diff --git a/apps/yaak-client/components/HttpResponsePane.tsx b/apps/yaak-client/components/HttpResponsePane.tsx
index 645de078..8d0697d7 100644
--- a/apps/yaak-client/components/HttpResponsePane.tsx
+++ b/apps/yaak-client/components/HttpResponsePane.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { useCopyHttpResponse } from "../hooks/useCopyHttpResponse";
 import { useHttpResponseEvents } from "../hooks/useHttpResponseEvents";
 import { usePinnedHttpResponse } from "../hooks/usePinnedHttpResponse";
 import { useResponseBodyBytes, useResponseBodyText } from "../hooks/useResponseBodyText";
+import { useResponseBodyUrl } from "../hooks/useResponseBodyUrl";
 import { useResponseViewMode } from "../hooks/useResponseViewMode";
 import { useSaveResponse } from "../hooks/useSaveResponse";
 import { useTimelineViewMode } from "../hooks/useTimelineViewMode";
@@ -409,14 +410,13 @@ function EnsureCompleteResponse({
   Component,
 }: {
   response: HttpResponse;
-  Component: ComponentType<{ bodyPath: string }>;
+  Component: ComponentType<{ bodyUrl: string }>;
 }) {
-  if (response.bodyPath === null) {
-    return <div>Empty response body</div>;
-  }
+  // Wait until the response has been fully-downloaded before asking for it
+  const complete = response.state === "closed";
+  const bodyUrl = useResponseBodyUrl(complete ? response : null);
 
-  // Wait until the response has been fully-downloaded
-  if (response.state !== "closed") {
+  if (!complete || bodyUrl.isPending) {
     return (
       <EmptyStateText>
         <LoadingIcon />
@@ -424,7 +424,15 @@ function EnsureCompleteResponse({
     );
   }
 
-  return <Component bodyPath={response.bodyPath} />;
+  if (bodyUrl.error) {
+    return <Banner color="danger">{String(bodyUrl.error)}</Banner>;
+  }
+
+  if (bodyUrl.data == null) {
+    return <div>Empty response body</div>;
+  }
+
+  return <Component bodyUrl={bodyUrl.data} />;
 }
 
 function HttpSvgViewer({ response }: { response: HttpResponse }) {
diff --git a/apps/yaak-client/components/responseViewers/AudioViewer.tsx b/apps/yaak-client/components/responseViewers/AudioViewer.tsx
index 89f102de..f72f9fef 100644
--- a/apps/yaak-client/components/responseViewers/AudioViewer.tsx
+++ b/apps/yaak-client/components/responseViewers/AudioViewer.tsx
@@ -1,29 +1,29 @@
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
-import { platform } from "@yaakapp-internal/platform";
 
 interface Props {
-  bodyPath?: string;
+  /** A URL for the body the host already stored. */
+  bodyUrl?: string;
   data?: Uint8Array;
   mimeType?: string;
 }
 
-export function AudioViewer({ bodyPath, data, mimeType }: Props) {
+export function AudioViewer({ bodyUrl, data, mimeType }: Props) {
   const [src, setSrc] = useState<string>();
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (bodyPath) {
-      setSrc(platform.files.url(bodyPath));
+    if (bodyUrl) {
+      setSrc(bodyUrl);
     } else if (data) {
       // The type matters here in a way it doesn't for an image: a media element goes by what
       // the blob declares rather than sniffing it, so an Ogg labelled as MP3 won't play
       const blob = new Blob([new Uint8Array(data)], { type: mimeType ?? "audio/mpeg" });
-      const url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
-      setSrc(url);
-      return () => URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
+      const objectUrl = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
+      setSrc(objectUrl);
+      return () => URL.revokeObjectURL(objectUrl);
     } else {
       setSrc(undefined);
     }
-  }, [bodyPath, data, mimeType]);
+  }, [bodyUrl, data, mimeType]);
 
   // oxlint-disable-next-line jsx-a11y/media-has-caption
   return <audio className="w-full" controls src={src} />;
diff --git a/apps/yaak-client/components/responseViewers/ImageViewer.tsx b/apps/yaak-client/components/responseViewers/ImageViewer.tsx
index 3b50d4dd..75a6e0c1 100644
--- a/apps/yaak-client/components/responseViewers/ImageViewer.tsx
+++ b/apps/yaak-client/components/responseViewers/ImageViewer.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import classNames from "classnames";
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
-import { platform } from "@yaakapp-internal/platform";
 
 type Props = { className?: string; mimeType?: string } & (
   | {
-      bodyPath: string;
+      /** A URL for the body the host already stored. */
+      bodyUrl: string;
     }
   | {
       data: ArrayBuffer;
@@ -13,21 +13,21 @@ type Props = { className?: string; mimeType?: string } & (
 
 export function ImageViewer({ className, mimeType, ...props }: Props) {
   const [src, setSrc] = useState<string>();
-  const bodyPath = "bodyPath" in props ? props.bodyPath : null;
+  const bodyUrl = "bodyUrl" in props ? props.bodyUrl : null;
   const data = "data" in props ? props.data : null;
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (bodyPath != null) {
-      setSrc(platform.files.url(bodyPath));
+    if (bodyUrl != null) {
+      setSrc(bodyUrl);
     } else if (data != null) {
       const blob = new Blob([data], { type: mimeType ?? "image/png" });
-      const url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
-      setSrc(url);
-      return () => URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
+      const objectUrl = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
+      setSrc(objectUrl);
+      return () => URL.revokeObjectURL(objectUrl);
     } else {
       setSrc(undefined);
     }
-  }, [bodyPath, data, mimeType]);
+  }, [bodyUrl, data, mimeType]);
 
   return (
     <img
diff --git a/apps/yaak-client/components/responseViewers/PdfViewer.tsx b/apps/yaak-client/components/responseViewers/PdfViewer.tsx
index b4105621..f85507d0 100644
--- a/apps/yaak-client/components/responseViewers/PdfViewer.tsx
+++ b/apps/yaak-client/components/responseViewers/PdfViewer.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import { useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { Document, Page } from "react-pdf";
 import { useContainerSize } from "@yaakapp-internal/ui";
 import { fireAndForget } from "../../lib/fireAndForget";
-import { platform } from "@yaakapp-internal/platform";
 
 fireAndForget(
   import("react-pdf").then(({ pdfjs }) => {
@@ -18,7 +17,8 @@ fireAndForget(
 );
 
 interface Props {
-  bodyPath?: string;
+  /** A URL for the body the host already stored. */
+  bodyUrl?: string;
   data?: Uint8Array;
 }
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const options = {
   standardFontDataUrl: "/standard_fonts/",
 };
 
-export function PdfViewer({ bodyPath, data }: Props) {
+export function PdfViewer({ bodyUrl, data }: Props) {
   const containerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   const [numPages, setNumPages] = useState<number>();
 
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ export function PdfViewer({ bodyPath, data }: Props) {
   // During render, not in an effect: an effect leaves the first paint with no file, and
   // `Document` renders its "Failed to load PDF file" state for that frame before recovering
   const src = useMemo(() => {
-    if (bodyPath) {
-      return platform.files.url(bodyPath);
+    if (bodyUrl) {
+      return bodyUrl;
     }
     if (data) {
       // Create a copy to avoid "Buffer is already detached" errors
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export function PdfViewer({ bodyPath, data }: Props) {
       return { data: new Uint8Array(data) };
     }
     return undefined;
-  }, [bodyPath, data]);
+  }, [bodyUrl, data]);
 
   const onDocumentLoadSuccess = ({ numPages: nextNumPages }: PDFDocumentProxy): void => {
     setNumPages(nextNumPages);
diff --git a/apps/yaak-client/components/responseViewers/VideoViewer.tsx b/apps/yaak-client/components/responseViewers/VideoViewer.tsx
index bee85e10..003d1745 100644
--- a/apps/yaak-client/components/responseViewers/VideoViewer.tsx
+++ b/apps/yaak-client/components/responseViewers/VideoViewer.tsx
@@ -1,28 +1,28 @@
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
-import { platform } from "@yaakapp-internal/platform";
 
 interface Props {
-  bodyPath?: string;
+  /** A URL for the body the host already stored. */
+  bodyUrl?: string;
   data?: Uint8Array;
   mimeType?: string;
 }
 
