diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-lifecycle.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-lifecycle.test.ts
index a18e432d065..c69600e8a35 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-lifecycle.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-lifecycle.test.ts
@@ -515,6 +515,7 @@ describe('openTerminal — addon and provider wiring', () => {
         }
       }),
       attachCustomWheelEventHandler: vi.fn(),
+      onWriteParsed: vi.fn(() => ({ dispose: vi.fn() })),
       write: vi.fn(() => {
         events.push('write')
       }),
@@ -606,6 +607,22 @@ describe('openTerminal — addon and provider wiring', () => {
     expect(pane.arabicShapingJoinerCleanup).toBeNull()
   })
 
+  // Why: a link streamed under a stationary pointer must re-linkify on the next
+  // move; openTerminal wires the hover-cache reset and disposePane must detach it.
+  it('installs the streamed-output linkifier hover reset and disposes it', () => {
+    const { pane } = createOpenTerminalHarness()
+
+    openTerminal(pane)
+    const disposable = pane.linkifierHoverResetDisposable
+    expect(disposable?.dispose).toBeTypeOf('function')
+    expect(pane.terminal.onWriteParsed).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+
+    const disposeSpy = vi.spyOn(disposable!, 'dispose')
+    disposePane(pane, new Map([[pane.id, pane]]))
+    expect(disposeSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(pane.linkifierHoverResetDisposable).toBeNull()
+  })
+
   // Why: the DOM renderer misrenders joined spans (per-character
   // letter-spacing blowout), so the joiner must only join while this pane's
   // WebGL addon is live — locked here against the real openTerminal wiring.
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-lifecycle.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-lifecycle.ts
index ea938f9a351..59e24471026 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-lifecycle.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-lifecycle.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { cancelDeferredScrollRestore } from './pane-scroll'
 import { activateOrcaTerminalUnicodeProvider } from '../../../../shared/terminal-unicode-provider'
 import { attachTerminalMouseWheelMultiplier } from './pane-terminal-mouse-wheel'
 import { attachTerminalScrollIntentTracking } from './terminal-scroll-intent-dom-tracking'
+import { installTerminalLinkifierHoverResetOnWrite } from './terminal-linkifier-hover-reset-on-write'
 import { attachDomRendererFocusClassSync } from './pane-dom-focus-class-sync'
 import { attachWebgl, cancelPendingWebglRefresh, disposeWebgl } from './pane-webgl-renderer'
 import { configureLazyArabicShapingJoiner } from './terminal-arabic-shaping-joiner'
@@ -56,6 +57,11 @@ export function openTerminal(pane: ManagedPaneInternal): void {
     xtermContainer,
     pane.leafId
   )
+  // Why: a link streamed into a visible pane under a stationary pointer would
+  // otherwise stay un-underlined/un-clickable until the mouse crosses to a new
+  // line; invalidate the linkifier hover cache when output lands so the next
+  // pointer move re-linkifies it.
+  pane.linkifierHoverResetDisposable = installTerminalLinkifierHoverResetOnWrite(terminal)
 
   // Activate Orca's Unicode 11 width shim *before* any caller-driven write. CJK / emoji /
   // ZWJ codepoints get baked into the buffer at the active unicode version on
@@ -228,6 +234,8 @@ export function disposePane(
   pane.focusClassSyncCleanup = null
   pane.terminalScrollIntentDisposable?.dispose()
   pane.terminalScrollIntentDisposable = null
+  pane.linkifierHoverResetDisposable?.dispose()
+  pane.linkifierHoverResetDisposable = null
   // Deregister the RTL shaping joiner: terminal.dispose() below does not.
   try {
     pane.arabicShapingJoinerCleanup?.()
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-manager-types.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-manager-types.ts
index 5f2c3d5fcdb..3face2a5189 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-manager-types.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-manager-types.ts
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@ export type ManagedPaneInternal = {
   focusClassSyncCleanup?: (() => void) | null
   // Stored so disposePane() can remove user-scroll intent listeners.
   terminalScrollIntentDisposable?: IDisposable | null
+  // Stored so disposePane() can detach the streamed-output hover-cache reset
+  // that keeps freshly printed links linkifiable without a scroll.
