diff --git a/src/tools/glob/cli.test.ts b/src/tools/glob/cli.test.ts
index bfab65d57..5d1ba0683 100644
--- a/src/tools/glob/cli.test.ts
+++ b/src/tools/glob/cli.test.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@ 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
+  // so the downstream "exit code > 2 && stderr.trim()" gate sees a clean
+  // stream when only I/O warnings were emitted.
+  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/cli.ts b/src/tools/glob/cli.ts
index 9ba34c32a..271405a21 100644
--- a/src/tools/glob/cli.ts
+++ b/src/tools/glob/cli.ts
@@ -152,7 +152,10 @@ async function runRgFilesInternal(
     const stderr = await new Response(proc.stderr).text()
     const exitCode = await proc.exited
 
-    if (exitCode > 1 && stderr.trim()) {
+    // ripgrep exits 2 on non-fatal I/O errors (broken symlinks, permission
+    // denied) even when stdout still contains valid file matches; treat only
+    // exit codes >2 as fatal so partial results survive. See #3726.
+    if (exitCode > 2 && stderr.trim()) {
       return {
         files: [],
         totalFiles: 0,
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/cli.ts b/src/tools/grep/cli.ts
index 4b9684c66..abef23804 100644
--- a/src/tools/grep/cli.ts
+++ b/src/tools/grep/cli.ts
@@ -197,7 +197,10 @@ async function runRgInternal(options: GrepOptions, resolvedCli?: ResolvedCli): P
     const truncated = stdout.length >= DEFAULT_MAX_OUTPUT_BYTES
     const outputToProcess = truncated ? stdout.substring(0, DEFAULT_MAX_OUTPUT_BYTES) : stdout
 
-    if (exitCode > 1 && stderr.trim()) {
+    // ripgrep exits 2 on non-fatal I/O errors (broken symlinks, permission
+    // denied) even when stdout still contains valid matches; treat only
+    // exit codes >2 as fatal so partial results survive. See #3726.
+    if (exitCode > 2 && stderr.trim()) {
       return {
         matches: [],
         totalMatches: 0,
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