diff --git a/packages/shared-frontend-utils/src/formatUtil.test.ts b/packages/shared-frontend-utils/src/formatUtil.test.ts
index 9b793fe91..a10d1d790 100644
--- a/packages/shared-frontend-utils/src/formatUtil.test.ts
+++ b/packages/shared-frontend-utils/src/formatUtil.test.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ describe('formatUtil', () => {
         { filename: 'image.jpeg', expected: 'image' },
         { filename: 'animation.gif', expected: 'image' },
         { filename: 'web.webp', expected: 'image' },
-        { filename: 'bitmap.bmp', expected: 'image' }
+        { filename: 'bitmap.bmp', expected: 'image' },
+        { filename: 'modern.avif', expected: 'image' }
       ]
 
       it.for(imageTestCases)(
@@ -96,26 +97,37 @@ describe('formatUtil', () => {
         expect(getMediaTypeFromFilename('scene.fbx')).toBe('3D')
         expect(getMediaTypeFromFilename('asset.gltf')).toBe('3D')
         expect(getMediaTypeFromFilename('binary.glb')).toBe('3D')
+        expect(getMediaTypeFromFilename('apple.usdz')).toBe('3D')
+      })
+    })
+
+    describe('text files', () => {
+      it('should identify text file extensions correctly', () => {
+        expect(getMediaTypeFromFilename('notes.txt')).toBe('text')
+        expect(getMediaTypeFromFilename('readme.md')).toBe('text')
+        expect(getMediaTypeFromFilename('data.json')).toBe('text')
+        expect(getMediaTypeFromFilename('table.csv')).toBe('text')
+        expect(getMediaTypeFromFilename('config.yaml')).toBe('text')
       })
     })
 
     describe('edge cases', () => {
       it('should handle empty strings', () => {
-        expect(getMediaTypeFromFilename('')).toBe('image')
+        expect(getMediaTypeFromFilename('')).toBe('other')
       })
 
       it('should handle files without extensions', () => {
-        expect(getMediaTypeFromFilename('README')).toBe('image')
+        expect(getMediaTypeFromFilename('README')).toBe('other')
       })
 
       it('should handle unknown extensions', () => {
-        expect(getMediaTypeFromFilename('document.pdf')).toBe('image')
-        expect(getMediaTypeFromFilename('data.json')).toBe('image')
+        expect(getMediaTypeFromFilename('document.pdf')).toBe('other')
+        expect(getMediaTypeFromFilename('archive.bin')).toBe('other')
       })
 
       it('should handle files with multiple dots', () => {
         expect(getMediaTypeFromFilename('my.file.name.png')).toBe('image')
-        expect(getMediaTypeFromFilename('archive.tar.gz')).toBe('image')
+        expect(getMediaTypeFromFilename('archive.tar.gz')).toBe('other')
       })
 
       it('should handle paths with directories', () => {
@@ -124,8 +136,8 @@ describe('formatUtil', () => {
       })
 
       it('should handle null and undefined gracefully', () => {
-        expect(getMediaTypeFromFilename(null)).toBe('image')
-        expect(getMediaTypeFromFilename(undefined)).toBe('image')
+        expect(getMediaTypeFromFilename(null)).toBe('other')
+        expect(getMediaTypeFromFilename(undefined)).toBe('other')
       })
 
       it('should handle special characters in filenames', () => {
diff --git a/packages/shared-frontend-utils/src/formatUtil.ts b/packages/shared-frontend-utils/src/formatUtil.ts
index d01820fe6..f610a0a8e 100644
--- a/packages/shared-frontend-utils/src/formatUtil.ts
+++ b/packages/shared-frontend-utils/src/formatUtil.ts
@@ -494,19 +494,41 @@ export function formatDuration(milliseconds: number): string {
   return parts.join(' ')
 }
 
