diff --git a/mateclaw-server/src/main/java/vip/mate/wiki/service/WikiDirectoryScanService.java b/mateclaw-server/src/main/java/vip/mate/wiki/service/WikiDirectoryScanService.java
index 6de513e5..1f7e5961 100644
--- a/mateclaw-server/src/main/java/vip/mate/wiki/service/WikiDirectoryScanService.java
+++ b/mateclaw-server/src/main/java/vip/mate/wiki/service/WikiDirectoryScanService.java
@@ -226,8 +226,17 @@ public class WikiDirectoryScanService {
                 errors.add("Base directory does not exist: " + scanRoot);
                 return;
             }
+            // validateDirectory canonicalizes via toRealPath, so scanRoot is the
+            // symlink-resolved real path and walkFileTree yields real-path-prefixed
+            // files. The matcher must use that resolved base, not the literal pattern
+            // prefix — otherwise a symlinked base never matches. Rebuild the pattern
+            // by swapping the literal base for the resolved scanRoot, keeping the
+            // wildcard tail; escape glob metacharacters in the base so a real
+            // directory name containing */?/{}/[] is treated literally.
+            String wildcardTail = pattern.substring(basePath.length());
+            String effectivePattern = globEscape(scanRoot.toString()) + wildcardTail;
             try {
-                matcher = FileSystems.getDefault().getPathMatcher("glob:" + pattern);
+                matcher = FileSystems.getDefault().getPathMatcher("glob:" + effectivePattern);
             } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
                 errors.add("Invalid glob pattern '" + pattern + "': " + e.getMessage());
                 return;
@@ -302,6 +311,19 @@ public class WikiDirectoryScanService {
         return s.contains("*") || s.contains("?") || s.contains("{") || s.contains("[");
     }
 
+    /** Escape glob metacharacters so a literal path segment is matched verbatim. */
+    private static String globEscape(String s) {
+        StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder(s.length());
+        for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
+            char c = s.charAt(i);
+            if ("\\*?{}[]".indexOf(c) >= 0) {
+                b.append('\\');
+            }
+            b.append(c);
+        }
+        return b.toString();
+    }
+
     private static String getExtension(String fileName) {
         int dot = fileName.lastIndexOf('.');
         return dot > 0 ? fileName.substring(dot + 1).toLowerCase() : "";
diff --git a/mateclaw-server/src/test/java/vip/mate/wiki/service/WikiGlobSymlinkBaseE2ETest.java b/mateclaw-server/src/test/java/vip/mate/wiki/service/WikiGlobSymlinkBaseE2ETest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..742132de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mateclaw-server/src/test/java/vip/mate/wiki/service/WikiGlobSymlinkBaseE2ETest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+package vip.mate.wiki.service;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+/**
+ * Verifies glob matching works when the pattern's base directory is reached
+ * through a symbolic link. {@code WikiSourcePathValidator} canonicalizes the
+ * base with {@code toRealPath()}, so the walked files carry the symlink-resolved
+ * prefix; the matcher must be built against that resolved scan root rather than
+ * the literal pattern prefix, otherwise nothing matches and files are silently
+ * dropped.
+ */
+@SpringBootTest(
+        webEnvironment = SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment.NONE,
+        properties = {
+                "spring.flyway.enabled=true",
+                "spring.flyway.locations=classpath:db/migration/h2",
+                "mateclaw.feature-flag.refresh-ms=999999",
+                "mate.wiki.auto-process-on-upload=false"
+        }
+)
+class WikiGlobSymlinkBaseE2ETest {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private WikiDirectoryScanService scanService;
+
+    private static final java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong SEQ =
+            new java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong(System.nanoTime());
+
+    @Test
+    void globWithSymlinkBase_singleLevel_matches(@TempDir Path base) throws IOException {
+        Path realDir = Files.createDirectories(base.resolve("real"));
+        Files.writeString(realDir.resolve("a.txt"), "alpha");
+        Files.write(realDir.resolve("b.pdf"), "PDF-bytes".getBytes());
+
+        Path linkDir = base.resolve("link");
+        try {
+            Files.createSymbolicLink(linkDir, realDir);
+        } catch (UnsupportedOperationException | IOException e) {
+            return; // filesystem without symlink support — skip
+        }
+
+        WikiDirectoryScanService.ScanResult result =
+                scanService.scanDirectory(SEQ.incrementAndGet(), linkDir + "/*.txt");
+
+        // Only a.txt matches; the .pdf is excluded by the explicit *.txt pattern.
+        // Before the fix the symlink-resolved file prefix never matched the literal
+        // pattern prefix, so added would be 0.
+        assertEquals(1, result.added(), "glob through a symlinked base must match the .txt file");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void globWithSymlinkBase_recursive_matchesSubdir(@TempDir Path base) throws IOException {
+        Path realDir = Files.createDirectories(base.resolve("real"));
+        Files.createDirectories(realDir.resolve("sub"));
+        Files.writeString(realDir.resolve("sub/c.txt"), "charlie");
+
+        Path linkDir = base.resolve("link");
+        try {
+            Files.createSymbolicLink(linkDir, realDir);
+        } catch (UnsupportedOperationException | IOException e) {
+            return; // filesystem without symlink support — skip
+        }
+
+        WikiDirectoryScanService.ScanResult result =
+                scanService.scanDirectory(SEQ.incrementAndGet(), linkDir + "/**/*.txt");
+
+        assertEquals(1, result.added(), "recursive glob through a symlinked base must match the nested .txt file");
+    }
+}