diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/external.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/external.ts
index 7d78f5da37..899849e3a7 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/external.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/external.ts
@@ -72,10 +72,15 @@ export async function patch(ctx: UserCtx<PatchRowRequest, PatchRowResponse>) {
     id: breakRowIdField(_id),
     row: dataToUpdate,
   })
-  const row = await outputProcessing(table, response.row)
+  const row = await sdk.rows.external.getRow(tableId, _id, {
+    relationships: true,
+  })
+  const enrichedRow = await outputProcessing(table, row, {
+    preserveLinks: true,
+  })
   return {
     ...response,
-    row,
+    row: enrichedRow,
     table,
   }
 }
@@ -116,7 +121,7 @@ export async function save(ctx: UserCtx) {
     })
     return {
       ...response,
-      row: await outputProcessing(table, row),
+      row: await outputProcessing(table, row, { preserveLinks: true }),
     }
   } else {
     return response
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/external.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/external.ts
index 817bfce33d..f908be0b3c 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/external.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/external.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export async function search(options: SearchParams) {
     }
 
     const table = await sdk.tables.getTable(tableId)
-    rows = await outputProcessing(table, rows)
+    rows = await outputProcessing(table, rows, { preserveLinks: true })
 
     // need wrapper object for bookmarks etc when paginating
     return { rows, hasNextPage, bookmark: bookmark && bookmark + 1 }
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ export async function fetch(tableId: string) {
     includeSqlRelationships: IncludeRelationship.INCLUDE,
   })
   const table = await sdk.tables.getTable(tableId)
-  return await outputProcessing(table, response)
+  return await outputProcessing(table, response, { preserveLinks: true })
 }
 
 export async function fetchView(viewName: string) {