diff --git a/src/tools/glob/cli.test.ts b/src/tools/glob/cli.test.ts
index bfab65d57..dcc393eb4 100644
--- a/src/tools/glob/cli.test.ts
+++ b/src/tools/glob/cli.test.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,17 @@ describe("buildRgArgs", () => {
     const args = buildRgArgs({ pattern: "**/*.tsx" })
     expect(args).toContain("--glob=**/*.tsx")
   })
+
+  // Regression for #3726: broken/dangling symlinks should not surface as
+  // tool errors. --no-messages silences ripgrep's non-fatal stderr warnings
+  // for I/O issues (broken symlinks, permission denied) without suppressing
+  // fatal-error messages, so the existing "exit code > 1 && stderr.trim()"
+  // gate sees a clean stream for soft I/O issues but still triggers on real
+  // fatal ripgrep errors.
+  it("includes --no-messages so broken symlinks do not error the tool (#3726)", () => {
+    const args = buildRgArgs({ pattern: "*.ts" })
+    expect(args).toContain("--no-messages")
+  })
 })
 
 describe("buildFindArgs", () => {
diff --git a/src/tools/glob/constants.ts b/src/tools/glob/constants.ts
index 8284b3681..0e49431f4 100644
--- a/src/tools/glob/constants.ts
+++ b/src/tools/glob/constants.ts
@@ -9,4 +9,8 @@ export const RG_FILES_FLAGS = [
   "--files",
   "--color=never",
   "--glob=!.git/*",
+  // Suppress stderr warnings on broken/dangling symlinks and similar
+  // non-fatal I/O issues so they don't tip the tool into the error branch.
+  // See #3726.
+  "--no-messages",
 ] as const
diff --git a/src/tools/grep/constants.ts b/src/tools/grep/constants.ts
index f6c913303..5dc9f34f3 100644
--- a/src/tools/grep/constants.ts
+++ b/src/tools/grep/constants.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ export const RG_SAFETY_FLAGS = [
   "--no-heading",
   "--line-number",
   "--with-filename",
+  // Suppress stderr warnings on broken/dangling symlinks and similar
+  // non-fatal I/O issues so they don't tip the tool into the error branch.
+  // See #3726.
+  "--no-messages",
 ] as const
 
 export const GREP_SAFETY_FLAGS = ["-n", "-H", "--color=never"] as const