-export function VideoViewer({ bodyPath, data, mimeType }: Props) {
+export function VideoViewer({ bodyUrl, data, mimeType }: Props) {
   const [src, setSrc] = useState<string>();
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (bodyPath) {
-      setSrc(platform.files.url(bodyPath));
+    if (bodyUrl) {
+      setSrc(bodyUrl);
     } else if (data) {
       // As in AudioViewer: a media element trusts the declared type instead of sniffing
       const blob = new Blob([new Uint8Array(data)], { type: mimeType ?? "video/mp4" });
-      const url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
-      setSrc(url);
-      return () => URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
+      const objectUrl = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
+      setSrc(objectUrl);
+      return () => URL.revokeObjectURL(objectUrl);
     } else {
       setSrc(undefined);
     }
-  }, [bodyPath, data, mimeType]);
+  }, [bodyUrl, data, mimeType]);
 
   // oxlint-disable-next-line jsx-a11y/media-has-caption
   return <video className="w-full" controls src={src} />;
diff --git a/apps/yaak-client/hooks/useIntrospectGraphQL.ts b/apps/yaak-client/hooks/useIntrospectGraphQL.ts
index fd925bba..c316b57f 100644
--- a/apps/yaak-client/hooks/useIntrospectGraphQL.ts
+++ b/apps/yaak-client/hooks/useIntrospectGraphQL.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import type { GraphQLSchema, IntrospectionQuery } from "graphql";
 import { buildClientSchema, getIntrospectionQuery } from "graphql";
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { minPromiseMillis } from "../lib/minPromiseMillis";
-import { getResponseBodyText } from "../lib/responseBody";
 import { sendEphemeralRequest } from "../lib/sendEphemeralRequest";
 import { useActiveEnvironment } from "./useActiveEnvironment";
 import { useDebouncedValue } from "@yaakapp-internal/ui";
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ export function useIntrospectGraphQL(
         bodyType: "application/json",
         body: { text: introspectionRequestBody },
       };
-      const response = await minPromiseMillis(
+      const { response, body } = await minPromiseMillis(
         sendEphemeralRequest(args, activeEnvironment?.id ?? null),
         700,
       );
@@ -64,14 +63,16 @@ export function useIntrospectGraphQL(
         return setError(response.error);
       }
 
-      const bodyText = await getResponseBodyText({ response, filter: null });
+      // The send hands back the only copy of the body — an unsaved response has
+      // nothing on disk and no row to read it back from
+      const bodyText = new TextDecoder("utf-8").decode(new Uint8Array(body));
       if (response.status < 200 || response.status >= 300) {
         return setError(
           `Request failed with status ${response.status}.\nThe response text is:\n\n${bodyText}`,
         );
       }
 
-      if (bodyText === null) {
+      if (bodyText === "") {
         return setError("Empty body returned in response");
       }
 
diff --git a/apps/yaak-client/hooks/useResponseBodyUrl.ts b/apps/yaak-client/hooks/useResponseBodyUrl.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..01e47c7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/yaak-client/hooks/useResponseBodyUrl.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import type { HttpResponse } from "@yaakapp-internal/models";
+import { platform } from "@yaakapp-internal/platform";
+
+/**
+ * A URL for a stored response body, for the viewers that hand one to an element
+ * instead of reading the bytes themselves.
+ *
+ * Resolved once here rather than inside each viewer: the host may have to ask
+ * the backend where the body is, and a viewer that computes its source during
+ * render (the PDF one, deliberately) needs it settled before it mounts.
+ *
+ * Null data means the response has no stored body.
+ */
+export function useResponseBodyUrl(response: HttpResponse | null) {
+  const responseId = response?.id ?? null;
+
+  return useQuery({
+    queryKey: ["response_body_url", responseId, response?.updatedAt ?? ""],
+    enabled: responseId != null,
+    // A response body is stored under the response's own id
+    queryFn: () => (responseId == null ? null : platform.blobs.url(responseId)),
+  });
+}
diff --git a/apps/yaak-client/lib/responseBody.ts b/apps/yaak-client/lib/responseBody.ts
index caa45bab..bc0fe23b 100644
--- a/apps/yaak-client/lib/responseBody.ts
+++ b/apps/yaak-client/lib/responseBody.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ import { candidateJsonPayloadsFromSseText, computeSseSummary } from "@yaakapp-in
 import { rpc } from "./rpc";
 import { platform } from "@yaakapp-internal/platform";
 
+/**
+ * Reading a response body means naming the response, never the file it lives
+ * in: the backend resolves an id against its own records, so nothing the UI
+ * says can point a read somewhere else.
+ */
+
 export async function getResponseBodyText({
   response,
   filter,
@@ -13,7 +19,7 @@ export async function getResponseBodyText({
   filter: string | null;
 }): Promise<string | null> {
   const result = await rpc<FilterResponse>("cmd_http_response_body", {
-    response,
+    responseId: response.id,
     filter,
   });
 
@@ -27,10 +33,9 @@ export async function getResponseBodyText({
 export async function getResponseBodyEventSource(
   response: HttpResponse,
 ): Promise<ServerSentEvent[]> {
-  if (!response.bodyPath) return [];
   try {
     const events = await rpc<ServerSentEvent[]>("cmd_get_sse_events", {
-      filePath: response.bodyPath,
+      responseId: response.id,
     });
     if (events.length > 0) {
       return events;
@@ -39,8 +44,9 @@ export async function getResponseBodyEventSource(
     // Fall back to raw JSON frame parsing for non-standard SSE-like responses.
   }
 
-  const bytes = await platform.files.readFile(response.bodyPath);
-  const text = new TextDecoder("utf-8").decode(bytes);
+  const text = await getResponseBodyDecoded(response);
+  if (text == null) return [];
+
   return candidateJsonPayloadsFromSseText(text).map((data, index) => ({
     data,
     eventType: "",
@@ -53,16 +59,20 @@ export async function getResponseBodySseSummary(
   response: HttpResponse,
   resultKeyPath: string,
 ): Promise<SseSummary> {
-  if (!response.bodyPath) return { fragmentCount: 0, summary: "" };
+  const text = await getResponseBodyDecoded(response);
+  if (text == null) return { fragmentCount: 0, summary: "" };
 
