diff --git a/desktop/src/features/agents/lib/personaCatalogRelay.test.mjs b/desktop/src/features/agents/lib/personaCatalogRelay.test.mjs
index 24f6959b1cf..fbaf1f52742 100644
--- a/desktop/src/features/agents/lib/personaCatalogRelay.test.mjs
+++ b/desktop/src/features/agents/lib/personaCatalogRelay.test.mjs
@@ -205,6 +205,30 @@ test("test_non_svg_data_avatar_is_rejected", () => {
   assert.equal(catalogAvatarUrl("data:image/png,%89PNG"), null);
 });
 
+test("test_legacy_inline_raster_avatar_survives_the_catalog", () => {
+  for (const mime of ["png", "jpeg", "gif", "webp"]) {
+    const avatar = `data:image/${mime};base64,iVBORw0KGgo=`;
+    assert.equal(catalogAvatarUrl(avatar), avatar);
+  }
+});
+
+test("test_inline_raster_avatar_rejects_unbounded_or_malformed_payloads", () => {
+  const prefix = "data:image/png;base64,";
+  const payloadLength = 256 * 1_024 - prefix.length;
+  const validPayloadLength = payloadLength - (payloadLength % 4);
+  const withinCap = `${prefix}${"a".repeat(validPayloadLength - 2)}==`;
+  assert.ok(withinCap.length <= 256 * 1_024);
+  assert.equal(catalogAvatarUrl(withinCap), withinCap);
+  assert.equal(
+    catalogAvatarUrl(
+      `${withinCap}${"a".repeat(256 * 1_024 - withinCap.length + 1)}`,
+    ),
+    null,
+  );
+  assert.equal(catalogAvatarUrl("data:image/png;base64,not base64"), null);
+  assert.equal(catalogAvatarUrl("data:image/bmp;base64,aA=="), null);
+});
+
 test("test_oversized_inline_svg_avatar_is_rejected", () => {
   const withinCap = `data:image/svg+xml,${"a".repeat(8_192 - "data:image/svg+xml,".length)}`;
   assert.equal(withinCap.length, 8_192);
diff --git a/desktop/src/features/agents/lib/personaCatalogRelay.ts b/desktop/src/features/agents/lib/personaCatalogRelay.ts
index c85a976ba69..02c3f8e2023 100644
--- a/desktop/src/features/agents/lib/personaCatalogRelay.ts
+++ b/desktop/src/features/agents/lib/personaCatalogRelay.ts
@@ -93,6 +93,16 @@ function isSafeHttpUrl(value: unknown): value is string {
 const INLINE_SVG_AVATAR_PREFIX = "data:image/svg+xml,";
 const MAX_INLINE_SVG_AVATAR_LENGTH = 8_192;
 
+/**
+ * Shared persona heads can carry an uploaded avatar as an inline raster. Keep
+ * those self-contained images renderable without accepting arbitrary `data:`
+ * URLs: only the raster MIME types browsers decode in `<img>`, strict base64
+ * shape, and a bound no larger than the relay's event-content ceiling.
+ */
+const MAX_INLINE_RASTER_AVATAR_LENGTH = 256 * 1_024;
+const INLINE_RASTER_AVATAR_RE =
+  /^data:image\/(?:png|jpeg|gif|webp);base64,([A-Za-z0-9+/]+={0,2})$/u;
+
 function isInlineSvgAvatar(value: unknown): value is string {
   return (
     typeof value === "string" &&
@@ -101,6 +111,17 @@ function isInlineSvgAvatar(value: unknown): value is string {
   );
 }
 
+function isInlineRasterAvatar(value: unknown): value is string {
+  if (
+    typeof value !== "string" ||
+    value.length > MAX_INLINE_RASTER_AVATAR_LENGTH
+  ) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  const match = INLINE_RASTER_AVATAR_RE.exec(value);
+  return match !== null && (match[1]?.length ?? 0) % 4 === 0;
+}
+
 function optionalString(value: unknown): string | null {
   return typeof value === "string" && value.trim().length > 0 ? value : null;
 }
@@ -121,7 +142,9 @@ function parsePersonaContent(event: RelayEvent): CatalogAgentProjection | null {
   }
 
   const avatarUrl =
-    isSafeHttpUrl(parsed.avatar_url) || isInlineSvgAvatar(parsed.avatar_url)
+    isSafeHttpUrl(parsed.avatar_url) ||
+    isInlineSvgAvatar(parsed.avatar_url) ||
+    isInlineRasterAvatar(parsed.avatar_url)
       ? parsed.avatar_url
       : null;
   const namePool = Array.isArray(parsed.name_pool)