diff --git a/src/features/publications/server/publication-object-service.ts b/src/features/publications/server/publication-object-service.ts
index 16d07d4ef..1a1276d9c 100644
--- a/src/features/publications/server/publication-object-service.ts
+++ b/src/features/publications/server/publication-object-service.ts
@@ -282,6 +282,21 @@ export async function planPublicationObjects(input: {
         kind: object.kind,
         sha256: claim.expectedSha256,
       });
+      if (object.status === "linked") {
+        return {
+          objectId: object.id,
+          storageStatus: "linked" as const,
+          response: {
+            kind: object.kind,
+            sha256: object.sha256,
+            r2Key: object.r2Key,
+            status: "already_present" as const,
+            uploadUrl: null,
+            expiresAt: null,
+            requiredHeaders: headers,
+          },
+        };
+      }
       const verified = await verifyR2Object({
         contentType: claim.expectedContentType,
         kind: object.kind,
diff --git a/tests/unit/publication-object-service.test.ts b/tests/unit/publication-object-service.test.ts
index 7ff272ead..36dfec0ed 100644
--- a/tests/unit/publication-object-service.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/publication-object-service.test.ts
@@ -194,6 +194,43 @@ describe("publication object completion", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("reuses a linked object's completed verification without reading R2", async () => {
+    const claim = {
+      expectedContentType: "text/plain",
+      expectedSha256: sha256OfAbc,
+      expectedSize: 3,
+      object: {
+        id: "object-1",
+        kind: "body_html" as const,
+        r2Key: `publications/body_html/sha256/ba/${sha256OfAbc}`,
+        sha256: sha256OfAbc,
+        status: "linked" as const,
+      },
+    };
+    mocks.batchFindUnique.mockResolvedValue({ objects: [claim] });
+
+    const planned = await planPublicationObjects({
+      principal,
+      payload: {
+        batchId: "batch-linked",
+        objects: [{ kind: "body_html", sha256: sha256OfAbc }],
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(planned.objects).toEqual([
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        kind: "body_html",
+        sha256: sha256OfAbc,
+        status: "already_present",
+        uploadUrl: null,
+      }),
+    ]);
+    expect(mocks.getBucket).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(mocks.bucket.head).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(mocks.bucket.get).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(mocks.objectUpdateMany).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   it("plans a large request with one batch lookup and bounded R2 concurrency", async () => {
     const objectCount = 500;
     const claims = Array.from({ length: objectCount }, (_, index) => {