diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/edge-wrapped-terminal-http-links.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/edge-wrapped-terminal-http-links.test.ts
index 910b01ad031..f61f7e090f5 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/edge-wrapped-terminal-http-links.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/edge-wrapped-terminal-http-links.test.ts
@@ -98,6 +98,15 @@ describe('edge-wrapped terminal HTTP links', () => {
     }
   )
 
+  it('stops scanning back at a prose row that cannot continue a URL', () => {
+    const prose = makeBufferLine('see https://example.com and more words')
+    const hovered = makeBufferLine('tail')
+    const getLine = vi.fn((y: number) => (y === 199 ? hovered : prose))
+
+    buildEdgeWrappedHttpLogicalLineCandidates({ getLine }, 200)
+    expect(new Set(getLine.mock.calls.map(([y]) => y)).size).toBeLessThan(5)
+  })
+
   it('opens a URL when a wide glyph starts the continuation row', () => {
     const prefix = 'https://example.com/wide/'
     const firstRow = `${prefix}${'c'.repeat(COLS - 1 - prefix.length)}`
diff --git a/src/shared/edge-wrapped-terminal-http-links.ts b/src/shared/edge-wrapped-terminal-http-links.ts
index 3b946e893c1..45a0cdeb774 100644
--- a/src/shared/edge-wrapped-terminal-http-links.ts
+++ b/src/shared/edge-wrapped-terminal-http-links.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ const HTTP_STATUS_ROW_PATTERN = /^HTTP\/\d(?:\.\d)?:\d{3}(?:\s|$)/i
 const VERTICAL_LAYOUT_FRAME_PATTERN = /[│┃║╎╏┆┇┊┋|]/
 const EMPTY_LABEL_ROW_PATTERN = /^[^\s:][^:]*:$/
 const LABEL_WITH_SPACING_ROW_PATTERN = /^[^\s:][^:]*:\s/
+const NON_BLANK_ROW_PATTERN = /\S/
+const SINGLE_TOKEN_ROW_PATTERN = /^ *\S+\s*$/
 
 function maxEdgeWrappedHttpRows(lineLength: number, padding: number): number {
   // Width-2 cells give at least floor(columns / 2) characters per continued row; add two fragment rows to bound scanning by URL length.
@@ -147,8 +149,21 @@ export function buildEdgeWrappedHttpLogicalLineCandidates(
     return translated
   }
   const minY = Math.max(0, currentY - maxRows + 1)
+  let laterRowText: string | undefined
   for (let startY = currentY; startY >= minY; startY--) {
+    // Earlier starts must continue through the later row: frame-free, and one token unless it is the hovered row.
+    if (
+      startY < currentY &&
+      (!laterRowText ||
+        VERTICAL_LAYOUT_FRAME_PATTERN.test(laterRowText) ||
+        !(startY + 1 === currentY ? NON_BLANK_ROW_PATTERN : SINGLE_TOKEN_ROW_PATTERN).test(
+          laterRowText
+        ))
+    ) {
+      break
+    }
     const startText = buffer.getLine(startY)?.translateToString(false)
+    laterRowText = startText
     const schemeIndex = startText ? findHttpSchemeIndex(startText) : -1
     if (!startText || schemeIndex === -1 || VERTICAL_LAYOUT_FRAME_PATTERN.test(startText)) {
       continue
diff --git a/src/shared/hard-wrapped-terminal-http-links.test.ts b/src/shared/hard-wrapped-terminal-http-links.test.ts
index 8c82d2652e0..691843c8fe0 100644
--- a/src/shared/hard-wrapped-terminal-http-links.test.ts
+++ b/src/shared/hard-wrapped-terminal-http-links.test.ts
@@ -81,6 +81,19 @@ describe('hard-wrapped terminal HTTP candidate bounds', () => {
     expect(onTranslateWithColumns).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
 
