diff --git a/crates/ide-host/src/plugins/api.rs b/crates/ide-host/src/plugins/api.rs
index 4c55f35e4..418ace365 100644
--- a/crates/ide-host/src/plugins/api.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-host/src/plugins/api.rs
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ pub(super) struct Shared {
     contexts: Mutex<BTreeMap<ContextKey, String>>,
     closed_clients: Mutex<BTreeSet<String>>,
     /// plugin → kinds subscribed at run time (kept across idle reclaim).
-    pub subscriptions: Mutex<HashMap<String, BTreeSet<EventKind>>>,
+    pub subscriptions: Mutex<super::event_paths::Subscriptions>,
     /// plugin → files it shows problems for, withdrawn when it stops.
     diagnostics: Mutex<HashMap<String, BTreeSet<PathBuf>>>,
     pub secrets: RwLock<Arc<dyn SecretStore>>,
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ impl Shared {
                 let _ = workspace.publish_diagnostics(plugin, &path, Vec::new());
             }
         }
-        if subscriptions && self.subscriptions.lock().remove(plugin).is_some() {
+        if subscriptions && self.subscriptions.lock().remove(plugin) {
             self.sink.emit(None, PluginEvent::SubscriptionsChanged);
         }
     }
@@ -1166,13 +1166,22 @@ impl HostApi for PluginApi {
         })
     }
 
