diff --git a/src/features/hold/HoldExports.tsx b/src/features/hold/HoldExports.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3aeca5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/hold/HoldExports.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Coffey Labs
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+/**
+ * INBUXA: exporting what a legal hold keeps (audit-hold-lock spec, LH-12).
+ * The export runs on the server; this starts one, lists them, and downloads
+ * a ready file for whoever started it.
+ */
+
+import { useState } from 'react';
+import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
+import { Download, FileArchive, Loader2, X } from 'lucide-react';
+import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button';
+import { Badge } from '@/components/ui/badge';
+import { Textarea } from '@/components/ui/textarea';
+import {
+  Dialog,
+  DialogContent,
+  DialogDescription,
+  DialogFooter,
+  DialogHeader,
+  DialogTitle,
+} from '@/components/ui/dialog';
+import { ObjectPicker } from '@/components/common/ObjectPicker';
+import { useObjectLabel } from '@/lib/objectOptions';
+import { useSchemaStore } from '@/stores/schemaStore';
+import { toast } from '@/hooks/use-toast';
+import { formatSize, type LegalHold } from './legalHold';
+import { downloadExport, exportFileName, startExport, type HoldExport } from './holdExport';
+
+function AccountChip({ id, onRemove }: { id: string; onRemove?: () => void }) {
+  const schema = useSchemaStore((s) => s.schema);
+  const { label } = useObjectLabel('x:Account', id, schema!);
+  return (
+    <span className="inline-flex items-center gap-1 rounded-md bg-muted px-2 py-0.5 text-xs">
+      {label ?? id}
+      {onRemove && (
+        <button type="button" onClick={onRemove} className="text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground">
+          <X className="h-3 w-3" />
+        </button>
+      )}
+    </span>
+  );
+}
+
+export function ExportDialog({
+  hold,
+  onClose,
+  onStarted,
+}: {
+  hold: LegalHold;
+  onClose: () => void;
+  onStarted: () => void;
+}) {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+  const schema = useSchemaStore((s) => s.schema);
+  const [accounts, setAccounts] = useState<string[]>([]);
+  const [reason, setReason] = useState('');
+  const [busy, setBusy] = useState(false);
+
+  const run = async () => {
+    setBusy(true);
+    try {
+      await startExport(hold.id, accounts, reason);
+      toast({ title: t('hold.export.started', 'Export started') });
+      onStarted();
+    } catch (e) {
+      toast({
+        variant: 'destructive',
+        title: t('hold.export.notStarted', 'The export didn’t start'),
+        description: e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e),
+      });
+    } finally {
+      setBusy(false);
+    }
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <Dialog open onOpenChange={(open) => !open && onClose()}>
+      <DialogContent>
+        <DialogHeader>
+          <DialogTitle>{t('hold.export.title', 'Export {{name}}', { name: hold.name })}</DialogTitle>
+          <DialogDescription>
+            {t(
+              'hold.export.body',
+              'Collects everything this hold covers into one ZIP: mail as .eml, calendars as .ics, contacts as .vcf, files as they are, and the deleted items it keeps, with a manifest of SHA-256 checksums. It runs on the server; you can leave this page.',
+            )}
+          </DialogDescription>
+        </DialogHeader>
+        <div className="space-y-1 text-sm">
+          <div className="text-muted-foreground">
+            {t('hold.export.accounts', 'People (leave empty for everyone the hold covers)')}
+          </div>
+          <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-1">
+            {accounts.map((id) => (
+              <AccountChip key={id} id={id} onRemove={() => setAccounts(accounts.filter((x) => x !== id))} />
+            ))}
+            {schema && (
+              <ObjectPicker
+                schema={schema}
+                objectName="x:Account/User"
+                value=""
+                onChange={(id) => {
+                  if (id && !accounts.includes(id)) setAccounts([...accounts, id]);
+                }}
+                placeholder={t('hold.addAccount', 'Add a person')}
+              />
+            )}
+          </div>
+          <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+            {t('hold.export.accountsHint', 'Someone the hold doesn’t cover is left out of the file.')}
+          </p>
+        </div>
