diff --git a/decnet_web/src/components/AttackerDetail.tsx b/decnet_web/src/components/AttackerDetail.tsx
index 328dabc9..10c018eb 100644
--- a/decnet_web/src/components/AttackerDetail.tsx
+++ b/decnet_web/src/components/AttackerDetail.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { useParams, useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom';
-import { Activity, AlertTriangle, ArrowLeft, Cpu, Crosshair, Eye, Fingerprint, Globe, Keyboard, Shield, Clock, Sparkles, Wifi, Lock, FileKey, Radio, Timer, Paperclip, Package, FileText, Mail, AtSign } from '../icons';
+import { Activity, AlertTriangle, ArrowLeft, Cpu, Crosshair, Eye, Fingerprint, Globe, Keyboard, Shield, Clock, Sparkles, Wifi, Lock, FileKey, Radio, Timer, FileText, Mail, AtSign } from '../icons';
 import api from '../utils/api';
-import ArtifactDrawer from './ArtifactDrawer';
 import MailDrawer from './MailDrawer';
 import SessionDrawer from './SessionDrawer';
 import EmptyState from './EmptyState/EmptyState';
@@ -13,6 +12,7 @@ import { AttackerStats } from './AttackerDetail/sections/AttackerStats';
 import { TimelineSection } from './AttackerDetail/sections/TimelineSection';
 import { ServicesTargeted } from './AttackerDetail/sections/ServicesTargeted';
 import { CommandsViewer } from './AttackerDetail/sections/CommandsViewer';
+import { ArtifactsPanel } from './AttackerDetail/sections/ArtifactsPanel';
 import { Tag, Section } from './AttackerDetail/ui';
 import type {
   AttackerBehavior,
@@ -1283,7 +1283,8 @@ const AttackerDetail: React.FC = () => {
   });
 
   // Drawer selection (ephemeral UI; data feeds come from the hook).
-  const [artifact, setArtifact] = useState<{ decky: string; storedAs: string; fields: Record<string, any> } | null>(null);
+  // Drawer selection (mail/session). The artifact drawer state moved
+  // into ArtifactsPanel; mail and session follow in the next commits.
   const [session, setSession] = useState<{ decky: string; sid: string; fields: Record<string, any> } | null>(null);
   const [mailItem, setMailItem] = useState<{ decky: string; storedAs: string; fields: Record<string, any> } | null>(null);
 
@@ -1499,89 +1500,11 @@ const AttackerDetail: React.FC = () => {
         <IntelPanel uuid={id!} />
       </Section>
 
-      {/* Captured Artifacts */}
-      <Section
-        title={<>CAPTURED ARTIFACTS ({artifacts.length})</>}
+      <ArtifactsPanel
+        artifacts={artifacts}
         open={openSections.artifacts}
         onToggle={() => toggle('artifacts')}
-      >
-        {artifacts.length > 0 ? (
-          <div className="logs-table-container">
-            <table className="logs-table">
-              <thead>
-                <tr>
-                  <th>TIMESTAMP</th>
-                  <th>DECKY</th>
-                  <th>FILENAME</th>
-                  <th>SIZE</th>
-                  <th>SHA-256</th>
-                  <th></th>
-                </tr>
-              </thead>
-              <tbody>
-                {artifacts.map((row) => {
-                  let fields: Record<string, any> = {};
-                  try { fields = JSON.parse(row.fields || '{}'); } catch {}
-                  const storedAs = fields.stored_as ? String(fields.stored_as) : null;
-                  const sha = fields.sha256 ? String(fields.sha256) : '';
-                  return (
-                    <tr key={row.id}>
-                      <td className="dim" style={{ fontSize: '0.75rem', whiteSpace: 'nowrap' }}>
-                        {new Date(row.timestamp).toLocaleString()}
-                      </td>
-                      <td className="violet-accent">{row.decky}</td>
-                      <td className="matrix-text" style={{ fontFamily: 'monospace', wordBreak: 'break-all' }}>
-                        {fields.orig_path ?? storedAs ?? '—'}
-                      </td>
-                      <td className="matrix-text" style={{ fontFamily: 'monospace' }}>
-                        {fields.size ? `${fields.size} B` : '—'}
-                      </td>
-                      <td className="dim" style={{ fontFamily: 'monospace', fontSize: '0.7rem' }}>
-                        {sha ? `${sha.slice(0, 12)}…` : '—'}
-                      </td>
-                      <td>
-                        {storedAs && (
-                          <button
-                            onClick={() => setArtifact({ decky: row.decky, storedAs, fields })}
-                            title="Inspect captured artifact"
-                            style={{
-                              display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: '6px',
-                              fontSize: '0.7rem',