-const IMAGE_EXTENSIONS = ['png', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'gif', 'webp', 'bmp'] as const
+const IMAGE_EXTENSIONS = [
+  'png',
+  'jpg',
+  'jpeg',
+  'gif',
+  'webp',
+  'bmp',
+  'avif',
+  'tif',
+  'tiff'
+] as const
 const VIDEO_EXTENSIONS = ['mp4', 'webm', 'mov', 'avi'] as const
 const AUDIO_EXTENSIONS = ['mp3', 'wav', 'ogg', 'flac'] as const
-const THREE_D_EXTENSIONS = ['obj', 'fbx', 'gltf', 'glb'] as const
+const THREE_D_EXTENSIONS = ['obj', 'fbx', 'gltf', 'glb', 'usdz'] as const
+const TEXT_EXTENSIONS = [
+  'txt',
+  'md',
+  'markdown',
+  'json',
+  'csv',
+  'yaml',
+  'yml',
+  'xml',
+  'log'
+] as const
 
-const MEDIA_TYPES = ['image', 'video', 'audio', '3D'] as const
-type MediaType = (typeof MEDIA_TYPES)[number]
+const MEDIA_TYPES = ['image', 'video', 'audio', '3D', 'text', 'other'] as const
+export type MediaType = (typeof MEDIA_TYPES)[number]
 
 // Type guard helper for checking array membership
 type ImageExtension = (typeof IMAGE_EXTENSIONS)[number]
 type VideoExtension = (typeof VIDEO_EXTENSIONS)[number]
 type AudioExtension = (typeof AUDIO_EXTENSIONS)[number]
 type ThreeDExtension = (typeof THREE_D_EXTENSIONS)[number]
+type TextExtension = (typeof TEXT_EXTENSIONS)[number]
 
 /**
  * Truncates a filename while preserving the extension
@@ -543,20 +565,21 @@ export function truncateFilename(
 /**
  * Determines the media type from a filename's extension (singular form)
  * @param filename The filename to analyze
- * @returns The media type: 'image', 'video', 'audio', or '3D'
+ * @returns The media type: 'image', 'video', 'audio', '3D', 'text', or 'other'
  */
 export function getMediaTypeFromFilename(
   filename: string | null | undefined
 ): MediaType {
-  if (!filename) return 'image'
+  if (!filename) return 'other'
   const ext = filename.split('.').pop()?.toLowerCase()
-  if (!ext) return 'image'
+  if (!ext) return 'other'
 
   // Type-safe array includes check using type assertion
   if (IMAGE_EXTENSIONS.includes(ext as ImageExtension)) return 'image'
   if (VIDEO_EXTENSIONS.includes(ext as VideoExtension)) return 'video'
   if (AUDIO_EXTENSIONS.includes(ext as AudioExtension)) return 'audio'
   if (THREE_D_EXTENSIONS.includes(ext as ThreeDExtension)) return '3D'
+  if (TEXT_EXTENSIONS.includes(ext as TextExtension)) return 'text'
 
-  return 'image'
+  return 'other'
 }
diff --git a/src/components/sidebar/tabs/AssetsSidebarListView.stories.ts b/src/components/sidebar/tabs/AssetsSidebarListView.stories.ts
index 70dc82493..add90360a 100644
--- a/src/components/sidebar/tabs/AssetsSidebarListView.stories.ts
+++ b/src/components/sidebar/tabs/AssetsSidebarListView.stories.ts
@@ -112,6 +112,22 @@ const sampleAssets: AssetItem[] = [
     created_at: baseTimestamp,
     size: 134217728,
     tags: []
+  },
+  {
+    id: 'asset-text-1',
+    name: 'generation-notes.txt',
+    created_at: baseTimestamp,
+    preview_url: '/assets/images/default-template.png',
+    size: 2048,
+    tags: []
+  },
+  {
+    id: 'asset-other-1',
+    name: 'workflow-payload.bin',
+    created_at: baseTimestamp,
+    preview_url: '/assets/images/default-template.png',
+    size: 4096,
+    tags: []
   }
 ]
 