+        <label className="block space-y-1 text-sm">
+          <span className="text-muted-foreground">{t('hold.reason', 'Reason')}</span>
+          <Textarea
+            value={reason}
+            maxLength={500}
+            placeholder={t('hold.export.reasonHint', 'Why, for the audit log: a production request, a matter number…')}
+            onChange={(e) => setReason(e.target.value)}
+          />
+        </label>
+        <DialogFooter>
+          <Button variant="ghost" onClick={onClose} disabled={busy}>
+            {t('hold.cancel', 'Cancel')}
+          </Button>
+          <Button onClick={() => void run()} disabled={busy || !reason.trim()}>
+            {busy ? <Loader2 className="mr-2 h-4 w-4 animate-spin" /> : <FileArchive className="mr-2 h-4 w-4" />}
+            {t('hold.export.go', 'Start the export')}
+          </Button>
+        </DialogFooter>
+      </DialogContent>
+    </Dialog>
+  );
+}
+
+function ExportRow({ hold, exp }: { hold: LegalHold; exp: HoldExport }) {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+  const [busy, setBusy] = useState(false);
+
+  const download = async () => {
+    setBusy(true);
+    try {
+      await downloadExport(exp, exportFileName(hold.name, exp));
+    } catch (e) {
+      toast({
+        variant: 'destructive',
+        title: t('hold.export.downloadFailed', 'Couldn’t download the export'),
+        description: e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e),
+      });
+    } finally {
+      setBusy(false);
+    }
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <div className="flex flex-wrap items-start justify-between gap-2 border-t pt-2 text-sm first:border-t-0 first:pt-0">
+      <div className="min-w-0 space-y-0.5">
+        <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2">
+          {exp.status === 'running' && (
+            <Badge variant="outline">
+              <Loader2 className="mr-1 h-3 w-3 animate-spin" />
+              {t('hold.export.running', 'Collecting')}
+            </Badge>
+          )}
+          {exp.status === 'ready' && <Badge variant="secondary">{t('hold.export.ready', 'Ready')}</Badge>}
+          {exp.status === 'failed' && <Badge variant="destructive">{t('hold.export.failed', 'Failed')}</Badge>}
+          <span className="text-muted-foreground">
+            {t('hold.export.startedBy', '{{when}} by {{who}}', {
+              when: new Date(exp.createdAt).toLocaleString(),
+              who: exp.createdBy,
+            })}
+          </span>
+        </div>
+        <div className="text-muted-foreground">{exp.reason}</div>
+        {exp.accountIds.length > 0 && (
+          <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-1">
+            {exp.accountIds.map((id) => (
+              <AccountChip key={id} id={id} />
+            ))}
+          </div>
+        )}
+        {exp.status === 'ready' && (
+          <div className="text-muted-foreground">
+            {[
+              exp.items === 1
+                ? t('hold.export.oneItem', '1 item')
+                : t('hold.export.items', '{{n}} items', { n: String(exp.items) }),
+              formatSize(exp.size),
+            ].join(' · ')}
+            {exp.sha256 && <div className="break-all font-mono text-xs">SHA-256 {exp.sha256}</div>}
+          </div>
+        )}
+        {exp.status === 'failed' && exp.error && <div className="text-destructive">{exp.error}</div>}
+      </div>
+      {exp.status === 'ready' && (
+        <Button variant="outline" size="sm" onClick={() => void download()} disabled={busy}>
+          {busy ? <Loader2 className="mr-2 h-4 w-4 animate-spin" /> : <Download className="mr-2 h-4 w-4" />}
+          {t('hold.export.download', 'Download')}
+        </Button>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+/** A hold's exports, newest first. */
+export function ExportList({ hold, exports }: { hold: LegalHold; exports: HoldExport[] }) {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+  if (!exports.length) return null;
+  return (
+    <div className="space-y-2 rounded-lg bg-muted/40 p-3">
+      <div className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">{t('hold.export.heading', 'Exports')}</div>
+      {exports.map((exp) => (
+        <ExportRow key={exp.id} hold={hold} exp={exp} />
+      ))}
+      <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+        {t(
+          'hold.export.expiry',
+          'Only the person who started an export can download it. The file is kept as a temporary upload (an hour, unless the upload time-to-live says otherwise); the record, with its checksum, stays.',
