diff --git a/crates/ide-host/tests/plugin_commit.rs b/crates/ide-host/tests/plugin_commit.rs
index 095d10716..82fb3d1d7 100644
--- a/crates/ide-host/tests/plugin_commit.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-host/tests/plugin_commit.rs
@@ -232,7 +232,8 @@ fn the_commit_points_need_plugin_api_1_3() {
     let tmp = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
     let host =
         PluginHost::new(tmp.path().join("plugins"), Arc::new(|_: Option<&str>, _| {}), Limits::default()).unwrap();
-    let manifest = std::fs::read_to_string(fixture_dir().join("plugin.toml")).unwrap();
+    // The manifest surgery below matches on `\n`; normalize so a CRLF checkout (Windows) behaves the same.
+    let manifest = std::fs::read_to_string(fixture_dir().join("plugin.toml")).unwrap().replace("\r\n", "\n");
     for (what, manifest) in [
         (
             "commit.message",
diff --git a/crates/ide-host/tests/plugins.rs b/crates/ide-host/tests/plugins.rs
index a6cf5b29c..a1e7fa865 100644
--- a/crates/ide-host/tests/plugins.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-host/tests/plugins.rs
@@ -361,6 +361,9 @@ fn read_file_is_confined_to_the_project() {
     let err = f.run("misbehave", "read", Some("src/../../secret.txt")).unwrap_err();
     assert!(err.contains("outside the project root"), "{err}");
     assert!(f.run("misbehave", "read", Some("/etc/hosts")).is_err());
+    // A missing path inside the project is `not-found`, like the mock reports.
+    let err = f.run("misbehave", "read", Some("src/missing.txt")).unwrap_err();
+    assert!(err.contains("not found"), "{err}");
     // Without a project there is nothing to read.
     let inv = Invocation::default();
     let err = f.host.run_command("misbehave", "read", Some("src/notes.txt"), inv).unwrap_err().message;
diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/src/lib.rs b/crates/ide-plugin/src/lib.rs
index dae692bd1..1725a06fc 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, read_text, resolve_in_root};
+pub use sandbox::{MAX_READ_BYTES, inside_root, read_text, resolve_in_root};
 pub use types::*;
 pub use wasmtime::component::Component;
diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/src/sandbox.rs b/crates/ide-plugin/src/sandbox.rs
index 23913a367..1756b1f9a 100644
--- a/crates/ide-plugin/src/sandbox.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-plugin/src/sandbox.rs
@@ -5,15 +5,53 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 /// Largest file `read-file` returns.
 pub const MAX_READ_BYTES: u64 = 16 << 20;
 
-/// Resolves `path` (absolute, or relative to `root`) and checks that the real
-/// path — after following `..` and symlinks — stays inside `root`.
-pub fn resolve_in_root(root: &Path, path: &str) -> Result<PathBuf, String> {
+/// The canonical `root` and the absolute form of `path` (absolute, or
+/// relative to `root`) — before any symlink or existence check.
+fn joined_path(root: &Path, path: &str) -> Result<(PathBuf, PathBuf), String> {
     if path.is_empty() {
         return Err("empty path".into());
     }
     let root = root.canonicalize().map_err(|e| format!("project root unavailable: {e}"))?;
     let requested = Path::new(path);
     let joined = if requested.is_absolute() { requested.to_path_buf() } else { root.join(requested) };
+    Ok((root, joined))
+}
+
+/// `joined` after `..`/symlink resolution as far as the file system allows:
+/// 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 {
+    let mut tail = Vec::new();
+    let mut candidate = joined.to_path_buf();
+    let mut real = loop {
+        match candidate.canonicalize() {
+            Ok(real) => break real,
+            Err(_) => {
+                let Some(last) = candidate.components().next_back() else {
+                    return joined.to_path_buf();
+                };
+                tail.push(last.as_os_str().to_owned());
+                if !candidate.pop() {
+                    return joined.to_path_buf();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    };
+    for part in tail.iter().rev() {
+        if part == ".." {
+            real.pop();
+        } else if part != "." {
+            real.push(part);
+        }
+    }
+    real
+}
+
+/// Resolves `path` (absolute, or relative to `root`) and checks that the real
+/// path — after following `..` and symlinks — stays inside `root`.