-  const bytes = await platform.files.readFile(response.bodyPath);
-  const text = new TextDecoder("utf-8").decode(bytes);
   return computeSseSummary(text, resultKeyPath);
 }
 
 export async function getResponseBodyBytes(
   response: HttpResponse,
 ): Promise<Uint8Array<ArrayBuffer> | null> {
-  if (!response.bodyPath) return null;
-  return platform.files.readFile(response.bodyPath);
+  // A response body is stored under the response's own id
+  return platform.blobs.read(response.id);
+}
+
+async function getResponseBodyDecoded(response: HttpResponse): Promise<string | null> {
+  const bytes = await getResponseBodyBytes(response);
+  return bytes == null ? null : new TextDecoder("utf-8").decode(bytes);
 }
diff --git a/apps/yaak-client/lib/sendEphemeralRequest.ts b/apps/yaak-client/lib/sendEphemeralRequest.ts
index d50f1926..bd6ca524 100644
--- a/apps/yaak-client/lib/sendEphemeralRequest.ts
+++ b/apps/yaak-client/lib/sendEphemeralRequest.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-import type { HttpRequest, HttpResponse } from "@yaakapp-internal/models";
+import type { HttpRequest } from "@yaakapp-internal/models";
+import type { EphemeralHttpResponse } from "@yaakapp-internal/tauri-client";
 import { getActiveCookieJar } from "../hooks/useActiveCookieJar";
 import { rpc } from "./rpc";
 
 export async function sendEphemeralRequest(
   request: HttpRequest,
   environmentId: string | null,
-): Promise<HttpResponse> {
+): Promise<EphemeralHttpResponse> {
   // Remove some things that we don't want to associate
   const newRequest = { ...request };
   return rpc("cmd_send_ephemeral_request", {
diff --git a/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/bindings/gen_rpc.ts b/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/bindings/gen_rpc.ts
index f501c1fd..299dce27 100644
--- a/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/bindings/gen_rpc.ts
+++ b/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/bindings/gen_rpc.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export type CmdGetHttpAuthenticationSummariesReq = Record<string, never>;
 
 export type CmdGetHttpResponseEventsReq = { responseId: string, };
 
-export type CmdGetSseEventsReq = { filePath: string, };
+export type CmdGetSseEventsReq = { responseId: string, };
 
 export type CmdGetThemesReq = Record<string, never>;
 
@@ -135,7 +135,9 @@ export type CmdHttpRequestActionsReq = Record<string, never>;
 
 export type CmdHttpRequestBodyReq = { responseId: string, };
 
-export type CmdHttpResponseBodyReq = { response: HttpResponse, filter: string | null, };
+export type CmdHttpResponseBodyPathReq = { responseId: string, };
+
+export type CmdHttpResponseBodyReq = { responseId: string, filter: string | null, };
 
 export type CmdImportDataReq = { filePath: string, };
 
@@ -209,6 +211,15 @@ export type CmdWsDeleteConnectionsReq = { requestId: string, };
 
 export type CmdWsSendReq = { connectionId: string, environmentId: string | null, };
 
+/**
+ * An unsaved response and its body.
+ *
+ * The body rides along because nothing stored it: there is no database row to
+ * look up later and no file for a host to read, so this is the caller's only
+ * copy.
+ */
+export type EphemeralHttpResponse = { response: HttpResponse, body: Array<number>, };
+
 export type ModelsDeleteReq = { model: AnyModel, };
 