+        )}
+      </p>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/features/hold/LegalHoldsPage.tsx b/src/features/hold/LegalHoldsPage.tsx
index e9d44d4..5122cef 100644
--- a/src/features/hold/LegalHoldsPage.tsx
+++ b/src/features/hold/LegalHoldsPage.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
-import { Pencil, Scale, Unlock } from 'lucide-react';
+import { FileArchive, Pencil, Scale, Unlock } from 'lucide-react';
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button';
 import { Badge } from '@/components/ui/badge';
 import { PageHeader } from '@/components/common/PageHeader';
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ import { LoadingFallback } from '@/components/common/LoadingFallback';
 import { useAccountStore } from '@/stores/accountStore';
 import { fetchHolds, formatSize, HOLD_CHANGED, HoldsUnavailable, type LegalHold } from './legalHold';
 import { HoldDialog, ReleaseDialog, ScopeSummary } from './HoldDialogs';
+import { fetchExports, type HoldExport } from './holdExport';
+import { ExportDialog, ExportList } from './HoldExports';
+import { usePollWhileRunning } from './usePollWhileRunning';
 
 type Load = { kind: 'loading' } | { kind: 'ready'; holds: LegalHold[] } | { kind: 'error'; message: string };
 
@@ -34,12 +37,17 @@ export function LegalHoldsPage() {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const canCreate = useAccountStore((s) => s.hasPermission('sysLegalHoldCreate'));
   const canUpdate = useAccountStore((s) => s.hasPermission('sysLegalHoldUpdate'));
+  const canExport = useAccountStore((s) => s.hasPermission('sysLegalHoldExport'));
   const [load, setLoad] = useState<Load>({ kind: 'loading' });
   const [fetches, setFetches] = useState(0);
   const [placing, setPlacing] = useState(false);
   const [editing, setEditing] = useState<LegalHold | null>(null);
   const [releasing, setReleasing] = useState<LegalHold | null>(null);
+  const [exporting, setExporting] = useState<LegalHold | null>(null);
+  const [exports, setExports] = useState<HoldExport[]>([]);
+  const [exportFetches, setExportFetches] = useState(0);
   const refetch = useCallback(() => setFetches((n) => n + 1), []);
+  const refetchExports = useCallback(() => setExportFetches((n) => n + 1), []);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     const controller = new AbortController();
@@ -62,6 +70,21 @@ export function LegalHoldsPage() {
     return () => controller.abort();
   }, [fetches, t]);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!canExport) return;
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    fetchExports(controller.signal)
+      .then((list) => {
+        if (!controller.signal.aborted) setExports(list);
+      })
+      .catch(() => {
+        // An older server has no exports; the holds still show
+      });
+    return () => controller.abort();
+  }, [canExport, exportFetches]);
+
+  usePollWhileRunning(exports, refetchExports);
+
   const done = () => {
     setPlacing(false);
     setEditing(null);
@@ -118,16 +141,26 @@ export function LegalHoldsPage() {
               </div>
               {hold.description && <div className="text-sm">{hold.description}</div>}
             </div>
-            {canUpdate && (
+            {(canUpdate || canExport) && (
               <div className="flex gap-2">
-                <Button variant="outline" size="sm" onClick={() => setEditing(hold)}>
-                  <Pencil className="mr-2 h-4 w-4" />
-                  {t('hold.widenAction', 'Widen…')}
-                </Button>
-                <Button variant="outline" size="sm" onClick={() => setReleasing(hold)}>
-                  <Unlock className="mr-2 h-4 w-4" />
-                  {t('hold.releaseAction', 'Release…')}
-                </Button>
+                {canExport && (
+                  <Button variant="outline" size="sm" onClick={() => setExporting(hold)}>
+                    <FileArchive className="mr-2 h-4 w-4" />
+                    {t('hold.export.action', 'Export…')}
+                  </Button>
+                )}
+                {canUpdate && (
+                  <Button variant="outline" size="sm" onClick={() => setEditing(hold)}>
+                    <Pencil className="mr-2 h-4 w-4" />
+                    {t('hold.widenAction', 'Widen…')}
+                  </Button>
+                )}
+                {canUpdate && (
+                  <Button variant="outline" size="sm" onClick={() => setReleasing(hold)}>
