diff --git a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/folder-breadcrumbs.ts b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/folder-breadcrumbs.ts
index 67e333a5c9b..7a2b3d88f50 100644
--- a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/folder-breadcrumbs.ts
+++ b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/folder-breadcrumbs.ts
@@ -1,60 +1,114 @@
 import type { ElementType } from 'react'
+import { folderAncestorChain } from '@/lib/folders/tree'
 import type {
   BreadcrumbEditing,
   BreadcrumbItem,
   DropdownOption,
 } from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/resource/components/resource-header'
-import type { WorkflowFolder } from '@/stores/folders/types'
 
-export interface FolderBreadcrumbItemsOptions {
-  /** Root crumb label — the page's own name ("Knowledge Base", "Tables"). */
+/**
+ * Structural rather than `WorkflowFolder` so the Files tree — same `folder` table, own routes
+ * and row type (see `servedFolderResourceTypeSchema` in `@/lib/api/contracts/folders`) — shares
+ * this code path instead of forking it.
+ */
+export interface BreadcrumbFolder {
+  id: string
+  name: string
+  parentId: string | null
+}
+
+const EMPTY_CHAIN: never[] = []
+
+/**
+ * Root-first ancestor chain, that folder last, or empty when it does not reach the root —
+ * where {@link folderAncestorChain} would hand back the part it walked.
+ *
+ * A partial path is not a shorter path, it is a wrong one: it claims the deepest folder it
+ * resolved sits at the workspace root. Falling back to the root title is the honest render.
+ * Completeness is `chain[0].parentId === null`, which also rejects a cycle. Callers must pass
+ * the complete tree — see `FolderAncestors.foldersResolved`.
+ */
+export function breadcrumbFolderChain<T extends BreadcrumbFolder>(
+  folderId: string | null | undefined,
+  folderById: ReadonlyMap<string, T>
+): T[] {
+  const chain = folderAncestorChain(folderId, (id) => folderById.get(id))
+  return chain.length === 0 || chain[0].parentId === null ? chain : EMPTY_CHAIN
+}
+
+interface FolderBreadcrumbItemsBase {
+  /** Root crumb label — the page's own name ("Knowledge bases", "Tables"). */
   rootLabel: string
   rootIcon?: ElementType
-  /** Root-first ancestor chain of the open folder, from `useFolderNavigation`. */
-  breadcrumbs: WorkflowFolder[]
+  /** Root-first ancestor chain, from {@link folderAncestorChain}. */
+  breadcrumbs: BreadcrumbFolder[]
   /** Called with the folder to open, or `null` for the workspace root. */
   onNavigate: (folderId: string | null) => void
+}
+
+/** A list page: the deepest folder is where you are, so its crumb carries the rename and menu. */
+interface FolderListBreadcrumbOptions extends FolderBreadcrumbItemsBase {
   /** Menu attached to the open folder's crumb (rename, delete, …). */
   currentFolderActions?: DropdownOption[]
   /** Inline rename bound to the open folder's crumb. */
   currentFolderEditing?: BreadcrumbEditing
+  trailing?: never
+}
+
+/** A detail page: the open resource is where you are, so every folder crumb navigates. */
+interface FolderDetailBreadcrumbOptions extends FolderBreadcrumbItemsBase {
+  /**
+   * Crumbs appended after the folder trail — the resource open on a detail page, plus
+   * anything nested under it (a knowledge base's document, that document's chunk).
+   */
+  trailing: BreadcrumbItem[]
+  currentFolderActions?: never
+  currentFolderEditing?: never
 }
 
 /**
- * Converts a folder ancestor chain into the `BreadcrumbItem[]` that `Resource.Header`
- * renders.
+ * The two modes are disjoint by construction rather than by convention: an open-folder rename
+ * or menu acts on the folder you are inside, which on a detail page you are not. Expressed as
+ * a union so passing both is a compile error instead of a handler that silently never fires.
+ */
+export type FolderBreadcrumbItemsOptions =
+  | FolderListBreadcrumbOptions
+  | FolderDetailBreadcrumbOptions
+
+const NO_TRAILING_CRUMBS: BreadcrumbItem[] = []
+
+/**
+ * Builds the `BreadcrumbItem[]` for a list page (`Tables / Reports`) or a detail page
+ * (`Tables / Reports / Q3`).
  *
  * A plain builder rather than a component: `Resource.Header` already owns every piece of
  * breadcrumb chrome — the root-crumb "Path" popover, segment width allocation, overflow
- * tooltips, and the rule that a single-element trail renders as a plain page title. A
- * sibling crumb component would have to fork all of it, which is exactly what this shared
- * directory exists to prevent.
- *
- * The trail always starts with the root crumb, so at the workspace root the result has
- * length 1 and the header renders the page title unchanged.
+ * tooltips, and the rule that a single-element trail renders as a plain page title. A sibling
+ * crumb component would have to fork all of it, which is what this directory exists to prevent.
  */
-export function folderBreadcrumbItems({
-  rootLabel,
-  rootIcon,
-  breadcrumbs,
-  onNavigate,
-  currentFolderActions,
-  currentFolderEditing,
-}: FolderBreadcrumbItemsOptions): BreadcrumbItem[] {
+export function folderBreadcrumbItems(options: FolderBreadcrumbItemsOptions): BreadcrumbItem[] {
+  const { rootLabel, rootIcon, breadcrumbs, onNavigate } = options
+  const trailing = options.trailing ?? NO_TRAILING_CRUMBS
+
   const items: BreadcrumbItem[] = [
     { label: rootLabel, icon: rootIcon, onClick: () => onNavigate(null) },
   ]
 
   breadcrumbs.forEach((folder, index) => {
-    const isCurrent = index === breadcrumbs.length - 1
-    /** The open folder is where you already are, so its crumb is not a navigation target. */
+    /** Where you already are — and on a detail page that is a trailing crumb, not a folder. */
+    const isOpenFolder = trailing.length === 0 && index === breadcrumbs.length - 1
     items.push({
       label: folder.name,
-      onClick: isCurrent ? undefined : () => onNavigate(folder.id),
-      dropdownItems: isCurrent && currentFolderActions?.length ? currentFolderActions : undefined,
-      editing: isCurrent ? currentFolderEditing : undefined,
+      onClick: isOpenFolder ? undefined : () => onNavigate(folder.id),
+      dropdownItems:
+        isOpenFolder && options.currentFolderActions?.length
+          ? options.currentFolderActions
+          : undefined,
+      editing: isOpenFolder ? options.currentFolderEditing : undefined,
     })
   })
 