 export type ModelsDuplicateReq = { modelType: string, modelId: string, };
@@ -231,4 +242,4 @@ export type ModelsWorkspaceModelsReq = { workspaceId: string | null, };
  * The wire schema, exported to TypeScript. Field name = command name,
  * tuple = (request payload, response payload).
  */
-export type RpcSchema = { cmd_metadata: [CmdMetadataReq, AppMetaData], cmd_template_tokens_to_string: [CmdTemplateTokensToStringReq, string], cmd_render_template: [CmdRenderTemplateReq, string], cmd_send_feedback: [CmdSendFeedbackReq, null], cmd_dismiss_notification: [CmdDismissNotificationReq, null], cmd_grpc_reflect: [CmdGrpcReflectReq, Array<ServiceDefinition>], cmd_grpc_go: [CmdGrpcGoReq, string], cmd_restart: [CmdRestartReq, null], cmd_send_ephemeral_request: [CmdSendEphemeralRequestReq, HttpResponse], cmd_format_json: [CmdFormatJsonReq, string], cmd_format_graphql: [CmdFormatGraphqlReq, string], cmd_http_response_body: [CmdHttpResponseBodyReq, FilterResponse], cmd_http_request_body: [CmdHttpRequestBodyReq, Array<number> | null], cmd_get_sse_events: [CmdGetSseEventsReq, Array<ServerSentEvent>], cmd_get_http_response_events: [CmdGetHttpResponseEventsReq, Array<HttpResponseEvent>], cmd_import_data: [CmdImportDataReq, BatchUpsertResult], cmd_http_request_actions: [CmdHttpRequestActionsReq, Array<GetHttpRequestActionsResponse>], cmd_websocket_request_actions: [CmdWebsocketRequestActionsReq, Array<GetWebsocketRequestActionsResponse>], cmd_call_websocket_request_action: [CmdCallWebsocketRequestActionReq, null], cmd_workspace_actions: [CmdWorkspaceActionsReq, Array<GetWorkspaceActionsResponse>], cmd_call_workspace_action: [CmdCallWorkspaceActionReq, null], cmd_folder_actions: [CmdFolderActionsReq, Array<GetFolderActionsResponse>], cmd_call_folder_action: [CmdCallFolderActionReq, null], cmd_grpc_request_actions: [CmdGrpcRequestActionsReq, Array<GetGrpcRequestActionsResponse>], cmd_template_function_summaries: [CmdTemplateFunctionSummariesReq, Array<GetTemplateFunctionSummaryResponse>], cmd_template_function_config: [CmdTemplateFunctionConfigReq, GetTemplateFunctionConfigResponse], cmd_get_http_authentication_summaries: [CmdGetHttpAuthenticationSummariesReq, Array<GetHttpAuthenticationSummaryResponse>], cmd_get_http_authentication_config: [CmdGetHttpAuthenticationConfigReq, GetHttpAuthenticationConfigResponse], cmd_call_http_request_action: [CmdCallHttpRequestActionReq, null], cmd_call_grpc_request_action: [CmdCallGrpcRequestActionReq, null], cmd_call_http_authentication_action: [CmdCallHttpAuthenticationActionReq, null], cmd_curl_to_request: [CmdCurlToRequestReq, HttpRequest], cmd_export_data: [CmdExportDataReq, null], cmd_save_base64_to_binary: [CmdSaveBase64ToBinaryReq, null], cmd_save_response: [CmdSaveResponseReq, null], cmd_send_http_request: [CmdSendHttpRequestReq, HttpResponse], cmd_reload_plugins: [CmdReloadPluginsReq, Array<[string, string]>], cmd_plugin_info: [CmdPluginInfoReq, PluginMetadata], cmd_delete_all_grpc_connections: [CmdDeleteAllGrpcConnectionsReq, null], cmd_delete_send_history: [CmdDeleteSendHistoryReq, null], cmd_delete_all_http_responses: [CmdDeleteAllHttpResponsesReq, null], cmd_get_workspace_meta: [CmdGetWorkspaceMetaReq, WorkspaceMeta], cmd_new_child_window: [CmdNewChildWindowReq, null], cmd_new_main_window: [CmdNewMainWindowReq, null], cmd_check_for_updates: [CmdCheckForUpdatesReq, boolean], cmd_decrypt_template: [CmdDecryptTemplateReq, string], cmd_secure_template: [CmdSecureTemplateReq, string], cmd_get_themes: [CmdGetThemesReq, Array<GetThemesResponse>], cmd_enable_encryption: [CmdEnableEncryptionReq, null], cmd_reveal_workspace_key: [CmdRevealWorkspaceKeyReq, string], cmd_set_workspace_key: [CmdSetWorkspaceKeyReq, null], cmd_disable_encryption: [CmdDisableEncryptionReq, null], cmd_default_headers: [CmdDefaultHeadersReq, Array<HttpRequestHeader>], models_upsert: [ModelsUpsertReq, string], models_delete: [ModelsDeleteReq, string], models_duplicate: [ModelsDuplicateReq, string], models_websocket_events: [ModelsWebsocketEventsReq, Array<WebsocketEvent>], models_grpc_events: [ModelsGrpcEventsReq, Array<GrpcEvent>], models_get_settings: [ModelsGetSettingsReq, Settings], models_get_graphql_introspection: [ModelsGetGraphqlIntrospectionReq, GraphQlIntrospection | null], models_upsert_graphql_introspection: [ModelsUpsertGraphqlIntrospectionReq, GraphQlIntrospection], models_workspace_models: [ModelsWorkspaceModelsReq, string], cmd_git_checkout: [CmdGitCheckoutReq, string], cmd_git_branch: [CmdGitBranchReq, null], cmd_git_delete_branch: [CmdGitDeleteBranchReq, BranchDeleteResult], cmd_git_delete_remote_branch: [CmdGitDeleteRemoteBranchReq, null], cmd_git_merge_branch: [CmdGitMergeBranchReq, null], cmd_git_rename_branch: [CmdGitRenameBranchReq, null], cmd_git_status: [CmdGitStatusReq, GitStatusSummary], cmd_git_branch_info: [CmdGitBranchInfoReq, GitBranchInfo], cmd_git_worktree_status: [CmdGitWorktreeStatusReq, GitWorktreeStatus], cmd_git_log: [CmdGitLogReq, Array<GitCommit>], cmd_git_log_for_file: [CmdGitLogForFileReq, Array<GitCommit>], cmd_git_file_diff_for_commit: [CmdGitFileDiffForCommitReq, GitFileDiff], cmd_git_initialize: [CmdGitInitializeReq, null], cmd_git_clone: [CmdGitCloneReq, CloneResult], cmd_git_commit: [CmdGitCommitReq, null], cmd_git_fetch_all: [CmdGitFetchAllReq, null], cmd_git_push: [CmdGitPushReq, PushResult], cmd_git_pull: [CmdGitPullReq, PullResult], cmd_git_pull_force_reset: [CmdGitPullForceResetReq, PullResult], cmd_git_pull_merge: [CmdGitPullMergeReq, PullResult], cmd_git_add: [CmdGitAddReq, null], cmd_git_unstage: [CmdGitUnstageReq, null], cmd_git_reset_changes: [CmdGitResetChangesReq, null], cmd_git_restore_files: [CmdGitRestoreFilesReq, null], cmd_git_restore_file_from_commit: [CmdGitRestoreFileFromCommitReq, null], cmd_git_add_credential: [CmdGitAddCredentialReq, null], cmd_git_remotes: [CmdGitRemotesReq, Array<GitRemote>], cmd_git_add_remote: [CmdGitAddRemoteReq, GitRemote], cmd_git_rm_remote: [CmdGitRmRemoteReq, null], cmd_sync_calculate: [CmdSyncCalculateReq, Array<SyncOp>], cmd_sync_calculate_fs: [CmdSyncCalculateFsReq, Array<SyncOp>], cmd_sync_apply: [CmdSyncApplyReq, null], cmd_ws_delete_connections: [CmdWsDeleteConnectionsReq, null], cmd_ws_send: [CmdWsSendReq, WebsocketConnection], cmd_ws_close: [CmdWsCloseReq, WebsocketConnection], cmd_ws_connect: [CmdWsConnectReq, WebsocketConnection], cmd_plugins_search: [CmdPluginsSearchReq, PluginSearchResponse], cmd_plugins_install: [CmdPluginsInstallReq, null], cmd_plugins_install_from_directory: [CmdPluginsInstallFromDirectoryReq, Plugin], cmd_plugins_uninstall: [CmdPluginsUninstallReq, Plugin], cmd_plugin_init_errors: [CmdPluginInitErrorsReq, Array<[string, string]>], cmd_plugins_updates: [CmdPluginsUpdatesReq, PluginUpdatesResponse], cmd_plugins_update_all: [CmdPluginsUpdateAllReq, Array<PluginNameVersion>], cmd_git_watch_worktree_status: [CmdGitWatchWorktreeStatusReq, GitWatchResult], cmd_sync_watch: [CmdSyncWatchReq, WatchResult], };
+export type RpcSchema = { cmd_metadata: [CmdMetadataReq, AppMetaData], cmd_template_tokens_to_string: [CmdTemplateTokensToStringReq, string], cmd_render_template: [CmdRenderTemplateReq, string], cmd_send_feedback: [CmdSendFeedbackReq, null], cmd_dismiss_notification: [CmdDismissNotificationReq, null], cmd_grpc_reflect: [CmdGrpcReflectReq, Array<ServiceDefinition>], cmd_grpc_go: [CmdGrpcGoReq, string], cmd_restart: [CmdRestartReq, null], cmd_send_ephemeral_request: [CmdSendEphemeralRequestReq, EphemeralHttpResponse], cmd_format_json: [CmdFormatJsonReq, string], cmd_format_graphql: [CmdFormatGraphqlReq, string], cmd_http_response_body: [CmdHttpResponseBodyReq, FilterResponse], cmd_http_response_body_path: [CmdHttpResponseBodyPathReq, string | null], cmd_http_request_body: [CmdHttpRequestBodyReq, Array<number> | null], cmd_get_sse_events: [CmdGetSseEventsReq, Array<ServerSentEvent>], cmd_get_http_response_events: [CmdGetHttpResponseEventsReq, Array<HttpResponseEvent>], cmd_import_data: [CmdImportDataReq, BatchUpsertResult], cmd_http_request_actions: [CmdHttpRequestActionsReq, Array<GetHttpRequestActionsResponse>], cmd_websocket_request_actions: [CmdWebsocketRequestActionsReq, Array<GetWebsocketRequestActionsResponse>], cmd_call_websocket_request_action: [CmdCallWebsocketRequestActionReq, null], cmd_workspace_actions: [CmdWorkspaceActionsReq, Array<GetWorkspaceActionsResponse>], cmd_call_workspace_action: [CmdCallWorkspaceActionReq, null], cmd_folder_actions: [CmdFolderActionsReq, Array<GetFolderActionsResponse>], cmd_call_folder_action: [CmdCallFolderActionReq, null], cmd_grpc_request_actions: [CmdGrpcRequestActionsReq, Array<GetGrpcRequestActionsResponse>], cmd_template_function_summaries: [CmdTemplateFunctionSummariesReq, Array<GetTemplateFunctionSummaryResponse>], cmd_template_function_config: [CmdTemplateFunctionConfigReq, GetTemplateFunctionConfigResponse], cmd_get_http_authentication_summaries: [CmdGetHttpAuthenticationSummariesReq, Array<GetHttpAuthenticationSummaryResponse>], cmd_get_http_authentication_config: [CmdGetHttpAuthenticationConfigReq, GetHttpAuthenticationConfigResponse], cmd_call_http_request_action: [CmdCallHttpRequestActionReq, null], cmd_call_grpc_request_action: [CmdCallGrpcRequestActionReq, null], cmd_call_http_authentication_action: [CmdCallHttpAuthenticationActionReq, null], cmd_curl_to_request: [CmdCurlToRequestReq, HttpRequest], cmd_export_data: [CmdExportDataReq, null], cmd_save_base64_to_binary: [CmdSaveBase64ToBinaryReq, null], cmd_save_response: [CmdSaveResponseReq, null], cmd_send_http_request: [CmdSendHttpRequestReq, HttpResponse], cmd_reload_plugins: [CmdReloadPluginsReq, Array<[string, string]>], cmd_plugin_info: [CmdPluginInfoReq, PluginMetadata], cmd_delete_all_grpc_connections: [CmdDeleteAllGrpcConnectionsReq, null], cmd_delete_send_history: [CmdDeleteSendHistoryReq, null], cmd_delete_all_http_responses: [CmdDeleteAllHttpResponsesReq, null], cmd_get_workspace_meta: [CmdGetWorkspaceMetaReq, WorkspaceMeta], cmd_new_child_window: [CmdNewChildWindowReq, null], cmd_new_main_window: [CmdNewMainWindowReq, null], cmd_check_for_updates: [CmdCheckForUpdatesReq, boolean], cmd_decrypt_template: [CmdDecryptTemplateReq, string], cmd_secure_template: [CmdSecureTemplateReq, string], cmd_get_themes: [CmdGetThemesReq, Array<GetThemesResponse>], cmd_enable_encryption: [CmdEnableEncryptionReq, null], cmd_reveal_workspace_key: [CmdRevealWorkspaceKeyReq, string], cmd_set_workspace_key: [CmdSetWorkspaceKeyReq, null], cmd_disable_encryption: [CmdDisableEncryptionReq, null], cmd_default_headers: [CmdDefaultHeadersReq, Array<HttpRequestHeader>], models_upsert: [ModelsUpsertReq, string], models_delete: [ModelsDeleteReq, string], models_duplicate: [ModelsDuplicateReq, string], models_websocket_events: [ModelsWebsocketEventsReq, Array<WebsocketEvent>], models_grpc_events: [ModelsGrpcEventsReq, Array<GrpcEvent>], models_get_settings: [ModelsGetSettingsReq, Settings], models_get_graphql_introspection: [ModelsGetGraphqlIntrospectionReq, GraphQlIntrospection | null], models_upsert_graphql_introspection: [ModelsUpsertGraphqlIntrospectionReq, GraphQlIntrospection], models_workspace_models: [ModelsWorkspaceModelsReq, string], cmd_git_checkout: [CmdGitCheckoutReq, string], cmd_git_branch: [CmdGitBranchReq, null], cmd_git_delete_branch: [CmdGitDeleteBranchReq, BranchDeleteResult], cmd_git_delete_remote_branch: [CmdGitDeleteRemoteBranchReq, null], cmd_git_merge_branch: [CmdGitMergeBranchReq, null], cmd_git_rename_branch: [CmdGitRenameBranchReq, null], cmd_git_status: [CmdGitStatusReq, GitStatusSummary], cmd_git_branch_info: [CmdGitBranchInfoReq, GitBranchInfo], cmd_git_worktree_status: [CmdGitWorktreeStatusReq, GitWorktreeStatus], cmd_git_log: [CmdGitLogReq, Array<GitCommit>], cmd_git_log_for_file: [CmdGitLogForFileReq, Array<GitCommit>], cmd_git_file_diff_for_commit: [CmdGitFileDiffForCommitReq, GitFileDiff], cmd_git_initialize: [CmdGitInitializeReq, null], cmd_git_clone: [CmdGitCloneReq, CloneResult], cmd_git_commit: [CmdGitCommitReq, null], cmd_git_fetch_all: [CmdGitFetchAllReq, null], cmd_git_push: [CmdGitPushReq, PushResult], cmd_git_pull: [CmdGitPullReq, PullResult], cmd_git_pull_force_reset: [CmdGitPullForceResetReq, PullResult], cmd_git_pull_merge: [CmdGitPullMergeReq, PullResult], cmd_git_add: [CmdGitAddReq, null], cmd_git_unstage: [CmdGitUnstageReq, null], cmd_git_reset_changes: [CmdGitResetChangesReq, null], cmd_git_restore_files: [CmdGitRestoreFilesReq, null], cmd_git_restore_file_from_commit: [CmdGitRestoreFileFromCommitReq, null], cmd_git_add_credential: [CmdGitAddCredentialReq, null], cmd_git_remotes: [CmdGitRemotesReq, Array<GitRemote>], cmd_git_add_remote: [CmdGitAddRemoteReq, GitRemote], cmd_git_rm_remote: [CmdGitRmRemoteReq, null], cmd_sync_calculate: [CmdSyncCalculateReq, Array<SyncOp>], cmd_sync_calculate_fs: [CmdSyncCalculateFsReq, Array<SyncOp>], cmd_sync_apply: [CmdSyncApplyReq, null], cmd_ws_delete_connections: [CmdWsDeleteConnectionsReq, null], cmd_ws_send: [CmdWsSendReq, WebsocketConnection], cmd_ws_close: [CmdWsCloseReq, WebsocketConnection], cmd_ws_connect: [CmdWsConnectReq, WebsocketConnection], cmd_plugins_search: [CmdPluginsSearchReq, PluginSearchResponse], cmd_plugins_install: [CmdPluginsInstallReq, null], cmd_plugins_install_from_directory: [CmdPluginsInstallFromDirectoryReq, Plugin], cmd_plugins_uninstall: [CmdPluginsUninstallReq, Plugin], cmd_plugin_init_errors: [CmdPluginInitErrorsReq, Array<[string, string]>], cmd_plugins_updates: [CmdPluginsUpdatesReq, PluginUpdatesResponse], cmd_plugins_update_all: [CmdPluginsUpdateAllReq, Array<PluginNameVersion>], cmd_git_watch_worktree_status: [CmdGitWatchWorktreeStatusReq, GitWatchResult], cmd_sync_watch: [CmdSyncWatchReq, WatchResult], };
diff --git a/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/http_request.rs b/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/http_request.rs
index 95e35e4d..4bdbff5d 100644
--- a/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/http_request.rs
+++ b/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/http_request.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Instant;
 use tauri::{AppHandle, Manager, Runtime, WebviewWindow};
 use tokio::sync::watch::Receiver;
-use yaak::send::{SendHttpRequestWithPluginsParams, send_http_request_with_plugins};
+use yaak::send::{ResponseBody, SendHttpRequestWithPluginsParams, send_http_request_with_plugins};
 use yaak_crypto::manager::EncryptionManager;
 use yaak_http::manager::HttpConnectionManager;
 use yaak_models::models::{CookieJar, Environment, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, HttpResponseState};
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ impl<R: Runtime> ResponseContext<R> {
     }
 }
 
