diff --git a/src/shared/terminal-github-pr-link-detector.test.ts b/src/shared/terminal-github-pr-link-detector.test.ts
index 41488aab1b4..360fd16d63e 100644
--- a/src/shared/terminal-github-pr-link-detector.test.ts
+++ b/src/shared/terminal-github-pr-link-detector.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import { createTerminalGitHubPRLinkDetector } from './terminal-github-pr-link-detector'
 
+const issue8126Url = 'https://github.com/owner/repo/pull/10'
+
 afterEach(() => {
   vi.restoreAllMocks()
 })
@@ -18,6 +20,65 @@ describe('createTerminalGitHubPRLinkDetector', () => {
     ])
   })
 
+  it('detects issue 8126 Claude Code PR links with attached ANSI reset', () => {
+    const observe = createTerminalGitHubPRLinkDetector()
+
+    expect(observe(`${issue8126Url}\x1b[22m\n`)).toEqual([
+      {
+        url: issue8126Url,
+        slug: { owner: 'owner', repo: 'repo' },
+        number: 10
+      }
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it('strips an ANSI reset split across PTY chunks', () => {
+    const observe = createTerminalGitHubPRLinkDetector()
+
+    expect(observe(`${issue8126Url}\x1b`)).toEqual([])
+    expect(observe('[22m\n')).toEqual([
+      {
+        url: issue8126Url,
+        slug: { owner: 'owner', repo: 'repo' },
+        number: 10
+      }
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it('rejects PR URLs corrupted by cursor movement', () => {
+    const observe = createTerminalGitHubPRLinkDetector()
+
+    expect(observe('https://github.com/owne\x1b[1Cr/repo/pull/10\n')).toEqual([])
+  })
+
+  it('rejects PR URLs fused across terminal rows', () => {
+    for (const cursorMove of ['\x1b[1A', '\x1b[1B']) {
+      const observe = createTerminalGitHubPRLinkDetector()
+
+      expect(observe(`https://github.com/owner/repo/pull/${cursorMove}10\n`)).toEqual([])
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('does not fuse screen-editing controls into PR URLs', () => {
+    for (const screenEdit of ['\x08', '\x0b', '\x0c', '\x1bD', '\x1b[2J', '\x1b[2K', '\x1b[1S']) {
+      const observe = createTerminalGitHubPRLinkDetector()
+
+      expect(observe(`https://github.com/owner/repo/pull/1${screenEdit}0\n`)).toEqual([])
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('deduplicates styled and plain instances', () => {
+    const observe = createTerminalGitHubPRLinkDetector()
+
+    expect(observe(`${issue8126Url}\x1b[22m\n${issue8126Url}\n`)).toEqual([
+      {
+        url: issue8126Url,
+        slug: { owner: 'owner', repo: 'repo' },
+        number: 10
+      }
+    ])
+  })
+
   it('waits for a boundary when the URL is split across PTY chunks', () => {
     const observe = createTerminalGitHubPRLinkDetector()
 
diff --git a/src/shared/terminal-github-pr-link-detector.ts b/src/shared/terminal-github-pr-link-detector.ts
index ee7d92e60c6..83a9d8ff95b 100644
--- a/src/shared/terminal-github-pr-link-detector.ts
+++ b/src/shared/terminal-github-pr-link-detector.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* eslint-disable no-control-regex -- ANSI SGR sequences are raw PTY input. */
 /**
  * Chunk-boundary-safe GitHub PR URL scan over PTY output.
  *
@@ -11,6 +12,9 @@ import type { RepoSlug } from './github-links'
 import { parseGitHubIssueOrPRLink } from './github-links'
 
 const GITHUB_PR_PATH_MARKER = '/pull/'
+const TERMINAL_SGR_PATTERN = /\x1b\[[0-?]*[ -/]*m/g
+const TERMINAL_CURSOR_CONTROL_PATTERN = /[\x08\x0b\x0c]/g
+const TERMINAL_CONTROL_GUARD = '\ufffd'
 const HTTP_SCHEME_PREFIXES = ['https://', 'http://'] as const
 const TRAILING_TERMINAL_PUNCTUATION_RE = /[),.;\]}]+$/
 const MAX_CARRY_LENGTH = 512
@@ -27,6 +31,9 @@ function trimTerminalUrl(candidate: string): string {
 }
 
 function parseTerminalGitHubPRUrl(candidate: string): TerminalGitHubPRLink | null {
+  if (candidate.includes('\x1b') || candidate.includes(TERMINAL_CONTROL_GUARD)) {
+    return null
+  }
   const url = trimTerminalUrl(candidate)
   const parsed = parseGitHubIssueOrPRLink(url)
   if (!parsed || parsed.type !== 'pr') {
@@ -128,12 +135,19 @@ export function createTerminalGitHubPRLinkDetector(): (data: string) => Terminal
   const seenUrls = new Set<string>()
 
   return (data: string): TerminalGitHubPRLink[] => {
-    const combined = carry ? carry + data : data
+    const rawCombined = carry ? carry + data : data
 
-    if (!combined.includes(GITHUB_PR_PATH_MARKER)) {
-      carry = getPotentialGitHubPRCarry(combined)
+    // Why: PTY output is a hot path; avoid multi-pass ANSI normalization for
+    // chunks that cannot contain a GitHub pull-request URL.
+    if (!rawCombined.includes(GITHUB_PR_PATH_MARKER)) {
+      carry = getPotentialGitHubPRCarry(rawCombined)
       return []
     }
+    // Why: SGR styling has no screen width, so removing it is safe. Cursor
+    // controls get a guard; other escape sequences remain URL-invalid.
+    const combined = rawCombined
+      .replace(TERMINAL_SGR_PATTERN, '')
+      .replace(TERMINAL_CURSOR_CONTROL_PATTERN, TERMINAL_CONTROL_GUARD)
 
     const links: TerminalGitHubPRLink[] = []
     // Why: PTY data may echo a huge pasted line. Scan URL candidates directly
@@ -154,7 +168,7 @@ export function createTerminalGitHubPRLinkDetector(): (data: string) => Terminal
       links.push(parsed)
     }
 
-    carry = getPotentialGitHubPRCarry(combined)
+    carry = getPotentialGitHubPRCarry(rawCombined)
     return links
   }
 }