+  it('stops scanning back at a table border instead of walking every framed row', () => {
+    const rows = Array.from({ length: TERMINAL_HTTP_URL_MAX_HARD_WRAPPED_ROWS }, (_value, index) =>
+      bufferLine(
+        index % 10 === 0 ? '├──────────────────────┤' : `│ https://example.com/${index} │`,
+        () => undefined
+      )
+    )
+    const getLine = vi.fn((y: number) => rows[y])
+
+    buildHardWrappedHttpLogicalLineCandidates({ getLine }, TERMINAL_HTTP_URL_MAX_HARD_WRAPPED_ROWS)
+    expect(new Set(getLine.mock.calls.map(([y]) => y)).size).toBeLessThan(20)
+  })
+
   it('reconstructs framed URL rows aligned by cells when a fragment has wide characters', () => {
     const rowTexts = ['|http://a/ab|', '|a你你你你你|', '|tailzzzzzzz|']
     const rows = rowTexts.map(bufferLineWithCellColumns)
diff --git a/src/shared/hard-wrapped-terminal-http-links.ts b/src/shared/hard-wrapped-terminal-http-links.ts
index 441aeeb7ab1..bf0d13c2de9 100644
--- a/src/shared/hard-wrapped-terminal-http-links.ts
+++ b/src/shared/hard-wrapped-terminal-http-links.ts
@@ -11,11 +11,28 @@ const HTTP_FRAGMENT_PATTERN = /^[^\s"'!*(){}|\\^<>`│┃║╎╏┆┇┊┋]*
 const VERTICAL_LAYOUT_FRAME_PATTERN = /[│┃║╎╏┆┇┊┋|]/
 const NON_LAYOUT_SUFFIX_PATTERN = /[^\s│┃║╎╏┆┇┊┋|]/
 const HARD_WRAP_CONTINUATION_SUFFIX_PATTERN = /[/?&=#%+:-]$/
+const LAYOUT_SUFFIX_CHAR_PATTERN = /[\s│┃║╎╏┆┇┊┋|]/
 const MIN_HARD_WRAPPED_HTTP_ROWS = 3
 const MIN_HARD_WRAP_FILL_RATIO = 0.8
 
 type TranslatedLine = ReturnType<typeof translateLineWithColumns>
 
+// Continuation rows end in frame + prefix + URL fragment + layout-only suffix with a right frame.
+function canBeFramedContinuationRow(text: string): boolean {
+  let contentEnd = text.length
+  let hasRightFrame = false
+  while (contentEnd > 0 && LAYOUT_SUFFIX_CHAR_PATTERN.test(text[contentEnd - 1]!)) {
+    hasRightFrame ||= VERTICAL_LAYOUT_FRAME_PATTERN.test(text[contentEnd - 1]!)
+    contentEnd--
+  }
+  return (
+    hasRightFrame &&
+    contentEnd > 0 &&
+    Boolean(HTTP_FRAGMENT_PATTERN.exec(text[contentEnd - 1]!)?.[0]) &&
+    VERTICAL_LAYOUT_FRAME_PATTERN.test(text.slice(0, contentEnd))
+  )
+}
+
 function findFrameIndexBefore(text: string, beforeIndex: number): number {
   for (let index = beforeIndex - 1; index >= 0; index--) {
     if (VERTICAL_LAYOUT_FRAME_PATTERN.test(text[index]!)) {
@@ -189,6 +206,12 @@ export function buildHardWrappedHttpLogicalLineCandidates(
     if (candidate) {
       candidates.push(candidate)
     }
+    // Earlier starts must continue through this row; stop at borders, prose, and blank rows.
+    const rowText =
+      translatedLines.get(startY)?.text ?? buffer.getLine(startY)?.translateToString(false)
+    if (rowText === undefined || !canBeFramedContinuationRow(rowText)) {
+      break
+    }
   }
   return candidates.sort(
     (left, right) => right.rows.length - left.rows.length || right.text.length - left.text.length