diff --git a/app/attachment_channel.main.ts b/app/attachment_channel.main.ts
index cb5643f9aa..cfb73946d3 100644
--- a/app/attachment_channel.main.ts
+++ b/app/attachment_channel.main.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { access } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import {
   type DecryptAttachmentToSinkOptionsType,
   decryptAttachmentV2ToSink,
+  type IntegrityCheckType,
 } from '../ts/AttachmentCrypto.node.js';
 import * as Bytes from '../ts/Bytes.std.js';
 import type { MessageAttachmentsCursorType } from '../ts/sql/Interface.std.js';
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ import {
   getStickersPath,
   getTempPath,
 } from './attachments.node.js';
+import { isValidDigest, isValidPlaintextHash } from '../ts/types/Crypto.std.js';
 
 const { isNumber } = lodash;
 
@@ -98,7 +100,7 @@ type RangeFinderContextType = Readonly<
       }
     | {
         type: 'incremental';
-        digest: Uint8Array<ArrayBuffer>;
+        integrityCheck: IntegrityCheckType;
         incrementalMac: Uint8Array<ArrayBuffer>;
         chunkSize: number;
         keysBase64: string;
@@ -154,10 +156,7 @@ async function safeDecryptToSink(
         theirChunkSize: ctx.chunkSize,
         theirIncrementalMac: ctx.incrementalMac,
         type: 'standard',
-        integrityCheck: {
-          type: 'encrypted',
-          digest: ctx.digest,
-        },
+        integrityCheck: ctx.integrityCheck,
       };
 
       const controller = new AbortController();
@@ -703,9 +702,26 @@ export async function handleAttachmentRequest(req: Request): Promise<Response> {
       // When trying to view in-progress downloads, we need more information
       // to validate the file before returning data.
 
-      const digestBase64 = url.searchParams.get('digest');
-      if (digestBase64 == null) {
-        return new Response('Missing digest', { status: 400 });
+      const digestBase64 = url.searchParams.get('digest') ?? undefined;
+      const plaintextHashHex =
+        url.searchParams.get('plaintextHash') ?? undefined;
+
+      let integrityCheck: IntegrityCheckType;
+
+      if (isValidPlaintextHash(plaintextHashHex)) {
+        integrityCheck = {
+          type: 'plaintext',
+          plaintextHash: Bytes.fromHex(plaintextHashHex),
+        };
+      } else if (isValidDigest(digestBase64)) {
+        integrityCheck = {
+          type: 'encrypted',
+          digest: Bytes.fromBase64(digestBase64),
+        };
+      } else {
+        return new Response('Missing/invalid plaintextHash or digest', {
+          status: 400,
+        });
       }
 
       const incrementalMacBase64 = url.searchParams.get('incrementalMac');
@@ -724,7 +740,7 @@ export async function handleAttachmentRequest(req: Request): Promise<Response> {
       context = {
         type: 'incremental',
         chunkSize,
-        digest: Bytes.fromBase64(digestBase64),
+        integrityCheck,
         incrementalMac: Bytes.fromBase64(incrementalMacBase64),
         keysBase64,
         path,
diff --git a/ts/util/getLocalAttachmentUrl.std.ts b/ts/util/getLocalAttachmentUrl.std.ts
index 84642a1fe3..a853a12c5c 100644
--- a/ts/util/getLocalAttachmentUrl.std.ts
+++ b/ts/util/getLocalAttachmentUrl.std.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export function getLocalAttachmentUrl(
       AttachmentType,
       | 'contentType'
       | 'digest'
+      | 'plaintextHash'
       | 'downloadPath'
       | 'incrementalMac'
       | 'chunkSize'
@@ -87,10 +88,17 @@ export function getLocalAttachmentUrl(
     }
     url.searchParams.set('key', attachment.key);
 
-    if (!attachment.digest) {
-      throw new Error('getLocalAttachmentUrl: Missing attachment digest!');
+    // Attachments restored from backup / link & sync may have plaintextHash but not
+    // digest
+    if (attachment.plaintextHash) {
+      url.searchParams.set('plaintextHash', attachment.plaintextHash);
+    } else if (attachment.digest) {
+      url.searchParams.set('digest', attachment.digest);
+    } else {
+      throw new Error(
+        'getLocalAttachmentUrl: Missing attachment plaintextHash and digest!'
+      );
     }
-    url.searchParams.set('digest', attachment.digest);
 
     if (!attachment.incrementalMac) {
       throw new Error(