+pub fn resolve_in_root(root: &Path, path: &str) -> Result<PathBuf, String> {
+    let (root, joined) = joined_path(root, path)?;
     let real = joined.canonicalize().map_err(|_| format!("{path}: no such file"))?;
     if !real.starts_with(&root) {
         return Err(format!("{path}: access outside the project root is not allowed"));
@@ -21,6 +59,15 @@ pub fn resolve_in_root(root: &Path, path: &str) -> Result<PathBuf, String> {
     Ok(real)
 }
 
+/// Whether `path` (absolute, or relative to `root`) lands inside `root`,
+/// without requiring it to exist: `Ok(true)` also for a missing path, so
+/// callers distinguish "outside" from "absent". Existing symlinks are
+/// followed; a missing tail is judged at its would-be location.
+pub fn inside_root(root: &Path, path: &str) -> Result<bool, String> {
+    let (root, joined) = joined_path(root, path)?;
+    Ok(resolve_real(&joined).starts_with(&root))
+}
+
 /// Reads a UTF-8 file that `resolve_in_root` already approved.
 pub fn read_text(real: &Path) -> Result<String, String> {
     let meta = std::fs::metadata(real).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
@@ -62,6 +109,27 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(read_text(&resolve_in_root(&root, "src").unwrap()).unwrap_err().contains("not a file"));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn inside_root_covers_missing_paths() {
+        let tmp = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+        let root = tmp.path().join("proj");
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(root.join("src")).unwrap();
+        std::fs::write(root.join("src/a.txt"), "hi").unwrap();
+        std::fs::write(tmp.path().join("secret.txt"), "s").unwrap();
+
+        assert!(inside_root(&root, "src/a.txt").unwrap());
+        assert!(inside_root(&root, "src").unwrap());
+        assert!(inside_root(&root, "missing.txt").unwrap());
+        assert!(inside_root(&root, "missing/deep/nested.txt").unwrap());
+        assert!(inside_root(&root, "missing/../src/a.txt").unwrap());
+        assert!(!inside_root(&root, "../secret.txt").unwrap());
+        assert!(!inside_root(&root, "missing/../../secret.txt").unwrap());
+        assert!(!inside_root(&root, "missing/sub/../../../secret.txt").unwrap());
+        let abs_out = tmp.path().join("secret.txt");
+        assert!(!inside_root(&root, abs_out.to_str().unwrap()).unwrap());
+        assert!(inside_root(&root, "").is_err());
+    }
+
     #[cfg(unix)]
     #[test]
     fn symlinks_cannot_escape() {
@@ -71,6 +139,11 @@ mod tests {
         std::fs::write(tmp.path().join("secret.txt"), "s").unwrap();
         std::os::unix::fs::symlink(tmp.path().join("secret.txt"), root.join("link")).unwrap();
         assert!(resolve_in_root(&root, "link").unwrap_err().contains("outside"));
+        assert!(!inside_root(&root, "link").unwrap());
+        assert!(!inside_root(&root, "link/../x").unwrap());
+        std::os::unix::fs::symlink(tmp.path(), root.join("dirlink")).unwrap();
+        assert!(!inside_root(&root, "dirlink/secret.txt").unwrap());
+        assert!(!inside_root(&root, "dirlink/missing.txt").unwrap());
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/src/wit_host.rs b/crates/ide-plugin/src/wit_host.rs
index 350f3d539..81a08e1f8 100644
--- a/crates/ide-plugin/src/wit_host.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-plugin/src/wit_host.rs
@@ -424,7 +424,10 @@ impl workspace::HostProject for StoreData {
         let root = self.table.get(&this)?.root.clone();
         let real = match sandbox::resolve_in_root(&root, &path) {
             Ok(real) => real,
-            Err(e) => return Ok(Err(wit::Error::Invalid(e))),
+            Err(e) => {
+                let e = if e.ends_with("no such file") { wit::Error::NotFound(e) } else { wit::Error::Invalid(e) };
+                return Ok(Err(e));
+            }
         };
         if let Some(text) = self.host.buffer_text(&real) {
             return Ok(Ok(text));
@@ -432,6 +435,57 @@ impl workspace::HostProject for StoreData {
         Ok(sandbox::read_text(&real).map_err(wit::Error::Failed))
     }
 
+    fn exists(&mut self, this: Resource<ProjectRes>, path: String) -> Fallible<bool> {
+        if let Err(e) = self.require(Capability::ProjectRead) {
+            return Ok(Err(e));
+        }
+        let root = self.table.get(&this)?.root.clone();
+        match sandbox::inside_root(&root, &path) {
+            Err(e) => Ok(Err(wit::Error::Invalid(e))),
+            Ok(false) => {
+                Ok(Err(wit::Error::Invalid(format!("{path}: access outside the project root is not allowed"))))
+            }
+            Ok(true) => {
+                let requested = Path::new(&path);
+                let joined = if requested.is_absolute() { requested.to_path_buf() } else { root.join(requested) };
+                Ok(Ok(joined.exists()))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn stat(&mut self, this: Resource<ProjectRes>, path: String) -> Fallible<workspace::FileStat> {
+        if let Err(e) = self.require(Capability::ProjectRead) {
+            return Ok(Err(e));
+        }
+        let root = self.table.get(&this)?.root.clone();
+        let real = match sandbox::resolve_in_root(&root, &path) {
+            Ok(real) => real,
+            Err(e) => {
+                let e = if e.ends_with("no such file") { wit::Error::NotFound(e) } else { wit::Error::Invalid(e) };
+                return Ok(Err(e));
+            }
+        };
+        let meta = match std::fs::symlink_metadata(&real) {
+            Ok(m) => m,
+            Err(e) if e.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => {
+                return Ok(Err(wit::Error::NotFound(format!("{path}: no such file"))));
+            }
