diff --git a/frontend/src/features/flows/files/flow-files-pull-dialog.tsx b/frontend/src/features/flows/files/flow-files-pull-dialog.tsx
index 5e38fe7a..4332a6bc 100644
--- a/frontend/src/features/flows/files/flow-files-pull-dialog.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/features/flows/files/flow-files-pull-dialog.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ArrowDownToLine, ArrowUp, FolderOpen, Loader2, RefreshCw } from 'lucide-react';
+import { ArrowDownToLine, ArrowUp, FolderOpen, Loader2, RefreshCw, TriangleAlert } from 'lucide-react';
 import { useCallback, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 
 import {
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
     type FileNode,
 } from '@/components/shared/file-manager';
 import { OverwriteButtons, OverwriteDialog, useOverwrite } from '@/components/shared/overwrite';
+import { Alert, AlertDescription, AlertTitle } from '@/components/ui/alert';
 import {
     Autocomplete,
     AutocompleteContent,
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ function FlowFilesPullDialogForm({ cachedFiles, flowId, onClose, onSuccess }: Fl
 
     const {
         error: listingError,
+        failures: listingFailures,
         files,
         isLoading: isListingLoading,
         refetch: refetchListing,
@@ -331,6 +333,18 @@ function FlowFilesPullDialogForm({ cachedFiles, flowId, onClose, onSuccess }: Fl
                 <EmptyDescription>{listingError.message}</EmptyDescription>
             </EmptyHeader>
         </Empty>
+    ) : listingFailures.length > 0 ? (
+        <Empty>
+            <EmptyHeader>
+                <EmptyMedia variant="icon">
+                    <TriangleAlert />
+                </EmptyMedia>
+                <EmptyTitle>Nothing readable here</EmptyTitle>
+                <EmptyDescription>
+                    None of the entries in <code>{currentPath}</code> could be read.
+                </EmptyDescription>
+            </EmptyHeader>
+        </Empty>
     ) : (
         <Empty>
             <EmptyHeader>
@@ -424,6 +438,24 @@ function FlowFilesPullDialogForm({ cachedFiles, flowId, onClose, onSuccess }: Fl
                         </Tooltip>
                     </div>
 
+                    {listingFailures.length > 0 && flatFiles.length > 0 && (
+                        <Alert>
+                            <TriangleAlert />
+                            <AlertTitle>
+                                {listingFailures.length} {listingFailures.length === 1 ? 'entry' : 'entries'} could not
+                                be read
+                            </AlertTitle>
+                            <AlertDescription>
+                                The readable entries are shown below. Skipped:{' '}
+                                {listingFailures
+                                    .slice(0, 5)
+                                    .map((failure) => failure.name)
+                                    .join(', ')}
+                                {listingFailures.length > 5 ? `, and ${listingFailures.length - 5} more` : ''}.
+                            </AlertDescription>
+                        </Alert>
+                    )}
+
                     <FileManager
                         bulkActions={bulkActions}
                         className="h-[360px]"
diff --git a/frontend/src/features/flows/files/flow-files-utils.ts b/frontend/src/features/flows/files/flow-files-utils.ts
index f53847dd..5b3c7bf8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/features/flows/files/flow-files-utils.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/features/flows/files/flow-files-utils.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,14 @@ import { CONTAINER_PATH_PREFIX, RESOURCES_PATH_PREFIX, UPLOADS_PATH_PREFIX } fro
  * Wire shape of `models.ContainerFiles`. `path` echoes back the queried path
  * when exactly one was requested — empty string for multi-path queries.
  */
+export interface ContainerFileFailure {
+    message: string;
+    name: string;
+    path: string;
+}
+
 export interface ContainerFilesResponse {
+    failures?: ContainerFileFailure[];
     files: RestContainerFile[];
     path: string;
     total: number;
diff --git a/frontend/src/features/flows/files/use-flow-container-files.ts b/frontend/src/features/flows/files/use-flow-container-files.ts
index a38b3ace..ef638171 100644
--- a/frontend/src/features/flows/files/use-flow-container-files.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/features/flows/files/use-flow-container-files.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { buildPathsQuery } from '@/features/resources/resources-utils';
 import { api, getApiErrorMessage, unwrapApiResponse } from '@/lib/axios';
 
 import { FLOW_FILES_CONTAINER_API_PATH } from './flow-files-constants';
-import { type ContainerFilesResponse, containerFileToFileNode } from './flow-files-utils';
+import { type ContainerFileFailure, type ContainerFilesResponse, containerFileToFileNode } from './flow-files-utils';
 
 interface UseFlowContainerFilesParams {
     flowId: null | string;
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ interface UseFlowContainerFilesParams {
 
 interface UseFlowContainerFilesResult {
     error: Error | null;
+    /**
+     * Entries the backend could not stat (dangling symlink, a file removed
+     * mid-listing, a transient /proc pid). The listing still succeeds with the
+     * readable entries in `files`; these are surfaced so the UI can warn that
+     * the directory is shown partially.
+     */
+    failures: ContainerFileFailure[];
     files: FileNode[];
     isLoading: boolean;
     /**
@@ -46,6 +53,7 @@ interface UseFlowContainerFilesResult {
  */
 export function useFlowContainerFiles({ flowId, paths }: UseFlowContainerFilesParams): UseFlowContainerFilesResult {
     const [files, setFiles] = useState<FileNode[]>([]);
+    const [failures, setFailures] = useState<ContainerFileFailure[]>([]);
     const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(false);
     const [error, setError] = useState<Error | null>(null);
 
@@ -65,6 +73,7 @@ export function useFlowContainerFiles({ flowId, paths }: UseFlowContainerFilesPa
         if (!flowId || paths.length === 0) {
             currentTokenRef.current += 1;
             setFiles([]);
+            setFailures([]);
             setIsLoading(false);
             setError(null);
 
@@ -89,6 +98,7 @@ export function useFlowContainerFiles({ flowId, paths }: UseFlowContainerFilesPa
             }
 
             setFiles(data.files.map(containerFileToFileNode));
+            setFailures(data.failures ?? []);
         } catch (caught) {
             if (token !== currentTokenRef.current) {
                 return;
@@ -96,6 +106,7 @@ export function useFlowContainerFiles({ flowId, paths }: UseFlowContainerFilesPa
 
             setError(new Error(getApiErrorMessage(caught, 'Failed to load container files')));
             setFiles([]);
+            setFailures([]);
         } finally {
             if (token === currentTokenRef.current) {
                 setIsLoading(false);
@@ -116,6 +127,7 @@ export function useFlowContainerFiles({ flowId, paths }: UseFlowContainerFilesPa
 
     return {
         error,
+        failures,
         files,
         isLoading,
         refetch: fetchListing,