diff --git a/api/src/routes/admin.ts b/api/src/routes/admin.ts
index 1fa0fad..d26bcac 100644
--- a/api/src/routes/admin.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/admin.ts
@@ -704,9 +704,11 @@ router.get("/api/v1/admin/compliance-orders/:order_number/documents", requireAdm
     const exists = await pool.query("SELECT 1 FROM compliance_orders WHERE order_number = $1", [req.params.order_number]);
     if (exists.rows.length === 0) { res.status(404).json({ error: "Order not found." }); return; }
     const docs = await collectOrderDocuments(req.params.order_number);
-    // Verify each object actually exists in storage so the UI can disable dead
-    // links (a key can be recorded in the DB before the object is uploaded, e.g.
-    // a prepared-filing path written for an order whose prep never completed).
+    // Verify each object actually exists in storage. A key can be recorded in
+    // the DB before (or without) the object ever being uploaded -- e.g. a
+    // template pdf_minio_path, or a stray esign_records row from the shared
+    // remediation pipeline. We DROP non-existent objects so the UI only ever
+    // lists documents you can actually open; the empty state explains the rest.
     const checked = await Promise.all(docs.map(async (d) => {
       let present = false;
       try {
@@ -721,7 +723,8 @@ router.get("/api/v1/admin/compliance-orders/:order_number/documents", requireAdm
       } catch { /* treat as missing */ }
       return { ...d, exists: present };
     }));
-    res.json({ order_number: req.params.order_number, documents: checked });
+    const available = checked.filter((d) => d.exists);
+    res.json({ order_number: req.params.order_number, documents: available });
   } catch (err) {
     console.error("[admin/compliance-orders/documents] Error:", err);
     res.status(500).json({ error: "Could not list documents." });
diff --git a/site/public/admin/compliance-orders/index.html b/site/public/admin/compliance-orders/index.html
index 4c9abd2..bd70c5e 100644
--- a/site/public/admin/compliance-orders/index.html
+++ b/site/public/admin/compliance-orders/index.html
@@ -401,13 +401,12 @@
         box.innerHTML = documents.map((d) => {
           const u = API + "/api/v1/admin/compliance-orders/" + encodeURIComponent(orderNumber)
             + "/document?key=" + encodeURIComponent(d.key) + "&token=" + tok;
-          const action = (d.exists === false)
-            ? `<span class="small" style="color:#9ca3af;">not generated yet</span>`
-            : `<a href="${u}" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="btn btn-blue btn-sm" style="text-decoration:none;">View</a>`;
           return `<div class="svc-row"><div class="svc-left">
               <span style="font-size:13px;">${esc(d.label)}</span>
               <span class="small">${esc(d.key.split("/").pop())}</span>
-            </div><div class="svc-right">${action}</div></div>`;
+            </div><div class="svc-right">
+              <a href="${u}" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="btn btn-blue btn-sm" style="text-decoration:none;">View</a>
+            </div></div>`;
         }).join("");
       } catch (e) {
         box.innerHTML = `<div style="color:#b91c1c;font-size:12px;">Could not load documents: ${esc(e.message)}</div>`;