-    fn subscribe(&self, kind: EventKind, on: bool) {
-        let changed = {
-            let mut subs = self.shared.subscriptions.lock();
-            let set = subs.entry(self.id().to_owned()).or_default();
-            if on { set.insert(kind) } else { set.remove(&kind) }
-        };
-        if changed {
+    fn subscribe(&self, kind: EventKind) {
+        if self.shared.subscriptions.lock().set(self.id(), kind) {
+            self.shared.sink.emit(None, PluginEvent::SubscriptionsChanged);
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn subscribe_paths(&self, kind: &str, globs: Vec<String>) -> Result<(), HostError> {
+        let filter = super::event_paths::PathFilter::new(kind, globs)?;
+        if self.shared.subscriptions.lock().set_paths(self.id(), kind, filter) {
+            self.shared.sink.emit(None, PluginEvent::SubscriptionsChanged);
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn unsubscribe(&self, kind: &str) {
+        if self.shared.subscriptions.lock().unsubscribe(self.id(), kind) {
             self.shared.sink.emit(None, PluginEvent::SubscriptionsChanged);
         }
     }
diff --git a/crates/ide-host/src/plugins/event_paths.rs b/crates/ide-host/src/plugins/event_paths.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b8ff5eb54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ide-host/src/plugins/event_paths.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+//! Project-relative event filters, kept with runtime subscriptions across idle reclaim.
+use super::{LoadedPlugin, PluginHost};
+use globset::{GlobBuilder, GlobMatcher};
+use ide_plugin::{EventKind, HostError, WorkbenchEvent};
+use std::{
+    collections::{BTreeSet, HashMap},
+    path::Path,
+};
+
+#[derive(Clone, Default)]
+pub(super) struct Subscriptions {
+    pub kinds: HashMap<String, BTreeSet<EventKind>>,
+    pub paths: HashMap<String, HashMap<String, PathFilter>>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub(super) struct PathFilter {
+    pub globs: Vec<String>,
+    matchers: Vec<GlobMatcher>,
+}
+
+impl PathFilter {
+    pub fn new(kind: &str, globs: Vec<String>) -> Result<Self, HostError> {
+        if !matches!(kind, "file-opened" | "file-saved") {
+            return Err(HostError::Invalid("subscribe-paths supports file-opened and file-saved".into()));
+        }
+        if globs.len() > 64 {
+            return Err(HostError::Invalid("at most 64 event path globs".into()));
+        }
+        let mut matchers = Vec::new();
+        for input in &globs {
+            let glob = input.trim_start_matches("./");
+            if glob.is_empty()
+                || input.len() > 1024
+                || glob.starts_with('/')
+                || glob.contains('\\')
+                || glob.contains(':')
+                || glob.chars().any(char::is_control)
+                || glob.split('/').any(|c| c == "..")
+            {
+                return Err(HostError::Invalid(
+                    "event globs must be project-relative paths, at most 1024 bytes each".into(),
+                ));
+            }
+            matchers.push(
+                GlobBuilder::new(glob)
+                    .literal_separator(true)
+                    .build()
+                    .map_err(|e| HostError::Invalid(format!("invalid event glob: {e}")))?
+                    .compile_matcher(),
+            );
+        }
+        Ok(Self { globs, matchers })
+    }
+
+    pub fn matches(&self, root: &Path, path: &Path) -> bool {
+        let path = ide_plugin::resolve_real(path);
+        let root = ide_plugin::resolve_real(root);
+        path.strip_prefix(&root).is_ok_and(|relative| self.matchers.iter().any(|m| m.is_match(relative)))
+    }
+}
+
+impl Subscriptions {
+    pub fn remove(&mut self, plugin: &str) -> bool {
+        self.kinds.remove(plugin).is_some() | self.paths.remove(plugin).is_some()
+    }
+    /// Subscribes to every event of `kind`, dropping its path filter.
+    pub fn set(&mut self, plugin: &str, kind: EventKind) -> bool {
+        let removed = self.paths.get_mut(plugin).is_some_and(|filters| filters.remove(kind.name()).is_some());
+        self.kinds.entry(plugin.to_owned()).or_default().insert(kind) | removed
+    }
+    pub fn set_paths(&mut self, plugin: &str, kind: &str, filter: PathFilter) -> bool {
+        let mut changed = false;
+        if let Some(kind) = EventKind::parse(kind) {
+            changed = self.kinds.entry(plugin.to_owned()).or_default().insert(kind);
+        }
+        let previous = self.paths.entry(plugin.to_owned()).or_default().insert(kind.to_owned(), filter.clone());
+        previous.is_none_or(|old| old.globs != filter.globs) | changed
+    }
+    pub fn unsubscribe(&mut self, plugin: &str, kind: &str) -> bool {
+        let removed = self.paths.get_mut(plugin).is_some_and(|filters| filters.remove(kind).is_some());
+        let off = EventKind::parse(kind)
+            .is_some_and(|kind| self.kinds.get_mut(plugin).is_some_and(|kinds| kinds.remove(&kind)));
+        removed | off
+    }
+}
+
+impl PluginHost {
+    pub(super) fn filter_path_events(
+        &self,
+        plugin: &LoadedPlugin,
+        client: Option<&str>,
+        events: &[WorkbenchEvent],
+        subs: &Subscriptions,
+    ) -> Vec<WorkbenchEvent> {
+        let Some(filters) = subs.paths.get(plugin.id()) else { return events.to_vec() };
+        let workspace = self.shared.workspace();
+        events
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|event| {
+                let path = match event {
+                    WorkbenchEvent::FileOpened(path) | WorkbenchEvent::FileSaved(path) => Path::new(path),
+                    _ => return true,
+                };
+                let Some(filter) = filters.get(event.kind().name()) else { return true };
+                if !path.is_absolute() {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                let Some(workspace) = &workspace else { return false };
+                let root = match client {
+                    Some(client) => workspace.project_of(client),
+                    None => {
+                        let real = ide_plugin::resolve_real(path);
