diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/rich-markdown-terminal-path-paste.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/rich-markdown-terminal-path-paste.test.ts
index faf6b14ce39..55a0aaa1d8b 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/rich-markdown-terminal-path-paste.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/rich-markdown-terminal-path-paste.test.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,16 @@ describe('rich markdown terminal path paste', () => {
     ).toBe(false)
   })
 
+  it('does not treat a bare-domain auto-linked URL as a Windows drive path', () => {
+    expect(
+      shouldPasteTerminalWindowsPathAsPlainText({
+        plainText: 'Heading\n\nVisit https://acme.com for details.',
+        htmlText:
+          '<h1>Heading</h1><p>Visit <a href="https://acme.com">https://acme.com</a> for details.</p>'
+      })
+    ).toBe(false)
+  })
+
   it('inserts the plain clipboard text before TipTap can preserve broken link metadata', () => {
     const { editor, inserted } = makeEditor()
     const text = 'C:\\Users\\neil\\.claude\\CLAUDE.md'
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/rich-markdown-terminal-path-paste.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/rich-markdown-terminal-path-paste.ts
index cfdb7f422fd..5db624f4acc 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/rich-markdown-terminal-path-paste.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/rich-markdown-terminal-path-paste.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ type ClipboardAnchor = {
   href: string
 }
 
+// The drive-letter alternative requires a non-letter boundary before the
+// letter so a URL scheme's trailing char (e.g. the "s" in "https://") is not
+// mistaken for a "X:/..." drive path, which would discard rich paste formatting.
 const WINDOWS_ABSOLUTE_PATH_PATTERN =
-  /(?:[A-Za-z]:[\\/][^\s<>"|?*\r\n]+|\\\\[^\s\\/:*?"<>|\r\n]+\\[^\s\\/:*?"<>|\r\n]+(?:\\[^\s<>"|?*\r\n]+)*)/g
+  /(?:(?<![A-Za-z])[A-Za-z]:[\\/][^\s<>"|?*\r\n]+|\\\\[^\s\\/:*?"<>|\r\n]+\\[^\s\\/:*?"<>|\r\n]+(?:\\[^\s<>"|?*\r\n]+)*)/g
 
 function readClipboardText(event: ClipboardEvent, type: string): string {
   return event.clipboardData?.getData(type) ?? ''