+  items.push(...trailing)
+
   return items
 }
diff --git a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/foldered-resources.ts b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/foldered-resources.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f370e98762c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/foldered-resources.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import type { ElementType } from 'react'
+import { Database, File as FileIcon, Table as TableIcon } from '@sim/emcn/icons'
+import type { FolderResourceType } from '@/lib/api/contracts/folders'
+import { folderListHref } from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/search-params'
+
+/**
+ * The foldered resources that render a `Resource.Header` breadcrumb trail. A subset of
+ * {@link FolderResourceType}: workflows are foldered too, but they live in the editor sidebar
+ * rather than on a list page with a header.
+ */
+export type FolderedHeaderResourceType = Extract<
+  FolderResourceType,
+  'file' | 'knowledge_base' | 'table'
+>
+
+export interface FolderedResourceHeaderMeta {
+  /** Root crumb label, and the page title at the workspace root. */
+  rootLabel: string
+  /** Icon on the root crumb, which is also what opens the header's "Path" popover. */
+  rootIcon: ElementType
+  /** Path segment of the list page under `/workspace/[workspaceId]/`. */
+  listSegment: string
+}
+
+/**
+ * The per-resource facts a foldered header needs, in one place.
+ *
+ * Each was previously restated at every surface rendering that resource — list page, detail
+ * page, and for knowledge bases the document and chunk views — which is how one trail ends up
+ * labelled differently depending on which page you reached it from.
+ */
+export const FOLDERED_RESOURCE_HEADERS: Record<
+  FolderedHeaderResourceType,
+  FolderedResourceHeaderMeta
+> = {
+  file: { rootLabel: 'Files', rootIcon: FileIcon, listSegment: 'files' },
+  knowledge_base: { rootLabel: 'Knowledge bases', rootIcon: Database, listSegment: 'knowledge' },
+  table: { rootLabel: 'Tables', rootIcon: TableIcon, listSegment: 'tables' },
+}
+
+/**
+ * Href of a foldered resource's list page, opened at `folderId` or at its workspace root.
+ *
+ * Detail pages navigate to a different route, so their breadcrumb folder crumbs cannot use the
+ * nuqs setter — it only mutates the query of the current path.
+ */
+export function folderedResourceListHref(
+  resourceType: FolderedHeaderResourceType,
+  workspaceId: string,
+  folderId: string | null
+): string {
+  const { listSegment } = FOLDERED_RESOURCE_HEADERS[resourceType]
+  return folderListHref(`/workspace/${workspaceId}/${listSegment}`, folderId)
+}
diff --git a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/folders.test.ts b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/folders.test.ts
index 9818053d6e4..994dfaf5e49 100644
--- a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/folders.test.ts
+++ b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/folders.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
  * @vitest-environment node
  */
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
-import { folderBreadcrumbItems } from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/folder-breadcrumbs'
+import { folderAncestorChain } from '@/lib/folders/tree'
+import {
+  breadcrumbFolderChain,
+  folderBreadcrumbItems,
+} from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/folder-breadcrumbs'
 import { nextUntitledFolderName } from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/folder-naming'
 import {
   folderRowId,
@@ -238,4 +242,92 @@ describe('folderBreadcrumbItems', () => {
     expect(items[2].editing).toBe(currentFolderEditing)
     expect(items[2].dropdownItems).toBe(currentFolderActions)
   })
+
+  it('appends the trailing crumbs of a detail page after the folder chain', () => {
+    const items = folderBreadcrumbItems({
+      rootLabel: 'Tables',
+      breadcrumbs: [makeFolder('root', null, { name: 'Alpha' })],
+      onNavigate: vi.fn(),
+      trailing: [{ label: 'Q3' }],
+    })
+    expect(items.map((item) => item.label)).toEqual(['Tables', 'Alpha', 'Q3'])
+  })
+
+  it('makes every folder crumb navigable once a trailing crumb is where you are', () => {
+    const onNavigate = vi.fn()
+    const items = folderBreadcrumbItems({
+      rootLabel: 'Tables',
+      breadcrumbs: [makeFolder('root'), makeFolder('leaf', 'root')],
+      onNavigate,
+      trailing: [{ label: 'Q3' }],
+    })
+
+    items[2].onClick?.()
+    expect(onNavigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith('leaf')
+  })
+
+  it('leaves the deepest folder crumb plain on a detail page — the rename and menu are list-only', () => {
+    const items = folderBreadcrumbItems({
+      rootLabel: 'Tables',
+      breadcrumbs: [makeFolder('leaf')],
+      onNavigate: vi.fn(),
+      trailing: [{ label: 'Q3' }],
+    })
+
+    expect(items[1].dropdownItems).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(items[1].editing).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+})
+
+describe('breadcrumbFolderChain', () => {
+  function mapOf(...folders: WorkflowFolder[]) {
+    return new Map(folders.map((folder) => [folder.id, folder]))
+  }
+
+  it('returns nothing at the workspace root', () => {
+    expect(breadcrumbFolderChain(null, mapOf(makeFolder('a')))).toEqual([])
+    expect(breadcrumbFolderChain(undefined, mapOf(makeFolder('a')))).toEqual([])
+  })
+
+  it('walks parentId up to the root and returns the chain root-first', () => {
+    const chain = breadcrumbFolderChain(
+      'leaf',
+      mapOf(makeFolder('root'), makeFolder('mid', 'root'), makeFolder('leaf', 'mid'))
+    )
+    expect(chain.map((folder) => folder.id)).toEqual(['root', 'mid', 'leaf'])
+  })
+
+  it('collapses the whole chain when an ancestor does not resolve, rather than skipping a level', () => {
+    const chain = breadcrumbFolderChain('leaf', mapOf(makeFolder('leaf', 'gone')))
+    expect(chain).toEqual([])
+  })
+
+  it('collapses a parent cycle the DB permits between constraint checks, rather than hanging', () => {
+    const chain = breadcrumbFolderChain('a', mapOf(makeFolder('a', 'b'), makeFolder('b', 'a')))
+    expect(chain).toEqual([])
+  })
+
+  it('collapses a chain the folder map is still too incomplete to root', () => {
+    const chain = breadcrumbFolderChain(
+      'leaf',
+      mapOf(makeFolder('mid', 'root'), makeFolder('leaf', 'mid'))
+    )
+    expect(chain).toEqual([])
+  })
+})
+
+describe('folderAncestorChain', () => {
+  it('keeps the part it walked when a link does not resolve — the breadcrumb rule is a wrapper', () => {
+    const folders: Record<string, WorkflowFolder> = { leaf: makeFolder('leaf', 'gone') }
+    const chain = folderAncestorChain('leaf', (id) => folders[id])
+    expect(chain.map((folder) => folder.id)).toEqual(['leaf'])
+  })
+
+  it('stops on a cycle instead of looping forever', () => {
+    const folders: Record<string, WorkflowFolder> = {
+      a: makeFolder('a', 'b'),
+      b: makeFolder('b', 'a'),
+    }
+    expect(folderAncestorChain('a', (id) => folders[id]).map((f) => f.id)).toEqual(['b', 'a'])
+  })
 })
diff --git a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/index.ts b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/index.ts
index 784f44af960..aee06919742 100644
--- a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/index.ts
+++ b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/index.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
-export type { FolderBreadcrumbItemsOptions } from './folder-breadcrumbs'
-export { folderBreadcrumbItems } from './folder-breadcrumbs'
+export type { BreadcrumbFolder, FolderBreadcrumbItemsOptions } from './folder-breadcrumbs'
+export { breadcrumbFolderChain, folderBreadcrumbItems } from './folder-breadcrumbs'
 export { FolderContextMenu } from './folder-context-menu'
 export { nextUntitledFolderName } from './folder-naming'
 export type { FolderRowOptions } from './folder-row'
 export { folderRow } from './folder-row'
 export type { FolderedRowKind, ParsedFolderedRowId } from './folder-row-id'
 export { folderRowId, parseFolderedRowId } from './folder-row-id'
+export type {
+  FolderedHeaderResourceType,
+  FolderedResourceHeaderMeta,
+} from './foldered-resources'
+export { FOLDERED_RESOURCE_HEADERS, folderedResourceListHref } from './foldered-resources'
 export type { BuildMoveOptionsParams, MoveOptionNode } from './move-options'
 export {
   buildDescendantIndex,
@@ -18,6 +23,8 @@ export {
 export type { SortableResource } from './resource-sort'
 export { sortResources } from './resource-sort'
 export { folderNavParsers, folderNavUrlKeys } from './search-params'
+export type { FolderAncestors, UseFolderAncestorsOptions } from './use-folder-ancestors'
+export { useFolderAncestors } from './use-folder-ancestors'
 export type { FolderNavigation, UseFolderNavigationOptions } from './use-folder-navigation'
 export { useFolderNavigation } from './use-folder-navigation'
 export type { UseFolderRowDragDropOptions } from './use-folder-row-drag-drop'
diff --git a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/search-params.ts b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/search-params.ts
index ceaca0e9b4d..583f45d6a9c 100644
--- a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/search-params.ts
+++ b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/search-params.ts
@@ -23,3 +23,13 @@ export const folderNavUrlKeys = {
   history: 'push',
   clearOnDefault: true,
 } as const
+
+/**
+ * Href of a foldered list page opened at `folderId`, or of its workspace root when `null`.
+ *
+ * Lives here so a hand-built link cannot drift from {@link folderNavParsers} on the wire key.
+ */
+export function folderListHref(listPath: string, folderId: string | null): string {
+  if (!folderId) return listPath
+  return `${listPath}?${new URLSearchParams({ folderId })}`
+}
diff --git a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/use-folder-ancestors.ts b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/use-folder-ancestors.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5ea6a97cf8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/use-folder-ancestors.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+'use client'
+
+import { useMemo } from 'react'
+import type { ServedFolderResourceType } from '@/lib/api/contracts/folders'
+import { breadcrumbFolderChain } from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/folder-breadcrumbs'
+import { useFolders } from '@/hooks/queries/folders'
+import type { WorkflowFolder } from '@/stores/folders/types'
+
+export interface UseFolderAncestorsOptions {
+  resourceType: ServedFolderResourceType
+  workspaceId?: string
+  /**
+   * The folder to build the chain for — the open folder on a list page, or the resource's
+   * own `folderId` on a detail page.
+   */
+  folderId: string | null | undefined
+  /**
+   * Set `false` on a surface that renders no breadcrumb trail — the embedded table view — so
+   * it does not fetch a folder tree it will never show.
+   */
+  enabled?: boolean
+}
+
+export interface FolderAncestors {
+  /**
+   * Root-first ancestor chain of `folderId`, that folder last. Empty at the workspace root,
+   * and empty while the folder list is still loading or when the id no longer resolves (a
+   * deleted folder, a stale bookmark, a resource moved by someone else) — callers render the
+   * root trail rather than a path that skips a level.
+   */
+  ancestors: WorkflowFolder[]
+  /** Every active folder in this resource's tree, as returned by the folders API. */
+  folders: WorkflowFolder[]
+  folderById: Map<string, WorkflowFolder>
+  /**
+   * Whether `folders`/`folderById` can be trusted to be the COMPLETE set for this workspace.
+   *
+   * Deliberately exposed instead of `isLoading`, which is a footgun here: it is false for a
+   * disabled query (no `workspaceId`), false for an errored one, and — because `useFolders`
+   * sets `keepPreviousData` — false while the previous workspace's folders are still on screen
+   * during a switch. A caller deciding "this resource's `folderId` does not resolve, so treat it
+   * as an orphan" off `isLoading` would dump every foldered row at the root in all three.
+   */
+  foldersResolved: boolean
+}
+
+const EMPTY_FOLDERS: WorkflowFolder[] = []
+
+/**
+ * The folder tree for one resource type, plus the ancestor chain of a single folder in it.
+ *
+ * Shared by {@link useFolderNavigation} (which passes the URL's open folder) and by detail
+ * pages (which pass the open resource's own `folderId`), so a table's header trail and the
+ * table list's header trail are built from the same tree by the same walk.
+ */
+export function useFolderAncestors({
+  resourceType,
+  workspaceId,
+  folderId,
+  enabled,
+}: UseFolderAncestorsOptions): FolderAncestors {
+  const {
+    data: folders = EMPTY_FOLDERS,
+    isSuccess,
+    isPlaceholderData,
+  } = useFolders(workspaceId, { resourceType, enabled })
+
+  const folderById = useMemo(() => {
+    const byId = new Map<string, WorkflowFolder>()
+    for (const folder of folders) byId.set(folder.id, folder)
+    return byId
+  }, [folders])
+
+  const ancestors = useMemo(
+    () => breadcrumbFolderChain(folderId, folderById),
+    [folderId, folderById]
+  )
+
+  return {
+    ancestors,
+    folders,
+    folderById,
+    foldersResolved: isSuccess && !isPlaceholderData,
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/use-folder-navigation.ts b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/use-folder-navigation.ts
index 71a9d01e9e3..19eb8f3e7d2 100644
--- a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/use-folder-navigation.ts
+++ b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/use-folder-navigation.ts
@@ -1,48 +1,28 @@
 'use client'
 
