diff --git a/src-tauri/src/storage/mod.rs b/src-tauri/src/storage/mod.rs
index e1f3162..e4307d3 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/storage/mod.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/storage/mod.rs
@@ -477,21 +477,19 @@ impl SqliteStore {
             .fetch_one(&self.pool)
             .await?;
 
-        let transcript_text =
-            std::fs::read_to_string(paths::meeting_dir(id).join("transcript.json"))
-                .ok()
-                .and_then(|s| serde_json::from_str::<TranscriptFile>(&s).ok())
-                .map(|t| {
-                    t.segments
-                        .iter()
-                        .map(|s| s.text.as_str())
-                        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
-                        .join(" ")
-                })
-                .unwrap_or_default();
+        let transcript_text = read_artifact(&paths::meeting_dir(id).join("transcript.json"))
+            .and_then(|s| serde_json::from_str::<TranscriptFile>(&s).ok())
+            .map(|t| {
+                t.segments
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|s| s.text.as_str())
+                    .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                    .join(" ")
+            })
+            .unwrap_or_default();
 
         let notes_text =
-            std::fs::read_to_string(paths::meeting_dir(id).join("notes.md")).unwrap_or_default();
+            read_artifact(&paths::meeting_dir(id).join("notes.md")).unwrap_or_default();
 
         sqlx::query("DELETE FROM meeting_fts WHERE meeting_id = ?")
             .bind(id)
@@ -664,7 +662,10 @@ impl Store for SqliteStore {
         };
         let json =
             serde_json::to_string_pretty(&transcript).map_err(|e| StoreError::Db(e.to_string()))?;
-        std::fs::write(paths::meeting_dir(id).join("transcript.json"), json)?;
+        write_artifact(
+            &paths::meeting_dir(id).join("transcript.json"),
+            json.as_bytes(),
+        )?;
         self.reindex_fts(id).await?;
         let template_id: Option<String> =
             sqlx::query_scalar("SELECT template_id FROM meetings WHERE id = ?")
@@ -778,8 +779,7 @@ impl Store for SqliteStore {
             .collect();
 
         let folder = paths::meeting_dir(id);
-        let mut segments = std::fs::read_to_string(folder.join("transcript.json"))
-            .ok()
+        let mut segments = read_artifact(&folder.join("transcript.json"))
             .and_then(|s| serde_json::from_str::<TranscriptFile>(&s).ok())
             .map(|t| t.segments)
             .unwrap_or_default();
@@ -791,9 +791,8 @@ impl Store for SqliteStore {
                 seg.speaker = resolve_canonical(&seg.speaker, &merge_map).to_string();
             }
         }
-        let notes_markdown = std::fs::read_to_string(folder.join("notes.md")).unwrap_or_default();
-        let summary = std::fs::read_to_string(folder.join("summary.json"))
-            .ok()
+        let notes_markdown = read_artifact(&folder.join("notes.md")).unwrap_or_default();
+        let summary = read_artifact(&folder.join("summary.json"))
             .and_then(|s| serde_json::from_str::<SummaryFile>(&s).ok());
         let tags = self.tags_for_meeting(id).await?;
 
@@ -837,7 +836,10 @@ impl Store for SqliteStore {
     }
 
     async fn update_notes(&self, id: &MeetingId, markdown: &str) -> Result<(), StoreError> {
-        std::fs::write(paths::meeting_dir(id).join("notes.md"), markdown)?;
+        write_artifact(
+            &paths::meeting_dir(id).join("notes.md"),
+            markdown.as_bytes(),
+        )?;
         sqlx::query("UPDATE meetings SET updated_at = ? WHERE id = ?")
             .bind(now_unix())
             .bind(id)
@@ -1450,6 +1452,24 @@ impl Store for SqliteStore {
     }
 }
 
+/// Read a derived artifact, transparently decrypting it if the vault sealed it
+/// (T8.8, FR-SEC-3). Returns `None` if the file is missing or can't be
+/// decrypted (vault locked / wrong key) — callers already treat a missing
+/// artifact as empty, so a locked vault degrades to "no content" rather than a
+/// crash.
+fn read_artifact(path: &std::path::Path) -> Option<String> {
+    let bytes = std::fs::read(path).ok()?;
+    let plain = crate::vault::open(&bytes).ok()?;
+    Some(String::from_utf8_lossy(&plain).into_owned())
+}
+
+/// Write a derived artifact, sealing it when the vault is unlocked (a no-op
+/// passthrough otherwise). Audio is not sealed here — it's handled separately.
+fn write_artifact(path: &std::path::Path, contents: &[u8]) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    let sealed = crate::vault::seal(contents).map_err(|e| std::io::Error::other(e.to_string()))?;
+    std::fs::write(path, sealed)
+}
+
 fn dir_size(path: &str) -> u64 {
     std::fs::read_dir(path)
         .into_iter()