+            Err(e) => return Ok(Err(wit::Error::Failed(e.to_string()))),
+        };
+        let kind = if meta.is_file() {
+            workspace::FileKind::File
+        } else if meta.is_dir() {
+            workspace::FileKind::Directory
+        } else if meta.is_symlink() {
+            workspace::FileKind::Symlink
+        } else {
+            workspace::FileKind::Other
+        };
+        let modified =
+            meta.modified().ok().and_then(|t| t.duration_since(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH).ok()).map(|d| d.as_secs());
+        Ok(Ok(workspace::FileStat { kind, size: meta.len(), modified }))
+    }
+
     fn find_files(&mut self, this: Resource<ProjectRes>, glob: String, limit: u32) -> Fallible<Vec<String>> {
         if let Err(e) = self.require(Capability::ProjectRead) {
             return Ok(Err(e));
diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/commit/dist/plugin.wasm b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/commit/dist/plugin.wasm
index b016857f5..512310a56 100644
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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 36c7fcb14..e4e7a0746 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 @@
-a85f313fdb635212cd96c7a9694cb64417bc40cddf5193a69b2873a7009f3f42
+e9f2e3818dab64aa24e3f1852eff301c2ba971e90157067b11b832cdcc361fd6
diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/hello/dist/plugin.wasm b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/hello/dist/plugin.wasm
index d12cb4711..29fd2096a 100644
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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 28a0544c1..91bac91d4 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 @@
-8c431ac710ce5b767bc8f15b93fbf02db7aef6d64656ca9ff92de92dc662e47a
+ad6f103e549a51cc64aa9ce03e0759c7e247b98fa4d7d84f2d5cbbd32a56e47a
diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/hover/dist/plugin.wasm b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/hover/dist/plugin.wasm
index cbedffa95..0150f1231 100644
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diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/hover/dist/plugin.wasm.sources b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/hover/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
index 5120eaa6f..51895a5d7 100644
--- a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/hover/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/hover/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5dabb045a170b49ca39de03040bd3ecb2e90edf67b6cd88a092c74e6d2752409
+bb5747f6e319f1852dbfd92c6a65e6e54a41a6d508fe96dc570a5c0684f7d322
diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/indexer/dist/plugin.wasm b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/indexer/dist/plugin.wasm
index 9f55c84a7..8fed17f4b 100644
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diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/indexer/dist/plugin.wasm.sources b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/indexer/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
index c300b8de5..6495924ea 100644
--- a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/indexer/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/indexer/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-58da8760b67495c4fb3d05f222f47884444c1191c67ecf6b2c0e8449687ff5c9
+f651ab979bc6b52c5bdde0417667393ffd442726b406b9064a431e0fad39b8be
diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/jobs/dist/plugin.wasm b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/jobs/dist/plugin.wasm
index b4e3e8f27..410c59c70 100644
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diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/jobs/dist/plugin.wasm.sources b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/jobs/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
index c88c09b42..ee95222e0 100644
--- a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/jobs/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/jobs/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0847aa7c377511e03963bc1a838eb0dda520e1d7c7a08681b32ea68ba541360a
+7fd84d18cbcf8673c988e7d3d9a143883635f967ba2b3f679fb1f3aafaa9169c
diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/misbehave/dist/plugin.wasm b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/misbehave/dist/plugin.wasm
index d6f2fc30e..1da6e94d3 100644
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diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/misbehave/dist/plugin.wasm.sources b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/misbehave/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
index 69ff39593..628e1120d 100644
--- a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/misbehave/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/misbehave/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-bff0a5b416c3bcd8e94ba8cf082843913067ec126f2ab4db45353db3b71e61a0
+a2762b47de8abd3d1c4fff0130001c6a9347292f94bfffd3933db1a270c95076
diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/semantic-tokens/dist/plugin.wasm b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/semantic-tokens/dist/plugin.wasm
index c57f5e944..e00246b33 100644
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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 a8f34c7e9..0ffbe7fb7 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 @@
-c58bf55470bd795f9e664ad3a8bd1173c863b1b9405d2e81f1da1c4039884dd3
+a38d39b7d43d4f2fbcb31064a9037f3a6d58fb16b3e7bfeb0f85f5f13459dbff
diff --git a/plugins/README.md b/plugins/README.md
index 945f11ca9..da543d8af 100644
--- a/plugins/README.md
+++ b/plugins/README.md
@@ -351,7 +351,8 @@ then run `openidea-plugin check`.