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo } from 'react'
+import { useCallback, useEffect } from 'react'
 import { useQueryStates } from 'nuqs'
 import type { ServedFolderResourceType } from '@/lib/api/contracts/folders'
 import {
   folderNavParsers,
   folderNavUrlKeys,
 } from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/search-params'
-import { useFolders } from '@/hooks/queries/folders'
-import type { WorkflowFolder } from '@/stores/folders/types'
+import {
+  type FolderAncestors,
+  useFolderAncestors,
+} from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/use-folder-ancestors'
 
 export interface UseFolderNavigationOptions {
   resourceType: ServedFolderResourceType
   workspaceId?: string
 }
 
-export interface FolderNavigation {
+export interface FolderNavigation extends FolderAncestors {
   /** The open folder, or `null` at the workspace root. */
   currentFolderId: string | null
   setCurrentFolderId: (folderId: string | null) => void
-  /**
-   * Root-first ancestor chain of the open folder, the open folder last. Empty at the root,
-   * and empty while the folder list is still loading or when the id no longer resolves (a
-   * deleted folder or a stale bookmark) — callers fall back to the root listing rather than
-   * rendering a broken trail.
-   */
-  breadcrumbs: WorkflowFolder[]
-  /** Every active folder in this resource's tree, as returned by the folders API. */
-  folders: WorkflowFolder[]
-  folderById: Map<string, WorkflowFolder>
-  /**
-   * Whether `folders`/`folderById` can be trusted to be the COMPLETE set for this workspace.
-   *
-   * Deliberately exposed instead of `isLoading`, which is a footgun here: it is false for a
-   * disabled query (no `workspaceId`), false for an errored one, and — because `useFolders`
-   * sets `keepPreviousData` — false while the previous workspace's folders are still on screen
-   * during a switch. A caller deciding "this resource's `folderId` does not resolve, so treat it
-   * as an orphan" off `isLoading` would dump every foldered row at the root in all three.
-   */
-  foldersResolved: boolean
 }
 
-const EMPTY_FOLDERS: WorkflowFolder[] = []
-
 /**
  * URL-backed folder navigation for a foldered resource list. Deliberately
  * resourceType-agnostic — the Workflows, Files, Knowledge, and Tables trees are separate
@@ -61,21 +41,12 @@ export function useFolderNavigation({
     folderNavUrlKeys
   )
 
-  const {
-    data: folders = EMPTY_FOLDERS,
-    isSuccess,
-    isPlaceholderData,
-  } = useFolders(workspaceId, { resourceType })
-
-  /**
-   * The folder list is only trustworthy enough to evict a `folderId` when the query has
-   * actually succeeded for THIS workspace. `isLoading` alone is not that signal: it is false
-   * for a disabled query (no `workspaceId`), false for an errored one, and — because
-   * `useFolders` sets `keepPreviousData` — false while showing the previous workspace's
-   * folders during a workspace switch. In all three the list is empty or stale, and healing
-   * off it would throw away a perfectly good folder.
-   */
-  const foldersResolved = isSuccess && !isPlaceholderData
+  const ancestry = useFolderAncestors({
+    resourceType,
+    workspaceId,
+    folderId: currentFolderId,
+  })
+  const { folderById, foldersResolved } = ancestry
 
   const setCurrentFolderId = useCallback(
     (folderId: string | null) => {
@@ -84,12 +55,6 @@ export function useFolderNavigation({
     [setFolderParams]
   )
 
-  const folderById = useMemo(() => {
-    const byId = new Map<string, WorkflowFolder>()
-    for (const folder of folders) byId.set(folder.id, folder)
-    return byId
-  }, [folders])
-
   /**
    * Heals a `?folderId=` that no longer resolves — a bookmark to a folder since deleted, or a
    * link from someone whose workspace it was not.
@@ -114,36 +79,5 @@ export function useFolderNavigation({
     void setFolderParams({ folderId: null }, { history: 'replace' })
   }, [foldersResolved, currentFolderId, folderById, setFolderParams])
 
-  const breadcrumbs = useMemo(() => {
-    if (!currentFolderId) return EMPTY_FOLDERS
-
-    /**
-     * Walks up via `parentId` rather than splitting a materialized path — the generic
-     * folder table stores no path — and guards against a cycle, which the DB permits
-     * between constraint checks. An unresolvable link collapses the whole trail so the
-     * header falls back to the root title instead of rendering a partial path.
-     */
-    const chain: WorkflowFolder[] = []
-    const seen = new Set<string>()
-    let cursor: string | null = currentFolderId
-
-    while (cursor && !seen.has(cursor)) {
-      seen.add(cursor)
-      const folder: WorkflowFolder | undefined = folderById.get(cursor)
-      if (!folder) return EMPTY_FOLDERS
-      chain.unshift(folder)
-      cursor = folder.parentId
-    }
-
-    return chain
-  }, [currentFolderId, folderById])
-
-  return {
-    currentFolderId,
-    setCurrentFolderId,
-    breadcrumbs,
-    folders,
-    folderById,
-    foldersResolved,
-  }
+  return { ...ancestry, currentFolderId, setCurrentFolderId }
 }
diff --git a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/files/files.tsx b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/files/files.tsx
index bb716412d30..a79347de310 100644
--- a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/files/files.tsx
+++ b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/files/files.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {
   Columns2,
   type ComboboxOption,
   Eye,
-  File as FilesIcon,
   Folder,
   FolderPlus,
   Loader,
@@ -67,6 +66,10 @@ import type {
   SortableResource,
 } from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders'
 import {
+  breadcrumbFolderChain,
+  FOLDERED_RESOURCE_HEADERS,
+  folderBreadcrumbItems,
+  folderedResourceListHref,
   parseMoveOptionValue,
   ROOT_MOVE_OPTION_VALUE,
   sortResources,
@@ -136,6 +139,8 @@ type FileListEntry =
 
 const logger = createLogger('Files')
 
+const FILES_HEADER = FOLDERED_RESOURCE_HEADERS.file
+
 const FOLDER_ICON = <Folder className='size-[14px]' />
 
 /** Folders' value in the `type` column — also their sort key when that column is active. */
@@ -432,7 +437,6 @@ export function Files() {
   ) : null
 
   const folderById = useMemo(() => new Map(folders.map((folder) => [folder.id, folder])), [folders])
-  const currentFolder = currentFolderId ? (folderById.get(currentFolderId) ?? null) : null
 
   const folderSizeMap = useMemo(() => {
     const directSize = new Map<string, number>()
@@ -475,7 +479,6 @@ export function Files() {
     for (const folder of folders) getTotal(folder.id)
     return totalSize
   }, [files, folders])
-  const currentFolderPath = currentFolder?.path ?? null
 
   const visibleFolders = useMemo(() => {
     const siblings = folders.filter((folder) => (folder.parentId ?? null) === currentFolderId)
@@ -1104,11 +1107,7 @@ export function Files() {
       if (target.fileIds.includes(fileIdFromRouteRef.current ?? '')) {
         setIsDirty(false)
         setSaveStatus('idle')
-        router.push(
-          currentFolderId
-            ? `/workspace/${workspaceId}/files?folderId=${currentFolderId}`
-            : `/workspace/${workspaceId}/files`
-        )
+        router.push(folderedResourceListHref('file', workspaceId, currentFolderId))
       }
     } catch (err) {
       logger.error('Failed to delete file:', err)
@@ -1226,55 +1225,40 @@ export function Files() {
     await downloadArchive({ fileIds: selectedFileIds, folderIds: selectedFolderIds })
   }, [selectedFileIds, selectedFolderIds, files, handleDownload, downloadArchive, workspaceId])
 
-  const fileDetailBreadcrumbs = useMemo(() => {
+  const fileDetailBreadcrumbs = useMemo((): BreadcrumbItem[] => {
     if (!selectedFile) return []
 
