diff --git a/packages/api/src/files/code/extract.spec.ts b/packages/api/src/files/code/extract.spec.ts
index 99407ca1c2..500971d9f1 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/files/code/extract.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/files/code/extract.spec.ts
@@ -371,5 +371,49 @@ describe('extractCodeArtifactText', () => {
       // assertion is that we don't crash and don't leak the bomb error.
       expect(text).toBe(docxText);
     });
+
+    /* Regression for Codex P2 review on PR #12934. The classifier returns
+     * 'other' for a small but real set of inputs that the new dispatcher
+     * can still route — extensionless `application/csv`, extensionless
+     * office MIMEs with parameters, etc. The early `category === 'other'`
+     * return must NOT short-circuit before `hasOfficeHtmlPath` is checked,
+     * or those inputs silently lose the rich preview. */
+    it('routes extensionless application/csv through office HTML even when category=other', async () => {
+      mockOfficeHtml.mockResolvedValueOnce('<!DOCTYPE html><table><tr><td>1</td></tr></table>');
+      const text = await extractCodeArtifactText(
+        Buffer.from('a,b\n1,2', 'utf-8'),
+        'data',
+        'application/csv',
+        'other',
+      );
+      expect(mockOfficeHtml).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.any(Buffer), 'data', 'application/csv');
+      expect(text).toContain('<table>');
+    });
+
+    it('routes extensionless office MIME with parameters through office HTML even when category=other', async () => {
+      mockOfficeHtml.mockResolvedValueOnce('<!DOCTYPE html><body>x</body></html>');
+      const text = await extractCodeArtifactText(
+        Buffer.from('PK'),
+        'workbook',
+        'application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet; charset=binary',
+        'other',
+      );
+      expect(mockOfficeHtml).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(text).toContain('<body>');
+    });
+
+    it('still returns null for true binary "other" files (no MIME match)', async () => {
+      /* Defense check: the category=other early return is preserved when
+       * `hasOfficeHtmlPath` returns false. A JPEG should not be handed to
+       * the office producer. */
+      const text = await extractCodeArtifactText(
+        Buffer.from([0xff, 0xd8, 0xff]),
+        'photo.jpg',
+        'image/jpeg',
+        'other',
+      );
+      expect(mockOfficeHtml).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(text).toBeNull();
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/api/src/files/code/extract.ts b/packages/api/src/files/code/extract.ts
index cc349204eb..1168522917 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/files/code/extract.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/files/code/extract.ts
@@ -170,28 +170,30 @@ export async function extractCodeArtifactText(
   mimeType: string,
   category: CodeArtifactCategory,
 ): Promise<string | null> {
-  if (category === 'other') {
-    return null;
-  }
   if (buffer.length > MAX_TEXT_EXTRACT_BYTES) {
     return null;
   }
   try {
-    /* Office HTML preview takes precedence for any file the dispatcher
-     * recognizes — by extension OR by MIME. The MIME fallback matters for
-     * extensionless tool outputs (e.g. `data` with `text/csv`); without
-     * it we'd ship raw CSV text to the client's SPREADSHEET bucket which
-     * expects a full HTML document. The `document`/`pptx` category checks
-     * keep the path open for sniffed `application/zip`/`octet-stream` MIMEs
-     * where neither the extension nor the MIME alone is dispositive. */
-    if (hasOfficeHtmlPath(name, mimeType) || category === 'document' || category === 'pptx') {
+    /* Office HTML preview is independent of `category` — `officeHtmlBucket`
+     * routes by extension OR (parameter-normalized) MIME, and may route
+     * inputs the legacy classifier labels as 'other'. Concrete cases:
+     *   - extensionless `application/csv` (CSV MIMEs aren't in the
+     *     classifier's text-MIME set and don't start with `text/`)
+     *   - extensionless office MIMEs with parameters like
+     *     `application/vnd...spreadsheetml.sheet; charset=binary`
+     * Without checking `hasOfficeHtmlPath` BEFORE the `category === 'other'`
+     * early return, those inputs would silently fall back to download-only
+     * even though the new dispatcher and the client both expect HTML. */
+    if (hasOfficeHtmlPath(name, mimeType)) {
       const html = await renderOfficeHtml(buffer, name, mimeType);
       if (html != null) {
         return html;
       }
-      /* HTML producer returned null — fall through to text-only extraction
-       * for the `document` category (PDFs and ODT still need text), or to
-       * utf8-text for CSV. PPTX has no text fallback (returns null below). */
+      /* HTML producer returned null — fall through to category-based
+       * dispatch, which may itself return null for unsupported types. */
+    }
+    if (category === 'other') {
+      return null;
     }
     if (category === 'utf8-text') {
       return extractUtf8(buffer);