diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/connection-guidance.test.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/connection-guidance.test.ts
index 8044605ed54..6beade64324 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/connection-guidance.test.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/connection-guidance.test.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ describe("neutral decline evidence", () => {
   it("checks both the visible explanation and preserved native Markdown when links become chips", () => {
     const input = native();
     const body = "Contacts are unavailable. See [Connection outcome](/QA/issues/QA-123#document-outcome).";
-    Object.assign(input.nativeFinalReply, { sourceBody: body, body: "Contacts are unavailable. See QA-123.", origin: "https://fixture.test",
+    Object.assign(input.nativeFinalReply, { sourceBody: body, body: "Contacts are unavailable. See QA-123.", origin: "https://fixture.test", pageUrl: "https://fixture.test/QA/issues/QA-123",
       content: [{ text: "Contacts are unavailable. See " }, { href: "/QA/issues/QA-123#document-outcome", label: "QA-123", decorated: true }, { text: "." }] });
     input.nativeFinalReply.finalEvent.body = body;
     expect(passes(input)).toBe(true);
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/native-task-reply.spec.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/native-task-reply.spec.ts
index c255db6ba49..b075aa115fd 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/native-task-reply.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/native-task-reply.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import { expect, test } from "@playwright/test";
+import { execFileSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 import { readBoundTaskFinalReply } from "./native-task-reply.js";
 
 const markdown = "I **couldn't retrieve** the pages. See [Connection outcome](/QA/issues/QA-123#document-outcome).";
@@ -7,6 +9,17 @@ const run = { id: "final-run", companyId: "company", agentId: "agent", status: "
   resultJson: { presentationDecision: { commentId: "selected" } } };
 const comment = { id: "selected", authorAgentId: "agent", createdByRunId: run.id, body: markdown };
 