+/// What a send produced: the response, and where its body went.
+pub struct SentHttpRequest {
+    pub response: HttpResponse,
+    pub body: ResponseBody,
+}
+
 pub async fn send_http_request<R: Runtime>(
     window: &WebviewWindow<R>,
     unrendered_request: &HttpRequest,
@@ -69,7 +75,7 @@ pub async fn send_http_request<R: Runtime>(
     environment: Option<Environment>,
     cookie_jar: Option<CookieJar>,
     cancelled_rx: &mut Receiver<bool>,
-) -> Result<HttpResponse> {
+) -> Result<SentHttpRequest> {
     send_http_request_with_context(
         window,
         unrendered_request,
@@ -90,7 +96,7 @@ pub async fn send_http_request_with_context<R: Runtime>(
     cookie_jar: Option<CookieJar>,
     cancelled_rx: &Receiver<bool>,
     plugin_context: &PluginContext,
-) -> Result<HttpResponse> {
+) -> Result<SentHttpRequest> {
     let app_handle = window.app_handle().clone();
     let update_source = UpdateSource::from_window_label(window.label());
     let mut response_ctx =
@@ -110,7 +116,7 @@ pub async fn send_http_request_with_context<R: Runtime>(
     .await;
 
     match result {
-        Ok(response) => Ok(response),
+        Ok(sent) => Ok(sent),
         Err(e) => {
             let error = e.to_string();
             let elapsed = start.elapsed().as_millis() as i32;
@@ -123,7 +129,12 @@ pub async fn send_http_request_with_context<R: Runtime>(
                 }
                 r.error = Some(error);
             });
-            Ok(response_ctx.response().clone())
+            // The send failed, so whatever body exists is the partial one
+            // already on disk under the response's id.
+            Ok(SentHttpRequest {
+                response: response_ctx.response().clone(),
+                body: ResponseBody::Stored,
+            })
         }
     }
 }
@@ -136,7 +147,7 @@ async fn send_http_request_inner<R: Runtime>(
     cancelled_rx: &Receiver<bool>,
     plugin_context: &PluginContext,
     response_ctx: &mut ResponseContext<R>,
-) -> Result<HttpResponse> {
+) -> Result<SentHttpRequest> {
     let app_handle = window.app_handle().clone();
     let plugin_manager = Arc::new((*app_handle.state::<PluginManager>()).clone());
     let encryption_manager = Arc::new((*app_handle.state::<EncryptionManager>()).clone());
@@ -165,7 +176,7 @@ async fn send_http_request_inner<R: Runtime>(
     .await
     .map_err(|e| GenericError(e.to_string()))?;
 