-    const folderBreadcrumbs: BreadcrumbItem[] = []
-    const visitedFolderIds = new Set<string>()
-    let folderId = selectedFile.folderId
-
-    while (folderId && !visitedFolderIds.has(folderId)) {
-      visitedFolderIds.add(folderId)
-      const folder = folderById.get(folderId)
-      if (!folder) break
-
-      folderBreadcrumbs.unshift({
-        label: folder.name,
-        onClick: () =>
-          handleNavigateFromFileDetail(`/workspace/${workspaceId}/files?folderId=${folder.id}`),
-      })
-      folderId = folder.parentId
-    }
-
-    return [
-      {
-        label: 'Files',
-        onClick: () => handleNavigateFromFileDetail(`/workspace/${workspaceId}/files`),
-      },
-      ...folderBreadcrumbs,
-      {
-        label: selectedFile.name,
-        editing: headerRename.editingId
-          ? {
-              isEditing: true,
-              value: headerRename.editValue,
-              onChange: headerRename.setEditValue,
-              onSubmit: headerRename.submitRename,
-              onCancel: headerRename.cancelRename,
-            }
-          : undefined,
-        dropdownItems: [
-          { label: 'Download', icon: Download, onClick: handleDownloadSelected },
-          ...(canEdit
-            ? [
-                { label: 'Rename', icon: Pencil, onClick: handleStartHeaderRename },
-                { label: 'Share', icon: Send, onClick: handleShareSelected },
-                { label: 'Delete', icon: Trash, onClick: handleDeleteSelected },
-              ]
-            : []),
-        ],
-      },
-    ]
+    return folderBreadcrumbItems({
+      rootLabel: FILES_HEADER.rootLabel,
+      rootIcon: FILES_HEADER.rootIcon,
+      breadcrumbs: breadcrumbFolderChain(selectedFile.folderId, folderById),
+      onNavigate: (folderId) =>
+        handleNavigateFromFileDetail(folderedResourceListHref('file', workspaceId, folderId)),
+      trailing: [
+        {
+          label: selectedFile.name,
+          editing: headerRename.editingId
+            ? {
+                isEditing: true,
+                value: headerRename.editValue,
+                onChange: headerRename.setEditValue,
+                onSubmit: headerRename.submitRename,
+                onCancel: headerRename.cancelRename,
+              }
+            : undefined,
+          dropdownItems: [
+            { label: 'Download', icon: Download, onClick: handleDownloadSelected },
+            ...(canEdit
+              ? [
+                  { label: 'Rename', icon: Pencil, onClick: handleStartHeaderRename },
+                  { label: 'Share', icon: Send, onClick: handleShareSelected },
+                  { label: 'Delete', icon: Trash, onClick: handleDeleteSelected },
+                ]
+              : []),
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+    })
   }, [
     selectedFile,
     folderById,
@@ -1295,12 +1279,9 @@ export function Files() {
     setIsDirty(false)
     setSaveStatus('idle')
     setPreviewMode('editor')
-    const folderId = selectedFileRef.current?.folderId
+    const folderId = selectedFileRef.current?.folderId ?? null
     const targetUrl =
-      pendingFileNavigationUrlRef.current ??
-      (folderId
-        ? `/workspace/${workspaceId}/files?folderId=${folderId}`
-        : `/workspace/${workspaceId}/files`)
+      pendingFileNavigationUrlRef.current ?? folderedResourceListHref('file', workspaceId, folderId)
     pendingFileNavigationUrlRef.current = null
     router.push(targetUrl)
   }
@@ -1750,75 +1731,85 @@ export function Files() {
     ]
   )
 
-  const handleNavigateToFiles = useCallback(() => {
-    void setFilesParams({ folderId: null, new: null })
-  }, [setFilesParams])
-
-  const loadingBreadcrumbs = useMemo(
-    (): BreadcrumbItem[] => [
-      { label: 'Files', onClick: handleNavigateToFiles },
-      { label: '…', terminal: true },
-    ],
-    [handleNavigateToFiles]
+  const handleNavigateToListFolder = useCallback(
+    (folderId: string | null) => {
+      void setFilesParams({ folderId, new: null })
+    },
+    [setFilesParams]
   )
 
-  const breadcrumbRenameRef = useRef(breadcrumbRename)
-  breadcrumbRenameRef.current = breadcrumbRename
+  const listFolderChain = useMemo(
+    () => breadcrumbFolderChain(currentFolderId, folderById),
+    [currentFolderId, folderById]
+  )
 
-  const listBreadcrumbs = useMemo(() => {
-    const breadcrumbs: BreadcrumbItem[] = [{ label: 'Files', onClick: handleNavigateToFiles }]
-    if (!currentFolderPath) return breadcrumbs
+  /**
+   * The trail while a file's content loads. Holds the URL's open folder so arriving from a
+   * list page inside `A/B` doesn't collapse to `Files / …` and jump back out once the file
+   * lands; a cold deep-link has no `?folderId=` and no loaded file, so it starts at the root.
+   *
+   * Renders on the file *detail* route, so its crumbs navigate through the router like
+   * {@link fileDetailBreadcrumbs} — a nuqs write would only requery this file's own URL.
+   */
+  const loadingBreadcrumbs = useMemo(
+    (): BreadcrumbItem[] =>
+      folderBreadcrumbItems({
+        rootLabel: FILES_HEADER.rootLabel,
+        rootIcon: FILES_HEADER.rootIcon,
+        breadcrumbs: listFolderChain,
+        onNavigate: (folderId) =>
+          handleNavigateFromFileDetail(folderedResourceListHref('file', workspaceId, folderId)),
+        trailing: [{ label: '…', terminal: true }],
+      }),
+    [listFolderChain, handleNavigateFromFileDetail, workspaceId]
+  )
 
-    const segments = currentFolderPath.split('/')
-    let parentId: string | null = null
-    for (let i = 0; i < segments.length; i++) {
-      const segment = segments[i]
-      const folder = folders.find(
-        (item) => item.name === segment && (item.parentId ?? null) === parentId
-      )
-      if (!folder) continue
-      const isCurrentFolder = folder.id === currentFolderId
-      breadcrumbs.push({
-        label: folder.name,
-        onClick: isCurrentFolder
-          ? undefined
-          : () => void setFilesParams({ folderId: folder.id, new: null }),
-        editing:
-          isCurrentFolder && breadcrumbRenameRef.current.editingId === folder.id
+  const openListFolder = currentFolderId ? folderById.get(currentFolderId) : undefined
+
+  const listBreadcrumbs = useMemo(
+    (): BreadcrumbItem[] =>
+      folderBreadcrumbItems({
+        rootLabel: FILES_HEADER.rootLabel,
+        rootIcon: FILES_HEADER.rootIcon,
+        breadcrumbs: listFolderChain,
+        onNavigate: handleNavigateToListFolder,
+        currentFolderEditing:
+          openListFolder && breadcrumbRename.editingId === openListFolder.id
             ? {
                 isEditing: true,
-                value: breadcrumbRenameRef.current.editValue,
-                onChange: breadcrumbRenameRef.current.setEditValue,
-                onSubmit: breadcrumbRenameRef.current.submitRename,
-                onCancel: breadcrumbRenameRef.current.cancelRename,
+                value: breadcrumbRename.editValue,
+                onChange: breadcrumbRename.setEditValue,
+                onSubmit: breadcrumbRename.submitRename,
+                onCancel: breadcrumbRename.cancelRename,
               }
             : undefined,
-        dropdownItems:
-          isCurrentFolder && (canEdit || userPermissions.isLoading)
+        currentFolderActions:
+          openListFolder && (canEdit || userPermissions.isLoading)
             ? [
                 {
                   label: 'Rename',
                   icon: Pencil,
                   disabled: !canEdit,
-                  onClick: () => breadcrumbRenameRef.current.startRename(folder.id, folder.name),
+                  onClick: () =>
+                    breadcrumbRename.startRename(openListFolder.id, openListFolder.name),
                 },
               ]
             : undefined,
-      })
-      parentId = folder.id
-    }
-    return breadcrumbs
-  }, [
-    currentFolderPath,
-    currentFolderId,
-    folders,
-    handleNavigateToFiles,
-    setFilesParams,
-    canEdit,
-    userPermissions.isLoading,
-    breadcrumbRename.editingId,
-    breadcrumbRename.editValue,
-  ])
+      }),
+    [
+      listFolderChain,
+      openListFolder,
+      handleNavigateToListFolder,
+      canEdit,
+      userPermissions.isLoading,
+      breadcrumbRename.editingId,
+      breadcrumbRename.editValue,
+      breadcrumbRename.setEditValue,
+      breadcrumbRename.submitRename,
+      breadcrumbRename.cancelRename,
+      breadcrumbRename.startRename,
+    ]
+  )
 