+  linkifierHoverResetDisposable?: IDisposable | null
   // Stored so disposePane() can deregister the joiner; terminal.dispose()
   // does not remove registered character joiners.
   arabicShapingJoinerCleanup?: (() => void) | null
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/terminal-linkifier-hover-reset-on-write.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/terminal-linkifier-hover-reset-on-write.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ad812d58f20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/terminal-linkifier-hover-reset-on-write.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import type { Terminal } from '@xterm/xterm'
+import * as hoverReset from './terminal-linkifier-hover-reset'
+import { installTerminalLinkifierHoverResetOnWrite } from './terminal-linkifier-hover-reset-on-write'
+
+// Spy on the reset primitive while keeping its real field-clearing behavior, so
+// tests can COUNT invocations — the throttle/coalesce properties are otherwise
+// invisible (the reset writes idempotent cache state).
+vi.mock('./terminal-linkifier-hover-reset', async (importOriginal) => {
+  const actual = await importOriginal<typeof hoverReset>()
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    resetTerminalLinkifierHoverState: vi.fn(actual.resetTerminalLinkifierHoverState)
+  }
+})
+
+type LinkifierCache = { _lastBufferCell?: unknown; _activeLine?: number; _currentLink?: unknown }
+
+function createFakeTerminal(): {
+  terminal: Terminal
+  emitWriteParsed: () => void
+  linkifier: LinkifierCache
+  listenerDisposed: () => boolean
+} {
+  const listeners = new Set<() => void>()
+  let disposed = false
+  const linkifier: LinkifierCache = {
+    _lastBufferCell: { x: 3, y: 4 },
+    _activeLine: 4,
+    _currentLink: undefined
+  }
+  const terminal = {
+    onWriteParsed: (handler: () => void) => {
+      listeners.add(handler)
+      return {
+        dispose: () => {
+          disposed = true
+          listeners.delete(handler)
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    _core: { linkifier }
+  } as unknown as Terminal
+  return {
+    terminal,
+    emitWriteParsed: () => listeners.forEach((handler) => handler()),
+    linkifier,
+    listenerDisposed: () => disposed
+  }
+}
+
+const resetSpy = vi.mocked(hoverReset.resetTerminalLinkifierHoverState)
+
+describe('installTerminalLinkifierHoverResetOnWrite', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers()
+    resetSpy.mockClear()
+  })
+  afterEach(() => vi.useRealTimers())
+
+  it('clears the linkifier hover cache a throttle window after output lands', () => {
+    const fake = createFakeTerminal()
+    installTerminalLinkifierHoverResetOnWrite(fake.terminal)
+
+    fake.emitWriteParsed()
+    // Not reset synchronously — throttled so streaming does not re-query per chunk.
+    expect(resetSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(fake.linkifier._lastBufferCell).toBeDefined()
+
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(150)
+    expect(resetSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(fake.linkifier._lastBufferCell).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(fake.linkifier._activeLine).toBe(-1)
+  })
+
+  it('coalesces a burst of writes into exactly one reset per window', () => {
+    const fake = createFakeTerminal()
+    installTerminalLinkifierHoverResetOnWrite(fake.terminal)
+
+    // 20 chunks inside one window must schedule only one reset — not 20. This
+    // fails if the leading-edge throttle guard is removed.
+    for (let i = 0; i < 20; i += 1) {
+      fake.emitWriteParsed()
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(5)
+    }
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(150)
+    expect(resetSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  })
+
+  it('keeps resetting during continuous streaming instead of starving', () => {
+    const fake = createFakeTerminal()
+    installTerminalLinkifierHoverResetOnWrite(fake.terminal)
+
+    // A chunk every 50ms for 500ms. The throttle fires ~every 150ms; a debounce
+    // (clearTimeout + reschedule per chunk) would never fire while the stream
+    // continues — that regression is what this guards against.
+    for (let i = 0; i < 10; i += 1) {
+      fake.emitWriteParsed()
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(50)
+    }
+    expect(resetSpy.mock.calls.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(3)
+  })
+
+  it('does not disturb an actively hovered link, and resumes once it clears', () => {
+    const fake = createFakeTerminal()
+    installTerminalLinkifierHoverResetOnWrite(fake.terminal)
+
+    fake.linkifier._currentLink = { link: 'https://example.com' }
+    fake.emitWriteParsed()
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(150)
+    // Hovering: the cache is left intact so the underline/tooltip do not flicker.
