diff --git a/internal/cloud/hwpod-node-ops.test.ts b/internal/cloud/hwpod-node-ops.test.ts
index bd698599..6a929367 100644
--- a/internal/cloud/hwpod-node-ops.test.ts
+++ b/internal/cloud/hwpod-node-ops.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import assert from "node:assert/strict";
-import { mkdir, mkdtemp, rm, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { mkdir, mkdtemp, rm, symlink, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import os from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { test } from "bun:test";
@@ -109,6 +109,39 @@ test("cloud-api discovers preinstalled workspace hwpod-specs without hardcoded d
   }
 });
 
+test("cloud-api discovers configmap-mounted registry hwpod-spec symlinks", async () => {
+  const root = await mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "hwlab-hwpod-spec-registry-"));
+  const registryDir = path.join(root, "registry");
+  const dataDir = path.join(root, "data");
+  await mkdir(registryDir, { recursive: true });
+  await mkdir(dataDir, { recursive: true });
+  const targetPath = path.join(dataDir, "constart-71freq-c.yaml");
+  await writeFile(targetPath, sampleConstartSpecYaml(), "utf8");
+  await symlink(targetPath, path.join(registryDir, "constart-71freq-c.yaml"));
+  const server = createCloudApiServer({
+    env: {
+      PATH: process.env.PATH,
+      HWLAB_CODE_AGENT_WORKSPACE: root,
+      HWLAB_HWPOD_SPEC_REGISTRY_DIRS: registryDir
+    }
+  });
+  await listen(server);
+  try {
+    const response = await fetch(`${serverUrl(server)}/v1/hwpod/specs`);
+    const payload = await response.json();
+    assert.equal(response.status, 200);
+    assert.equal(payload.contractVersion, "hwpod-spec-discovery-v1");
+    const spec = payload.specs.find((item: any) => item.name === "constart-71freq-c");
+    assert.ok(spec);
+    assert.equal(spec.uid, "CONSTART-71FREQ-C");
+    assert.equal(spec.nodeId, "node-d601-f103-v2");
+    assert.equal(spec.workspacePath, "F:\\Work\\ConStart");
+  } finally {
+    await close(server);
+    await rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
+
 test("cloud-api probes discovered hwpod-spec availability through node-ops", async () => {
   const root = await mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "hwlab-hwpod-spec-probe-"));
   const specDir = path.join(root, ".hwlab");
@@ -379,6 +412,32 @@ spec:
 `;
 }
 
+function sampleConstartSpecYaml() {
+  return `apiVersion: hwlab.dev/v0alpha1
+kind: Hwpod
+metadata:
+  uid: CONSTART-71FREQ-C
+  name: constart-71freq-c
+spec:
+  targetDevice:
+    board: ConStart 71-FREQ Controller
+    mcu: STM32F103
+  workspace:
+    path: 'F:\\Work\\ConStart'
+    toolchain: keil-mdk
+  debugProbe:
+    type: daplink
+    serialNumber: 3FD750C63E342E24
+  ioProbe:
+    uart:
+      port: COM4
+      baudRate: 921600
+  nodeBinding:
+    nodeId: node-d601-f103-v2
+    nodeType: pc-host
+`;
+}
+
 async function listen(server: any) {
   await new Promise((resolve) => server.listen(0, "127.0.0.1", resolve));
 }
diff --git a/internal/cloud/hwpod-spec-discovery.ts b/internal/cloud/hwpod-spec-discovery.ts
index 0f72f16f..129494e8 100644
--- a/internal/cloud/hwpod-spec-discovery.ts
+++ b/internal/cloud/hwpod-spec-discovery.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ async function candidateRegistrySpecPaths(dirs: string[]) {
     try {
       const entries = await readdir(dir, { withFileTypes: true });
       for (const entry of entries) {
-        if (!entry.isFile()) continue;
+        if (!entry.isFile() && !entry.isSymbolicLink()) continue;
         if (!/\.ya?ml$/iu.test(entry.name)) continue;
         paths.push(path.join(dir, entry.name));
       }