What can recipients see in a shared vault?

By Chris Winfield-Blum • August 18, 2026

After a vault is unlocked, recipients can view the assets the owner attached to that vault. What you see depends on the asset type:

  • Notes and letters are shown in the shared vault page.
  • Website links are shown as URLs you can open.
  • Images, documents, video, and audio can be previewed or downloaded when a file URL is available.
  • Passwords, crypto keys, and SSH keys are treated as secure assets. The page fetches their decrypted content from /shared-vaults/{vault}/assets/{asset}/secure after access has been verified.

Recipients cannot edit the vault, change unlock rules, or add assets. Access is checked with the recipient-access middleware, so you must be an attached recipient of that vault.