+                    <Unlock className="mr-2 h-4 w-4" />
+                    {t('hold.releaseAction', 'Release…')}
+                  </Button>
+                )}
               </div>
             )}
           </div>
@@ -152,6 +185,7 @@ export function LegalHoldsPage() {
               </div>
             </div>
           </div>
+          <ExportList hold={hold} exports={exports.filter((e) => e.holdId === hold.id)} />
         </div>
       ))}
 
@@ -180,6 +214,16 @@ export function LegalHoldsPage() {
 
       {placing && <HoldDialog onClose={() => setPlacing(false)} onDone={done} />}
       {editing && <HoldDialog existing={editing} onClose={() => setEditing(null)} onDone={done} />}
+      {exporting && (
+        <ExportDialog
+          hold={exporting}
+          onClose={() => setExporting(null)}
+          onStarted={() => {
+            setExporting(null);
+            refetchExports();
+          }}
+        />
+      )}
       {releasing && <ReleaseDialog hold={releasing} onClose={() => setReleasing(null)} onDone={done} />}
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/src/features/hold/holdExport.test.ts b/src/features/hold/holdExport.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0efe6c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/hold/holdExport.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Coffey Labs
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+const jmapRequest = vi.fn();
+vi.mock('@/services/jmap/client', () => ({
+  fetchSession: vi.fn(),
+  getAccountId: () => 'admin',
+  jmapRequest: (...args: unknown[]) => jmapRequest(...args),
+}));
+vi.mock('@/services/api', () => ({ apiFetch: vi.fn() }));
+
+const { exportFileName, fetchExports, startExport } = await import('./holdExport');
+
+beforeEach(() => jmapRequest.mockReset());
+
+describe('hold exports', () => {
+  it('reads exports and settles unknown statuses as running', async () => {
+    jmapRequest.mockResolvedValue([
+      [
+        'inbuxa:HoldExport/get',
+        {
+          list: [
+            {
+              id: 'e1',
+              holdId: 'h',
+              status: 'ready',
+              blobId: 'b',
+              size: 10,
+              items: 2,
+              sha256: 'ab',
+              accountIds: ['x'],
+            },
+            { id: 'e2', holdId: 'h', status: 'queued' },
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+    ]);
+    const list = await fetchExports();
+    expect(list[0]).toMatchObject({ id: 'e1', status: 'ready', blobId: 'b', items: 2, accountIds: ['x'] });
+    expect(list[1]).toMatchObject({ status: 'running', blobId: null, accountIds: [], size: 0 });
+  });
+
+  it('sends only the accounts asked for, and the reason trimmed', async () => {
+    jmapRequest.mockResolvedValue([['inbuxa:HoldExport/set', { created: { x: { id: 'e3' } } }]]);
+    expect(await startExport('h', [], '  production request ')).toBe('e3');
+    const [[, args]] = jmapRequest.mock.calls[0][0];
+    expect(args).toEqual({ accountId: 'admin', create: { x: { holdId: 'h', reason: 'production request' } } });
+
+    await startExport('h', ['a', 'b'], 'r');
+    expect(jmapRequest.mock.calls[1][0][0][1].create.x.accountIds).toEqual(['a', 'b']);
+  });
+
+  it('passes the server’s refusal on', async () => {
+    jmapRequest.mockResolvedValue([
+      ['inbuxa:HoldExport/set', { notCreated: { x: { type: 'invalidProperties', description: 'Say why.' } } }],
+    ]);
+    await expect(startExport('h', [], 'r')).rejects.toThrow('Say why.');
+    jmapRequest.mockResolvedValue([['error', { type: 'forbidden' }]]);
+    await expect(fetchExports()).rejects.toThrow('forbidden');
+  });
+
+  it('names the file after the case and the day', () => {
+    const exp = { id: 'e1', createdAt: '2026-09-28T10:00:00Z' } as Parameters<typeof exportFileName>[1];
+    expect(exportFileName('Matter 4411 / Acme', exp)).toBe('Matter-4411-Acme-2026-09-28-e1.zip');
+    expect(exportFileName('///', exp)).toBe('hold-2026-09-28-e1.zip');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/features/hold/holdExport.ts b/src/features/hold/holdExport.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c20dce0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/hold/holdExport.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Coffey Labs
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+/**
+ * INBUXA: `inbuxa:HoldExport` over JMAP (audit-hold-lock spec, LH-12):
+ * collecting what a legal hold keeps as a ZIP, in the background. The file is
+ * the blob of whoever started it, so only they download it.