+test("the QA tsx loader produces a self-contained browser callback", async ({ page }) => {
+  const moduleUrl = new URL("./native-task-reply.ts", import.meta.url).href;
+  const loader = fileURLToPath(new URL("../../cli/node_modules/tsx/dist/loader.mjs", import.meta.url));
+  const serialized = JSON.parse(execFileSync(process.execPath, ["--import", loader, "--input-type=module", "-e",
+    `import { observeTaskReplyElements } from ${JSON.stringify(moduleUrl)}; console.log(JSON.stringify(observeTaskReplyElements.toString()));`], { encoding: "utf8" }));
+  await page.setContent(`<div data-testid='reply'>${rendered}</div>`);
+  const observations: any = await page.evaluate(`(${serialized})(Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('[data-testid="reply"]')))`);
+  expect(observations[0].body).toBe("I couldn't retrieve the pages. See QA-123.");
+  expect(observations[0].content.some((part: any) => part.label === "QA-123" && part.decorated)).toBe(true);
+});
+
 for (const [name, content, passes] of [
   ["decorated document link and bold text", rendered, true],
   ["ordinary link with its source label", rendered.replace(" data-mention-kind='issue'", "").replace(">QA-123</a>", ">Connection outcome</a>"), true],
@@ -16,9 +29,9 @@ for (const [name, content, passes] of [
   ["extra visible text", rendered + " Extra.", false],
   ["hidden source text", rendered.replace("couldn't retrieve", "<span hidden>couldn't retrieve</span>"), false],
 ] as const) test(`reloaded task reply: ${name}`, async ({ page }) => {
-  await page.route("https://fixture.test/task", route => route.fulfill({ contentType: "text/html", body:
+  await page.route("https://fixture.test/QA/issues/QA-123", route => route.fulfill({ contentType: "text/html", body:
     `<div data-testid='task-chat-thread'><div data-thread-anchor='selected'><div data-testid='task-chat-agent-bubble'>${content}</div></div></div>` }));
-  await page.goto("https://fixture.test/task");
+  await page.goto("https://fixture.test/QA/issues/QA-123");
   const result = readBoundTaskFinalReply({ page, runId: run.id, agentId: "agent", deadlineAt: Date.now() + (passes ? 3000 : 300),
     load: async () => ({ run, comments: [comment], events: [] }) });
   if (passes) {
@@ -35,6 +48,8 @@ for (const [sourceHref, renderedHref, passes] of [
   ["#document-outcome", "/QA/issues/QA-123#document-outcome", true],
   ["/issues/QA-123#document-outcome", "/OTHER/issues/QA-123#document-outcome", false],
   ["#document-outcome", "/QA/issues/QA-999#document-outcome", false],
+  ["/projects/example", "/projects/example", true],
+  ["/projects/example", "/QA/projects/example", false],
 ] as const) test(`reloaded link ${sourceHref} to ${renderedHref}`, async ({ page }) => {
   const url = "https://fixture.test/QA/issues/QA-123";
   await page.route(url, route => route.fulfill({ contentType: "text/html", body:
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/native-task-reply.test.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/native-task-reply.test.ts
index 870a377c650..5e7d7635bf0 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/native-task-reply.test.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/native-task-reply.test.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ it("binds complete Markdown content and the exact link destination despite a dec
   const body = "I **couldn't retrieve** the pages. See [Connection outcome](/QA/issues/QA-123#document-outcome).";
   const comment = { id: "selected", authorAgentId: "owned-agent", createdByRunId: "final-run", body };
   const published = { ...run, resultJson: { presentationDecision: { commentId: "selected" } } };
-  const bubble: TaskReplyObservation = { ...observed, anchor: "selected", origin: "https://fixture.test",
+  const bubble: TaskReplyObservation = { ...observed, anchor: "selected", origin: "https://fixture.test", pageUrl: "https://fixture.test/QA/issues/QA-123",
     body: "I couldn't retrieve the pages. See QA-123.",
     content: [{ text: "I couldn't retrieve the pages. See " }, { href: "https://fixture.test/QA/issues/QA-123#document-outcome", label: "QA-123", decorated: true }, { text: "." }] };
   expect(taskReplyBelongsToRun(bubble, published, "owned-agent", [comment])).toBe(true);
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/native-task-reply.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/native-task-reply.ts
index f668577299b..0cd7074f7c5 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/native-task-reply.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/native-task-reply.ts
@@ -55,21 +55,22 @@ export function uniqueBoundTaskReply(all: TaskReplyObservation[], run: Row, agen
 export function observeTaskReplyElements(elements: Array<HTMLElement | SVGElement>): TaskReplyObservation[] {
   return elements.map(element => {
     const content: Array<{ text: string } | { href: string; label: string; decorated: boolean }> = [];
-    const walk = (node: Node) => {
-      if (node.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE) { content.push({ text: node.textContent ?? "" }); return; }
+    const nodes: Array<Node | string> = [element];
+    while (nodes.length) {
+      const node = nodes.pop()!;
+      if (typeof node === "string") { content.push({ text: node }); continue; }
+      if (node.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE) { content.push({ text: node.textContent ?? "" }); continue; }
       if (!(node instanceof HTMLElement) || node.getAttribute("aria-hidden") === "true"
-        || getComputedStyle(node).display === "none" || getComputedStyle(node).visibility === "hidden") return;
+        || getComputedStyle(node).display === "none" || getComputedStyle(node).visibility === "hidden") continue;
       if (node instanceof HTMLAnchorElement) {
         if (node.getClientRects().length && node.innerText.trim()) content.push({ href: node.href, label: node.innerText,
           decorated: node.matches('[data-mention-kind="issue"], [data-sidebar-document-link]') });
-        return;
+        continue;
       }
       const block = ["P", "DIV", "BR", "LI", "PRE", "BLOCKQUOTE", "H1", "H2", "H3", "H4", "H5", "H6"].includes(node.tagName);
-      if (block) content.push({ text: " " });
-      node.childNodes.forEach(walk);
-      if (block) content.push({ text: " " });
-    };
-    walk(element);
+      if (block) { content.push({ text: " " }); nodes.push(" "); }
+      for (let index = node.childNodes.length - 1; index >= 0; index--) nodes.push(node.childNodes[index]!);
+    }
     return {
       body: (element as HTMLElement).innerText.trim(),
       content, origin: location.origin, pageUrl: location.href,
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/task-reply-content.test.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/task-reply-content.test.ts
index 87852a2e0d0..5e08a9bf072 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/task-reply-content.test.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/task-reply-content.test.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ it("uses the production company prefix and current task URL without accepting a
     content: [{ text: "Read " }, { href: "/QA/issues/QA-123#document-outcome", label: "Outcome" }] };
   for (const href of ["/issues/QA-123#document-outcome", "#document-outcome"])
     expect(taskReplyContentMatches(observation, `Read [Outcome](${href})`)).toBe(true);
-  for (const href of ["/OTHER/issues/QA-123#document-outcome", "/QA/issues/QA-999#document-outcome", "#document-other"])
+  for (const href of ["/QA/issues/QA-999#document-outcome", "#document-other"])
     expect(taskReplyContentMatches(observation, `Read [Outcome](${href})`)).toBe(false);
+  expect(taskReplyContentMatches({ ...observation, content: [{ text: "Read " },
+    { href: "/OTHER/issues/QA-123#document-outcome", label: "Outcome" }] }, "Read [Outcome](/issues/QA-123#document-outcome)")).toBe(false);
 });
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/task-reply-content.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/task-reply-content.ts
index 745252d3e09..a2ee32ecfc9 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/task-reply-content.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/task-reply-content.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { fromMarkdown } from "mdast-util-from-markdown";
 import { applyCompanyPrefix, extractCompanyPrefixFromPath } from "../../ui/src/lib/company-routes.js";
+import { parseIssueReferenceFromHref } from "../../ui/src/lib/issue-reference.js";
 
 export type ReplyContentPart = { text: string } | { href: string; label?: string; decorated?: boolean };
 type MarkdownNode = { type: string; value?: string; url?: string; children?: MarkdownNode[] };
@@ -9,7 +10,8 @@ function normalized(parts: ReplyContentPart[], pageUrl: string, source = false)
   for (const part of parts) {
     if ("href" in part) {
       try {
-        const href = source ? applyCompanyPrefix(part.href, extractCompanyPrefixFromPath(new URL(pageUrl).pathname)) : part.href;
+        const issueRef = source ? parseIssueReferenceFromHref(part.href) : null;
+        const href = issueRef ? applyCompanyPrefix(issueRef.href, extractCompanyPrefixFromPath(new URL(pageUrl).pathname)) : part.href;
         result.push({ href: new URL(href, pageUrl).href, label: part.label?.replace(/\s+/g, " ").trim(), decorated: part.decorated });
       } catch { return null; }
     } else {