+                        workspace
+                            .projects()
+                            .into_iter()
+                            .filter(|r| real.starts_with(ide_plugin::resolve_real(r)))
+                            .max_by_key(|r| r.components().count())
+                    }
+                };
+                let Some(root) = root else { return false };
+                if plugin.dev_root.as_deref().is_some_and(|r| r != root) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                filter.matches(&root, path)
+            })
+            .cloned()
+            .collect()
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn glob_validation_is_bounded_and_project_relative() {
+        for invalid in ["", "/etc/*", "../*", "a/../b", "C:/a", "a\\b", "a\nb", "["] {
+            assert!(PathFilter::new("file-opened", vec![invalid.into()]).is_err(), "{invalid:?}");
+        }
+        assert!(PathFilter::new("editor-focused", vec!["*".into()]).is_err());
+        assert!(PathFilter::new("file-saved", vec!["*".into(); 65]).is_err());
+        assert!(PathFilter::new("file-saved", vec!["./".repeat(513)]).is_err());
+        assert!(PathFilter::new("file-saved", vec![]).is_ok());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn matchers_use_or_semantics_and_component_boundaries() {
+        let root = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+        let root = dunce::canonicalize(root.path()).unwrap();
+        let filter = PathFilter::new("file-opened", vec!["./config/*.yaml".into(), "src/**/*.rs".into()]).unwrap();
+        for path in ["config/a.yaml", "src/main.rs", "src/深い/a.rs"] {
+            assert!(filter.matches(&root, &root.join(path)), "{path}");
+        }
+        for path in ["config/nested/a.yaml", "other/a.yaml", "src/a.ts"] {
+            assert!(!filter.matches(&root, &root.join(path)), "{path}");
+        }
+        assert!(!filter.matches(&root, &root.with_extension("other").join("config/a.yaml")));
+        assert!(!PathFilter::new("file-opened", vec![]).unwrap().matches(&root, &root.join("a")));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn subscriptions_replace_atomically_and_legacy_subscribe_clears_filters() {
+        let mut subs = Subscriptions::default();
+        subs.set_paths("plugin", "file-opened", PathFilter::new("file-opened", vec!["*.rs".into()]).unwrap());
+        assert!(subs.kinds["plugin"].contains(&EventKind::FileOpened));
+        subs.set_paths("plugin", "file-opened", PathFilter::new("file-opened", vec![]).unwrap());
+        assert!(subs.paths["plugin"]["file-opened"].globs.is_empty());
+        subs.set("plugin", EventKind::FileOpened);
+        assert!(subs.paths["plugin"].is_empty());
+        subs.set_paths("plugin", "file-saved", PathFilter::new("file-saved", vec!["*".into()]).unwrap());
+        assert!(subs.unsubscribe("plugin", "file-saved"));
+        assert!(subs.remove("plugin"));
+        assert!(subs.paths.is_empty() && subs.kinds.is_empty());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/ide-host/src/plugins/mod.rs b/crates/ide-host/src/plugins/mod.rs
index 0aeb50452..b02846219 100644
--- a/crates/ide-host/src/plugins/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-host/src/plugins/mod.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 mod api;
 pub mod commit;
 pub mod endpoints;
+mod event_paths;
 mod hover;
 mod icon_extensions;
 mod icon_patterns;
@@ -1450,7 +1451,7 @@ impl PluginHost {
         let mut out = BTreeSet::new();
         for p in self.plugins.read().values() {
             for kind in EventKind::ALL {
-                if self.wants(p, kind, subs.get(p.id())) {
+                if self.wants(p, kind, subs.kinds.get(p.id())) {
                     out.insert(kind);
                 }
             }
@@ -1483,7 +1484,8 @@ impl PluginHost {
         let mut queues = self.queues.lock();
         for p in plugins {
             let wanted: Vec<WorkbenchEvent> =
-                events.iter().filter(|e| self.wants(&p, e.kind(), subs.get(p.id()))).cloned().collect();
+                events.iter().filter(|e| self.wants(&p, e.kind(), subs.kinds.get(p.id()))).cloned().collect();
+            let wanted = self.filter_path_events(&p, client, &wanted, &subs);
             if wanted.is_empty() {
                 continue;
             }
@@ -1563,6 +1565,18 @@ impl PluginHost {
     /// Returns whether the plugin was activated.
     fn deliver(&self, id: &str, client: Option<String>, events: Vec<WorkbenchEvent>) -> bool {
         let Ok(plugin) = self.get(id) else { return false };
+        let subs = self.shared.subscriptions.lock().clone();
+        let events: Vec<_> = self
+            .filter_path_events(&plugin, client.as_deref(), &events, &subs)
+            .into_iter()
+            .filter(|event| {
+                !matches!(event, WorkbenchEvent::FileOpened(_) | WorkbenchEvent::FileSaved(_))
+                    || self.wants(&plugin, event.kind(), subs.kinds.get(id))
+            })
+            .collect();
+        if events.is_empty() {
+            return false;
+        }
         if !plugin.meta.lock().pending.is_empty() {
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/crates/ide-host/tests/plugins.rs b/crates/ide-host/tests/plugins.rs
index af9bf0d69..a5ff31292 100644
--- a/crates/ide-host/tests/plugins.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-host/tests/plugins.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ type Events = Arc<Mutex<Vec<(Option<String>, PluginEvent)>>>;
 /// What plugins see of the test project: real `Documents`, as in the IDE.
 struct TestWorkspace {
     root: PathBuf,
+    other_roots: Mutex<Vec<PathBuf>>,
     documents: Arc<ide_workspace::Documents>,
     trusted: bool,
     /// (producer, path) → published diagnostics.
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ impl TestWorkspace {
         );
         Arc::new(Self {
             root: root.to_path_buf(),
+            other_roots: Mutex::default(),
             documents: Arc::new(documents),
             trusted: true,
             diagnostics: Mutex::default(),
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ impl TestWorkspace {
 
