diff --git a/app/lib/status_cache_hydrator.rb b/app/lib/status_cache_hydrator.rb
index b830e509bf3..1f1184d42fa 100644
--- a/app/lib/status_cache_hydrator.rb
+++ b/app/lib/status_cache_hydrator.rb
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ class StatusCacheHydrator
       end
     end
 
+    payload[:card][:missing_attribution] = status.preview_card.unverified_author_account_id == account_id if payload[:card]
+
     # Nested statuses are more likely to have a stale cache
     fill_status_stats(payload, status) if nested
   end
diff --git a/app/models/preview_card.rb b/app/models/preview_card.rb
index 644be2671a9..4c8b52a8d57 100644
--- a/app/models/preview_card.rb
+++ b/app/models/preview_card.rb
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #  published_at                 :datetime
 #  image_description            :string           default(""), not null
 #  author_account_id            :bigint(8)
+#  unverified_author_account_id :bigint(8)
 #
 
 class PreviewCard < ApplicationRecord
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ class PreviewCard < ApplicationRecord
 
   has_one :trend, class_name: 'PreviewCardTrend', inverse_of: :preview_card, dependent: :destroy
   belongs_to :author_account, class_name: 'Account', optional: true
+  belongs_to :unverified_author_account, class_name: 'Account', optional: true
 
   has_attached_file :image,
                     processors: [:lazy_thumbnail, :blurhash_transcoder],
diff --git a/app/serializers/rest/preview_card_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/rest/preview_card_serializer.rb
index f73a051ac0f..3517be619b1 100644
--- a/app/serializers/rest/preview_card_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/rest/preview_card_serializer.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ class REST::PreviewCardSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
 
   has_many :authors, serializer: AuthorSerializer
 
+  attribute :missing_attribution, if: :current_user?
+
   def url
     object.original_url.presence || object.url
   end
@@ -26,4 +28,12 @@ class REST::PreviewCardSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
   def html
     Sanitize.fragment(object.html, Sanitize::Config::MASTODON_OEMBED)
   end
+
+  def missing_attribution
+    object.unverified_author_account_id.present? && object.unverified_author_account_id == current_user.account_id
+  end
+
+  def current_user?
+    !current_user.nil?
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/services/fetch_link_card_service.rb b/app/services/fetch_link_card_service.rb
index 84c4ba06f16..53b6861349b 100644
--- a/app/services/fetch_link_card_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/fetch_link_card_service.rb
@@ -159,7 +159,14 @@ class FetchLinkCardService < BaseService
 