 | `Plugin::activate` / `deactivate`                                        | export `lifecycle`               | Per instance: after a crash or idle reclaim a new one is activated.                                                                                                                                                  |
 | `TextEditor::document()` → `{version, text}`                             | `editor.text-editor.document`    | `selections()` are those when the command ran (0-based lines, UTF-16 columns).                                                                                                                                       |
 | `TextEditor::apply_edits(version, edits)`                                | `editor.text-editor.apply-edits` | One undoable change, only if the document is still at `version` — else `Error::Stale` and nothing changes. `transform_selections` retries once.                                                                      |
-| `Project::root()`, `read_file(path)`                                     | `workspace.project`              | Absolute or project-relative; `..`/symlinks escaping the root are rejected; UTF-8 only, ≤ 16 MiB; unsaved editor contents win.                                                                                       |
+| `Project::root()`, `read_file(path)`                                     | `workspace.project`              | Absolute or project-relative; `..`/symlinks escaping the root are rejected; UTF-8 only, ≤ 16 MiB; unsaved editor contents win; a missing path is `Error::NotFound`.                                                  |
+| `Project::exists(path)`, `stat(path)`                                    | `workspace.project`              | `exists` covers files and directories, hidden and ignored included, without reading content; `stat` gives kind, size and modified time (`Error::NotFound` for a missing path).                                       |
 | `host::projects()`                                                       | `workspace.projects`             | Every open project (for scheduled work without a window).                                                                                                                                                            |
 | `Project::vcs_status()`, `vcs_remotes()`, `vcs_fetch()`                  | `vcs`                            | `vcs_remotes` returns `(name, url)` pairs; fetch runs git, so only in trusted projects (call it inside a task).                                                                                                      |
 | `host::pending_commit()`, `host::set_commit_message(revision, text)`     | `commit`                         | The commit being prepared in the calling window and its message; see _Commits_.                                                                                                                                      |
diff --git a/plugins/official/ai-completion/dist/plugin.wasm b/plugins/official/ai-completion/dist/plugin.wasm
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diff --git a/plugins/official/ai-completion/dist/plugin.wasm.sources b/plugins/official/ai-completion/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
index 9b826c938..715a8a3cb 100644
--- a/plugins/official/ai-completion/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/plugins/official/ai-completion/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-89515d507386505d244ed6ac19a85b7288f6d8ef30f19f4b770d8b0f84f33d63
+c9cbe5d5a6d2d5bf3bda9308b6e07c374a60b3f95714425e9f0d855bcaa38666
diff --git a/plugins/official/checkstyle/dist/plugin.wasm b/plugins/official/checkstyle/dist/plugin.wasm
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diff --git a/plugins/official/checkstyle/dist/plugin.wasm.sources b/plugins/official/checkstyle/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
index dda99d364..29814a869 100644
--- a/plugins/official/checkstyle/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/plugins/official/checkstyle/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-a0b3353006032af9f9052c8413a00ff8069294d1c3e86ed520f9c4b8012094c1
+dada583da1a117277325077bf700a2b485433768836335683ff3f4d370e43334
diff --git a/plugins/official/csv-editor/dist/plugin.wasm b/plugins/official/csv-editor/dist/plugin.wasm