 impl PluginWorkspace for TestWorkspace {
     fn projects(&self) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
-        vec![self.root.clone()]
+        std::iter::once(self.root.clone()).chain(self.other_roots.lock().iter().cloned()).collect()
     }
     fn buffer_text(&self, path: &Path) -> Option<String> {
         self.documents.text_of(path)
@@ -1653,6 +1655,7 @@ fn git_toolbox_does_not_fetch_untrusted_projects() {
     f.install(&official("git-toolbox"));
     let untrusted = Arc::new(TestWorkspace {
         root: f.project.clone(),
+        other_roots: Mutex::default(),
         documents: f.workspace.documents.clone(),
         trusted: false,
         diagnostics: Mutex::default(),
@@ -3565,3 +3568,97 @@ fn directory_prompts_and_project_requests_use_the_calling_window_without_a_capab
         assert!(!f.take_events().iter().any(|(_, event)| matches!(event, PluginEvent::OpenProject { .. })));
     }
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn path_filtered_events_do_not_wake_idle_plugins_and_recheck_queued_filters() {
+    let f = fixture(Limits { idle_timeout: Some(Duration::from_millis(100)), ..Limits::default() });
+    f.install(&sample("path-events"));
+    f.run("test.path-events", "count", None).unwrap();
+    let matched = to_ipc(&f.project.join("config/app.yaml"));
+    let other = to_ipc(&f.project.join("src/main.rs"));
+    let deliver = |events| {
+        f.host.post_events(Some("main"), events);
+        f.host.flush_events_at(Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(3));
+        assert!(f.host.wait_events(Duration::from_secs(10)));
+    };
+    std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(150));
+    f.host.tick();
+    assert_eq!(f.status("test.path-events"), PluginStatus::Inactive);
+    let activations = f.host.info_of("test.path-events").unwrap().stats.activations;
+    deliver(vec![WorkbenchEvent::FileOpened(other.clone()), WorkbenchEvent::FileSaved(other.clone())]);
+    assert_eq!(f.host.info_of("test.path-events").unwrap().stats.activations, activations);
+    deliver(vec![WorkbenchEvent::FileOpened(matched.clone()), WorkbenchEvent::FileSaved(matched.clone())]);
+    assert_eq!(f.run("test.path-events", "count", None).unwrap().as_deref(), Some("2"));
+    assert!(f.run("test.path-events", "filter", Some("../*")).is_err());
+    deliver(vec![WorkbenchEvent::FileOpened(matched.clone())]);
+    assert_eq!(
+        f.run("test.path-events", "count", None).unwrap().as_deref(),
+        Some("3"),
+        "invalid filter preserves previous one"
+    );
+
+    f.host.post_events(Some("main"), vec![WorkbenchEvent::FileOpened(matched.clone())]);
+    f.run("test.path-events", "filter", None).unwrap();
+    f.host.flush_events_at(Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(3));
+    assert!(f.host.wait_events(Duration::from_secs(10)));
+    assert_eq!(
+        f.run("test.path-events", "count", None).unwrap().as_deref(),
+        Some("3"),
+        "queued event uses current filter"
+    );
+    deliver(vec![WorkbenchEvent::FileOpened(matched.clone())]);
+    assert_eq!(f.run("test.path-events", "count", None).unwrap().as_deref(), Some("3"));
+    f.run("test.path-events", "all", None).unwrap();
+    deliver(vec![WorkbenchEvent::FileOpened(other.clone())]);
+    assert_eq!(f.run("test.path-events", "count", None).unwrap().as_deref(), Some("4"));
+    f.host.post_events(Some("main"), vec![WorkbenchEvent::FileOpened(other.clone())]);
+    f.run("test.path-events", "off", None).unwrap();
+    f.host.flush_events_at(Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(3));
+    assert!(f.host.wait_events(Duration::from_secs(10)));
+    deliver(vec![WorkbenchEvent::FileOpened(other)]);
+    assert_eq!(f.run("test.path-events", "count", None).unwrap().as_deref(), Some("4"));
+
+    f.host.set_enabled("test.path-events", false).unwrap();
+    assert!(!f.host.event_kinds().contains(&WorkbenchEvent::FileOpened(String::new()).kind()));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn project_lookup_works_in_commands_and_provider_calls_without_an_invocation_project() {
+    let f = fixture(Limits::default());
+    f.install(&sample("path-events"));
+    let path = f.project.join("src/notes.txt");
+    assert_eq!(f.run("test.path-events", "project", Some(&to_ipc(&path))).unwrap(), Some(to_ipc(&f.project)));
+    assert_eq!(f.run("test.path-events", "project", Some("src/notes.txt")).unwrap(), None);
+    assert_eq!(
+        f.run("test.path-events", "project", Some(&to_ipc(&f.project.with_extension("other").join("a")))).unwrap(),
+        None
+    );
+    let doc = ide_plugin::ProviderDocument { path, language: "text".into(), version: 1, text: "one".into() };
+    let hovers = f.host.provide_hover(&doc, ide_core::Pos::new(0, 0));
+    assert_eq!(hovers.len(), 1);
+    assert_eq!(hovers[0].markdown, to_ipc(&f.project));
+    let nested = f.project.join("nested");
+    std::fs::create_dir(&nested).unwrap();
+    f.workspace.other_roots.lock().push(nested.clone());
+    assert_eq!(
+        f.run("test.path-events", "project", Some(&to_ipc(&nested.join("new.txt")))).unwrap(),
+        Some(to_ipc(&nested))
+    );
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    {
+        std::os::unix::fs::symlink(&nested, f.project.join("alias")).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            f.run("test.path-events", "project", Some(&to_ipc(&f.project.join("alias/new.txt")))).unwrap(),
+            Some(to_ipc(&nested))
+        );
+        std::os::unix::fs::symlink(f._tmp.path(), f.project.join("outside")).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            f.run("test.path-events", "project", Some(&to_ipc(&f.project.join("outside/new.txt")))).unwrap(),
+            None
+        );
+    }
+    f.host.set_capability("test.path-events", "project.read", false).unwrap();
+    assert!(f.run("test.path-events", "project", Some(&to_ipc(&doc.path))).unwrap_err().contains("project.read"));
+    f.host.set_capability("test.path-events", "events", false).unwrap();
+    assert!(f.run("test.path-events", "filter", Some("*")).unwrap_err().contains("events"));
+}
diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/src/lib.rs b/crates/ide-plugin/src/lib.rs
index 1b417b2b0..1878bb790 100644
--- a/crates/ide-plugin/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-plugin/src/lib.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ pub use runtime::{
     API_VERSION, CANCELLED, CallCancel, CallError, GuestError, HostApi, PluginEngine, Runtime, RuntimeSetup, check_api,
     component_api, host_api,
 };
-pub use sandbox::{MAX_READ_BYTES, inside_root, read_text, resolve_in_root, resolve_new_in_root};
+pub use sandbox::{MAX_READ_BYTES, inside_root, read_text, resolve_in_root, resolve_new_in_root, resolve_real};
 pub use types::*;
 pub use wasmtime::component::Component;
diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/src/runtime.rs b/crates/ide-plugin/src/runtime.rs
index e0bdf562b..28991a97b 100644
--- a/crates/ide-plugin/src/runtime.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-plugin/src/runtime.rs
@@ -110,6 +110,17 @@ pub trait HostApi: Send + Sync {
     }
     /// Roots of the open projects.
     fn projects(&self) -> Vec<std::path::PathBuf>;
+    /// The most specific open project containing a document (including a new file).
+    fn project_of(&self, path: &Path) -> Option<std::path::PathBuf> {
+        if !path.is_absolute() {
+            return None;
+        }
+        let real = crate::resolve_real(path);
+        self.projects()
+            .into_iter()
+            .filter(|root| real.starts_with(crate::resolve_real(root)))
+            .max_by_key(|root| root.components().count())
+    }
     /// Unsaved text of an open editor's file.
     fn buffer_text(&self, path: &Path) -> Option<String>;
     /// Version and text of the open document at `path`.
@@ -166,7 +177,11 @@ pub trait HostApi: Send + Sync {
         cancel: &CancellationToken,
         timeout: Duration,
     ) -> Result<ProcessOutput, HostError>;
-    fn subscribe(&self, kind: EventKind, on: bool);
+    /// Delivers every event of `kind`, dropping its path filter.
+    fn subscribe(&self, kind: EventKind);
+    /// Delivers `kind` (`file-opened`, `file-saved`) only for paths matching `globs`.
+    fn subscribe_paths(&self, kind: &str, globs: Vec<String>) -> Result<(), HostError>;
+    fn unsubscribe(&self, kind: &str);
     /// Starts a progress indicator; cancelling it from the UI cancels `cancel`.
     fn task_begin(&self, client: Option<&str>, title: String, cancellable: bool, cancel: CancellationToken) -> u64;
     fn task_report(&self, id: u64, done: u32, total: Option<u32>, message: Option<String>);
diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/src/sandbox.rs b/crates/ide-plugin/src/sandbox.rs
index 7d966ff16..71a03d615 100644
--- a/crates/ide-plugin/src/sandbox.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-plugin/src/sandbox.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ fn joined_path(root: &Path, path: &str) -> Result<(PathBuf, PathBuf), String> {
 /// the canonical path when it exists, else the canonicalized deepest existing
 /// ancestor with the still-missing tail resolved textually — so the location
 /// of a missing path is still judged where it would really land.
-fn resolve_real(joined: &Path) -> PathBuf {
+pub fn resolve_real(joined: &Path) -> PathBuf {
     let mut tail = Vec::new();
     let mut candidate = joined.to_path_buf();
     let mut real = loop {
diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/src/wit_host.rs b/crates/ide-plugin/src/wit_host.rs
index 568e3b03c..bf9d92b09 100644
--- a/crates/ide-plugin/src/wit_host.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-plugin/src/wit_host.rs
@@ -460,6 +460,10 @@ impl workspace::Host for StoreData {
         Ok(self.host.open_project(client.as_deref(), path, new_window).map_err(to_wit))
     }
 
