diff --git a/packages/publishing-execution/src/publishing.repository.ts b/packages/publishing-execution/src/publishing.repository.ts
index 36f42b4..4f4ad01 100644
--- a/packages/publishing-execution/src/publishing.repository.ts
+++ b/packages/publishing-execution/src/publishing.repository.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ export const PUBLISH_ERROR_CODES = [
 ] as const;
 export type PublishErrorCode = (typeof PUBLISH_ERROR_CODES)[number] | (string & {});
 
+/**
+ * Provider-compatible ceiling on attachments per post (the API's
+ * media.service MAX_MEDIA_PER_POST; Mastodon's connector MAX_MEDIA). The API
+ * validated it at intake; the repository re-checks the approved snapshot so a
+ * forged snapshot can never reach a connector.
+ */
+export const MAX_MEDIA_ATTACHMENTS = 4;
+
 /** Roles that may use every connection without group sharing (groups.service WORKSPACE_WIDE_ROLES). */
 const WORKSPACE_WIDE_ROLES = ["Owner", "Admin"];
 const DEFAULT_LEASE_SECONDS = 90;
@@ -56,7 +64,10 @@ export interface Lease {
 
 export interface ExecutionPost {
   text: string;
+  /** media_assets ids (0..4). Existence was proven at intake; dispatch resolves them. */
   mediaAssetIds: string[];
+  /** Optional alt texts, positionally aligned with mediaAssetIds (null = none). */
+  altTexts?: (string | null)[];
   visibility: string;
   providerMetadata: Record<string, unknown>;
 }
@@ -259,7 +270,7 @@ export class PublishingExecutionRepository {
     }
 
     const approvedPost = draft.post as ExecutionPost;
-    if (approvedPost.mediaAssetIds.length > 0 || "mediaIds" in approvedPost.providerMetadata) throw new PublishingStateError("UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA", "publishing currently supports text only");
+    assertApprovedMediaShape(approvedPost);
     if (approvedPost.providerMetadata.connectionId !== input.connectionId || canonicalPostHash(approvedPost) !== draft.approved_hash) {
       throw new PublishingStateError("APPROVAL_MISMATCH", "approved content or target does not match");
     }
@@ -935,6 +946,43 @@ function ownsLease(attempt: Row, lease: Lease): boolean {
   );
 }
 
+/**
+ * The approved snapshot may carry media, but its shape must still be exactly
+ * what the API admits at intake: 0..4 asset ids plus (optionally) an
+ * index-aligned list of alt texts. Asset EXISTENCE is not re-proven here — the
+ * api validated it against media_assets inside the workspace at intake, and
+ * the approved snapshot is immutable afterwards; the dispatch-time resolver
+ * re-derives the row (workspace-scoped) when it loads bytes. Anything else
+ * (wrong types, misaligned alt texts, remote media ids smuggled into
+ * providerMetadata) is a forged snapshot and refuses to schedule.
+ */
+function assertApprovedMediaShape(post: ExecutionPost): void {
+  const ids = post.mediaAssetIds;
+  if (!Array.isArray(ids) || !ids.every((id) => typeof id === "string" && id.length > 0)) {
+    throw new PublishingStateError("UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA", "post.mediaAssetIds must be an array of non-empty strings");
+  }
+  if (ids.length > MAX_MEDIA_ATTACHMENTS) {
+    throw new PublishingStateError(
+      "UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA",
+      `post.mediaAssetIds supports at most ${MAX_MEDIA_ATTACHMENTS} attachments`,
+    );
+  }
+  const altTexts = post.altTexts;
+  if (altTexts !== undefined) {
+    if (!Array.isArray(altTexts) || !altTexts.every((entry) => entry === null || typeof entry === "string")) {
+      throw new PublishingStateError("UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA", "post.altTexts must be an array of strings or nulls");
+    }
+    if (altTexts.length !== ids.length) {
+      throw new PublishingStateError("UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA", "post.altTexts must align with post.mediaAssetIds (same length)");
+    }
+  }
+  if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(post.providerMetadata, "mediaIds")) {
+    // Remote media ids bypass asset ownership; the runtime refuses them at
+    // dispatch too (idempotency.FORBIDDEN_POST_METADATA_KEYS).
+    throw new PublishingStateError("UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA", "providerMetadata.mediaIds is reserved and may not be supplied by the author");
+  }
+}
+
 function contentFenceHolds(draft: Row, attempt: Row): boolean {
   return (
     String(draft.revision) === String(attempt.approved_revision) &&
@@ -1171,9 +1219,16 @@ function jobFromLocked(locked: Locked, lease: Lease): ClaimedJob {
  */
 function executionPost(snapshot: Row, draftId: string, idempotencyKey: string): ExecutionPost {
   const metadata = snapshot.providerMetadata;
+  const mediaAssetIds = Array.isArray(snapshot.mediaAssetIds) ? snapshot.mediaAssetIds.map((v) => String(v)) : [];
+  const rawAltTexts = snapshot.altTexts;
+  const altTexts =
+    Array.isArray(rawAltTexts) && rawAltTexts.length === mediaAssetIds.length
+      ? rawAltTexts.map((v) => (v === null || v === undefined ? null : typeof v === "string" ? v : null))
+      : undefined;
   return {
     text: String(snapshot.text ?? ""),
-    mediaAssetIds: Array.isArray(snapshot.mediaAssetIds) ? snapshot.mediaAssetIds.map((v) => String(v)) : [],
+    mediaAssetIds,
+    ...(altTexts === undefined ? {} : { altTexts }),
     visibility: String(snapshot.visibility ?? "provider_default"),
     providerMetadata: {
       ...(typeof metadata === "object" && metadata !== null && !Array.isArray(metadata) ? (metadata as Row) : {}),