   const memberOptions: ComboboxOption[] = useMemo(
     () =>
@@ -2035,7 +2026,7 @@ export function Files() {
   if (fileIdFromRoute && !selectedFile && isLoading) {
     return (
       <Resource>
-        <Resource.Header icon={FilesIcon} breadcrumbs={loadingBreadcrumbs} />
+        <Resource.Header icon={FILES_HEADER.rootIcon} breadcrumbs={loadingBreadcrumbs} />
         <div className='flex flex-1 items-center justify-center bg-[var(--bg)]'>
           <Loader className='size-[20px] text-[var(--text-secondary)]' animate />
         </div>
@@ -2052,7 +2043,7 @@ export function Files() {
         <FileDocRoomProvider>
           <Resource>
             <Resource.Header
-              icon={FilesIcon}
+              icon={FILES_HEADER.rootIcon}
               breadcrumbs={fileDetailBreadcrumbs}
               actions={fileActions}
               aside={<FileDocAvatars />}
@@ -2119,8 +2110,8 @@ export function Files() {
     >
       <Resource onContextMenu={handleContentContextMenu}>
         <Resource.Header
-          icon={FilesIcon}
-          title='Files'
+          icon={FILES_HEADER.rootIcon}
+          title={FILES_HEADER.rootLabel}
           breadcrumbs={listBreadcrumbs}
           actions={headerActionsConfig}
         />
diff --git a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/knowledge/[id]/[documentId]/document.tsx b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/knowledge/[id]/[documentId]/document.tsx
index 4309bf32eba..974a0896848 100644
--- a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/knowledge/[id]/[documentId]/document.tsx
+++ b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/knowledge/[id]/[documentId]/document.tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ import type {
   SortConfig,
 } from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components'
 import { EMPTY_CELL_PLACEHOLDER, Resource } from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components'
+import {
+  FOLDERED_RESOURCE_HEADERS,
+  folderBreadcrumbItems,
+  folderedResourceListHref,
+  useFolderAncestors,
+} from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders'
 import {
   ChunkContextMenu,
   ChunkEditor,
@@ -129,7 +135,7 @@ export function Document({
   knowledgeBaseName,
   documentName,
 }: DocumentProps) {
-  const { workspaceId } = useParams()
+  const workspaceId = useParams().workspaceId as string
   const router = useRouter()
   const [
     {
@@ -145,6 +151,13 @@ export function Document({
   const { knowledgeBase } = useKnowledgeBase(knowledgeBaseId)
   const { document: documentData, error: documentError } = useDocument(knowledgeBaseId, documentId)
 
+  /** The base's folder trail, so this route's header matches the base's and the list's. */
+  const { ancestors: folderChain } = useFolderAncestors({
+    resourceType: 'knowledge_base',
+    workspaceId,
+    folderId: knowledgeBase?.folderId,
+  })
+
   const [showTagsModal, setShowTagsModal] = useState(false)
 
   /**
@@ -490,13 +503,65 @@ export function Document({
     [guardDirtyAction, navigateToChunk]
   )
 
-  const handleNavToKB = useCallback(() => {
-    router.push(`/workspace/${workspaceId}/knowledge`)
-  }, [router, workspaceId])
+  /**
+   * Confirms before a crumb navigates away from an unsaved chunk — a route change unmounts the
+   * editor, so the edit is gone with no way back.
+   *
+   * Gated on the editor being open rather than on `isDirty` alone: `UnsavedChangesModal` mounts
+   * only alongside the editor, but `isDirty` outlives a URL-driven unmount (browser Back off an
+   * edited chunk), where guarding would raise a modal nothing renders and deaden the crumb.
+   */
+  const guardRouteChange = useCallback(
+    (navigate: () => void) => {
+      if (isCreatingNewChunk || selectedChunkId) guardDirtyAction(navigate)
+      else navigate()
+    },
+    [isCreatingNewChunk, selectedChunkId, guardDirtyAction]
+  )
+
+  const handleNavToFolder = useCallback(
+    (folderId: string | null) => {
+      guardRouteChange(() =>
+        router.push(folderedResourceListHref('knowledge_base', workspaceId, folderId))
+      )
+    },
+    [guardRouteChange, router, workspaceId]
+  )
 
   const handleNavToKBDetail = useCallback(() => {
-    router.push(`/workspace/${workspaceId}/knowledge/${knowledgeBaseId}`)
-  }, [router, workspaceId, knowledgeBaseId])
+    guardRouteChange(() => router.push(`/workspace/${workspaceId}/knowledge/${knowledgeBaseId}`))
+  }, [guardRouteChange, router, workspaceId, knowledgeBaseId])
+
+  /**
+   * `Knowledge Base / …the base's folders / <base> / <last>`. Every view on this route is that
+   * trail with a different last crumb — the document, a chunk, an error, a loading placeholder
+   * — so it is built once here rather than restated per view.
+   */
+  const documentTrail = useCallback(
+    (last: BreadcrumbItem, onDocumentClick?: () => void): BreadcrumbItem[] =>
+      folderBreadcrumbItems({
+        rootLabel: FOLDERED_RESOURCE_HEADERS.knowledge_base.rootLabel,
+        rootIcon: FOLDERED_RESOURCE_HEADERS.knowledge_base.rootIcon,
+        breadcrumbs: folderChain,
+        onNavigate: handleNavToFolder,
+        trailing: [
+          { label: knowledgeBaseCrumbLabel, icon: Database, onClick: handleNavToKBDetail },
+          /** Omitted when the document IS the last crumb — you are already on it. */
+          ...(onDocumentClick
+            ? [{ label: documentCrumbLabel, icon: DocumentIcon, onClick: onDocumentClick }]
+            : []),
+          last,
+        ],
+      }),
+    [
+      folderChain,
+      handleNavToFolder,
+      handleNavToKBDetail,
+      knowledgeBaseCrumbLabel,
+      documentCrumbLabel,
+      DocumentIcon,
+    ]
+  )
 
   const handleStartDocRename = useCallback(() => {
     docRename.startRename(documentId, effectiveDocumentName)
@@ -508,24 +573,10 @@ export function Document({
 
   const breadcrumbs = useMemo<BreadcrumbItem[]>(
     () =>
-      combinedError
-        ? [
-            { label: 'Knowledge bases', icon: Database, onClick: handleNavToKB },
-            {
-              label: knowledgeBaseCrumbLabel,
-              icon: Database,
-              onClick: handleNavToKBDetail,
-            },
-            { label: 'Error' },
-          ]
-        : [
-            { label: 'Knowledge bases', icon: Database, onClick: handleNavToKB },
-            {
-              label: knowledgeBaseCrumbLabel,
-              icon: Database,
-              onClick: handleNavToKBDetail,
-            },
-            {
+      documentTrail(
+        combinedError
+          ? { label: 'Error', terminal: true }
+          : {
               label: documentCrumbLabel,
               icon: DocumentIcon,
               editing: docRename.editingId
@@ -547,13 +598,11 @@ export function Document({
                     ]
                   : []),
               ],
-            },
-          ],
+            }
+      ),
     [
       combinedError,
-      handleNavToKB,
-      handleNavToKBDetail,
-      knowledgeBaseCrumbLabel,
+      documentTrail,
       documentCrumbLabel,
       DocumentIcon,
       docRename.editingId,
@@ -987,58 +1036,23 @@ export function Document({
             ? 'Create Chunk'
             : 'Save'
 
-  const editorBreadcrumbBase = useMemo<BreadcrumbItem[]>(
-    () => [
-      { label: 'Knowledge bases', icon: Database, onClick: handleNavToKB },
-      {
-        label: knowledgeBaseCrumbLabel,
-        icon: Database,
-        onClick: handleNavToKBDetail,
-      },
-      { label: documentCrumbLabel, icon: DocumentIcon, onClick: handleBackAttempt },
-    ],
-    [
-      handleNavToKB,
-      handleNavToKBDetail,
-      knowledgeBaseCrumbLabel,
-      documentCrumbLabel,
-      DocumentIcon,
-      handleBackAttempt,
-    ]
-  )
-
   const newChunkBreadcrumbs = useMemo<BreadcrumbItem[]>(
-    () => [...editorBreadcrumbBase, { label: 'New Chunk', terminal: true }],
-    [editorBreadcrumbBase]
+    () => documentTrail({ label: 'New Chunk', terminal: true }, handleBackAttempt),
+    [documentTrail, handleBackAttempt]
   )
 
   const editChunkBreadcrumbs = useMemo<BreadcrumbItem[]>(
-    () => [
-      ...editorBreadcrumbBase,
-      { label: selectedChunk ? `Chunk #${selectedChunk.chunkIndex}` : '', terminal: true },
-    ],
-    [editorBreadcrumbBase, selectedChunk]
+    () =>
+      documentTrail(
+        { label: selectedChunk ? `Chunk #${selectedChunk.chunkIndex}` : '', terminal: true },
+        handleBackAttempt
+      ),
+    [documentTrail, handleBackAttempt, selectedChunk]
   )
 
   const loadingBreadcrumbs = useMemo<BreadcrumbItem[]>(
-    () => [
-      { label: 'Knowledge bases', icon: Database, onClick: handleNavToKB },
-      {
-        label: knowledgeBaseCrumbLabel,
-        icon: Database,
-        onClick: handleNavToKBDetail,
-      },
-      { label: documentCrumbLabel, icon: DocumentIcon, onClick: handleClearSelectedChunk },
-      { label: '…', terminal: true },
-    ],
-    [
-      handleNavToKB,
-      handleNavToKBDetail,
-      knowledgeBaseCrumbLabel,
-      documentCrumbLabel,
-      DocumentIcon,
-      handleClearSelectedChunk,
-    ]
+    () => documentTrail({ label: '…', terminal: true }, handleClearSelectedChunk),
+    [documentTrail, handleClearSelectedChunk]
   )
 
   const handleSaveClick = useCallback(() => {
diff --git a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/knowledge/[id]/[documentId]/loading.tsx b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/knowledge/[id]/[documentId]/loading.tsx
index f73a9167d08..ed67b33a791 100644
--- a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/knowledge/[id]/[documentId]/loading.tsx
+++ b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/knowledge/[id]/[documentId]/loading.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ import {
   type ChromeActionSpec,
   ResourceChromeFallback,
 } from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components'
+import { FOLDERED_RESOURCE_HEADERS } from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/foldered-resources'
+
+const KNOWLEDGE_HEADER = FOLDERED_RESOURCE_HEADERS.knowledge_base
 