+    fn project_of(&mut self, path: String) -> wasmtime::Result<Option<Resource<ProjectRes>>> {
+        self.host.project_of(Path::new(&path)).map(|root| self.push(ProjectRes { root })).transpose()
+    }
+
     fn projects(&mut self) -> Fallible<Vec<Resource<ProjectRes>>> {
         if let Err(e) = self.require(Capability::ProjectRead) {
             return Ok(Err(e));
@@ -758,14 +762,19 @@ impl events::Host for StoreData {
         {
             return Ok(Err(e));
         }
-        self.host.subscribe(kind, true);
+        self.host.subscribe(kind);
         Ok(Ok(()))
     }
 
-    fn unsubscribe(&mut self, kind: String) -> wasmtime::Result<()> {
-        if let Some(kind) = EventKind::parse(&kind) {
-            self.host.subscribe(kind, false);
+    fn subscribe_paths(&mut self, kind: String, globs: Vec<String>) -> Fallible<()> {
+        if let Err(e) = self.require(Capability::Events) {
+            return Ok(Err(e));
         }
+        Ok(self.host.subscribe_paths(&kind, globs).map_err(to_wit))
+    }
+
+    fn unsubscribe(&mut self, kind: String) -> wasmtime::Result<()> {
+        self.host.unsubscribe(&kind);
         Ok(())
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/commit/dist/plugin.wasm.sources b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/commit/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
index 65cc7254d..80f5f73b6 100644
--- a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/commit/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/commit/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
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diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/endpoints/dist/plugin.wasm.sources b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/endpoints/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
index 2363d3bf4..d1fd3db1c 100644
--- a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/endpoints/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/endpoints/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
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diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/hello/dist/plugin.wasm.sources b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/hello/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
index 3f4dc2f39..5b3b1f113 100644
--- a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/hello/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/hello/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
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index 40bf2f7cf..4eb5d092c 100644
--- a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/hover/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/hover/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
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index 0418a5dbd..f5a605f66 100644
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index a001ad8cc..6debc7b53 100644
--- a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/inlay-hints/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/inlay-hints/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
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index ef2677b58..3afdf228b 100644
--- a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/jobs/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/jobs/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
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index 96e1c60f6..5c04746d3 100644
--- a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/misbehave/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
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new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9295140e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/path-events/Cargo.lock
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new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4ec67ef5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/path-events/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+[package]
+name = "openidea-test-path-events"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2024"
+publish = false
+
+[workspace]
+
+[lib]
+crate-type = ["cdylib", "rlib"]
+
+[dependencies]
+openidea-plugin = { path = "../../../../../sdk/rust/openidea-plugin" }
+
+[profile.release]
+opt-level = "s"
+lto = true
+strip = true
+codegen-units = 1
+panic = "abort"
diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/path-events/dist/plugin.wasm b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/path-events/dist/plugin.wasm
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index 000000000..043a98de0
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new file mode 100644
index 000000000..56dee4cff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/path-events/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
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diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/path-events/plugin.toml b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/path-events/plugin.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c959419ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/path-events/plugin.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+id = "test.path-events"
+name = "Path event fixture"
+version = "0.1.0"
+engines.openidea = "^1.3"
+wasm = "dist/plugin.wasm"
+activation = ["on-command:*"]
+
+[capabilities]
+required = ["storage"]
+optional = ["events", "project.read"]
+
+[[contributes.providers]]
+kinds = ["hover"]
+languages = ["text", "plaintext"]
+
+[[contributes.commands]]
+id = "project"
+title = "project"
+
+[[contributes.commands]]
+id = "filter"
+title = "filter"
+
+[[contributes.commands]]
+id = "all"
+title = "all"
+
+[[contributes.commands]]
+id = "off"
+title = "off"
+
+[[contributes.commands]]
+id = "count"
+title = "count"
diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/path-events/src/lib.rs b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/path-events/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc9a8eed3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/path-events/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+use openidea_plugin::hover::{Document, Hover, HoverProvider};
+use openidea_plugin::{Context, Error, Event, EventKind, Invocation, Plugin, Position, host, register_plugin};
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+struct Fixture;
+
+impl Plugin for Fixture {
+    fn activate(&mut self, _: &Context) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        // Persist the chosen filter so reactivation does not overwrite it.
+        let glob = host::storage::get("filter")?.unwrap_or_else(|| "config/*.yaml".into());
+        let globs: Vec<_> = glob.lines().collect();
+        let _ = host::subscribe_paths("file-opened", &globs);
+        let _ = host::subscribe_paths("file-saved", &["config/*.yaml"]);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+    fn run_command(&mut self, id: &str, _: &Invocation, arg: Option<&str>) -> Result<Option<String>, Error> {
+        match id {
+            "project" => host::project_of(arg.unwrap_or_default()).map(|p| p.root()).transpose(),
+            "filter" => {
+                let glob = arg.unwrap_or_default();
+                host::subscribe_paths("file-opened", &glob.lines().collect::<Vec<_>>())?;
+                host::storage::set("filter", glob)?;
+                Ok(None)
+            }
+            "all" => {
+                host::subscribe(EventKind::FileOpened)?;
+                Ok(None)
+            }
+            "off" => {
+                host::unsubscribe(EventKind::FileOpened);
+                Ok(None)
+            }
+            "count" => Ok(host::storage::get("count")?),
+            _ => Err(Error::NotFound(id.into())),
+        }
+    }
+    fn handle_events(&mut self, events: &[Event], _: &Invocation) {
+        let count = host::storage::get("count").ok().flatten().and_then(|n| n.parse::<usize>().ok()).unwrap_or(0);
+        host::storage::set("count", &(count + events.len()).to_string()).unwrap();
+    }
+}
+impl HoverProvider for Fixture {
+    fn hover(&mut self, doc: &Document, _: Position) -> Option<Hover> {
+        Some(Hover::new(host::project_of(&doc.path)?.root().ok()?))
+    }
+}
+register_plugin!(Fixture, hover);
diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/semantic-tokens/dist/plugin.wasm.sources b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/semantic-tokens/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
index 0b3aeaf03..cffc162fd 100644
--- a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/semantic-tokens/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/semantic-tokens/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-284efc25ade647bd1944024a04a944d63cbc69d8647cc9eff95eb4add0d8509c
+e9b6c10973ce62057eb3c92a747bcb27fdef1cfb6dd1d8681aa0035d3a3b5fa2
diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/storage/dist/plugin.wasm.sources b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/storage/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
index 0f00f1fc0..207373302 100644
--- a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/storage/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/storage/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-243ac921ab396b2fc2735bb8552394d90246080264143f1205c59f184db4b504
+a873a709240a3d24c45481b220ac283103f10645166952cb5dcc809f7995e085
diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/tables/dist/plugin.wasm.sources b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/tables/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
index d554de5bb..c4a7d7e70 100644
--- a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/tables/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/tables/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4d753f6d72e25afee529684219a0c69fcadd33c53a377d503343fb6532ac8979
+8801a468856e0e4783848f89d51d6d6f45426e6cadf2b2532518500ff23aa6f7
diff --git a/plugins/README.md b/plugins/README.md
index 61d491c93..4dd12940f 100644
--- a/plugins/README.md
+++ b/plugins/README.md
@@ -419,6 +419,27 @@ a new API: an IDE refuses a kind it doesn't know with `invalid`, and a kind
 newer than the plugin's SDK arrives as `Event::Other { kind, data }` (JSON).
 The SDK's event enums are `#[non_exhaustive]`; match them with a `_` arm.
 
