diff --git a/lib/jmap/client.ts b/lib/jmap/client.ts
index f7c88a44..16502ccd 100644
--- a/lib/jmap/client.ts
+++ b/lib/jmap/client.ts
@@ -6071,6 +6071,8 @@ export class JMAPClient implements IJMAPClient {
     'Calendar/get': 'Calendar',
     'CalendarEvent/get': 'CalendarEvent',
     'SieveScript/get': 'SieveScript',
+    'ContactCard/get': 'ContactCard',
+    'FileNode/get': 'FileNode',
   };
 
   private static readonly POLLING_INTERVAL = 3_000;
@@ -6588,6 +6590,23 @@ export class JMAPClient implements IJMAPClient {
       );
     }
 
+    // Contacts and files get no push at all today (mail-index's event-driven
+    // reindex depends on this poll to notice them when SSE/WS isn't
+    // available) - mirrors the Calendar branch above, same accountId caveat.
+    if (this.supportsContacts()) {
+      using.push('urn:ietf:params:jmap:contacts');
+      methodCalls.push(
+        ['ContactCard/get', { accountId: this.getContactsAccountId(), ids: [], properties: ['id'] }, 'f'],
+      );
+    }
+
+    if (this.hasCapability('urn:ietf:params:jmap:filenode')) {
+      using.push('urn:ietf:params:jmap:filenode');
+      methodCalls.push(
+        ['FileNode/get', { accountId: this.getFilesAccountId(), ids: [], properties: ['id'] }, 'g'],
+      );
+    }
+
     return { using, methodCalls };
   }