@@ -134,6 +150,16 @@ export const RunningAndGenerated: Story = {
   render: renderAssetsSidebarListView
 }
 
+export const TextAndMiscGeneratedAssets: Story = {
+  args: {
+    assets: sampleAssets.filter((asset) =>
+      ['.txt', '.bin'].some((suffix) => asset.name.endsWith(suffix))
+    ),
+    jobs: []
+  },
+  render: renderAssetsSidebarListView
+}
+
 function renderAssetsSidebarListView(args: StoryArgs) {
   return {
     components: { AssetsSidebarListView },
diff --git a/src/components/sidebar/tabs/AssetsSidebarListView.test.ts b/src/components/sidebar/tabs/AssetsSidebarListView.test.ts
index a99e23b62..aa2d704f1 100644
--- a/src/components/sidebar/tabs/AssetsSidebarListView.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/sidebar/tabs/AssetsSidebarListView.test.ts
@@ -89,4 +89,21 @@ describe('AssetsSidebarListView', () => {
     expect(assetListItem?.props('previewUrl')).toBe('/api/view/clip.mp4')
     expect(assetListItem?.props('isVideoPreview')).toBe(true)
   })
+
+  it('uses icon fallback for text assets even when preview_url exists', () => {
+    const textAsset = {
+      ...buildAsset('text-asset', 'notes.txt'),
+      preview_url: '/api/view/notes.txt',
+      user_metadata: {}
+    } satisfies AssetItem
+
+    const wrapper = mountListView([buildOutputItem(textAsset)])
+
+    const listItems = wrapper.findAllComponents({ name: 'AssetsListItem' })
+    const assetListItem = listItems.at(-1)
+
+    expect(assetListItem).toBeDefined()
+    expect(assetListItem?.props('previewUrl')).toBe('')
+    expect(assetListItem?.props('isVideoPreview')).toBe(false)
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/components/sidebar/tabs/AssetsSidebarListView.vue b/src/components/sidebar/tabs/AssetsSidebarListView.vue
index 0f06ff7ca..e0192e2ae 100644
--- a/src/components/sidebar/tabs/AssetsSidebarListView.vue
+++ b/src/components/sidebar/tabs/AssetsSidebarListView.vue
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
                 item.isChild && 'pl-6'
               )
             "
-            :preview-url="item.asset.preview_url"
+            :preview-url="getAssetPreviewUrl(item.asset)"
             :preview-alt="item.asset.name"
             :icon-name="iconForMediaType(getAssetMediaType(item.asset))"
             :is-video-preview="isVideoAsset(item.asset)"
@@ -142,6 +142,14 @@ function isVideoAsset(asset: AssetItem): boolean {
   return getAssetMediaType(asset) === 'video'
 }
 
+function getAssetPreviewUrl(asset: AssetItem): string {
+  const mediaType = getAssetMediaType(asset)
+  if (mediaType === 'image' || mediaType === 'video') {
+    return asset.preview_url || ''
+  }
+  return ''
+}
+
 function getAssetSecondaryText(asset: AssetItem): string {
   const metadata = getOutputAssetMetadata(asset.user_metadata)
   if (typeof metadata?.executionTimeInSeconds === 'number') {
diff --git a/src/components/sidebar/tabs/AssetsSidebarTab.vue b/src/components/sidebar/tabs/AssetsSidebarTab.vue
index ccf7b9868..9cfbcdf93 100644
--- a/src/components/sidebar/tabs/AssetsSidebarTab.vue
+++ b/src/components/sidebar/tabs/AssetsSidebarTab.vue
@@ -204,13 +204,22 @@ import {
 } from '@vueuse/core'
 import Divider from 'primevue/divider'
 import { useToast } from 'primevue/usetoast'
-import { computed, nextTick, onMounted, onUnmounted, ref, watch } from 'vue'
+import {
+  computed,
+  defineAsyncComponent,
+  nextTick,
+  onMounted,
+  onUnmounted,
+  ref,
+  watch
+} from 'vue'
 import { useI18n } from 'vue-i18n'
 