+    expect(resetSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(fake.linkifier._lastBufferCell).toBeDefined()
+
+    fake.linkifier._currentLink = undefined
+    fake.emitWriteParsed()
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(150)
+    expect(resetSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(fake.linkifier._lastBufferCell).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
+  it('does not drop the reset when the stream goes quiet mid-hover', () => {
+    const fake = createFakeTerminal()
+    installTerminalLinkifierHoverResetOnWrite(fake.terminal)
+
+    // Last chunk of a burst lands while a link is hovered, then output stops.
+    fake.linkifier._currentLink = { link: 'https://example.com' }
+    fake.emitWriteParsed()
+    // Many windows pass with NO further writes — the pending reset must survive.
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(600)
+    expect(resetSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+    // Once the pointer leaves the link, the retry finally resets — without any
+    // new output re-arming it.
+    fake.linkifier._currentLink = undefined
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(150)
+    expect(resetSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(fake.linkifier._lastBufferCell).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
+  it('cancels the pending reset and detaches the listener on dispose', () => {
+    const fake = createFakeTerminal()
+    const disposable = installTerminalLinkifierHoverResetOnWrite(fake.terminal)
+
+    fake.emitWriteParsed()
+    disposable.dispose()
+    expect(fake.listenerDisposed()).toBe(true)
+
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(500)
+    // Disposed before the timer fired: no reset, cache untouched.
+    expect(resetSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(fake.linkifier._lastBufferCell).toEqual({ x: 3, y: 4 })
+  })
+
+  it('degrades to a no-op when the terminal lacks onWriteParsed', () => {
+    const terminal = { _core: { linkifier: {} } } as unknown as Terminal
+    expect(() => installTerminalLinkifierHoverResetOnWrite(terminal).dispose()).not.toThrow()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/terminal-linkifier-hover-reset-on-write.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/terminal-linkifier-hover-reset-on-write.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..509b0012365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/terminal-linkifier-hover-reset-on-write.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import type { IDisposable, Terminal } from '@xterm/xterm'
+import {
+  isTerminalLinkifierHoverActive,
+  resetTerminalLinkifierHoverState
+} from './terminal-linkifier-hover-reset'
+
+// Why: coalesce bursts of streamed output into at most one hover-cache reset
+// per window so continuous agent output does not force a provider re-query on
+// every parsed chunk. 150ms keeps a freshly printed link responsive to the
+// user's next pointer move without measurable churn.
+const HOVER_RESET_THROTTLE_MS = 150
+
+/**
+ * Invalidate xterm's linkifier hover cache shortly after streamed output lands.
+ *
+ * Why: xterm re-runs link providers only on mousemove when the hovered buffer
+ * cell changes, and it caches provider replies per line with no content-change
+ * invalidation ({@link resetTerminalLinkifierHoverState} documents the fields).
+ * A URL an agent streams into a visible pane under a stationary pointer is
+ * therefore never underlined — and its native activation stays dead — until the
+ * pointer crosses to a different line, which is the "click the terminal a few
+ * times before the link works" symptom. Clearing the cell/line cache when new
+ * content lands lets the very next pointer move re-linkify the fresh URL.
+ *
+ * Sibling of the visibility-resume reset (see terminal-visibility-resume.ts),
+ * which only covers reveal — not output streaming into an already-visible pane.
+ */
+export function installTerminalLinkifierHoverResetOnWrite(terminal: Terminal): IDisposable {
+  // Why: never let this break pane creation if a Terminal stub or a future
+  // xterm build lacks onWriteParsed — links then recover on the next cell
+  // change, as they did before this reset existed.
+  if (typeof terminal.onWriteParsed !== 'function') {
+    return { dispose: () => undefined }
+  }
+  let timer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null
+  const flush = (): void => {
+    // Why: never invalidate the cache while the user is hovering a link — it
+    // would clear+re-query the active link (async for file paths), flickering
+    // its underline/tooltip. Re-arm instead of dropping the pending reset: if
+    // this was the last chunk of a burst and it appended a link to the hovered
+    // line, dropping the reset would leave that link dead until a line change.