index bfb8ce3b9..3fc0f3f05 100644
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diff --git a/plugins/official/csv-editor/dist/plugin.wasm.sources b/plugins/official/csv-editor/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
index cae540e1e..5574d116d 100644
--- a/plugins/official/csv-editor/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/plugins/official/csv-editor/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7b055db21ef99eea933df6b311248ac18ec8a57d57cbe9af0bc5f694c8e8d48a
+720fc0e60bb11cabbf9658bbada16eb889e509ab436d62b17b2a64ef9651a559
diff --git a/plugins/official/git-toolbox/dist/plugin.wasm b/plugins/official/git-toolbox/dist/plugin.wasm
index 285dacc0c..6ce3baa4b 100644
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diff --git a/plugins/official/git-toolbox/dist/plugin.wasm.sources b/plugins/official/git-toolbox/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
index 4be824457..965e14771 100644
--- a/plugins/official/git-toolbox/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/plugins/official/git-toolbox/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-d742d45a1bee8c5d0c4c2bab9341eb3d3fc7feae1c1229485330dd0b58374092
+4ced6756e3f94c0989a7c00948c3456954eaa0b08cb072a3b1790872eabc6a45
diff --git a/plugins/official/graphviz/dist/plugin.wasm b/plugins/official/graphviz/dist/plugin.wasm
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index 315bc573b..85650c065 100644
--- a/plugins/official/graphviz/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/plugins/official/graphviz/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-511a8419aab4bde97c09a7a7134ee523dade17b771697382ffb521ad1e5798bf
+ae7c04be3b7811e560c711077391bec14705a1acb769ba8a7e0212dc8e8ec5ff
diff --git a/plugins/official/key-promoter/dist/plugin.wasm b/plugins/official/key-promoter/dist/plugin.wasm
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index ffdfa4ac5..5c7365be8 100644
--- a/plugins/official/key-promoter/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/plugins/official/key-promoter/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8b5e78147995375b841f342c7441158d20d33388be808f08c233eca27c3b4d7f
+df4f523b86e29e7f5f992eeb9b8fd9ab61b58ac8b9e05d20f1db457e9328f187
diff --git a/plugins/official/license-header/dist/plugin.wasm b/plugins/official/license-header/dist/plugin.wasm
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index e01b11bf6..e1f166679 100644
--- a/plugins/official/license-header/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/plugins/official/license-header/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6925c7bdc12a5bd74e864ab4e706c155b0a994d5bbf27cc437f0220aed4cfc68
+0a4d7548b157513276176e4e02ec5d8a5a71f55f4098afd9963ec0f47312d6de
diff --git a/plugins/official/mybatis/dist/plugin.wasm b/plugins/official/mybatis/dist/plugin.wasm
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index 24b6717fe..b291da9ec 100644
--- a/plugins/official/mybatis/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/plugins/official/mybatis/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-43c47ef0199e7c7550655bd571c75d4109cb6435ae0e99fa68123c8e4d823e48
+451c7bf3dcbdd6e57dc657cb7d1f4ddee8d262a859863ac71287b85eb474793c
diff --git a/plugins/official/regex-tester/dist/plugin.wasm b/plugins/official/regex-tester/dist/plugin.wasm
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index bbadfc664..94fe42e82 100644
--- a/plugins/official/regex-tester/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/plugins/official/regex-tester/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
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+daf6fb2a5cff9210cc380f19dca42480d380166e028239d985abf37ebddd7a6c
diff --git a/plugins/official/solidity/dist/plugin.wasm b/plugins/official/solidity/dist/plugin.wasm
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index 68ddffbe2..81268eb86 100644
--- a/plugins/official/solidity/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/plugins/official/solidity/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
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+1364aed3a99e0769d53b444c51b873083aeb7088afa7dc6c8821cd312d0319ad
diff --git a/plugins/official/string-tools/dist/plugin.wasm b/plugins/official/string-tools/dist/plugin.wasm