+API 1.3 adds `host::subscribe_paths("file-opened", &["config/*.yaml"])`
+(`events.subscribe-paths`). The host matches project-relative globs before
+queueing an event or waking an idle plugin. `file-saved` works the same way.
+Patterns use `/`, `*` stays within a directory, and `**` crosses
+directories. Up to 64 patterns of 1024 bytes each are accepted; absolute paths,
+parent traversal and malformed patterns fail without replacing the old filter.
+
+Register filters in `activate`, using a startup or command activation to install
+them before observing events. Patterns are ORed; another call replaces the same
+kind's filter, an empty list pauses it, `subscribe(kind)` restores all paths,
+and `unsubscribe(kind)` removes it. Filters survive idle reclaim and disappear
+on disable, uninstall or reload. Each window's events use its current project;
+files outside that project do not match.
+
+Provider calls can use `host::project_of(&doc.path)` (`workspace.project-of`)
+without an invocation project or enumerating every open project. It returns the
+deepest open project containing the absolute path, or `None` outside open roots.
+Symlinks and missing file tails are resolved before checking containment.
+Obtaining a handle grants no read access: `Project::root` and file operations
+still require `project.read`.
+
 ### Commits
 
 A plugin can work on the commit the user is preparing, in the Commit tool
diff --git a/plugins/official/ai-completion/dist/plugin.wasm.sources b/plugins/official/ai-completion/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
index 45abe7179..f7059eb82 100644
--- a/plugins/official/ai-completion/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/plugins/official/ai-completion/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10030cb0dc2733d70cd740e717da9f9feebab18e79ac712ebb5bd03c6d40b316
+d46e07036f0f59c18ca54affbca6446c320476998f3e92199cd93ed43dd725d9
diff --git a/plugins/official/checkstyle/dist/plugin.wasm.sources b/plugins/official/checkstyle/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
index ede72b964..47b51c2b6 100644
--- a/plugins/official/checkstyle/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/plugins/official/checkstyle/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9c1afe80f5c8062fa4abd05d3d1cdf73d4ac07b8aa46b329dcbaf6b29d5ec5cf
+c28b0da5a21fc0fc5dd543d01eaeeed4f7bbd89a5d28b95ce911a1c092209adc
diff --git a/plugins/official/csv-editor/dist/plugin.wasm.sources b/plugins/official/csv-editor/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
index f934d73f2..00ba69d61 100644
--- a/plugins/official/csv-editor/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/plugins/official/csv-editor/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2e0e8d50faede7a1b2ed077de83699adcf519fcbf78d371d01a79ce570c1b85a
+f4258172c7a8278d00f5da9d76420380200d8b0d8bc387ceafab30703cbdac4a
diff --git a/plugins/official/git-toolbox/dist/plugin.wasm.sources b/plugins/official/git-toolbox/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
index 024e3ba88..7f5ca161e 100644
--- a/plugins/official/git-toolbox/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/plugins/official/git-toolbox/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-c145616a7c143fee66e9808f998577114bfb31effb089cc9e6c843c0d8078696
+648b030335ecfdf82651561fc5e71edc9f9d4319ae4bfb56d1e6d7e1f029d781
diff --git a/plugins/official/graphviz/dist/plugin.wasm.sources b/plugins/official/graphviz/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
index fab3d5b66..f1e73887b 100644
--- a/plugins/official/graphviz/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/plugins/official/graphviz/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-65517af4c466e7b470b3d06f6ff67fb27d94bb008184ef1709ba68b8183ee892
+f7bbe6097f18377a79f39ba2369140e24eff65501e78be94e3420c6667362743
diff --git a/plugins/official/key-promoter/dist/plugin.wasm.sources b/plugins/official/key-promoter/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
index cb3f47b28..4cd2641dd 100644
--- a/plugins/official/key-promoter/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/plugins/official/key-promoter/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-d5a3ff93ed282f7c183967113c38d323b332897b1a88d6cd69d1c2324a679852
+936d6e2c74f87cc1d95c52ea674716d934df917c12fb8431989f8dc64989b174
diff --git a/plugins/official/license-header/dist/plugin.wasm.sources b/plugins/official/license-header/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
index 2f706ae66..bf49a1220 100644
--- a/plugins/official/license-header/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/plugins/official/license-header/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-d2d1cbe6bebead67613348c467a75dddfa7c4c0a22ce2f97caae9590d7f84809
+182af35d880a9adfa2566a42b62db6cf69f7d2a5157e0428228b649864e9417c
diff --git a/plugins/official/mybatis/dist/plugin.wasm.sources b/plugins/official/mybatis/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
index 3e5f9a1d5..d2cba9a41 100644
--- a/plugins/official/mybatis/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/plugins/official/mybatis/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-a75d13d6d02ff377046aa95a8be642cd8ba3da6d07d03d5730c97bfb5582164a
+f750b060f9a4217da81395aaa9875811d61d087e8d7fef1a0d7b46e3d08cd4a8
diff --git a/plugins/official/regex-tester/dist/plugin.wasm.sources b/plugins/official/regex-tester/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
index f6e51b94e..6b1a93310 100644
--- a/plugins/official/regex-tester/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/plugins/official/regex-tester/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6a6bc97f4d23e20f8605acc801d2722162867a5ff61d2295f7447702e26c4268
+4edc8aad4feb31205d567e303a18f9d0d4969bc65dc8f3699b46cd05b93d8868
diff --git a/plugins/official/solidity/dist/plugin.wasm.sources b/plugins/official/solidity/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
index fe62a5e73..33245bb32 100644
--- a/plugins/official/solidity/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/plugins/official/solidity/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-15145ecb6e490604e7184581427c8a6b44af7d6030738b0f9d5eb5ce44dbd949
+e1e58cd1ee112923dfc1debe86f8feb18c1a4e9f58490b5e371ee0272cad6ced
diff --git a/plugins/official/string-tools/dist/plugin.wasm.sources b/plugins/official/string-tools/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
index ff114fb2c..5813764a4 100644
--- a/plugins/official/string-tools/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/plugins/official/string-tools/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-11b90fde669f51cdc9aac4722d4d0e4bc0c9dbddf2497dff5e67f02a9fa2ccbb
+318e264055acfd1d10491dfea784fdb2a034d3b4da8f7583e81720e21ea1947c
diff --git a/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/src/host.rs b/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/src/host.rs
index 0d9d9b01f..b08e3df37 100644
--- a/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/src/host.rs
+++ b/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/src/host.rs
@@ -182,6 +182,10 @@ mod imp {
         wit::workspace::projects().map_err(error)
     }
 