+    // The retry performs the reset once the hover ends. (timer stays non-null
+    // during the retry so a concurrent write does not stack a second timer.)
+    if (isTerminalLinkifierHoverActive(terminal)) {
+      timer = setTimeout(flush, HOVER_RESET_THROTTLE_MS)
+      return
+    }
+    timer = null
+    resetTerminalLinkifierHoverState(terminal)
+  }
+  const scheduleReset = (): void => {
+    if (timer !== null) {
+      return
+    }
+    timer = setTimeout(flush, HOVER_RESET_THROTTLE_MS)
+  }
+  const writeParsedDisposable = terminal.onWriteParsed(scheduleReset)
+  return {
+    dispose: () => {
+      if (timer !== null) {
+        clearTimeout(timer)
+        timer = null
+      }
+      writeParsedDisposable.dispose()
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/terminal-linkifier-hover-reset.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/terminal-linkifier-hover-reset.test.ts
index aca9b7034d5..b39b2bbd5d0 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/terminal-linkifier-hover-reset.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/terminal-linkifier-hover-reset.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
 import type { Terminal } from '@xterm/xterm'
-import { resetTerminalLinkifierHoverState } from './terminal-linkifier-hover-reset'
+import {
+  isTerminalLinkifierHoverActive,
+  resetTerminalLinkifierHoverState
+} from './terminal-linkifier-hover-reset'
 
-type FakeLinkifier = { _lastBufferCell?: unknown; _activeLine?: number }
+type FakeLinkifier = { _lastBufferCell?: unknown; _activeLine?: number; _currentLink?: unknown }
 
 function createTerminal(linkifier: FakeLinkifier | null | undefined, hasCore = true): Terminal {
   const core = hasCore ? { linkifier: linkifier ?? undefined } : undefined
@@ -31,3 +34,18 @@ describe('resetTerminalLinkifierHoverState', () => {
     expect('_activeLine' in linkifier).toBe(false)
   })
 })
+
+describe('isTerminalLinkifierHoverActive', () => {
+  it('is true only while a link is currently hovered', () => {
+    expect(isTerminalLinkifierHoverActive(createTerminal({ _currentLink: { link: 'x' } }))).toBe(
+      true
+    )
+    expect(isTerminalLinkifierHoverActive(createTerminal({ _currentLink: undefined }))).toBe(false)
+    expect(isTerminalLinkifierHoverActive(createTerminal({}))).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('degrades to false when linkifier internals are unavailable', () => {
+    expect(isTerminalLinkifierHoverActive(createTerminal(null))).toBe(false)
+    expect(isTerminalLinkifierHoverActive(createTerminal(undefined, false))).toBe(false)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/terminal-linkifier-hover-reset.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/terminal-linkifier-hover-reset.ts
index 2c93f354ac0..d8c40e4b59c 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/terminal-linkifier-hover-reset.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/terminal-linkifier-hover-reset.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ import type { Terminal } from '@xterm/xterm'
 type LinkifierHoverCache = {
   _lastBufferCell?: unknown
   _activeLine?: number
+  // Set while xterm is showing a hovered link; cleared on mouseleave / when the
+  // pointer moves off the link (Linkifier `_clearCurrentLink`).
+  _currentLink?: unknown
 }
 
 type TerminalCoreWithLinkifier = {
@@ -44,3 +47,22 @@ export function resetTerminalLinkifierHoverState(terminal: Terminal): void {
     /* linkifier internals unavailable — link recovers on the next cell change */
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * True while xterm is actively showing a hovered link.
+ *
+ * Why: callers that invalidate the hover cache on a timer (streamed output)
+ * must skip while a link is hovered — clearing the cache makes the next
+ * mousemove clear and (for async providers like file paths) re-query the active
+ * link, flickering its underline/tooltip. Guarded like {@link
+ * resetTerminalLinkifierHoverState} so a renamed field degrades to "not
+ * hovering" rather than throwing.
+ */
+export function isTerminalLinkifierHoverActive(terminal: Terminal): boolean {
+  try {
+    const linkifier = (terminal as unknown as TerminalCoreWithLinkifier)._core?.linkifier
+    return Boolean(linkifier && '_currentLink' in linkifier && linkifier._currentLink)
+  } catch {
+    return false
+  }
+}