     @card = PreviewCard.find_or_initialize_by(url: link_details_extractor.canonical_url) if link_details_extractor.canonical_url != @card.url
     @card.assign_attributes(link_details_extractor.to_preview_card_attributes)
-    @card.author_account = linked_account if linked_account&.can_be_attributed_from?(domain) || provider&.trendable?
+
+    if linked_account.present?
+      # There is an overlap in the two conditions when `provider` is trendable. This is on purpose to give users
+      # a heads-up before we remove the `provider&.trendable?` condition.
+      @card.author_account = linked_account if linked_account.can_be_attributed_from?(domain) || provider&.trendable?
+      @card.unverified_author_account = linked_account if linked_account.local? && !linked_account.can_be_attributed_from?(domain)
+    end
+
     @card.save_with_optional_image! unless @card.title.blank? && @card.html.blank?
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/services/update_account_service.rb b/app/services/update_account_service.rb
index 78a846e03ea..fed9d530092 100644
--- a/app/services/update_account_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/update_account_service.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class UpdateAccountService < BaseService
+  PREVIEW_CARD_REATTRIBUTION_LIMIT = 1_000
+
   def call(account, params, raise_error: false)
     was_locked    = account.locked
     update_method = raise_error ? :update! : :update
@@ -11,6 +13,7 @@ class UpdateAccountService < BaseService
       authorize_all_follow_requests(account) if was_locked && !account.locked
       check_links(account)
       process_hashtags(account)
+      process_attribution_domains(account)
     end
   rescue Mastodon::DimensionsValidationError, Mastodon::StreamValidationError => e
     account.errors.add(:avatar, e.message)
@@ -36,4 +39,22 @@ class UpdateAccountService < BaseService
   def process_hashtags(account)
     account.tags_as_strings = Extractor.extract_hashtags(account.note)
   end
+
+  def process_attribution_domains(account)
+    return unless account.attribute_previously_changed?(:attribution_domains)
+
+    # Go through the most recent cards, and do the rest in a background job
+    preview_cards = PreviewCard.where(unverified_author_account: account).reorder(id: :desc).limit(PREVIEW_CARD_REATTRIBUTION_LIMIT).to_a
+    should_queue_worker = preview_cards.size == PREVIEW_CARD_REATTRIBUTION_LIMIT
+
+    preview_cards = preview_cards.filter do |preview_card|
+      account.can_be_attributed_from?(preview_card.domain)
+    rescue Addressable::URI::InvalidURIError
+      false
+    end
+
+    PreviewCard.where(id: preview_cards.pluck(:id), unverified_author_account: account).update_all(author_account_id: account.id, unverified_author_account_id: nil)
+
+    UpdateLinkCardAttributionWorker.perform_async(account.id) if should_queue_worker
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/workers/update_link_card_attribution_worker.rb b/app/workers/update_link_card_attribution_worker.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9b4973aaa5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/workers/update_link_card_attribution_worker.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class UpdateLinkCardAttributionWorker
+  include Sidekiq::IterableJob
+
+  def build_enumerator(account_id, cursor:)
+    @account = Account.find_by(id: account_id)
+    return if @account.blank?
+
+    scope = PreviewCard.where(unverified_author_account: @account)
+    active_record_batches_enumerator(scope, cursor:)
+  end
+
+  def each_iteration(preview_cards, account_id)
+    preview_cards = preview_cards.filter do |preview_card|
+      @account.can_be_attributed_from?(preview_card.domain)
+    rescue Addressable::URI::InvalidURIError
+      false
+    end
+
+    PreviewCard.where(id: preview_cards.pluck(:id), unverified_author_account: @account).update_all(author_account_id: account_id, unverified_author_account_id: nil)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20260303144409_add_unverified_author_account_id_to_preview_cards.rb b/db/migrate/20260303144409_add_unverified_author_account_id_to_preview_cards.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6ce2cffc6a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20260303144409_add_unverified_author_account_id_to_preview_cards.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class AddUnverifiedAuthorAccountIdToPreviewCards < ActiveRecord::Migration[8.1]
+  disable_ddl_transaction!
+
+  def change
+    safety_assured { add_reference :preview_cards, :unverified_author_account, null: true, foreign_key: { to_table: 'accounts', on_delete: :nullify }, index: false }
+    add_index :preview_cards, [:unverified_author_account_id, :id], algorithm: :concurrently, where: 'unverified_author_account_id IS NOT NULL'
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 8a53b24d0ad..86bf0776ba1 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[8.0].define(version: 2026_02_17_154542) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[8.0].define(version: 2026_03_03_144409) do
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "pg_catalog.plpgsql"
 
@@ -964,7 +964,9 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema[8.0].define(version: 2026_02_17_154542) do
     t.datetime "published_at"
     t.string "image_description", default: "", null: false
     t.bigint "author_account_id"
+    t.bigint "unverified_author_account_id"
     t.index ["author_account_id"], name: "index_preview_cards_on_author_account_id", where: "(author_account_id IS NOT NULL)"
+    t.index ["unverified_author_account_id", "id"], name: "index_preview_cards_on_unverified_author_account_id_and_id", where: "(unverified_author_account_id IS NOT NULL)"
     t.index ["url"], name: "index_preview_cards_on_url", unique: true
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/lib/status_cache_hydrator_spec.rb b/spec/lib/status_cache_hydrator_spec.rb
index a6fea36397a..3eb781dfba0 100644
--- a/spec/lib/status_cache_hydrator_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/status_cache_hydrator_spec.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,18 @@ RSpec.describe StatusCacheHydrator do
         end
       end
 