-    Ok(result.response)
+    Ok(SentHttpRequest { response: result.response, body: result.response_body })
 }
 
 pub fn resolve_http_request<R: Runtime>(
diff --git a/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/lib.rs b/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/lib.rs
index d7de130e..4d14de63 100644
--- a/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use crate::import::import_data;
 use crate::models_ext::{BlobManagerExt, QueryManagerExt};
 use crate::notifications::YaakNotifier;
 use crate::render::{render_grpc_request, render_json_value, render_template};
+use crate::rpc_ext::EphemeralHttpResponse;
 use crate::updates::{UpdateMode, UpdateTrigger, YaakUpdater};
 use crate::uri_scheme::handle_deep_link;
 use error::Result as YaakResult;
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ use tokio::sync::Mutex;
 use tokio::task::block_in_place;
 use tokio::time;
 use yaak::export::{self, ExportDataParams};
+use yaak::send::ResponseBody;
 use yaak_common::command::new_checked_command;
 use yaak_crypto::manager::EncryptionManager;
 use yaak_grpc::manager::{GrpcConfig, GrpcHandle};
@@ -981,13 +983,18 @@ async fn cmd_restart<R: Runtime>(app_handle: AppHandle<R>) -> YaakResult<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// Send without saving anything.
+///
+/// The response never reaches the database, so its body cannot be read back by
+/// id later the way a saved response's can. It comes back here instead, which
+/// is the only copy the caller gets.
 async fn cmd_send_ephemeral_request<R: Runtime>(
     mut request: HttpRequest,
     environment_id: Option<&str>,
     cookie_jar_id: Option<&str>,
     window: WebviewWindow<R>,
     app_handle: AppHandle<R>,
-) -> YaakResult<HttpResponse> {
+) -> YaakResult<EphemeralHttpResponse> {
     let response = HttpResponse::default();
     request.id = "".to_string();
     let environment = match environment_id {
@@ -1006,7 +1013,18 @@ async fn cmd_send_ephemeral_request<R: Runtime>(
         }
     });
 
-    send_http_request(&window, &request, &response, environment, cookie_jar, &mut cancel_rx).await
+    let sent =
+        send_http_request(&window, &request, &response, environment, cookie_jar, &mut cancel_rx)
+            .await?;
+
+    // Blanking the request id above is what makes this send unsaved, so the
+    // engine always hands the body back. Failing loudly beats returning an
+    // empty body that reads as "the server sent nothing".
+    let ResponseBody::Returned(body) = sent.body else {
+        return Err(GenericError("Unsaved response did not return a body".to_string()));
+    };
+
+    Ok(EphemeralHttpResponse { response: sent.response, body })
 }
 
 async fn cmd_format_json(text: &str) -> YaakResult<String> {
@@ -1020,27 +1038,49 @@ async fn cmd_format_graphql(text: &str) -> YaakResult<String> {
     }
 }
 
+/// Where a response's body is, and what it is meant to be read as.
+struct ResponseBodyLocation {
+    /// None when the response has no stored body.
+    path: Option<PathBuf>,
+    /// The response's declared `Content-Type`, empty when it has none.
+    content_type: String,
+}
+
+/// Find a response's body from its id alone.
+///
+/// The frontend hands back an id and never a path, so the only bodies reachable
+/// here are ones the engine wrote and the database still knows about. A
+/// response that was never saved has no entry, and its body came back from the
+/// send that made it.
+fn locate_response_body<R: Runtime>(
+    app_handle: &AppHandle<R>,
+    response_id: &str,
+) -> YaakResult<ResponseBodyLocation> {
+    let response = app_handle.db().get_http_response(response_id)?;
+
+    Ok(ResponseBodyLocation {
+        path: response.body_path.map(PathBuf::from),
+        content_type: response
+            .headers
+            .iter()
+            .find(|h| h.name.eq_ignore_ascii_case("content-type"))
+            .map(|h| h.value.clone())
+            .unwrap_or_default(),
+    })
+}
+
 async fn cmd_http_response_body<R: Runtime>(
     window: WebviewWindow<R>,
     plugin_manager: State<'_, PluginManager>,
-    response: HttpResponse,
+    response_id: &str,
     filter: Option<&str>,
 ) -> YaakResult<FilterResponse> {
-    let body_path = match response.body_path {
-        None => {
-            return Ok(FilterResponse { content: String::new(), error: None });
-        }
-        Some(p) => p,
+    let location = locate_response_body(window.app_handle(), response_id)?;
+    let Some(body_path) = location.path else {
+        return Ok(FilterResponse { content: String::new(), error: None });
     };
 
-    let content_type = response
-        .headers
-        .iter()
-        .find_map(|h| {
-            if h.name.eq_ignore_ascii_case("content-type") { Some(h.value.as_str()) } else { None }
-        })
-        .unwrap_or_default();
-
+    let content_type = location.content_type.as_str();
     let body = read_response_body(&body_path, content_type)
         .await
         .ok_or(GenericError("Failed to find response body".to_string()))?;
@@ -1053,6 +1093,20 @@ async fn cmd_http_response_body<R: Runtime>(
     }
 }
 
+/// The body's path on this machine, for the desktop host to read or hand to the
+/// webview's asset protocol.
+///
+/// The frontend holds response ids; only `packages/platform`'s Tauri host sees
+/// the path, and only because it is about to open the file itself. Hosts
+/// without a filesystem serve the same bytes over HTTP instead.
+async fn cmd_http_response_body_path<R: Runtime>(
+    app_handle: AppHandle<R>,
+    response_id: &str,
+) -> YaakResult<Option<String>> {
+    let location = locate_response_body(&app_handle, response_id)?;
+    Ok(location.path.map(|p| p.to_string_lossy().to_string()))
+}
+
 async fn cmd_http_request_body<R: Runtime>(
     app_handle: AppHandle<R>,
     response_id: &str,
@@ -1069,8 +1123,15 @@ async fn cmd_http_request_body<R: Runtime>(
     Ok(Some(body))
 }
 
-async fn cmd_get_sse_events(file_path: &str) -> YaakResult<Vec<ServerSentEvent>> {
-    let body = fs::read(file_path)?;
+async fn cmd_get_sse_events<R: Runtime>(
+    app_handle: AppHandle<R>,
+    response_id: &str,
+) -> YaakResult<Vec<ServerSentEvent>> {
+    let Some(body_path) = locate_response_body(&app_handle, response_id)?.path else {
+        return Ok(Vec::new());
+    };
+
+    let body = fs::read(body_path)?;
     let mut event_parser = EventParser::new();
     event_parser.process_bytes(body.into())?;
 