+    pub fn project_of(path: &str) -> Option<ProjectRes> {
+        wit::workspace::project_of(path)
+    }
+
     pub fn project_root(p: &ProjectRes) -> Result<String, Error> {
         p.root().map_err(error)
     }
@@ -278,6 +282,10 @@ mod imp {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn subscribe_paths(kind: &str, globs: &[&str]) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        wit::events::subscribe_paths(kind, &globs.iter().map(|g| (*g).to_owned()).collect::<Vec<_>>()).map_err(error)
+    }
+
     pub fn subscribe(k: EventKind) -> Result<(), Error> {
         wit::events::subscribe(k.name()).map_err(error)
     }
@@ -621,6 +629,12 @@ pub fn projects() -> Result<Vec<Project>, Error> {
     Ok(imp::projects()?.into_iter().map(|inner| Project { inner }).collect())
 }
 
+/// The deepest open project containing an absolute document path, including in providers.
+/// Obtaining the handle needs no capability; reading it still needs `project.read`.
+pub fn project_of(path: &str) -> Option<Project> {
+    imp::project_of(path).map(|inner| Project { inner })
+}
+
 /// A file open in an editor.
 pub struct TextEditor {
     inner: imp::EditorRes,
@@ -790,6 +804,13 @@ pub fn locale() -> String {
     imp::locale()
 }
 
+/// Subscribe to project-relative path globs for file-opened or file-saved.
+/// Replaces the previous filter. Empty globs pause delivery; `subscribe` restores all paths.
+/// Requires `events`. Register during activation before the events you want to observe.
+pub fn subscribe_paths(kind: &str, globs: &[&str]) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    imp::subscribe_paths(kind, globs)
+}
+
 /// Delivers `kind` events to [`crate::Plugin::handle_events`] for the rest of
 /// the session (also after the instance is reclaimed: an event activates the
 /// plugin again). Needs `events` (`events.input` for `ActionPerformed`).
diff --git a/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/src/mock.rs b/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/src/mock.rs
index fb0c05b44..a01e8f510 100644
--- a/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/src/mock.rs
+++ b/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/src/mock.rs
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ struct State {
     context: BTreeMap<String, ContextValue>,
     storage: BTreeMap<String, String>,
     subscriptions: BTreeSet<EventKind>,
+    path_subscriptions: BTreeMap<String, Vec<String>>,
     tasks: Vec<MockTask>,
     vcs: Option<RepositoryStatus>,
     remotes: Vec<(String, String)>,
@@ -230,6 +231,10 @@ impl MockHost {
         self.state.borrow().storage.clone()
     }
 
+    pub fn path_subscriptions(&self) -> BTreeMap<String, Vec<String>> {
+        self.state.borrow().path_subscriptions.clone()
+    }
+
     pub fn subscriptions(&self) -> BTreeSet<EventKind> {
         self.state.borrow().subscriptions.clone()
     }
@@ -613,6 +618,27 @@ pub mod current {
         })
     }
 
+    pub fn project_of(path: &str) -> Option<ProjectRes> {
+        let path = path.replace('\\', "/");
+        let absolute =
+            path.starts_with('/') || (path.as_bytes().get(1) == Some(&b':') && path.as_bytes().get(2) == Some(&b'/'));
+        if !absolute || path.split('/').any(|part| part == "..") {
+            return None;
+        }
+        with(|s| {
+            s.root
+                .iter()
+                .chain(&s.other_projects)
+                .filter(|root| {
+                    let root = root.replace('\\', "/");
+                    path == root
+                        || path.strip_prefix(root.trim_end_matches('/')).is_some_and(|rest| rest.starts_with('/'))
+                })
+                .max_by_key(|root| root.replace('\\', "/").split('/').count())
+                .map(|root| MockProject { root: root.clone() })
+        })
+    }
+
     pub fn project_root(p: &ProjectRes) -> Result<String, Error> {
         with(|s| {
             require(s, "project.read")?;
@@ -797,6 +823,38 @@ pub mod current {
         })
     }
 