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diff --git a/plugins/official/string-tools/dist/plugin.wasm.sources b/plugins/official/string-tools/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
index 3f5453ccf..23d8f1f07 100644
--- a/plugins/official/string-tools/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/plugins/official/string-tools/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-723d68d4de1ec8b6f246b1bd30e56f177df08f7bf3c17907b0ec9ef6cbdf1bf3
+d6d1a81f02c7346b365689bc3893745aa9d867e56c187cdd28efde758bfb0fe8
diff --git a/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/src/host.rs b/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/src/host.rs
index a5aceb139..55a0b0e31 100644
--- a/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/src/host.rs
+++ b/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/src/host.rs
@@ -265,6 +265,26 @@ mod imp {
         p.find_files(glob, limit).map_err(error)
     }
 
+    pub fn project_exists(p: &ProjectRes, path: &str) -> Result<bool, Error> {
+        p.exists(path).map_err(error)
+    }
+
+    pub fn project_stat(p: &ProjectRes, path: &str) -> Result<FileStat, Error> {
+        use wit::workspace::FileKind as K;
+        p.stat(path)
+            .map(|s| FileStat {
+                kind: match s.kind {
+                    K::File => FileKind::File,
+                    K::Directory => FileKind::Directory,
+                    K::Symlink => FileKind::Symlink,
+                    K::Other => FileKind::Other,
+                },
+                size: s.size,
+                modified: s.modified,
+            })
+            .map_err(error)
+    }
+
     pub fn publish_diagnostics(path: &str, items: &[Diagnostic]) -> Result<(), Error> {
         use wit::diagnostics::{Diagnostic as D, RelatedInformation as R, Severity as S};
         let items: Vec<D> = items
@@ -424,11 +444,25 @@ impl Project {
     }
 
     /// Reads a UTF-8 file inside the project (absolute or root-relative);
-    /// unsaved editor contents win. Needs `project.read`.
+    /// unsaved editor contents win. A missing path is `Error::NotFound`.
+    /// Needs `project.read`.
     pub fn read_file(&self, path: &str) -> Result<String, Error> {
         imp::project_read(&self.inner, path)
     }
 
+    /// Whether `path` names an existing file or directory inside the project
+    /// — including hidden and ignored ones — without reading any content.
+    /// Needs `project.read`.
+    pub fn exists(&self, path: &str) -> Result<bool, Error> {
+        imp::project_exists(&self.inner, path)
+    }
+
+    /// Metadata of an existing path inside the project; a missing path is
+    /// `Error::NotFound`. Needs `project.read`.
+    pub fn stat(&self, path: &str) -> Result<FileStat, Error> {
+        imp::project_stat(&self.inner, path)
+    }
+
     /// The repository containing the project (`None`: not under git). Needs `vcs.read`.
     pub fn vcs_status(&self) -> Result<Option<RepositoryStatus>, Error> {
         imp::vcs_status(&self.inner)
diff --git a/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/src/mock.rs b/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/src/mock.rs
index 27c144a52..c49dd9b57 100644
--- a/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/src/mock.rs
+++ b/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/src/mock.rs
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ struct State {
     root: Option<String>,
     other_projects: Vec<String>,
     files: BTreeMap<String, String>,
+    dirs: BTreeSet<String>,
     editor: Option<Editor>,
     selected_paths: Vec<String>,
     notifications: Vec<Notification>,
@@ -149,6 +150,12 @@ impl MockHost {
         self.state.borrow_mut().files.insert(path.to_owned(), text.to_owned());
     }
 
+    /// A project directory `exists` and `stat` report (project-relative or
+    /// absolute path); file paths count as existing too.
+    pub fn add_dir(&self, path: &str) {
+        self.state.borrow_mut().dirs.insert(path.to_owned());
+    }
+
     /// Sets the paths invocations report as selected.
     pub fn select_paths(&self, paths: &[&str]) {
         self.state.borrow_mut().selected_paths = paths.iter().map(|p| (*p).to_owned()).collect();
@@ -527,14 +534,31 @@ pub mod current {
         })
     }
 
+    /// `path` inside `p`'s root as a project-relative key, or `Invalid` for a
+    /// path leaving the root (as the host does).