-                              backgroundColor: 'var(--warn-tint-10)',
-                              padding: '2px 8px',
-                              borderRadius: '4px',
-                              border: '1px solid var(--warn)',
-                              color: 'var(--warn)',
-                              cursor: 'pointer',
-                            }}
-                          >
-                            <Paperclip size={11} /> OPEN
-                          </button>
-                        )}
-                      </td>
-                    </tr>
-                  );
-                })}
-              </tbody>
-            </table>
-          </div>
-        ) : (
-          <EmptyState
-            icon={Package}
-            title="NO ARTIFACTS CAPTURED"
-            size="compact"
-          />
-        )}
-      </Section>
-
-      {artifact && (
-        <ArtifactDrawer
-          decky={artifact.decky}
-          storedAs={artifact.storedAs}
-          fields={artifact.fields}
-          onClose={() => setArtifact(null)}
-        />
-      )}
+      />
 
       {/* SMTP Victim Domains (viewer-safe rollup) */}
       <Section
diff --git a/decnet_web/src/components/AttackerDetail/sections/ArtifactsPanel.test.tsx b/decnet_web/src/components/AttackerDetail/sections/ArtifactsPanel.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..384570fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/decnet_web/src/components/AttackerDetail/sections/ArtifactsPanel.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
+import { ArtifactsPanel } from './ArtifactsPanel';
+import type { ArtifactLog } from '../types';
+
+// ArtifactDrawer fetches over the network; render a simple placeholder
+// so we can assert "the drawer opened" without standing up MSW handlers.
+vi.mock('../../ArtifactDrawer', () => ({
+  default: ({ storedAs, onClose }: { storedAs: string; onClose: () => void }) => (
+    <div data-testid="artifact-drawer">
+      drawer for {storedAs}
+      <button onClick={onClose}>close</button>
+    </div>
+  ),
+}));
+
+const fields = (extra: Record<string, unknown> = {}) =>
+  JSON.stringify({
+    stored_as: '/var/captures/abc.bin',
+    sha256: 'a'.repeat(64),
+    size: 1024,
+    orig_path: '/etc/passwd',
+    ...extra,
+  });
+
+const row = (overrides: Partial<ArtifactLog> = {}): ArtifactLog => ({
+  id: 1,
+  timestamp: '2026-05-09T11:00:00Z',
+  decky: 'decoy-01',
+  service: 'ssh',
+  fields: fields(),
+  ...overrides,
+});
+
+describe('ArtifactsPanel', () => {
+  it('renders one row per artifact with parsed filename + truncated sha', () => {
+    render(
+      <ArtifactsPanel
+        artifacts={[row()]}
+        open={true}
+        onToggle={() => {}}
+      />,
+    );
+    expect(screen.getByText('decoy-01')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText('/etc/passwd')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/aaaaaaaaaaaa…/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/^OPEN$/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('shows the empty-state when artifacts is []', () => {
+    render(
+      <ArtifactsPanel artifacts={[]} open={true} onToggle={() => {}} />,
+    );
+    expect(screen.getByText('NO ARTIFACTS CAPTURED')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('omits the OPEN button when stored_as is absent', () => {
+    render(
+      <ArtifactsPanel
+        artifacts={[row({ fields: JSON.stringify({ orig_path: '/x' }) })]}
+        open={true}
+        onToggle={() => {}}
+      />,
+    );
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/^OPEN$/)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('opens the drawer on OPEN click and closes on the drawer close', async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    render(
+      <ArtifactsPanel
+        artifacts={[row()]}
+        open={true}
+        onToggle={() => {}}
+      />,
+    );
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId('artifact-drawer')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+
+    await user.click(screen.getByText(/^OPEN$/));
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('artifact-drawer')).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+    await user.click(screen.getByText('close'));
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId('artifact-drawer')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/decnet_web/src/components/AttackerDetail/sections/ArtifactsPanel.tsx b/decnet_web/src/components/AttackerDetail/sections/ArtifactsPanel.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..58ffbee2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/decnet_web/src/components/AttackerDetail/sections/ArtifactsPanel.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import { Package, Paperclip } from '../../../icons';