 const COLUMNS = [
   { id: 'content', header: 'Content' },
@@ -19,7 +22,7 @@ const COLUMNS = [
 const ACTIONS: ChromeActionSpec[] = [{ text: 'New chunk', icon: Plus, variant: 'primary' }]
 
 const BREADCRUMBS: BreadcrumbItem[] = [
-  { label: 'Knowledge bases', icon: Database, onClick: noop },
+  { label: KNOWLEDGE_HEADER.rootLabel, icon: Database, onClick: noop },
   { label: '…', icon: Database },
   { label: '…', terminal: true },
 ]
diff --git a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/knowledge/[id]/base.tsx b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/knowledge/[id]/base.tsx
index 43255e696f7..651f69c4074 100644
--- a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/knowledge/[id]/base.tsx
+++ b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/knowledge/[id]/base.tsx
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ import type {
   SortConfig,
 } from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components'
 import { FloatingOverflowText, Resource } from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components'
+import {
+  FOLDERED_RESOURCE_HEADERS,
+  folderBreadcrumbItems,
+  folderedResourceListHref,
+  useFolderAncestors,
+} from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders'
 import { DocumentTagsModal } from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/knowledge/[id]/[documentId]/components'
 import {
   ActionBar,
@@ -449,6 +455,23 @@ export function KnowledgeBase({
   const knowledgeBaseCrumbLabel = knowledgeBase?.name || passedKnowledgeBaseName || '…'
   const error = knowledgeBaseError || documentsError
 
+  /**
+   * The base's own folder trail, so the header reads `Knowledge Base / Research / Papers`
+   * exactly as the list does one level up.
+   */
+  const { ancestors: folderChain } = useFolderAncestors({
+    resourceType: 'knowledge_base',
+    workspaceId,
+    folderId: knowledgeBase?.folderId,
+  })
+
+  const handleNavigateToFolder = useCallback(
+    (folderId: string | null) => {
+      router.push(folderedResourceListHref('knowledge_base', workspaceId, folderId))
+    },
+    [router, workspaceId]
+  )
+
   const totalPages = Math.ceil(pagination.total / pagination.limit)
 
   /**
@@ -870,64 +893,99 @@ export function KnowledgeBase({
     setContextMenuDocument(null)
   }, [closeContextMenu])
 
-  const breadcrumbs: BreadcrumbItem[] = [
-    {
-      label: 'Knowledge bases',
-      icon: Database,
-      onClick: () => router.push(`/workspace/${workspaceId}/knowledge`),
-    },
-    {
-      label: knowledgeBaseCrumbLabel,
-      icon: Database,
-      editing: kbRename.editingId
-        ? {
-            isEditing: true,
-            value: kbRename.editValue,
-            onChange: kbRename.setEditValue,
-            onSubmit: kbRename.submitRename,
-            onCancel: kbRename.cancelRename,
-            disabled: kbRename.isSaving,
-          }
-        : undefined,
-      dropdownItems: [
-        ...(userPermissions.canEdit || userPermissions.isLoading
-          ? [
-              {
-                label: 'Rename',
-                icon: Pencil,
-                disabled: !userPermissions.canEdit,
-                onClick: () => kbRename.startRename(id, knowledgeBaseName),
-              },
-              {
-                label: 'Tags',
-                icon: TagIcon,
-                disabled: !userPermissions.canEdit,
-                onClick: () => setShowTagsModal(true),
-              },
-              {
-                label: 'Delete',
-                icon: Trash,
-                disabled: !userPermissions.canEdit,
-                onClick: () => setShowDeleteDialog(true),
-              },
-            ]
-          : []),
-      ],
-    },
-  ]
-
-  const headerActions: ResourceAction[] = [
-    ...(userPermissions.canEdit || userPermissions.isLoading
-      ? [
+  const breadcrumbs: BreadcrumbItem[] = useMemo(
+    () =>
+      folderBreadcrumbItems({
+        rootLabel: FOLDERED_RESOURCE_HEADERS.knowledge_base.rootLabel,
+        rootIcon: FOLDERED_RESOURCE_HEADERS.knowledge_base.rootIcon,
+        breadcrumbs: folderChain,
+        onNavigate: handleNavigateToFolder,
+        trailing: [
           {
-            text: 'New connector',
-            icon: Plus,
-            disabled: !userPermissions.canEdit,
-            onSelect: () => setShowAddConnectorModal(true),
+            label: knowledgeBaseCrumbLabel,
+            icon: Database,
+            editing: kbRename.editingId
+              ? {
+                  isEditing: true,
+                  value: kbRename.editValue,
+                  onChange: kbRename.setEditValue,
+                  onSubmit: kbRename.submitRename,
+                  onCancel: kbRename.cancelRename,
+                  disabled: kbRename.isSaving,
+                }
+              : undefined,
+            dropdownItems: [
+              ...(userPermissions.canEdit || userPermissions.isLoading
+                ? [
+                    {
+                      label: 'Rename',
+                      icon: Pencil,
+                      disabled: !userPermissions.canEdit,
+                      onClick: () => kbRename.startRename(id, knowledgeBaseName),
+                    },
+                    {
+                      label: 'Tags',
+                      icon: TagIcon,
+                      disabled: !userPermissions.canEdit,
+                      onClick: () => setShowTagsModal(true),
+                    },
+                    {
+                      label: 'Delete',
+                      icon: Trash,
+                      disabled: !userPermissions.canEdit,
+                      onClick: () => setShowDeleteDialog(true),
+                    },
+                  ]
+                : []),
+            ],
           },
-        ]
-      : []),
-  ]
+        ],
+      }),
+    [
+      folderChain,
+      handleNavigateToFolder,
+      knowledgeBaseCrumbLabel,
+      knowledgeBaseName,
+      id,
+      kbRename.editingId,
+      kbRename.editValue,
+      kbRename.isSaving,
+      kbRename.setEditValue,
+      kbRename.submitRename,
+      kbRename.cancelRename,
+      kbRename.startRename,
+      userPermissions.canEdit,
+      userPermissions.isLoading,
+    ]
+  )
+
+  const headerActions: ResourceAction[] = useMemo(
+    () => [
+      ...(userPermissions.canEdit || userPermissions.isLoading
+        ? [
+            {
+              text: 'New connector',
+              icon: Plus,
+              disabled: !userPermissions.canEdit,
+              onSelect: () => setShowAddConnectorModal(true),
+            },
+          ]
+        : []),
+      {
+        text: 'New documents',
+        icon: Plus,
+        onSelect: handleAddDocuments,
+        disabled: userPermissions.canEdit !== true,
+        variant: 'primary',
+      },
+    ],
+    [
+      userPermissions.canEdit,
+      userPermissions.isLoading,
+      setShowAddConnectorModal,
+      handleAddDocuments,
+    ]
+  )
 
   const sortConfig: SortConfig = useMemo(
     () => ({
@@ -1181,19 +1239,10 @@ export function KnowledgeBase({
     <>
       <Resource onContextMenu={handleEmptyContextMenu}>
         <Resource.Header
-          icon={Database}
-          title='Knowledge bases'
+          icon={FOLDERED_RESOURCE_HEADERS.knowledge_base.rootIcon}
+          title={FOLDERED_RESOURCE_HEADERS.knowledge_base.rootLabel}
           breadcrumbs={breadcrumbs}
-          actions={[
-            ...headerActions,
-            {
-              text: 'New documents',
-              icon: Plus,
-              onSelect: handleAddDocuments,
-              disabled: userPermissions.canEdit !== true,
-              variant: 'primary',
-            },
-          ]}
+          actions={headerActions}
         />
         <Resource.Options
           search={{
diff --git a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/knowledge/[id]/loading.tsx b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/knowledge/[id]/loading.tsx
index 414729a9d13..5e31ae87167 100644
--- a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/knowledge/[id]/loading.tsx
+++ b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/knowledge/[id]/loading.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ import {
   type ChromeActionSpec,
   ResourceChromeFallback,
 } from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components'
+import { FOLDERED_RESOURCE_HEADERS } from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/foldered-resources'
+
+const KNOWLEDGE_HEADER = FOLDERED_RESOURCE_HEADERS.knowledge_base
 
 const COLUMNS = [
   { id: 'name', header: 'Name', widthMultiplier: 0.8 },
@@ -25,7 +28,7 @@ const ACTIONS: ChromeActionSpec[] = [
 ]
 
 const BREADCRUMBS: BreadcrumbItem[] = [
-  { label: 'Knowledge bases', icon: Database, onClick: noop },
+  { label: KNOWLEDGE_HEADER.rootLabel, icon: Database, onClick: noop },
   { label: '…', icon: Database, terminal: true },
 ]
 
diff --git a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/knowledge/knowledge.tsx b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/knowledge/knowledge.tsx
index 4690cdb388b..4be2d30d5a0 100644
--- a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/knowledge/knowledge.tsx
+++ b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/knowledge/knowledge.tsx
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import type {
 import {
   buildDescendantIndex,
   buildMoveOptions,
+  FOLDERED_RESOURCE_HEADERS,
   FolderContextMenu,
   folderBreadcrumbItems,
   folderRow,
@@ -110,8 +111,8 @@ const CONTENT_FILTER_OPTIONS: ChipDropdownOption[] = [
 
 const FILTER_SECTION_LABEL_CLASS = 'text-[var(--text-muted)] text-small'
 