 import NoResultsPlaceholder from '@/components/common/NoResultsPlaceholder.vue'
 // Lazy-loaded to avoid pulling THREE.js into the main bundle
-const Load3dViewerContent = () =>
-  import('@/components/load3d/Load3dViewerContent.vue')
+const Load3dViewerContent = defineAsyncComponent(
+  () => import('@/components/load3d/Load3dViewerContent.vue')
+)
 import AssetsSidebarGridView from '@/components/sidebar/tabs/AssetsSidebarGridView.vue'
 import AssetsSidebarListView from '@/components/sidebar/tabs/AssetsSidebarListView.vue'
 import SidebarTabTemplate from '@/components/sidebar/tabs/SidebarTabTemplate.vue'
diff --git a/src/platform/assets/components/MediaAssetCard.stories.ts b/src/platform/assets/components/MediaAssetCard.stories.ts
index d7ccc8ac0..d40bbc07f 100644
--- a/src/platform/assets/components/MediaAssetCard.stories.ts
+++ b/src/platform/assets/components/MediaAssetCard.stories.ts
@@ -141,6 +141,40 @@ export const AudioAsset: Story = {
   }
 }
 
+export const TextAsset: Story = {
+  decorators: [
+    () => ({
+      template: '<div style="max-width: 280px;"><story /></div>'
+    })
+  ],
+  args: {
+    asset: {
+      ...sampleAsset,
+      id: 'asset-5',
+      name: 'generation-notes.txt',
+      size: 2048,
+      preview_url: SAMPLE_MEDIA.image1
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export const OtherAsset: Story = {
+  decorators: [
+    () => ({
+      template: '<div style="max-width: 280px;"><story /></div>'
+    })
+  ],
+  args: {
+    asset: {
+      ...sampleAsset,
+      id: 'asset-6',
+      name: 'workflow-payload.bin',
+      size: 8192,
+      preview_url: SAMPLE_MEDIA.image1
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 export const LoadingState: Story = {
   decorators: [
     () => ({
diff --git a/src/platform/assets/components/MediaAssetCard.vue b/src/platform/assets/components/MediaAssetCard.vue
index f6179f303..7d86fd2de 100644
--- a/src/platform/assets/components/MediaAssetCard.vue
+++ b/src/platform/assets/components/MediaAssetCard.vue
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
       <!-- Content based on asset type -->
       <component
-        :is="getTopComponent(fileKind)"
+        :is="getTopComponent(previewKind)"
         v-else-if="asset && adaptedAsset"
         :asset="adaptedAsset"
         :context="{ type: assetType }"
@@ -152,17 +152,21 @@ import type { MediaKind } from '../schemas/mediaAssetSchema'
 import { MediaAssetKey } from '../schemas/mediaAssetSchema'
 import MediaTitle from './MediaTitle.vue'
 
+type PreviewKind = ReturnType<typeof getMediaTypeFromFilename>
+
 const mediaComponents = {
   top: {
     video: defineAsyncComponent(() => import('./MediaVideoTop.vue')),
     audio: defineAsyncComponent(() => import('./MediaAudioTop.vue')),
     image: defineAsyncComponent(() => import('./MediaImageTop.vue')),
-    '3D': defineAsyncComponent(() => import('./Media3DTop.vue'))
+    '3D': defineAsyncComponent(() => import('./Media3DTop.vue')),
+    text: defineAsyncComponent(() => import('./MediaTextTop.vue')),
+    other: defineAsyncComponent(() => import('./MediaOtherTop.vue'))
   }
 }
 
-function getTopComponent(kind: MediaKind) {
-  return mediaComponents.top[kind] || mediaComponents.top.image
+function getTopComponent(kind: PreviewKind) {
+  return mediaComponents.top[kind] || mediaComponents.top.other
 }
 
 const { asset, loading, selected, showOutputCount, outputCount } = defineProps<{
@@ -206,7 +210,11 @@ const assetType = computed(() => {
 