+    fn rel_in_root<'a>(p: &ProjectRes, path: &'a str) -> Result<&'a str, Error> {
+        let root = p.root.as_str();
+        let rel = path.strip_prefix(root).map(|p| p.trim_start_matches('/')).unwrap_or(path);
+        if rel.starts_with('/') || rel.split('/').any(|seg| seg == "..") {
+            return Err(Error::Invalid(format!("{path}: access outside the project root is not allowed")));
+        }
+        Ok(rel)
+    }
+
+    fn path_known(s: &State, p: &ProjectRes, path: &str, rel: &str) -> bool {
+        let root = p.root.as_str();
+        s.files.contains_key(rel)
+            || s.files.contains_key(path)
+            || s.dirs.contains(rel)
+            || s.dirs.contains(path)
+            || s.editor.as_ref().is_some_and(|e| e.path == path || e.path == format!("{root}/{rel}"))
+    }
+
     pub fn project_read(p: &ProjectRes, path: &str) -> Result<String, Error> {
         with(|s| {
             require(s, "project.read")?;
             let root = p.root.as_str();
-            let rel = path.strip_prefix(root).map(|p| p.trim_start_matches('/')).unwrap_or(path);
-            if rel.starts_with('/') || rel.split('/').any(|seg| seg == "..") {
-                return Err(Error::Invalid(format!("{path}: access outside the project root is not allowed")));
-            }
+            let rel = rel_in_root(p, path)?;
             let open = s.editor.as_ref().filter(|e| e.path == path || e.path == format!("{root}/{rel}"));
             if let Some(e) = open {
                 return Ok(e.text.clone());
@@ -543,6 +567,33 @@ pub mod current {
         })
     }
 
+    pub fn project_exists(p: &ProjectRes, path: &str) -> Result<bool, Error> {
+        with(|s| {
+            require(s, "project.read")?;
+            let rel = rel_in_root(p, path)?;
+            Ok(rel.is_empty() || path_known(s, p, path, rel))
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn project_stat(p: &ProjectRes, path: &str) -> Result<FileStat, Error> {
+        with(|s| {
+            require(s, "project.read")?;
+            let rel = rel_in_root(p, path)?;
+            if !path_known(s, p, path, rel) {
+                return if rel.is_empty() {
+                    Ok(FileStat { kind: FileKind::Directory, size: 0, modified: None })
+                } else {
+                    Err(Error::NotFound(path.into()))
+                };
+            }
+            let file = s.files.get(rel).or_else(|| s.files.get(path));
+            let open = s.editor.as_ref().filter(|e| e.path == path || e.path == format!("{}/{rel}", p.root));
+            let kind = if file.is_some() || open.is_some() { FileKind::File } else { FileKind::Directory };
+            let size = file.or_else(|| open.map(|e| &e.text)).map_or(0, |t| t.len() as u64);
+            Ok(FileStat { kind, size, modified: None })
+        })
+    }
+
     pub fn invocation_project(_: InvocationRef<'_>) -> Option<ProjectRes> {
         with(|s| s.root.clone().map(|root| MockProject { root }))
     }
@@ -891,6 +942,35 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(mock.tasks()[0].ended);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn exists_and_stat_report_missing_as_not_found() {
+        let mock = MockHost::install();
+        mock.add_file("src/a.txt", "hello");
+        mock.add_dir("src");
+        mock.add_dir(".hidden");
+        let project = mock.invocation().project().unwrap();
+        assert!(project.exists("src/a.txt").unwrap());
+        assert!(project.exists("src").unwrap());
+        assert!(project.exists(".hidden").unwrap());
+        assert!(project.exists("/project/src/a.txt").unwrap());
+        assert!(!project.exists("missing.txt").unwrap());
+        assert!(!project.exists("missing/dir").unwrap());
+        assert!(matches!(project.exists("../outside"), Err(Error::Invalid(_))));
+        assert!(matches!(project.read_file("missing.txt"), Err(Error::NotFound(_))));
+
+        let file = project.stat("src/a.txt").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!((file.kind, file.size), (FileKind::File, 5));
+        let dir = project.stat("src").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(dir.kind, FileKind::Directory);
+        assert!(matches!(project.stat("missing.txt"), Err(Error::NotFound(_))));
+        assert!(matches!(project.stat("../outside"), Err(Error::Invalid(_))));
+
+        let read_only = MockHost::install().with_capabilities(&[]);
+        let project = read_only.invocation().project().unwrap();
+        assert!(matches!(project.exists("x"), Err(Error::Denied(_))));
+        assert!(matches!(project.stat("x"), Err(Error::Denied(_))));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn versioned_edits() {
         let mock = MockHost::install();
diff --git a/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/src/types.rs b/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/src/types.rs
index 8538213a2..6f93cca82 100644
--- a/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/src/types.rs
+++ b/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/src/types.rs
@@ -294,6 +294,26 @@ pub struct RepositoryStatus {
     pub changed_files: u32,
 }
 
+/// What a path inside a project is, as [`crate::host::Project::stat`] reports it.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum FileKind {
+    File,
+    Directory,
+    Symlink,
+    #[default]
+    Other,
+}
+
+/// Metadata of a path inside a project.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct FileStat {
+    pub kind: FileKind,
+    /// Bytes, for a file.