-const ROOT_BREADCRUMB_LABEL = 'Knowledge bases'
 const FOLDER_RESOURCE_TYPE = 'knowledge_base' as const
+const ROOT_BREADCRUMB_LABEL = FOLDERED_RESOURCE_HEADERS[FOLDER_RESOURCE_TYPE].rootLabel
 
 function connectorCell(connectorTypes?: string[]): ResourceCell {
   if (!connectorTypes || connectorTypes.length === 0) {
@@ -202,11 +203,17 @@ export function Knowledge() {
   const { mutateAsync: updateKnowledgeBaseMutation } = useUpdateKnowledgeBase(workspaceId)
   const { mutateAsync: deleteKnowledgeBaseMutation } = useDeleteKnowledgeBase(workspaceId)
 
-  const { currentFolderId, setCurrentFolderId, breadcrumbs, folders, folderById, foldersResolved } =
-    useFolderNavigation({
-      resourceType: FOLDER_RESOURCE_TYPE,
-      workspaceId,
-    })
+  const {
+    currentFolderId,
+    setCurrentFolderId,
+    ancestors: breadcrumbs,
+    folders,
+    folderById,
+    foldersResolved,
+  } = useFolderNavigation({
+    resourceType: FOLDER_RESOURCE_TYPE,
+    workspaceId,
+  })
 
   const createFolder = useCreateFolder()
   const updateFolder = useUpdateFolder()
@@ -906,7 +913,7 @@ export function Knowledge() {
     () =>
       folderBreadcrumbItems({
         rootLabel: ROOT_BREADCRUMB_LABEL,
-        rootIcon: Database,
+        rootIcon: FOLDERED_RESOURCE_HEADERS[FOLDER_RESOURCE_TYPE].rootIcon,
         breadcrumbs,
         onNavigate: setCurrentFolderId,
         currentFolderEditing:
@@ -1106,7 +1113,7 @@ export function Knowledge() {
     <>
       <Resource onContextMenu={handleContentContextMenu}>
         <Resource.Header
-          icon={Database}
+          icon={FOLDERED_RESOURCE_HEADERS[FOLDER_RESOURCE_TYPE].rootIcon}
           title={ROOT_BREADCRUMB_LABEL}
           breadcrumbs={listBreadcrumbs}
           actions={headerActions}
diff --git a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/knowledge/loading.tsx b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/knowledge/loading.tsx
index 234c99420d7..c2de47d0f0b 100644
--- a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/knowledge/loading.tsx
+++ b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/knowledge/loading.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ import {
   type ChromeActionSpec,
   ResourceChromeFallback,
 } from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components'
+import { FOLDERED_RESOURCE_HEADERS } from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/foldered-resources'
+
+const KNOWLEDGE_HEADER = FOLDERED_RESOURCE_HEADERS.knowledge_base
 
 const COLUMNS = [
   { id: 'name', header: 'Name' },
@@ -26,7 +29,7 @@ export default function KnowledgeLoading() {
   return (
     <ResourceChromeFallback
       icon={Database}
-      title='Knowledge bases'
+      title={KNOWLEDGE_HEADER.rootLabel}
       columns={COLUMNS}
       actions={ACTIONS}
       searchPlaceholder='Search knowledge bases...'
diff --git a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/knowledge/page.tsx b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/knowledge/page.tsx
index b8160d0f608..48b7934bb13 100644
--- a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/knowledge/page.tsx
+++ b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/knowledge/page.tsx
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@ import { Suspense } from 'react'
 import { dehydrate, HydrationBoundary } from '@tanstack/react-query'
 import type { Metadata } from 'next'
 import { getQueryClient } from '@/app/_shell/providers/get-query-client'
+import { FOLDERED_RESOURCE_HEADERS } from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders/foldered-resources'
 import { Knowledge } from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/knowledge/knowledge'
 import KnowledgeLoading from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/knowledge/loading'
 import { prefetchKnowledgeBases } from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/knowledge/prefetch'
 
+const KNOWLEDGE_HEADER = FOLDERED_RESOURCE_HEADERS.knowledge_base
+
 export const metadata: Metadata = {
-  title: 'Knowledge bases',
+  title: KNOWLEDGE_HEADER.rootLabel,
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/settings/components/recently-deleted/recently-deleted.tsx b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/settings/components/recently-deleted/recently-deleted.tsx
index ef7cb42baec..685b2a59d78 100644
--- a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/settings/components/recently-deleted/recently-deleted.tsx
+++ b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/settings/components/recently-deleted/recently-deleted.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { canMutateWorkspaceSettingsSection } from '@/components/settings/navigat
 import type { ServedFolderResourceType } from '@/lib/api/contracts/folders'
 import { isChatEnabled } from '@/lib/core/config/env-flags'
 import { type ColumnOption, SortDropdown } from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components'
+import { folderedResourceListHref } from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders'
 import { RESOURCE_REGISTRY } from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/home/components/mothership-view/components/resource-registry'
 import type { MothershipResourceType } from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/home/types'
 import { useUserPermissionsContext } from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/providers/workspace-permissions-provider'
@@ -71,11 +72,11 @@ function getResourceHref(
     case 'folder':
       return `${base}/w`
     case 'workspace_folder':
-      return `${base}/files?folderId=${id}`
+      return folderedResourceListHref('file', workspaceId, id)
     case 'knowledge_folder':
-      return `${base}/knowledge?folderId=${id}`
+      return folderedResourceListHref('knowledge_base', workspaceId, id)
     case 'table_folder':
-      return `${base}/tables?folderId=${id}`
+      return folderedResourceListHref('table', workspaceId, id)
     case 'chat':
       return `${base}/chat/${id}`
   }
diff --git a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/tables/[tableId]/table.tsx b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/tables/[tableId]/table.tsx
index 13191a7347a..026bc88cf55 100644
--- a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/tables/[tableId]/table.tsx
+++ b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/tables/[tableId]/table.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useReducer, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import { Chip, ChipConfirmModal, toast } from '@sim/emcn'
-import { Download, Lock, Pencil, Table as TableIcon, Trash, Upload } from '@sim/emcn/icons'
+import { Download, Lock, Pencil, Trash, Upload } from '@sim/emcn/icons'
 import { createLogger } from '@sim/logger'
 import { getErrorMessage } from '@sim/utils/errors'
 import { useParams, useRouter } from 'next/navigation'
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ import {
   Resource,
   type SortConfig,
 } from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components'
+import {
+  FOLDERED_RESOURCE_HEADERS,
+  folderBreadcrumbItems,
+  folderedResourceListHref,
+  useFolderAncestors,
+} from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/folders'
 import { PresenceAvatars } from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/components/presence/presence-avatars'
 import { LogDetails } from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/logs/components'
 import { useUserPermissionsContext } from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/providers/workspace-permissions-provider'
@@ -1002,9 +1008,24 @@ export function Table({
     },
   })
 
-  const handleNavigateBack = useCallback(() => {
-    router.push(`/workspace/${workspaceId}/tables`)
-  }, [router, workspaceId])
+  /**
+   * The table's own folder trail, so the header reads `Tables / Reports / Q3` exactly as the
+   * list does one level up — and as a file's header does. Skipped in embedded mode, which
+   * renders no header at all.
+   */
+  const { ancestors: folderChain } = useFolderAncestors({
+    resourceType: 'table',
+    workspaceId,
+    folderId: tableData?.folderId,
+    enabled: !embedded,
+  })
+
+  const handleNavigateToFolder = useCallback(
+    (folderId: string | null) => {
+      router.push(folderedResourceListHref('table', workspaceId, folderId))
+    },
+    [router, workspaceId]
+  )
 
   const handleStartTableRename = useCallback(() => {
     const data = tableDataRef.current
@@ -1078,55 +1099,63 @@ export function Table({
   }
 