 // Determine file type from extension
 const fileKind = computed((): MediaKind => {
-  return getMediaTypeFromFilename(asset?.name || '') as MediaKind
+  return getMediaTypeFromFilename(asset?.name || '')
+})
+
+const previewKind = computed((): PreviewKind => {
+  return getMediaTypeFromFilename(asset?.name || '')
 })
 
 // Get filename without extension
diff --git a/src/platform/assets/components/MediaOtherTop.vue b/src/platform/assets/components/MediaOtherTop.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e976e9be7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform/assets/components/MediaOtherTop.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<template>
+  <div class="relative size-full overflow-hidden rounded">
+    <div
+      class="flex size-full items-center justify-center bg-modal-card-placeholder-background transition-transform duration-300 group-hover:scale-105 group-data-[selected=true]:scale-105"
+    >
+      <i class="icon-[lucide--check-check] text-3xl text-base-foreground" />
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</template>
diff --git a/src/platform/assets/components/MediaTextTop.vue b/src/platform/assets/components/MediaTextTop.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..048151e97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform/assets/components/MediaTextTop.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<template>
+  <div class="relative size-full overflow-hidden rounded">
+    <div
+      class="flex size-full items-center justify-center bg-modal-card-placeholder-background transition-transform duration-300 group-hover:scale-105 group-data-[selected=true]:scale-105"
+    >
+      <i class="icon-[lucide--text] text-3xl text-base-foreground" />
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</template>
diff --git a/src/platform/assets/schemas/mediaAssetSchema.ts b/src/platform/assets/schemas/mediaAssetSchema.ts
index 818db6b4a..acd909e00 100644
--- a/src/platform/assets/schemas/mediaAssetSchema.ts
+++ b/src/platform/assets/schemas/mediaAssetSchema.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,14 @@ import { z } from 'zod'
 
 import { assetItemSchema } from './assetSchema'
 
-const zMediaKindSchema = z.enum(['video', 'audio', 'image', '3D'])
+const zMediaKindSchema = z.enum([
+  'video',
+  'audio',
+  'image',
+  '3D',
+  'text',
+  'other'
+])
 export type MediaKind = z.infer<typeof zMediaKindSchema>
 
 const zDimensionsSchema = z.object({
diff --git a/src/platform/assets/utils/mediaIconUtil.test.ts b/src/platform/assets/utils/mediaIconUtil.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b7dfdc0fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform/assets/utils/mediaIconUtil.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+
+import { iconForMediaType } from './mediaIconUtil'
+
+describe('iconForMediaType', () => {
+  it('maps text and misc fallbacks correctly', () => {
+    expect(iconForMediaType('text')).toBe('icon-[lucide--text]')
+    expect(iconForMediaType('other')).toBe('icon-[lucide--check-check]')
+  })
+
+  it('preserves existing mappings for core media types', () => {
+    expect(iconForMediaType('image')).toBe('icon-[lucide--image]')
+    expect(iconForMediaType('video')).toBe('icon-[lucide--video]')
+    expect(iconForMediaType('audio')).toBe('icon-[lucide--music]')
+    expect(iconForMediaType('3D')).toBe('icon-[lucide--box]')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/platform/assets/utils/mediaIconUtil.ts b/src/platform/assets/utils/mediaIconUtil.ts
index d698fa610..587bc4a79 100644
--- a/src/platform/assets/utils/mediaIconUtil.ts
+++ b/src/platform/assets/utils/mediaIconUtil.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ export function iconForMediaType(mediaType: MediaKind): string {
       return 'icon-[lucide--music]'
     case '3D':
       return 'icon-[lucide--box]'
+    case 'text':
+      return 'icon-[lucide--text]'
+    case 'other':
+      return 'icon-[lucide--check-check]'
     default:
       return 'icon-[lucide--image]'
   }