+      context 'when handling a new status with a preview card with unverified account attribution' do
+        let(:preview_card) { Fabricate(:preview_card, unverified_author_account: account) }
+
+        before do
+          PreviewCardsStatus.create(status: status, preview_card: preview_card)
+        end
+
+        it 'renders the same attributes as a full render' do
+          expect(subject).to eql(compare_to_hash)
+        end
+      end
+
       context 'when handling a new status with own poll' do
         let(:poll) { Fabricate(:poll, account: account) }
         let(:status) { Fabricate(:status, poll: poll, account: account) }
diff --git a/spec/serializers/rest/preview_card_serializer_spec.rb b/spec/serializers/rest/preview_card_serializer_spec.rb
index 41ba305b7ce..695d02f964b 100644
--- a/spec/serializers/rest/preview_card_serializer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/serializers/rest/preview_card_serializer_spec.rb
@@ -6,10 +6,16 @@ RSpec.describe REST::PreviewCardSerializer do
   subject do
     serialized_record_json(
       preview_card,
-      described_class
+      described_class,
+      options: {
+        scope: current_user,
+        scope_name: :current_user,
+      }
     )
   end
 
+  let(:current_user) { nil }
+
   context 'when preview card does not have author data' do
     let(:preview_card) { Fabricate.build :preview_card }
 
diff --git a/spec/services/update_account_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/update_account_service_spec.rb
index f9059af07f5..d9a66bb24f1 100644
--- a/spec/services/update_account_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/update_account_service_spec.rb
@@ -33,4 +33,18 @@ RSpec.describe UpdateAccountService do
       expect(eve).to_not be_requested(account)
     end
   end
+
+  describe 'adding domains to attribution_domains' do
+    let(:account) { Fabricate(:account) }
+    let!(:preview_card) { Fabricate(:preview_card, url: 'https://writer.example.com/article', unverified_author_account: account, author_account: nil) }
+    let!(:unattributable_preview_card) { Fabricate(:preview_card, url: 'https://otherwriter.example.com/article', unverified_author_account: account, author_account: nil) }
+    let!(:unrelated_preview_card) { Fabricate(:preview_card) }
+
+    it 'reattributes expected preview cards' do
+      expect { subject.call(account, { attribution_domains: ['writer.example.com'] }) }
+        .to change { preview_card.reload.author_account }.from(nil).to(account)
+        .and not_change { unattributable_preview_card.reload.author_account }
+        .and(not_change { unrelated_preview_card.reload.author_account })
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/workers/update_link_card_attribution_worker_spec.rb b/spec/workers/update_link_card_attribution_worker_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e1726af6d2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/workers/update_link_card_attribution_worker_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe UpdateLinkCardAttributionWorker do
+  let(:worker) { described_class.new }
+
+  let(:account) { Fabricate(:account, attribution_domains: ['writer.example.com']) }
+
+  describe '#perform' do
+    let!(:preview_card) { Fabricate(:preview_card, url: 'https://writer.example.com/article', unverified_author_account: account, author_account: nil) }
+    let!(:unattributable_preview_card) { Fabricate(:preview_card, url: 'https://otherwriter.example.com/article', unverified_author_account: account, author_account: nil) }
+    let!(:unrelated_preview_card) { Fabricate(:preview_card) }
+
+    it 'reattributes expected preview cards' do
+      expect { worker.perform(account.id) }
+        .to change { preview_card.reload.author_account }.from(nil).to(account)
+        .and not_change { unattributable_preview_card.reload.author_account }
+        .and(not_change { unrelated_preview_card.reload.author_account })
+    end
+  end
+end