+ */
+
+import { apiFetch } from '@/services/api';
+import { fetchSession, getAccountId, jmapRequest } from '@/services/jmap/client';
+
+const CAPABILITY = 'urn:inbuxa:jmap';
+const OBJECT = 'inbuxa:HoldExport';
+
+export type ExportStatus = 'running' | 'ready' | 'failed';
+
+export interface HoldExport {
+  id: string;
+  holdId: string;
+  accountIds: string[];
+  reason: string;
+  status: ExportStatus;
+  createdAt: string;
+  createdBy: string;
+  finishedAt: string | null;
+  blobId: string | null;
+  size: number;
+  items: number;
+  sha256: string | null;
+  error: string | null;
+}
+
+function fromServer(item: Record<string, unknown>): HoldExport {
+  const text = (v: unknown) => (typeof v === 'string' ? v : null);
+  const status = String(item.status);
+  return {
+    id: String(item.id),
+    holdId: String(item.holdId),
+    accountIds: Array.isArray(item.accountIds) ? item.accountIds.map(String) : [],
+    reason: text(item.reason) ?? '',
+    status: status === 'ready' || status === 'failed' ? status : 'running',
+    createdAt: text(item.createdAt) ?? '',
+    createdBy: text(item.createdBy) ?? '',
+    finishedAt: text(item.finishedAt),
+    blobId: text(item.blobId),
+    size: typeof item.size === 'number' ? item.size : 0,
+    items: typeof item.items === 'number' ? item.items : 0,
+    sha256: text(item.sha256),
+    error: text(item.error),
+  };
+}
+
+function failure(name: string | undefined, result: unknown): Error {
+  const r = result as { type?: string; description?: string } | undefined;
+  return new Error(r?.description ?? r?.type ?? `${name ?? 'Request'} failed`);
+}
+
+/** Every export, newest first. */
+export async function fetchExports(signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<HoldExport[]> {
+  const responses = await jmapRequest(
+    [[`${OBJECT}/get`, { accountId: getAccountId('x:Account'), ids: null }, '0']],
+    signal,
+    [CAPABILITY],
+  );
+  const [name, result] = responses[0] ?? [];
+  if (name !== `${OBJECT}/get`) throw failure(name, result);
+  return ((result as { list?: Record<string, unknown>[] }).list ?? []).map(fromServer);
+}
+
+/** Starts collecting what `holdId` keeps, for `accountIds` or all it covers. */
+export async function startExport(holdId: string, accountIds: string[], reason: string): Promise<string> {
+  const create: Record<string, unknown> = { holdId, reason: reason.trim() };
+  if (accountIds.length) create.accountIds = accountIds;
+  const responses = await jmapRequest(
+    [[`${OBJECT}/set`, { accountId: getAccountId('x:Account'), create: { x: create } }, '0']],
+    undefined,
+    [CAPABILITY],
+  );
+  const [name, result] = responses[0] ?? [];
+  if (name !== `${OBJECT}/set`) throw failure(name, result);
+  const r = result as {
+    created?: { x?: { id: string } };
+    notCreated?: { x?: { description?: string; type?: string } };
+  };
+  if (!r.created?.x) throw new Error(r.notCreated?.x?.description ?? r.notCreated?.x?.type ?? 'Not started');
+  return r.created.x.id;
+}
+
+/** A name for the downloaded file. */
+export function exportFileName(holdName: string, exp: HoldExport): string {
+  const slug = holdName.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9._-]+/g, '-').replace(/^-+|-+$/g, '') || 'hold';
+  return `${slug}-${exp.createdAt.slice(0, 10)}-${exp.id}.zip`;
+}
+
+function pathOf(url: string): string {
+  try {
+    const u = new URL(url, 'http://placeholder');
+    return u.pathname + u.search;
+  } catch {
+    return url;
+  }
+}
+
+/** Downloads a ready export: the signed-in person's own blob. */
+export async function downloadExport(exp: HoldExport, fileName: string): Promise<void> {
+  if (!exp.blobId) throw new Error('This export has no file.');
+  const session = await fetchSession();
+  const template =
+    typeof session.downloadUrl === 'string'
+      ? session.downloadUrl
+      : '/jmap/download/{accountId}/{blobId}/{name}?accept={type}';
+  const url = template
+    .replace('{accountId}', encodeURIComponent(getAccountId('x:Account')))
+    .replace('{blobId}', encodeURIComponent(exp.blobId))
+    .replace('{name}', encodeURIComponent(fileName))
+    .replace('{type}', encodeURIComponent('application/zip'));
+  const response = await apiFetch(pathOf(url));
+  if (!response.ok) {
+    throw new Error(
+      response.status === 404 || response.status === 403
+        ? `The file has expired, or it's ${exp.createdBy}'s to download. Start a new export.`
+        : `Download failed (${response.status})`,
+    );
+  }
+  const href = URL.createObjectURL(await response.blob());
+  const a = document.createElement('a');
+  a.href = href;
+  a.download = fileName;
+  document.body.appendChild(a);
+  a.click();
+  a.remove();
+  setTimeout(() => URL.revokeObjectURL(href), 10_000);
+}
diff --git a/src/features/hold/usePollWhileRunning.ts b/src/features/hold/usePollWhileRunning.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4737877
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/hold/usePollWhileRunning.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Coffey Labs
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+import { useEffect } from 'react';
+import type { HoldExport } from './holdExport';
+
+/** Refetches every few seconds while any export is still collecting. */
+export function usePollWhileRunning(exports: HoldExport[], refetch: () => void) {
+  const running = exports.some((e) => e.status === 'running');
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!running) return;
+    const timer = window.setInterval(refetch, 4000);
+    return () => window.clearInterval(timer);
+  }, [running, refetch]);
+}