diff --git a/turnstone/console/static/coordinator/coordinator.js b/turnstone/console/static/coordinator/coordinator.js
index ff39b69e..d85cecfa 100644
--- a/turnstone/console/static/coordinator/coordinator.js
+++ b/turnstone/console/static/coordinator/coordinator.js
@@ -778,13 +778,38 @@ function createCoordinatorPane(root, wsId, opts) {
       const icon = document.createElement("span");
       icon.className = "msg-user-attach-icon";
       icon.setAttribute("aria-hidden", "true");
-      icon.textContent = kind === "image" ? "🖼" : "📄";
+      icon.textContent =
+        typeof window.kindIcon === "function"
+          ? window.kindIcon(kind)
+          : kind === "image"
+            ? "🖼"
+            : kind === "audio"
+              ? "🎵"
+              : "📄";
       pill.appendChild(icon);
       const name = document.createElement("span");
       name.className = "msg-user-attach-name";
       name.textContent =
-        (a && a.filename) || (kind === "image" ? "image" : "document");
+        (a && a.filename) ||
+        (kind === "image" ? "image" : kind === "audio" ? "audio" : "document");
       pill.appendChild(name);
+      // Inline preview (image/pdf thumbnail, audio player) — the same affordance
+      // the interactive pane renders, shared via the buildAttachmentPreview
+      // window bridge composer_attachments.js installs.  No-ops on history
+      // replay (the /history projection omits attachment_id), matching interactive.
+      const prev =
+        typeof window.buildAttachmentPreview === "function"
+          ? window.buildAttachmentPreview({
+              kind: kind,
+              wsId: wsId,
+              attachmentId: a && a.attachment_id,
+              filename: a && a.filename,
+            })
+          : null;
+      if (prev) {
+        if (kind === "image" || kind === "pdf") icon.replaceWith(prev);
+        else pill.appendChild(prev);
+      }
       pills.appendChild(pill);
     });
     el.appendChild(pills);
diff --git a/turnstone/shared_static/chat.css b/turnstone/shared_static/chat.css
index aae2ccb9..fd00649c 100644
--- a/turnstone/shared_static/chat.css
+++ b/turnstone/shared_static/chat.css
@@ -88,6 +88,18 @@
   background: var(--bg-surface);
   flex: 0 0 auto;
 }
+/* Fallback when a thumbnail fails to load: the kind glyph in the same slot the
+   thumbnail would have occupied (so layout doesn't jump and no blank gap). */
+.attach-preview-icon {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  width: 28px;
+  height: 28px;
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
+  font-size: 16px;
+  line-height: 1;
+}
 .attach-preview-audio {
   height: 30px;
   max-width: min(240px, 100%);
@@ -114,6 +126,11 @@
   width: 44px;
   height: 44px;
 }
+.msg-user-attach-pill .attach-preview-icon {
+  width: 44px;
+  height: 44px;
+  font-size: 22px;
+}
 .msg-user-attach-pill .attach-preview-audio {
   height: 32px;
   max-width: min(280px, 100%);
diff --git a/turnstone/shared_static/composer_attachments.js b/turnstone/shared_static/composer_attachments.js
index e3961329..7b954c00 100644
--- a/turnstone/shared_static/composer_attachments.js
+++ b/turnstone/shared_static/composer_attachments.js
@@ -57,7 +57,11 @@ function _attachUrl(wsId, id, suffix) {
   );
 }
 
-function _kindIcon(kind) {
+// Canonical kind → glyph mapping.  Exported (and mirrored on `window` below) so
+// the interactive pane and the coordinator pill builder share one source of
+// truth instead of re-deriving it — the audio (🎵) case in particular has
+// drifted before.
+export function kindIcon(kind) {
   if (kind === "image") return "🖼";
   if (kind === "audio") return "🎵";
   return "📄"; // pdf + text
@@ -78,9 +82,15 @@ export function buildAttachmentPreview(opts) {
     img.decoding = "async";
     img.alt = "";
     img.src = _attachUrl(wsId, id, "/thumbnail");
-    // Drop the node if the thumbnail can't render, so the icon shows instead.
+    // If the thumbnail can't render, swap in the kind glyph rather than removing
+    // the node: the caller has already replaced the original icon span with this
+    // img, so a bare remove() would leave a blank gap (no icon at all).
     img.addEventListener("error", function () {
-      img.remove();
+      var fallback = document.createElement("span");
+      fallback.className = "attach-preview attach-preview-icon";
+      fallback.setAttribute("aria-hidden", "true");
+      fallback.textContent = kindIcon(kind);
+      img.replaceWith(fallback);
     });
     return img;
   }
@@ -175,7 +185,7 @@ export function createAttachmentController(opts) {
     var icon = document.createElement("span");
     icon.className = "composer-chip-icon";
     icon.setAttribute("aria-hidden", "true");
-    icon.textContent = _kindIcon(info.kind);
+    icon.textContent = kindIcon(info.kind);
     chip.appendChild(icon);
 
     var name = document.createElement("span");
@@ -279,7 +289,7 @@ export function createAttachmentController(opts) {
       // classify_upload on the server is authoritative — adopt its kind for the
       // chip icon, then render the preview now there's a real id.
       var swapIcon = chip.querySelector(".composer-chip-icon");
-      if (swapIcon) swapIcon.textContent = _kindIcon(info.kind);
+      if (swapIcon) swapIcon.textContent = kindIcon(info.kind);
       var name = chip.querySelector(".composer-chip-name");
       if (name) {
         name.textContent = info.filename || "(unnamed)";
@@ -438,3 +448,4 @@ export function createAttachmentController(opts) {
 // this deferred module evaluated).  New module code imports instead.
 window.createAttachmentController = createAttachmentController;
 window.buildAttachmentPreview = buildAttachmentPreview;
+window.kindIcon = kindIcon;
diff --git a/turnstone/shared_static/interactive.js b/turnstone/shared_static/interactive.js
index f154f30d..a45b2c93 100644
--- a/turnstone/shared_static/interactive.js
+++ b/turnstone/shared_static/interactive.js
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ import {
 import { authFetch } from "./auth.js";
 import { showToast } from "./toast.js";
 import { Composer } from "./composer.js";
-import { createAttachmentController } from "./composer_attachments.js";
+import {
+  createAttachmentController,
+  kindIcon,
+} from "./composer_attachments.js";
 import { createQueueController } from "./composer_queue.js";
 import { StatusBar } from "./status_bar.js";
 import { streamingRender, streamingRenderFinalize } from "./renderer.js";
@@ -373,12 +376,7 @@ class Pane {
         const icon = document.createElement("span");
         icon.className = "msg-user-attach-icon";
         icon.setAttribute("aria-hidden", "true");
-        icon.textContent =
-          a.kind === "image"
-            ? "\ud83d\uddbc"
-            : a.kind === "audio"
-              ? "\ud83c\udfb5"
-              : "\ud83d\udcc4";
+        icon.textContent = kindIcon(a.kind);
         pill.appendChild(icon);
         const nameEl = document.createElement("span");
         nameEl.className = "msg-user-attach-name";