 'reference.png';
+    const fixture = await createFixture({
+      sources: [source],
+      markdown: '![screenshot][result]\n\n[result]: reference.png',
+    });
+    await fs.writeFile(path.join(fixture.directory, source), PNG);
+
+    const response = await prepare(fixture.app, fixture.directory, fixture.sources);
+
+    expect(response.body.results).toEqual([
+      expect.objectContaining({ source, status: 'ready' }),
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('authorizes inline image destinations containing balanced parentheses', async () => {
+    const source = 'screen(1).png';
+    const fixture = await createFixture({
+      sources: [source],
+      markdown: `![screenshot](${source})`,
+    });
+    await fs.writeFile(path.join(fixture.directory, source), PNG);
+
+    const response = await prepare(fixture.app, fixture.directory, fixture.sources);
+
+    expect(response.body.results).toEqual([
+      expect.objectContaining({ source, status: 'ready' }),
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('requires inline image destinations with titles to close', async () => {
+    const sources = ['valid.png', 'malformed.png'];
+    const fixture = await createFixture({
+      sources,
+      markdown: '![valid](valid.png "preview")\n![malformed](malformed.png "preview"',
+    });
+    await Promise.all(sources.map((source) => fs.writeFile(path.join(fixture.directory, source), PNG)));
+
+    const response = await prepare(fixture.app, fixture.directory, sources);
+
+    expect(response.body.results).toEqual([
+      expect.objectContaining({ source: 'valid.png', status: 'ready' }),
+      { source: 'malformed.png', status: 'error' },
+    ]);
+  });
+
   it('rejects a source that the message does not reference', async () => {
     const fixture = await createFixture({ markdown: 'No image here.' });
     const response = await prepare(fixture.app, fixture.directory, fixture.sources);