@@ -1488,7 +1549,7 @@ async fn cmd_send_http_request<R: Runtime>(
     )
     .await
     {
-        Ok(r) => r,
+        Ok(sent) => sent.response,
         Err(e) => {
             let resp = app_handle.db().get_http_response(&response.id)?;
             app_handle.db().upsert_http_response(
diff --git a/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/plugin_events.rs b/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/plugin_events.rs
index 98a89117..95fb3297 100644
--- a/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/plugin_events.rs
+++ b/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/plugin_events.rs
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ async fn handle_host_plugin_request<R: Runtime>(
             .await?;
 
             Ok(Some(InternalEventPayload::SendHttpRequestResponse(SendHttpRequestResponse {
-                http_response,
+                http_response: http_response.response,
             })))
         }
         HostRequest::OpenWindow(req) => {
diff --git a/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/rpc_ext.rs b/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/rpc_ext.rs
index 9833d3fa..bac4390b 100644
--- a/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/rpc_ext.rs
+++ b/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/rpc_ext.rs
@@ -250,6 +250,19 @@ pub(crate) struct CmdSendEphemeralRequestReq {
     pub cookie_jar_id: Option<String>,
 }
 
+/// An unsaved response and its body.
+///
+/// The body rides along because nothing stored it: there is no database row to
+/// look up later and no file for a host to read, so this is the caller's only
+/// copy.
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, TS)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+#[ts(export, export_to = "gen_rpc.ts")]
+pub struct EphemeralHttpResponse {
+    pub response: HttpResponse,
+    pub body: Vec<u8>,
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, TS)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 #[ts(export, export_to = "gen_rpc.ts")]
@@ -268,10 +281,17 @@ pub(crate) struct CmdFormatGraphqlReq {
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 #[ts(export, export_to = "gen_rpc.ts")]
 pub(crate) struct CmdHttpResponseBodyReq {
-    pub response: HttpResponse,
+    pub response_id: String,
     pub filter: Option<String>,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, TS)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+#[ts(export, export_to = "gen_rpc.ts")]
+pub(crate) struct CmdHttpResponseBodyPathReq {
+    pub response_id: String,
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, TS)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 #[ts(export, export_to = "gen_rpc.ts")]
@@ -283,7 +303,7 @@ pub(crate) struct CmdHttpRequestBodyReq {
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 #[ts(export, export_to = "gen_rpc.ts")]
 pub(crate) struct CmdGetSseEventsReq {
-    pub file_path: String,
+    pub response_id: String,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, TS)]
@@ -970,7 +990,7 @@ async fn cmd_restart<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, _req: CmdRestartReq) -> Resu
     Ok(crate::cmd_restart(ctx.window.app_handle().clone()).await?)
 }
 
-async fn cmd_send_ephemeral_request<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdSendEphemeralRequestReq) -> Result<HttpResponse> {
+async fn cmd_send_ephemeral_request<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdSendEphemeralRequestReq) -> Result<EphemeralHttpResponse> {
     Ok(crate::cmd_send_ephemeral_request(req.request, req.environment_id.as_deref(), req.cookie_jar_id.as_deref(), ctx.window.clone(), ctx.window.app_handle().clone()).await?)
 }
 
@@ -983,15 +1003,19 @@ async fn cmd_format_graphql<R: Runtime>(_ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdFormatGraphq
 }
 
 async fn cmd_http_response_body<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdHttpResponseBodyReq) -> Result<FilterResponse> {
-    Ok(crate::cmd_http_response_body(ctx.window.clone(), ctx.window.app_handle().state::<PluginManager>(), req.response, req.filter.as_deref()).await?)
+    Ok(crate::cmd_http_response_body(ctx.window.clone(), ctx.window.app_handle().state::<PluginManager>(), &req.response_id, req.filter.as_deref()).await?)
+}
+
+async fn cmd_http_response_body_path<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdHttpResponseBodyPathReq) -> Result<Option<String>> {
+    Ok(crate::cmd_http_response_body_path(ctx.window.app_handle().clone(), &req.response_id).await?)
 }
 
 async fn cmd_http_request_body<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdHttpRequestBodyReq) -> Result<Option<Vec<u8>>> {
     Ok(crate::cmd_http_request_body(ctx.window.app_handle().clone(), &req.response_id).await?)
 }
 
-async fn cmd_get_sse_events<R: Runtime>(_ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdGetSseEventsReq) -> Result<Vec<ServerSentEvent>> {
-    Ok(crate::cmd_get_sse_events(&req.file_path).await?)
+async fn cmd_get_sse_events<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdGetSseEventsReq) -> Result<Vec<ServerSentEvent>> {
+    Ok(crate::cmd_get_sse_events(ctx.window.app_handle().clone(), &req.response_id).await?)
 }
 
 async fn cmd_get_http_response_events<R: Runtime>(ctx: ClientCtx<R>, req: CmdGetHttpResponseEventsReq) -> Result<Vec<HttpResponseEvent>> {
@@ -1367,10 +1391,11 @@ rpc_commands! {
     cmd_grpc_reflect(CmdGrpcReflectReq) -> Vec<ServiceDefinition>,
     cmd_grpc_go(CmdGrpcGoReq) -> String,
     cmd_restart(CmdRestartReq) -> (),
-    cmd_send_ephemeral_request(CmdSendEphemeralRequestReq) -> HttpResponse,
+    cmd_send_ephemeral_request(CmdSendEphemeralRequestReq) -> EphemeralHttpResponse,
     cmd_format_json(CmdFormatJsonReq) -> String,
     cmd_format_graphql(CmdFormatGraphqlReq) -> String,
     cmd_http_response_body(CmdHttpResponseBodyReq) -> FilterResponse,
+    cmd_http_response_body_path(CmdHttpResponseBodyPathReq) -> Option<String>,
     cmd_http_request_body(CmdHttpRequestBodyReq) -> Option<Vec<u8>>,
     cmd_get_sse_events(CmdGetSseEventsReq) -> Vec<ServerSentEvent>,
     cmd_get_http_response_events(CmdGetHttpResponseEventsReq) -> Vec<HttpResponseEvent>,
diff --git a/crates/yaak/src/send.rs b/crates/yaak/src/send.rs
index 67472dce..3b70c4df 100644
--- a/crates/yaak/src/send.rs
+++ b/crates/yaak/src/send.rs
@@ -339,11 +339,28 @@ pub struct SendHttpRequestByIdWithPluginsParams<'a> {
     pub connection_manager: &'a HttpConnectionManager,
 }
 
+/// Where a send left the response body, so the caller knows where to get it.
+///
+/// The body goes to exactly one place, and which one depends on what the caller
+/// asked for. Saying so outright beats handing back a `Vec` that is empty for
+/// two entirely different reasons.
+pub enum ResponseBody {
+    /// Written to the response's own file. Read it back by response id.
+    Stored,
+    /// Sent to the chunk sender the caller supplied, as it arrived.
+    Streamed,
+    /// Here it is, because nothing else kept it. Empty means the response
+    /// really had no body.
+    Returned(Vec<u8>),
+}
+
 pub struct SendHttpRequestResult {
     pub rendered_request: HttpRequest,
     pub response: HttpResponse,
-    pub response_body: Vec<u8>,
-    /// The cookies held by the jar after the send, for callers that persist one.
+    pub response_body: ResponseBody,
+    /// The cookies held by the jar after the send, for callers that persist
+    /// one. `None` when the caller supplied no jar, which is independent of
+    /// where the body went.
     pub cookies: Option<Vec<Cookie>>,
 }
 