+import EmptyState from '../../EmptyState/EmptyState';
+import ArtifactDrawer from '../../ArtifactDrawer';
+import { Section } from '../ui';
+import type { ArtifactLog } from '../types';
+
+interface Props {
+  artifacts: ArtifactLog[];
+  open: boolean;
+  onToggle: () => void;
+}
+
+interface DrawerSelection {
+  decky: string;
+  storedAs: string;
+  fields: Record<string, unknown>;
+}
+
+/** CAPTURED ARTIFACTS collapsible — file-drop log with inline
+ *  preview button per row. The drawer's open/close state lives
+ *  here; the artifact list itself is read from the data hook. */
+export const ArtifactsPanel: React.FC<Props> = ({ artifacts, open, onToggle }) => {
+  const [selected, setSelected] = useState<DrawerSelection | null>(null);
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <Section
+        title={<>CAPTURED ARTIFACTS ({artifacts.length})</>}
+        open={open}
+        onToggle={onToggle}
+      >
+        {artifacts.length > 0 ? (
+          <div className="logs-table-container">
+            <table className="logs-table">
+              <thead>
+                <tr>
+                  <th>TIMESTAMP</th>
+                  <th>DECKY</th>
+                  <th>FILENAME</th>
+                  <th>SIZE</th>
+                  <th>SHA-256</th>
+                  <th></th>
+                </tr>
+              </thead>
+              <tbody>
+                {artifacts.map((row) => {
+                  let fields: Record<string, unknown> = {};
+                  try {
+                    fields = JSON.parse(row.fields || '{}');
+                  } catch {
+                    // malformed SD params — preview unavailable
+                  }
+                  const storedAs = fields.stored_as ? String(fields.stored_as) : null;
+                  const sha = fields.sha256 ? String(fields.sha256) : '';
+                  return (
+                    <tr key={row.id}>
+                      <td className="dim" style={{ fontSize: '0.75rem', whiteSpace: 'nowrap' }}>
+                        {new Date(row.timestamp).toLocaleString()}
+                      </td>
+                      <td className="violet-accent">{row.decky}</td>
+                      <td
+                        className="matrix-text"
+                        style={{ fontFamily: 'monospace', wordBreak: 'break-all' }}
+                      >
+                        {(fields.orig_path as string | undefined) ?? storedAs ?? '—'}
+                      </td>
+                      <td className="matrix-text" style={{ fontFamily: 'monospace' }}>
+                        {fields.size ? `${fields.size} B` : '—'}
+                      </td>
+                      <td
+                        className="dim"
+                        style={{ fontFamily: 'monospace', fontSize: '0.7rem' }}
+                      >
+                        {sha ? `${sha.slice(0, 12)}…` : '—'}
+                      </td>
+                      <td>
+                        {storedAs && (
+                          <button
+                            onClick={() => setSelected({ decky: row.decky, storedAs, fields })}
+                            title="Inspect captured artifact"
+                            style={{
+                              display: 'flex',
+                              alignItems: 'center',
+                              gap: '6px',
+                              fontSize: '0.7rem',
+                              backgroundColor: 'var(--warn-tint-10)',
+                              padding: '2px 8px',
+                              borderRadius: '4px',
+                              border: '1px solid var(--warn)',
+                              color: 'var(--warn)',
+                              cursor: 'pointer',
+                            }}
+                          >
+                            <Paperclip size={11} /> OPEN
+                          </button>
+                        )}
+                      </td>
+                    </tr>
+                  );
+                })}
+              </tbody>
+            </table>
+          </div>
+        ) : (
+          <EmptyState icon={Package} title="NO ARTIFACTS CAPTURED" size="compact" />
+        )}
+      </Section>
+
+      {selected && (
+        <ArtifactDrawer
+          decky={selected.decky}
+          storedAs={selected.storedAs}
+          fields={selected.fields}
+          onClose={() => setSelected(null)}
+        />
+      )}
+    </>
+  );
+};