diff --git a/crates/xmedia-bot/src/handlers/urls.rs b/crates/xmedia-bot/src/handlers/urls.rs
index d12d00f..22aec7f 100644
--- a/crates/xmedia-bot/src/handlers/urls.rs
+++ b/crates/xmedia-bot/src/handlers/urls.rs
@@ -615,19 +615,25 @@ async fn url_media_inner(
             let _ = reply(ctx.sender, chat_id, reply_to, fetch_error_message(e)).await;
         }
         Ok(Some(fetched)) => {
-            if fetched.media.is_empty() {
-                let _ = reply(
-                    ctx.sender,
-                    chat_id,
-                    reply_to,
-                    "No media found or media type is not supported.",
-                )
-                .await;
-                return;
-            }
             let chat_data = ctx.chat_store.get(chat_id).await;
             // Per-site caption format override (empty -> built-in caption).
             let format = chat_data.format_for(fetched.site_id);
+            if fetched.media.is_empty() {
+                // A post with no media is still a post: its text goes out as a
+                // message (through the same caption the media path would
+                // attach, plus the long-post quoting the senders apply to
+                // their own), instead of answering "No media found" to text
+                // the fetch already parsed.
+                let text = fetched
+                    .render_fields()
+                    .map(|(_, _, title, content, _)| x_media::site::compose_text(title, content))
+                    .unwrap_or_default();
+                let caption = fetched.caption_with(&format);
+                let caption =
+                    send::quote_long_caption(&caption, &text, ctx.config.caption_quote_text_chars);
+                send::send_text_post(ctx, chat_id, reply_to.0 as i64, caption.into_owned()).await;
+                return;
+            }
             let caption = fetched.caption_with(&format);
             // Raw render data for the link cache; the send fills in the
             // Telegram file ids and persists the entry.
@@ -820,6 +826,36 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    /// A post with no media of its own is delivered as its text instead of
+    /// "No media found" (live: reaching the branch needs a real fetch, since
+    /// `Fetched` cannot be built outside x-media). Run with
+    /// `cargo test -p xmedia-bot -- --ignored live`.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    #[ignore = "live network: fetches the post from its site"]
+    async fn live_a_text_only_link_is_sent_as_text() {
+        let stores = TestStores::new();
+        let sender = MockSender::scripted(vec![Outcome::MessageOk], permanent_error);
+        let ctx = stores.ctx(&sender);
+
+        url_media(
+            &ctx,
+            1,
+            2,
+            "https://x.com/i/status/1992471125734142256",
+            PostSend::FromChat,
+        )
+        .await;
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            sender.calls(),
+            vec!["send_chat_action", "send_message"],
+            "a media-less post is one message, not a media send"
+        );
+        let text = &sender.messages()[0];
+        assert!(text.contains("https://x.com/"), "{text}");
+        assert!(text.contains("1992471125734142256"), "{text}");
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn unsupported_url_is_ignored_silently() {
         let stores = TestStores::new();
diff --git a/crates/xmedia-bot/src/send/mod.rs b/crates/xmedia-bot/src/send/mod.rs
index 46e80f1..860dea5 100644
--- a/crates/xmedia-bot/src/send/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/xmedia-bot/src/send/mod.rs
@@ -657,6 +657,44 @@ pub async fn send_animation(ctx: &AppContext<'_>, task: &Task) -> Result<Vec<i64
     }
 }
 
+/// Sends a post that has no media of its own: its caption — the post's URL,
+/// author and text, in the chat's per-site format, long-post quoting included
+/// — becomes the message. Such a post used to be answered with "No media
+/// found", throwing away text the fetch had already parsed and escaped.
+///
+/// No queue entry: there is no `Task` shape for text, and a post with nothing
+/// to download is cheap for the user to paste again, so a failure is reported
+/// rather than retried.
+pub(crate) async fn send_text_post(
+    ctx: &AppContext<'_>,
+    chat_id: i64,
+    reply_to: i64,
+    caption: String,
+) {
+    match ctx
+        .sender
+        .send_message(
+            ChatId(chat_id),
+            caption,
+            Some(MessageId(reply_to as i32)),
+            None,
+        )
+        .await
+    {
+        Ok(_) => log::info!("sent the post's text for chat={chat_id}"),
+        Err(e) => {
+            log::warn!("could not send the post's text for chat={chat_id}: {e}");
+            notify_failure(
+                ctx.sender,
+                Some(chat_id),
+                Some(reply_to),
+                "Could not send this post's text.",
+            )
+            .await;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Copies already-sent messages to the forward channel. No download fallback:
 /// the files are already on Telegram's servers.
 pub async fn forward_messages(ctx: &AppContext<'_>, task: &Task) -> Result<(), SendError> {
@@ -704,7 +742,7 @@ mod tests {
     use super::post_send::{build_edit_markup, cache_sent_task};
     use super::upload::sniff_ext;
     use super::*;
-    use crate::ctx::test_support::{TestStores, cached_photo, photo_item};
+    use crate::ctx::test_support::{TestStores, api_error, cached_photo, photo_item};
     use std::collections::HashMap;
     use std::time::Duration;
     use teloxide::ApiError;
@@ -785,6 +823,40 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(matches!(photos_first(items)[0], Photo { .. }));
     }
 
+    /// A media-less post goes out as a message; a failure is reported rather
+    /// than swallowed (there is no task to retry).
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn a_text_post_is_sent_or_reported() {
+        let sender = MockSender::scripted(vec![Outcome::MessageOk], || api_error("boom"));
+        let stores = TestStores::new();
+        let ctx = stores.ctx(&sender);
+
+        send_text_post(
+            &ctx,
+            1,
+            2,
+            "https://x.com/u/status/1\n<a>u</a>: hello".to_string(),
+        )
+        .await;
+
+        assert_eq!(sender.calls(), vec!["send_message"]);
+        assert_eq!(
+            sender.messages(),
+            vec!["https://x.com/u/status/1\n<a>u</a>: hello"]
+        );
+
+        // The failure path: the send fails, the notice follows.
+        let sender = MockSender::scripted(vec![Outcome::MessageErr, Outcome::MessageOk], || {
+            api_error("Bad Request: chat not found")
+        });
+        let ctx = stores.ctx(&sender);
+
+        send_text_post(&ctx, 1, 2, "text".into()).await;
+
+        assert_eq!(sender.calls(), vec!["send_message", "send_message"]);
+        assert!(sender.messages()[1].contains("Could not send this post's text"));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn retry_delay_seconds_bounds() {
         for attempts in 0..10 {