diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/main/services/ai/tools/readFileRange.test.ts b/apps/desktop/src/main/services/ai/tools/readFileRange.test.ts
index 569dcf978..5245a8c2b 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/main/services/ai/tools/readFileRange.test.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/main/services/ai/tools/readFileRange.test.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,20 @@ describe("createReadFileRangeTool", () => {
     expect(result.content).not.toContain("saved on disk");
   });
 
+  it("reads unsaved new files that are not on disk yet", async () => {
+    const cwd = makeTmpDir("read-dirty-new-");
+    const absPath = path.join(cwd, "src", "new.ts");
+
+    const tool = createReadFileRangeTool(cwd, {
+      getDirtyFileTextForPath: (candidate) =>
+        (candidate === absPath ? "draft only in editor" : undefined),
+    });
+    const result = await tool.execute({ file_path: "src/new.ts" });
+
+    expect(result.error).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(result.content).toContain("draft only in editor");
+  });
+
   it("reads an entire file when no offset or limit is given", async () => {
     const cwd = makeTmpDir("read-full-");
     writeFixtureFile(cwd, "sample.ts", FIVE_LINES);
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/main/services/ai/tools/readFileRange.ts b/apps/desktop/src/main/services/ai/tools/readFileRange.ts
index d2f619dd8..230bc5c16 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/main/services/ai/tools/readFileRange.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/main/services/ai/tools/readFileRange.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ export function createReadFileRangeTool(cwd: string, options: ReadFileRangeToolO
         const root = fs.realpathSync(cwd);
         let resolvedPath: string;
         try {
-          resolvedPath = resolvePathWithinRoot(root, file_path, { allowMissing: false });
+          resolvedPath = resolvePathWithinRoot(root, file_path, {
+            allowMissing: Boolean(options.getDirtyFileTextForPath),
+          });
         } catch (error) {
           const message = getErrorMessage(error);
           if (message.startsWith("Path does not exist:")) {
@@ -49,13 +51,22 @@ export function createReadFileRangeTool(cwd: string, options: ReadFileRangeToolO
           return { content: "", totalLines: 0, error: `Error reading file: ${message}` };
         }
 
-        const raw = (
-          await readAgentAccessibleFileBytes({
-            rootPath: root,
-            resolvedPath: resolvedPath,
-            getDirtyFileTextForPath: options.getDirtyFileTextForPath,
-          })
-        ).toString("utf-8");
+        let raw: string;
+        try {
+          raw = (
+            await readAgentAccessibleFileBytes({
+              rootPath: root,
+              resolvedPath: resolvedPath,
+              getDirtyFileTextForPath: options.getDirtyFileTextForPath,
+            })
+          ).toString("utf-8");
+        } catch (error) {
+          const message = getErrorMessage(error);
+          if (message.startsWith("Path does not exist:") || (error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code === "ENOENT") {
+            return { content: "", totalLines: 0, error: `File not found: ${file_path}` };
+          }
+          throw error;
+        }
         const allLines = raw.split("\n");
         const totalLines = allLines.length;
 
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/main/services/shared/utils.test.ts b/apps/desktop/src/main/services/shared/utils.test.ts
index 56926f95b..d1534239b 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/main/services/shared/utils.test.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/main/services/shared/utils.test.ts
@@ -348,6 +348,23 @@ describe("readAgentAccessibleFileBytes", () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it("returns dirty editor text for paths that do not exist on disk yet", async () => {
+    const root = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "ade-dirty-read-new-"));
+    try {
+      const filePath = path.join(root, "src", "new.ts");
+
+      const bytes = await readAgentAccessibleFileBytes({
+        rootPath: root,
+        resolvedPath: filePath,
+        getDirtyFileTextForPath: () => "unsaved new file",
+      });
+
+      expect(bytes.toString("utf8")).toBe("unsaved new file");
+    } finally {
+      fs.rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
   it("does not let dirty-buffer lookup bypass the workspace boundary", async () => {
     const root = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "ade-dirty-read-root-"));
     const outside = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "ade-dirty-read-outside-"));
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/main/services/shared/utils.ts b/apps/desktop/src/main/services/shared/utils.ts
index cba941536..c38de6547 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/main/services/shared/utils.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/main/services/shared/utils.ts
@@ -476,7 +476,8 @@ export async function readAgentAccessibleFileBytes(args: {
   const root = path.resolve(args.rootPath);
   let absPath: string;
   try {
-    absPath = resolvePathWithinRoot(root, args.resolvedPath, { allowMissing: false });
+    // allowMissing so unsaved new files (not yet on disk) can still resolve for dirty lookup.
+    absPath = resolvePathWithinRoot(root, args.resolvedPath, { allowMissing: true });
   } catch {
     return readFileWithinRootSecure(root, args.resolvedPath);
   }