diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/link-actions/LinkActionPopover.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/link-actions/LinkActionPopover.tsx
index a5499f467f5..29338b208f9 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/link-actions/LinkActionPopover.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/link-actions/LinkActionPopover.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useMemo, useRef } from 'react'
+import { useEffect, useEffectEvent, useMemo, useRef } from 'react'
 import { Check, Copy, ExternalLink, Globe, Settings } from 'lucide-react'
 import { toast } from 'sonner'
 import { ShortcutKeyCombo } from '@/components/ShortcutKeyCombo'
@@ -64,6 +64,23 @@ export function LinkActionPopover<TRequest extends LinkActionRequest>({
   const copyableDestination = request?.kind === 'url' ? request.destination : ''
   const { copyText, status: copyStatus } = useClipboardTextCopyFeedback(copyableDestination)
   const copyInFlightRef = useRef(false)
+  const contentRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
+  const dismissOnOutsidePointerDown = useEffectEvent((event: PointerEvent): void => {
+    if (!request || (event.target instanceof Node && contentRef.current?.contains(event.target))) {
+      return
+    }
+    onPointerDownOutside?.(event)
+    onClose(request)
+  })
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!request) {
+      return
+    }
+    // Why: Radix defers outside dismissal to the click and skips it when the click's
+    // propagation is stopped, which hover cards and sidebar cards both do.
+    document.addEventListener('pointerdown', dismissOnOutsidePointerDown, true)
+    return () => document.removeEventListener('pointerdown', dismissOnOutsidePointerDown, true)
+  }, [request])
   const virtualRef = useMemo(
     () => ({
       current: {
@@ -133,6 +150,7 @@ export function LinkActionPopover<TRequest extends LinkActionRequest>({
       <PopoverAnchor virtualRef={virtualRef} />
       {request ? (
         <PopoverContent
+          ref={contentRef}
           align="start"
           side="top"
           sideOffset={6}
@@ -143,7 +161,6 @@ export function LinkActionPopover<TRequest extends LinkActionRequest>({
           onOpenAutoFocus={(event) => event.preventDefault()}
           onCloseAutoFocus={(event) => event.preventDefault()}
           onEscapeKeyDown={() => request.restoreFocus()}
-          onPointerDownOutside={onPointerDownOutside}
         >
           <div className="mb-0.5 flex items-center gap-1 overflow-hidden border-b border-border px-1.5 py-0.5 font-mono text-xs text-muted-foreground">
             <span
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/WorktreeCardLinkedItemsSection.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/WorktreeCardLinkedItemsSection.test.tsx
index 348a4cfa8f9..efc7f425647 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/WorktreeCardLinkedItemsSection.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/WorktreeCardLinkedItemsSection.test.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // @vitest-environment happy-dom
 import type { ReactNode } from 'react'
-import { render, screen, fireEvent, cleanup } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { act, render, screen, fireEvent, cleanup } from '@testing-library/react'
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import { WorktreeCardDetailsHover } from './WorktreeCardMeta'
 import type { Worktree, WorkspaceAttachment } from '../../../../shared/worktree/types'
@@ -192,6 +192,26 @@ describe('workspace linked references in hover details', () => {
       'true'
     )
   })
+  it('dismisses the link chooser when an outside click stops propagation', async () => {
+    Object.defineProperty(window, 'api', {
+      configurable: true,
+      value: { shell: { openUrl: vi.fn() } }
+    })
+    render(
+      <>
+        <Fixture onManage={vi.fn()} />
+        <button onClick={(event) => event.stopPropagation()}>Other card</button>
+      </>
+    )
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Hover workspace' }))
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('link', { name: 'Open MR !42' }))
+    // Why: Radix arms its outside-pointerdown listener a tick after opening.
+    await act(() => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0)))
+    const otherCard = screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Other card' })
+    fireEvent.pointerDown(otherCard)
+    fireEvent.click(otherCard)
+    expect(screen.queryByRole('button', { name: /System Browser/ })).toBeNull()
+  })
   it('opens link management from either section header and dismisses hover', () => {
     const onManage = vi.fn()
     const { container } = render(<Fixture onManage={onManage} />)