diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/link_preview.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/link_preview.rs
index 3ebf7fe60..d63d14da0 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/link_preview.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/link_preview.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const PREVIEW_FETCH_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(4);
 const PREVIEW_TOTAL_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(10);
 const MAX_REDIRECTS: usize = 3;
 const MAX_METADATA_CHARS: usize = 180;
+const MAX_METADATA_DESCRIPTION_CHARS: usize = 280;
 
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Serialize)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
@@ -402,7 +403,7 @@ fn extract_link_preview_metadata(html: &str) -> Option<LinkPreviewMetadata> {
         .and_then(|value| normalize_metadata_text(&value));
     let description = extract_meta_content(html, "property", "og:description")
         .or_else(|| extract_meta_content(html, "name", "twitter:description"))
-        .and_then(|value| normalize_metadata_text(&value));
+        .and_then(|value| normalize_metadata_description(&value));
 
     Some(LinkPreviewMetadata {
         title,
@@ -503,6 +504,27 @@ fn normalize_metadata_text(raw: &str) -> Option<String> {
     Some(normalized.chars().take(MAX_METADATA_CHARS).collect())
 }
 
+fn normalize_metadata_description(raw: &str) -> Option<String> {
+    let decoded = decode_html_entities(raw)
+        .replace("\r\n", "\n")
+        .replace('\r', "\n");
+    let normalized = decoded
+        .split('\n')
+        .map(|line| line.split_whitespace().collect::<Vec<_>>().join(" "))
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        .join("\n");
+    let normalized = normalized.trim();
+    if normalized.is_empty() {
+        return None;
+    }
+    Some(
+        normalized
+            .chars()
+            .take(MAX_METADATA_DESCRIPTION_CHARS)
+            .collect(),
+    )
+}
+
 fn decode_html_entities(value: &str) -> String {
     let mut decoded = value
         .replace("&amp;", "&")
@@ -537,6 +559,7 @@ mod tests {
     use super::{
         declares_animation, extract_favicon_url, extract_image_url, extract_link_preview_metadata,
         is_html_response, read_bytes_prefix, sanitize_image, LinkPreviewMetadata,
+        MAX_METADATA_DESCRIPTION_CHARS,
     };
     use axum::{body::Body, http::Response, routing::get, Router};
     use base64::Engine as _;
@@ -590,6 +613,28 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn metadata_preserves_description_line_breaks() {
+        let html = r#"<meta property="og:title" content="Tweet title">
+          <meta property="og:description" content="First paragraph.&#10;&#10;Agents:&#10;- One&#10;- Two">"#;
+        assert_eq!(
+            extract_link_preview_metadata(html).and_then(|metadata| metadata.description),
+            Some("First paragraph.\n\nAgents:\n- One\n- Two".to_string())
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn metadata_description_supports_standard_x_posts() {
+        let description = "x".repeat(MAX_METADATA_DESCRIPTION_CHARS + 1);
+        let html = format!(
+            r#"<meta property="og:title" content="Long post"><meta property="og:description" content="{description}">"#
+        );
+        let extracted = extract_link_preview_metadata(&html)
+            .and_then(|metadata| metadata.description)
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(extracted.chars().count(), MAX_METADATA_DESCRIPTION_CHARS);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn favicon_metadata_resolves_relative_icon_links() {
         let page = Url::parse("https://example.com/articles/one").unwrap();
diff --git a/desktop/src/shared/ui/rich-link-preview-attachment.tsx b/desktop/src/shared/ui/rich-link-preview-attachment.tsx
index 692129050..c9937c557 100644
--- a/desktop/src/shared/ui/rich-link-preview-attachment.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/shared/ui/rich-link-preview-attachment.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { useState } from "react";
 import type { ResolvedLinkPreview } from "@/shared/lib/useResolvedLinkPreviews";
 import { cn } from "@/shared/lib/cn";
 import { Button } from "@/shared/ui/button";
+import { SimpleImageLightbox } from "@/shared/ui/SimpleImageLightbox";
 
 function LinkPreviewIdentity({ preview }: { preview: ResolvedLinkPreview }) {
   if (preview.faviconDataUrl) {
@@ -40,6 +41,67 @@ function isTweetPreview(preview: ResolvedLinkPreview): boolean {
   }
 }
 
+function LinkPreviewImage({
+  aspectClassName,
+  className,
+  preview,
+}: {
+  aspectClassName: string;
+  className?: string;
+  preview: ResolvedLinkPreview;
+}) {
+  const [lightboxOpen, setLightboxOpen] = useState(false);
+  const imageSrc =
+    preview.imageState === "image" ? preview.imageDataUrl : undefined;
+  const alt = `Preview from ${preview.imageDomain}`;
+
+  if (!imageSrc) {
+    return (
+      <div
+        className={cn("overflow-hidden rounded-xl bg-muted", className)}
+        data-link-preview-thumbnail=""
+      >
+        <div
+          className={cn(
+            "w-full animate-pulse bg-muted-foreground/10",
+            aspectClassName,
+          )}
+          data-link-preview-skeleton=""
+        />
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <button
+        aria-label={`Open ${alt.toLowerCase()} in lightbox`}
+        className={cn(
+          "block cursor-zoom-in overflow-hidden rounded-xl bg-muted",
+          className,
+        )}
+        data-link-preview-thumbnail=""
+        onClick={() => setLightboxOpen(true)}
+        type="button"
+      >
+        <div className={cn("w-full", aspectClassName)}>
+          <img
+            alt={alt}
+            className="h-full w-full object-cover"
+            src={imageSrc}
+          />
+        </div>
+      </button>
+      <SimpleImageLightbox
+        alt={alt}
+        onOpenChange={setLightboxOpen}
+        open={lightboxOpen}
+        src={imageSrc}
+      />
+    </>
+  );
+}
+
 function TweetPreview({
   className,
   onRemove,
@@ -51,7 +113,6 @@ function TweetPreview({
 }) {
   const [contentExpanded, setContentExpanded] = useState(true);
   const reserveImage = preview.imageState !== "none";
-  const showImage = preview.imageState === "image";
   const hasExpandableContent = Boolean(preview.description) || reserveImage;
   const hostname = getHostname(preview);
 
@@ -88,28 +149,11 @@ function TweetPreview({
         </div>
       ) : null}
       {contentExpanded && reserveImage ? (
-        <a
-          aria-label={`Open tweet: ${preview.title}`}
-          className="mt-2 block w-full max-w-75 overflow-hidden rounded-xl bg-muted"
-          href={preview.href}
-          rel="noreferrer"
-          target="_blank"
-        >
-          <div className="aspect-video w-full" data-link-preview-thumbnail="">
-            {showImage ? (
-              <img
-                alt={`Preview from ${preview.imageDomain}`}
-                className="h-full w-full object-cover"
-                src={preview.imageDataUrl ?? undefined}
-              />
-            ) : (
-              <div
-                className="h-full w-full animate-pulse bg-muted-foreground/10"
-                data-link-preview-skeleton=""
-              />
-            )}
-          </div>
-        </a>
+        <LinkPreviewImage
+          aspectClassName="aspect-video"
+          className="mt-2 w-full max-w-75"
+          preview={preview}
+        />
       ) : null}
       {hasExpandableContent ? (
         <button