diff --git a/packages/web/src/features/chat/attached-files-banner.tsx b/packages/web/src/features/chat/attached-files-banner.tsx
index 909df1b..88a8c53 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/features/chat/attached-files-banner.tsx
+++ b/packages/web/src/features/chat/attached-files-banner.tsx
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
  * server appends aren't shown verbatim, they collapse into a single line reading
  * "Attached files: a.pdf, b.csv" (paperclip icon + static text, no navigation — the files live
  * in the session scratchpad and the model opens them by path); the body text around them is
- * rendered as usual by the caller. Same shape as SkillsBanner, so the two notices a message
- * can carry read as one family.
+ * rendered as usual by the caller. It keeps the same visual language as message-level notices;
+ * the caller owns its user-side alignment and timestamp footer.
  */
 import { S } from "../../lib/strings";
 import { attachmentFileName } from "../../lib/attachments";
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export function AttachedFilesBanner({ files }: { files: string[] }) {
     // into a paragraph-tall block above the message. The full list stays reachable as a title.
     <p
       title={label}
-      className="anim-msg my-2 flex w-fit max-w-full items-center gap-2 rounded-md border border-gray-200 bg-gray-50 px-3 py-2 text-xs text-gray-600 dark:border-gray-800 dark:bg-gray-900 dark:text-gray-400"
+      className="flex w-fit max-w-full items-center gap-2 rounded-md border border-gray-200 bg-gray-50 px-3 py-2 text-xs text-gray-600 dark:border-gray-800 dark:bg-gray-900 dark:text-gray-400"
     >
       <GlyphIcon d={PAPERCLIP_ICON} className="shrink-0 text-gray-400 dark:text-gray-500" />
       <span className="min-w-0 truncate">{label}</span>
diff --git a/packages/web/src/features/chat/message-item.tsx b/packages/web/src/features/chat/message-item.tsx
index 2f3a196..209db82 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/features/chat/message-item.tsx
+++ b/packages/web/src/features/chat/message-item.tsx
@@ -217,10 +217,6 @@ export function MessageItem({ item, ctx }: { item: ChatItem; ctx: StreamRenderCo
         <>
           {scheduled && <ScheduledBanner origin={scheduled.origin} />}
           {skills && <SkillsBanner names={skills.skills} />}
-          {/* Files uploaded with this message: named above the bubble, like the other
-              message-level notices — the bytes live in the session scratchpad, the model
-              opens them by path (goal mode never gets here: it takes text and images only). */}
-          {files.length > 0 && <AttachedFilesBanner files={files} />}
           {text && (
             <div className="anim-msg group my-4 flex flex-col items-end">
               <div className="max-w-[88%] rounded-lg bg-gray-100 px-4 py-2.5 md:max-w-[75%] dark:bg-gray-800">
@@ -236,6 +232,19 @@ export function MessageItem({ item, ctx }: { item: ChatItem; ctx: StreamRenderCo
               />
             </div>
           )}
+          {/* Files uploaded with this message: shown below the text in the same user-side
+              container and with the same timestamp footer as uploaded images. The bytes live in
+              the session scratchpad, where the model opens them by path (goal mode never gets
+              here: it takes text and images only). */}
+          {files.length > 0 && (
+            <div className="anim-msg group my-4 flex flex-col items-end">
+              <AttachedFilesBanner files={files} />
+              <MessageMeta
+                {...(item.atMs !== undefined ? { atMs: item.atMs } : {})}
+                align="right"
+              />
+            </div>
+          )}
           {images.map((src, i) => (
             <div key={i} className="anim-msg group my-4 flex flex-col items-end">
               <div className="max-w-[88%] rounded-lg bg-gray-100 p-1.5 md:max-w-[75%] dark:bg-gray-800">
@@ -262,8 +271,15 @@ export function MessageItem({ item, ctx }: { item: ChatItem; ctx: StreamRenderCo
       // Images sent with the message live inside the same chip: `item.images` on a vision
       // model (delivered as image messages right behind the text), or restored from the
       // [attached image: …] path lines without one — the same two shapes a user_text bubble
-      // handles, so both render identically here.
-      const { text: steerText, images: steerImages } = splitAttachments(item.text);
+      // handles, so both render identically here. Files ride steering only as
+      // [attached file: …] rows (there is no item.files channel) and collapse into the same
+      // banner a full prompt uses, kept inside the chip — a files-only steering would
+      // otherwise render as an empty chip with the filenames lost.
+      const {
+        text: steerText,
+        images: steerImages,
+        files: steerFiles,
+      } = splitAttachments(item.text);
       const shown = [...steerImages, ...(item.images ?? [])];
       return (
         <div className="anim-msg group my-2 flex flex-col items-end">
@@ -292,6 +308,11 @@ export function MessageItem({ item, ctx }: { item: ChatItem; ctx: StreamRenderCo
                 ))}
               </div>
             )}
+            {steerFiles.length > 0 && (
+              <div className="flex justify-end">
+                <AttachedFilesBanner files={steerFiles} />
+              </div>
+            )}
           </div>
           <MessageMeta
             {...(item.atMs !== undefined ? { atMs: item.atMs } : {})}