+    pub fn subscribe_paths(kind: &str, globs: &[&str]) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        with(|s| {
+            require(s, "events")?;
+            if !matches!(kind, "file-opened" | "file-saved")
+                || globs.len() > 64
+                || globs.iter().any(|g| {
+                    let relative = g.trim_start_matches("./");
+                    relative.is_empty()
+                        || g.len() > 1024
+                        || relative.starts_with('/')
+                        || g.contains('\\')
+                        || g.contains(':')
+                        || g.chars().any(char::is_control)
+                        || g.split('/').any(|p| p == "..")
+                })
+            {
+                return Err(Error::Invalid("invalid event path filter".into()));
+            }
+            match kind {
+                "file-opened" => {
+                    s.subscriptions.insert(EventKind::FileOpened);
+                }
+                "file-saved" => {
+                    s.subscriptions.insert(EventKind::FileSaved);
+                }
+                _ => {}
+            }
+            s.path_subscriptions.insert(kind.to_owned(), globs.iter().map(|g| (*g).to_owned()).collect());
+            Ok(())
+        })
+    }
+
     pub fn subscribe(kind: EventKind) -> Result<(), Error> {
         with(|s| {
             let cap = match kind {
@@ -807,13 +865,17 @@ pub mod current {
             if let Some(cap) = cap {
                 require(s, cap)?;
             }
+            s.path_subscriptions.remove(kind.name());
             s.subscriptions.insert(kind);
             Ok(())
         })
     }
 
     pub fn unsubscribe(kind: EventKind) {
-        with(|s| s.subscriptions.remove(&kind));
+        with(|s| {
+            s.path_subscriptions.remove(kind.name());
+            s.subscriptions.remove(&kind);
+        });
     }
 
     pub fn project_find(p: &ProjectRes, glob: &str, limit: u32) -> Result<Vec<String>, Error> {
@@ -965,6 +1027,38 @@ mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use crate::host;
 
+    #[test]
+    fn path_subscriptions_replace_pause_and_restore() {
+        let mock = MockHost::install();
+        host::subscribe_paths("file-opened", &["config/*.yaml"]).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(mock.path_subscriptions()["file-opened"], ["config/*.yaml"]);
+        host::subscribe_paths("file-opened", &[]).unwrap();
+        assert!(mock.path_subscriptions()["file-opened"].is_empty());
+        assert!(host::subscribe_paths("file-opened", &["../secret"]).is_err());
+        host::subscribe(EventKind::FileOpened).unwrap();
+        assert!(mock.path_subscriptions().is_empty());
+        host::subscribe_paths("file-saved", &["**/*.rs"]).unwrap();
+        host::unsubscribe(EventKind::FileSaved);
+        assert!(mock.path_subscriptions().is_empty());
+        let _denied = MockHost::install().with_capabilities(&[]);
+        assert!(matches!(host::subscribe_paths("file-opened", &[]), Err(Error::Denied(_))));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn project_lookup_uses_deepest_root_without_granting_read_access() {
+        let mock = MockHost::install();
+        mock.add_project("/project/nested");
+        assert_eq!(host::project_of("/project/nested/new.txt").unwrap().root().unwrap(), "/project/nested");
+        assert!(host::project_of("/project-other/file").is_none());
+        assert!(host::project_of("relative/file").is_none());
+        mock.add_project("C:/workspace");
+        assert_eq!(host::project_of(r"C:\workspace\file.txt").unwrap().root().unwrap(), "C:/workspace");
+        mock.add_project("//server/share");
+        assert_eq!(host::project_of(r"\\server\share\file.txt").unwrap().root().unwrap(), "//server/share");
+        let _denied = MockHost::install().with_capabilities(&[]);
+        assert!(matches!(host::project_of("/project/file").unwrap().root(), Err(Error::Denied(_))));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn invocations_carry_selected_paths() {
         let host = MockHost::install();
diff --git a/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/wit/events.wit b/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/wit/events.wit
index 92175d555..ffb86d39b 100644
--- a/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/wit/events.wit
+++ b/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/wit/events.wit
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ interface events {
     /// and an IDE that doesn't know one fails with `invalid`.
     /// Requires `events` (`events.input` for `action-performed`).
     subscribe: func(kind: string) -> result<_, error>;
+    /// Replaces this kind's subscription with project-relative globs (OR).
+    /// Empty globs pause delivery; `subscribe` restores unfiltered delivery.
+    /// Kinds: file-opened, file-saved. Requires `events`.
+    subscribe-paths: func(kind: string, globs: list<string>) -> result<_, error>;
     unsubscribe: func(kind: string);
 }
 
diff --git a/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/wit/workspace.wit b/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/wit/workspace.wit
index b31964e8b..c764d50e8 100644
--- a/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/wit/workspace.wit
+++ b/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/wit/workspace.wit
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ interface workspace {
     /// `path` is an absolute directory path on the UI machine.
     open-project: func(path: string, new-window: bool) -> result<_, error>;
 
+    /// The open project containing an absolute document path, or `none`.
+    /// Reading the returned project still requires `project.read`.
+    project-of: func(path: string) -> option<project>;
+
     /// What a path inside a project is.
     enum file-kind {
         file,
diff --git a/wit/events.wit b/wit/events.wit
index 92175d555..ffb86d39b 100644
--- a/wit/events.wit
+++ b/wit/events.wit
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ interface events {
     /// and an IDE that doesn't know one fails with `invalid`.
     /// Requires `events` (`events.input` for `action-performed`).
     subscribe: func(kind: string) -> result<_, error>;
+    /// Replaces this kind's subscription with project-relative globs (OR).
+    /// Empty globs pause delivery; `subscribe` restores unfiltered delivery.
+    /// Kinds: file-opened, file-saved. Requires `events`.
+    subscribe-paths: func(kind: string, globs: list<string>) -> result<_, error>;
     unsubscribe: func(kind: string);
 }
 
diff --git a/wit/workspace.wit b/wit/workspace.wit
index b31964e8b..c764d50e8 100644
--- a/wit/workspace.wit
+++ b/wit/workspace.wit
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ interface workspace {
     /// `path` is an absolute directory path on the UI machine.
     open-project: func(path: string, new-window: bool) -> result<_, error>;
 
+    /// The open project containing an absolute document path, or `none`.
+    /// Reading the returned project still requires `project.read`.
+    project-of: func(path: string) -> option<project>;
+
     /// What a path inside a project is.
     enum file-kind {
         file,