+    pub size: u64,
+    /// Seconds since the Unix epoch; `None` when the file system does not track it.
+    pub modified: Option<u64>,
+}
+
 /// A file the commit being prepared changes ([`crate::host::pending_commit`]).
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct CommitChange {
diff --git a/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/wit/workspace.wit b/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/wit/workspace.wit
index f1d21fad2..bcf84e32e 100644
--- a/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/wit/workspace.wit
+++ b/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/wit/workspace.wit
@@ -3,14 +3,42 @@ package openidea:plugin@1.3.0;
 interface workspace {
     use types.{error};
 
+    /// What a path inside a project is.
+    enum file-kind {
+        file,
+        directory,
+        symlink,
+        other,
+    }
+
+    /// Metadata of a path inside a project, as `stat` reports it.
+    record file-stat {
+        kind: file-kind,
+        /// Bytes, for a file.
+        size: u64,
+        /// Seconds since the Unix epoch; `none` when the file system does
+        /// not track it.
+        modified: option<u64>,
+    }
+
     /// A project open in the IDE.
     resource project {
         /// Absolute path of the project root. Requires `project.read`.
         root: func() -> result<string, error>;
         /// Reads a UTF-8 text file inside the project (absolute, or relative
         /// to the root); paths leaving the root are refused. Unsaved editor
-        /// contents win over the disk. Requires `project.read`.
+        /// contents win over the disk. A missing path is `not-found`.
+        /// Requires `project.read`.
         read-file: func(path: string) -> result<string, error>;
+        /// Whether `path` (absolute, or relative to the root) names an
+        /// existing file or directory — including hidden and ignored ones,
+        /// without reading any content. Paths leaving the root are refused.
+        /// Requires `project.read`.
+        exists: func(path: string) -> result<bool, error>;
+        /// Metadata of an existing path inside the project (absolute, or
+        /// relative to the root); a missing path is `not-found` and paths
+        /// leaving the root are refused. Requires `project.read`.
+        stat: func(path: string) -> result<file-stat, error>;
         /// Project files whose root-relative path matches `glob` (`**/*Mapper.xml`),
         /// at most `limit`, as absolute paths. Ignored and excluded files are
         /// skipped. Requires `project.read`.
diff --git a/wit/workspace.wit b/wit/workspace.wit
index f1d21fad2..bcf84e32e 100644
--- a/wit/workspace.wit
+++ b/wit/workspace.wit
@@ -3,14 +3,42 @@ package openidea:plugin@1.3.0;
 interface workspace {
     use types.{error};
 
+    /// What a path inside a project is.
+    enum file-kind {
+        file,
+        directory,
+        symlink,
+        other,
+    }
+
+    /// Metadata of a path inside a project, as `stat` reports it.
+    record file-stat {
+        kind: file-kind,
+        /// Bytes, for a file.
+        size: u64,
+        /// Seconds since the Unix epoch; `none` when the file system does
+        /// not track it.
+        modified: option<u64>,
+    }
+
     /// A project open in the IDE.
     resource project {
         /// Absolute path of the project root. Requires `project.read`.
         root: func() -> result<string, error>;
         /// Reads a UTF-8 text file inside the project (absolute, or relative
         /// to the root); paths leaving the root are refused. Unsaved editor
-        /// contents win over the disk. Requires `project.read`.
+        /// contents win over the disk. A missing path is `not-found`.
+        /// Requires `project.read`.
         read-file: func(path: string) -> result<string, error>;
+        /// Whether `path` (absolute, or relative to the root) names an
+        /// existing file or directory — including hidden and ignored ones,
+        /// without reading any content. Paths leaving the root are refused.
+        /// Requires `project.read`.
+        exists: func(path: string) -> result<bool, error>;
+        /// Metadata of an existing path inside the project (absolute, or
+        /// relative to the root); a missing path is `not-found` and paths
+        /// leaving the root are refused. Requires `project.read`.
+        stat: func(path: string) -> result<file-stat, error>;
         /// Project files whose root-relative path matches `glob` (`**/*Mapper.xml`),
         /// at most `limit`, as absolute paths. Ignored and excluded files are
         /// skipped. Requires `project.read`.