   const breadcrumbs = useMemo(
-    (): BreadcrumbItem[] => [
-      { label: 'Tables', onClick: handleNavigateBack },
-      // While the table loads, mirror this route's loading.tsx (terminal "…" crumb)
-      // so no empty-label / orphaned-chevron frame renders in between.
-      tableData
-        ? {
-            label: tableData.name,
-            editing: tableHeaderRename.editingId
-              ? {
-                  isEditing: true,
-                  value: tableHeaderRename.editValue,
-                  onChange: tableHeaderRename.setEditValue,
-                  onSubmit: tableHeaderRename.submitRename,
-                  onCancel: tableHeaderRename.cancelRename,
-                }
-              : undefined,
-            dropdownItems: [
-              {
-                label: 'Rename',
-                icon: Pencil,
-                onClick: handleStartTableRename,
-              },
-              // Reachable with the flag off when something is locked, so an
-              // admin can always clear locks (the route allows clearing).
-              ...(userPermissions.canAdmin &&
-              (tableLocksEnabled || lockedNouns(tableData.locks).length > 0)
-                ? [
-                    {
-                      label: 'Lock settings',
-                      icon: Lock,
-                      onClick: () => setShowLockSettings(true),
-                    },
-                  ]
-                : []),
-              {
-                label: 'Delete',
-                icon: Trash,
-                onClick: onRequestDeleteTable,
-                disabled: userPermissions.canEdit !== true || tableData.locks.deleteLocked,
-              },
-            ],
-          }
-        : { label: '…', terminal: true },
-    ],
+    (): BreadcrumbItem[] =>
+      folderBreadcrumbItems({
+        rootLabel: FOLDERED_RESOURCE_HEADERS.table.rootLabel,
+        rootIcon: FOLDERED_RESOURCE_HEADERS.table.rootIcon,
+        breadcrumbs: folderChain,
+        onNavigate: handleNavigateToFolder,
+        trailing: [
+          // While the table loads, mirror this route's loading.tsx (terminal "…" crumb)
+          // so no empty-label / orphaned-chevron frame renders in between.
+          tableData
+            ? {
+                label: tableData.name,
+                editing: tableHeaderRename.editingId
+                  ? {
+                      isEditing: true,
+                      value: tableHeaderRename.editValue,
+                      onChange: tableHeaderRename.setEditValue,
+                      onSubmit: tableHeaderRename.submitRename,
+                      onCancel: tableHeaderRename.cancelRename,
+                    }
+                  : undefined,
+                dropdownItems: [
+                  {
+                    label: 'Rename',
+                    icon: Pencil,
+                    onClick: handleStartTableRename,
+                  },
+                  // Reachable with the flag off when something is locked, so an
+                  // admin can always clear locks (the route allows clearing).
+                  ...(userPermissions.canAdmin &&
+                  (tableLocksEnabled || lockedNouns(tableData.locks).length > 0)
+                    ? [
+                        {
+                          label: 'Lock settings',
+                          icon: Lock,
+                          onClick: () => setShowLockSettings(true),
+                        },
+                      ]
+                    : []),
+                  {
+                    label: 'Delete',
+                    icon: Trash,
+                    onClick: onRequestDeleteTable,
+                    disabled: userPermissions.canEdit !== true || tableData.locks.deleteLocked,
+                  },
+                ],
+              }
+            : { label: '…', terminal: true },
+        ],
+      }),
     [
-      handleNavigateBack,
+      folderChain,
+      handleNavigateToFolder,
       userPermissions.canAdmin,
       userPermissions.canEdit,
       tableData,
+      tableLocksEnabled,
       tableHeaderRename.editingId,
       tableHeaderRename.editValue,
       tableHeaderRename.setEditValue,
@@ -1332,7 +1361,7 @@ export function Table({
     <Resource>
       {!embedded && (
         <Resource.Header
-          icon={TableIcon}
+          icon={FOLDERED_RESOURCE_HEADERS.table.rootIcon}
           breadcrumbs={breadcrumbs}
           aside={
             <div className='flex items-center gap-1.5'>
diff --git a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/tables/tables.tsx b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/tables/tables.tsx
index d6638cb3179..7a95bbd3ae8 100644
--- a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/tables/tables.tsx
+++ b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/tables/tables.tsx
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import type {
 import {
   buildDescendantIndex,
   buildMoveOptions,
+  FOLDERED_RESOURCE_HEADERS,
   FolderContextMenu,
   folderBreadcrumbItems,
   folderRow,
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ const COLUMNS: ResourceColumn[] = [
 ]
 
 /** Root label for breadcrumbs and the "move to workspace root" destination. */
-const ROOT_LABEL = 'Tables'
+const ROOT_LABEL = FOLDERED_RESOURCE_HEADERS.table.rootLabel
 
 const EMPTY_TABLES: TableDefinition[] = []
 
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ export function Tables() {
   const {
     currentFolderId,
     setCurrentFolderId,
-    breadcrumbs: folderChain,
+    ancestors: folderChain,
     folders,
     folderById,
     foldersResolved,
@@ -512,6 +513,7 @@ export function Tables() {
       folderBreadcrumbItems({
         breadcrumbs: folderChain,
         rootLabel: ROOT_LABEL,
+        rootIcon: FOLDERED_RESOURCE_HEADERS.table.rootIcon,
         onNavigate: setCurrentFolderId,
         currentFolderActions,
         currentFolderEditing,
@@ -1073,7 +1075,7 @@ export function Tables() {
     <>
       <Resource onContextMenu={handleContentContextMenu}>
         <Resource.Header
-          icon={TableIcon}
+          icon={FOLDERED_RESOURCE_HEADERS.table.rootIcon}
           title={ROOT_LABEL}
           breadcrumbs={breadcrumbs}
           actions={headerActions}
diff --git a/apps/sim/hooks/queries/utils/folder-tree.ts b/apps/sim/hooks/queries/utils/folder-tree.ts
index 656c23fa4eb..3a82c31097d 100644
--- a/apps/sim/hooks/queries/utils/folder-tree.ts
+++ b/apps/sim/hooks/queries/utils/folder-tree.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
+import { folderAncestorChain } from '@/lib/folders/tree'
 import type { WorkflowFolder } from '@/stores/folders/types'
 
 /**
  * Returns true when the folder or one of its ancestors is locked. Used to
  * mirror server-side cascading folder lock policy on the client without an
  * extra round-trip.
+ *
+ * Walks inline rather than through {@link folderAncestorChain} on purpose: this runs per row
+ * on every sidebar render, and stopping at the first locked ancestor beats materializing the
+ * whole chain to scan it. Same for {@link findLockedAncestorFolder} below.
  */
 export function isFolderOrAncestorLocked(
   folderId: string | null | undefined,
@@ -36,21 +41,7 @@ export function getFolderPath(
   folders: Record<string, WorkflowFolder>,
   separator = ' / '
 ): string | null {
-  if (!folderId) return null
-
-  const segments: string[] = []
-  const visited = new Set<string>()
-  let currentFolderId: string | null | undefined = folderId
-
-  while (currentFolderId) {
-    if (visited.has(currentFolderId)) break
-    visited.add(currentFolderId)
-    const folder: WorkflowFolder | undefined = folders[currentFolderId]
-    if (!folder) break
-    segments.unshift(folder.name)
-    currentFolderId = folder.parentId
-  }
-
+  const segments = folderAncestorChain(folderId, (id) => folders[id]).map((folder) => folder.name)
   return segments.length > 0 ? segments.join(separator) : null
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/sim/lib/folders/tree.ts b/apps/sim/lib/folders/tree.ts
index 8e70dc3c4a7..2f99133c38d 100644
--- a/apps/sim/lib/folders/tree.ts
+++ b/apps/sim/lib/folders/tree.ts
@@ -38,32 +38,54 @@ export function getChildFolders(
     .sort((a, b) => a.sortOrder - b.sortOrder || a.name.localeCompare(b.name))
 }
 
+/** The minimum a node must expose to be walked upward. */
+export interface FolderAncestorNode {
+  id: string
+  parentId: string | null
+}
+
 /**
- * Root-first ancestor chain of `folderId`, as folder objects — callers need the ids (cycle
- * checks, expanding each ancestor), not just the names, which is why this is distinct from
- * the string-returning `getFolderPath` in `@/hooks/queries/utils/folder-tree`.
+ * Root-first ancestor chain of `folderId`, that folder last. The one upward walk in the app —
+ * every folder path, breadcrumb trail, and drop-target check goes through it.
+ *
+ * `lookup` rather than a fixed container because the folder index exists in three shapes
+ * (a `Record` from `useFolderMap`, a `Map` built by `useFolderAncestors`, the Files tree's own
+ * rows), and generic over the node so callers keep their own row type.
  *
- * `visited` is not defensive padding. The client folder map is written optimistically by
- * `useReorderFolders`, which sets `parentId` without validating the result, so a cycle is
- * reachable in cache even though the server rejects one. Without the guard this loops
- * forever and hangs the tab.
+ * Truncates at the first unresolvable link, returning what it walked. `visited` is not
+ * defensive padding: the client folder map is written optimistically by `useReorderFolders`,
+ * which sets `parentId` without validating the result, so a cycle is reachable in cache even
+ * though the server rejects one. Without the guard this loops forever and hangs the tab.
  */
-export function getFolderPath(
-  folders: Record<string, WorkflowFolder>,
-  folderId: string
-): WorkflowFolder[] {
-  const path: WorkflowFolder[] = []
+export function folderAncestorChain<T extends FolderAncestorNode>(
+  folderId: string | null | undefined,
+  lookup: (id: string) => T | undefined
+): T[] {
+  const chain: T[] = []
   const visited = new Set<string>()
-  let currentId: string | null = folderId
+  let currentId: string | null | undefined = folderId
 
-  while (currentId && folders[currentId] && !visited.has(currentId)) {
+  while (currentId && !visited.has(currentId)) {
     visited.add(currentId)
-    const folder: WorkflowFolder = folders[currentId]
-    path.unshift(folder)
+    const folder = lookup(currentId)
+    if (!folder) break
+    chain.unshift(folder)
     currentId = folder.parentId
   }
 
-  return path
+  return chain
+}
+
+/**
+ * Root-first ancestor chain as folder objects — callers need the ids (cycle checks, expanding
+ * each ancestor), not just the names, which is why this is distinct from the string-returning
+ * `getFolderPath` in `@/hooks/queries/utils/folder-tree`.
+ */
+export function getFolderPath(
+  folders: Record<string, WorkflowFolder>,
+  folderId: string
+): WorkflowFolder[] {
+  return folderAncestorChain(folderId, (id) => folders[id])
 }
 
 /**