@@ -798,9 +815,16 @@ pub async fn send_http_request<T: TemplateCallback>(
     };
     let mut body_stream =
         http_response.into_body_stream().map_err(SendHttpRequestError::ReadResponseBody)?;
-    let mut response_body = Vec::new();
     let mut read_buf = vec![0; 64 * 1024];
-    let collect_response_body = !persist_response && params.emit_response_body_chunks_to.is_none();
+    // Decided once, before the first chunk: the accumulator only exists in the
+    // one arm that returns it, so nothing can hand back bytes it never received.
+    let mut response_body = if params.emit_response_body_chunks_to.is_some() {
+        ResponseBody::Streamed
+    } else if persist_response {
+        ResponseBody::Stored
+    } else {
+        ResponseBody::Returned(Vec::new())
+    };
     let mut body_read_error = None;
     let mut written_bytes: usize = 0;
     let mut last_progress_update = started_at;
@@ -841,8 +865,8 @@ pub async fn send_http_request<T: TemplateCallback>(
                 }
                 if let Some(tx) = params.emit_response_body_chunks_to.as_ref() {
                     let _ = tx.send(chunk.to_vec());
-                } else if collect_response_body {
-                    response_body.extend_from_slice(chunk);
+                } else if let ResponseBody::Returned(body) = &mut response_body {
+                    body.extend_from_slice(chunk);
                 }
 
                 let now = Instant::now();
@@ -1384,6 +1408,52 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    /// A response nothing stores has to hand its body back, because no later
+    /// read can find it: there is no row to look up and no id to read it by.
+    /// GraphQL introspection is the caller that depends on this.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn returns_the_body_when_nothing_stores_it() {
+        let executor = StubExecutor { body: b"hello world" };
+
+        let result = send_http_request(SendHttpRequestParams {
+            inputs: HttpSendInputs {
+                request: ResolvedHttpRequest::assume_resolved(
+                    HttpRequest {
+                        workspace_id: "wk_test".to_string(),
+                        url: "http://localhost/test".to_string(),
+                        ..Default::default()
+                    },
+                    String::new(),
+                ),
+                environment_chain: Vec::new(),
+                runtime_config: HttpSendRuntimeConfig {
+                    settings: ResolvedHttpRequestSettings::default(),
+                    proxy: HttpConnectionProxySetting::System,
+                    dns_overrides: Vec::new(),
+                    client_certificates: Vec::new(),
+                },
+                cookie_store: Some(CookieStore::new()),
+            },
+            template_callback: &NoopTemplateCallback,
+            storage: None,
+            emit_events_to: None,
+            // No chunk sender: the body is collected for the caller instead.
+            emit_response_body_chunks_to: None,
+            cancelled_rx: None,
+            existing_response: None,
+            prepare_sendable_request: None,
+            executor: &executor,
+        })
+        .await
+        .expect("send should succeed without a database");
+
+        let ResponseBody::Returned(body) = result.response_body else {
+            panic!("a response nothing stores has to hand its body back");
+        };
+        assert_eq!(body, b"hello world");
+        assert!(result.response.request_id.is_empty(), "an unsaved response has no request");
+    }
+
     fn seed_cookie_jar() -> (QueryManager, CookieJar, TempDir) {
         let temp_dir = TempDir::new().expect("Failed to create temp dir");
         let (query_manager, _blob_manager, _rx) = yaak_models::init_standalone(
diff --git a/packages/platform/src/registry.ts b/packages/platform/src/registry.ts
index cc0ec2dc..191e572f 100644
--- a/packages/platform/src/registry.ts
+++ b/packages/platform/src/registry.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ export const platform: Platform = {
   get files() {
     return host().files;
   },
+  get blobs() {
+    return host().blobs;
+  },
   rpc: (cmd, payload) => host().rpc(cmd, payload),
   rpcStream: (cmd, payload, onMessage) => host().rpcStream(cmd, payload, onMessage),
   listen: (event, callback) => host().listen(event, callback),
diff --git a/packages/platform/src/tauri/index.ts b/packages/platform/src/tauri/index.ts
index 9529e6b6..dc7b29d5 100644
--- a/packages/platform/src/tauri/index.ts
+++ b/packages/platform/src/tauri/index.ts
@@ -104,6 +104,18 @@ async function rpc<T>(cmd: string, payload?: RpcPayload): Promise<T> {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Where this host keeps the bytes stored under an id, or null if it has none.
+ *
+ * The desktop stores them as files the engine wrote, so answering means asking
+ * the backend. Callers hold ids and nothing else; the path exists for exactly
+ * as long as it takes to open the file, which is the one thing a desktop host
+ * can do that a tab cannot.
+ */
+function storedBodyPath(id: string): Promise<string | null> {
+  return rpc<string | null>("cmd_http_response_body_path", { responseId: id });
+}
+
 export function createTauriPlatform(): Platform {
   const window = createWindow();
 
@@ -124,13 +136,24 @@ export function createTauriPlatform(): Platform {
     },
 
     files: {
-      readFile: (path) => readFile(path),
       readDir: (path) => readDir(path),
       url: (path) => convertFileSrc(path),
       basename: (path) => basename(path),
       resolveResource: (path) => resolveResource(path),
     },
 
+    blobs: {
+      async read(id) {
+        const path = await storedBodyPath(id);
+        return path == null ? null : readFile(path);
+      },
+
+      async url(id) {
+        const path = await storedBodyPath(id);
+        return path == null ? null : convertFileSrc(path);
+      },
+    },
+
     rpc,
 
     async rpcStream<T, M>(
diff --git a/packages/platform/src/types.ts b/packages/platform/src/types.ts
index ae5233ef..ec3f50ad 100644
--- a/packages/platform/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/platform/src/types.ts
@@ -135,11 +135,10 @@ export interface PlatformDialog {
  * File-ish operations, keyed by paths the backend handed us.
  *
  * A path here is an opaque handle, not something to parse or construct: the UI
- * only ever passes one back to `readFile` or `url`. A host without a filesystem
+ * only ever passes one back to `url` or `readDir`. A host without a filesystem
  * can mint handles of its own (a blob id, a URL) and stay compatible.
  */
 export interface PlatformFiles {
-  readFile(path: string): Promise<Uint8Array<ArrayBuffer>>;
   readDir(path: string): Promise<DirEntry[]>;
 
   /** A URL the page can load a file from, for `<img>`, `<video>`, and friends. */
@@ -151,12 +150,38 @@ export interface PlatformFiles {
   resolveResource(path: string): Promise<string>;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Content the backend stored, addressed by the id it stored it under.
+ *
+ * Where those bytes actually live is the one thing every host answers
+ * differently — a file the engine wrote, a row in a database, a URL on the
+ * other end of a socket — so finding them is the host's job and nobody else's.
+ * The caller passes an id and never a location, which is also what keeps a page
+ * from naming something the backend never wrote.
+ *
+ * What the content *means* is the app's business, not this package's.
+ */
+export interface PlatformBlobs {
+  /** The bytes, or null if the host has nothing stored under that id. */
+  read(id: string): Promise<Uint8Array<ArrayBuffer> | null>;
+
+  /**
+   * A URL an element can load the content from, for `<img>`, `<video>` and
+   * friends, or null if the host has nothing stored under that id.
+   *
+   * Asynchronous because the host may have to ask its backend where the bytes
+   * are, and it only does that the moment before it reads them.
+   */
+  url(id: string): Promise<string | null>;
+}
+
 export interface Platform {
   readonly capabilities: PlatformCapabilities;
   readonly window: PlatformWindow;
   readonly clipboard: PlatformClipboard;
   readonly dialog: PlatformDialog;
   readonly files: PlatformFiles;
+  readonly blobs: PlatformBlobs;
 
   /** Call a backend command and await its result. */
   rpc<T>(cmd: string, payload?: RpcPayload): Promise<T>;