diff --git a/ui/src/components/InlineEditor.test.tsx b/ui/src/components/InlineEditor.test.tsx
index f41a31cc690..5977733d141 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/InlineEditor.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/InlineEditor.test.tsx
@@ -207,6 +207,23 @@ describe("InlineEditor", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("marks multiline preview textboxes as multiline", () => {
+    const onSave = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    const root = createRoot(container);
+
+    act(() => {
+      root.render(<InlineEditor value="Hello world" multiline onSave={onSave} />);
+    });
+
+    const preview = container.querySelector<HTMLElement>('[role="textbox"]');
+    expect(preview).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(preview?.getAttribute("aria-multiline")).toBe("true");
+
+    act(() => {
+      root.unmount();
+    });
+  });
+
   it("syncs a new multiline value while focused when the user has not edited locally", () => {
     const onSave = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
     const root = createRoot(container);
diff --git a/ui/src/components/InlineEditor.tsx b/ui/src/components/InlineEditor.tsx
index de45ee2a826..3fe8a42ad7b 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/InlineEditor.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/InlineEditor.tsx
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ export function InlineEditor({
 
     if (!showEditor) {
       const enterEditMode = () => {
+        if (multilineEditing) return;
         justEnteredEditRef.current = true;
         setMultilineEditing(true);
       };
@@ -254,6 +255,7 @@ export function InlineEditor({
           }}
           onDragEnter={() => enterEditMode()}
           role="textbox"
+          aria-multiline="true"
           aria-label={placeholder}
         >
           <MarkdownBody className={cn("paperclip-edit-in-place-content", className)}>
diff --git a/ui/src/components/MarkdownBody.test.tsx b/ui/src/components/MarkdownBody.test.tsx
index a267dee0e0d..6350f660eaa 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/MarkdownBody.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/MarkdownBody.test.tsx
@@ -187,6 +187,14 @@ describe("MarkdownBody", () => {
     expect(html).toContain("text-green-600");
   });
 
+  it("does not auto-link non-issue internal route paths", () => {
+    const html = renderMarkdown("Use /issues/new for the creation form and /api/issues for data.");
+
+    expect(html).toContain("Use /issues/new for the creation form and /api/issues for data.");
+    expect(html).not.toContain('href="/issues/new"');
+    expect(html).not.toContain('data-mention-kind="issue"');
+  });
+
   it("rewrites issue scheme links to internal issue links", () => {
     const html = renderMarkdown("See issue://PAP-1310 and issue://:PAP-1311.", [
       { identifier: "PAP-1310", status: "done" },
diff --git a/ui/src/lib/issue-reference.ts b/ui/src/lib/issue-reference.ts
index 1596766079e..2566c1e8fdd 100644
--- a/ui/src/lib/issue-reference.ts
+++ b/ui/src/lib/issue-reference.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ type MarkdownNode = {
 
 const BARE_ISSUE_IDENTIFIER_RE = /^[A-Z][A-Z0-9]+-\d+$/i;
 const ISSUE_SCHEME_RE = /^issue:\/\/:?([^?#\s]+)(?:[?#].*)?$/i;
-const ISSUE_REFERENCE_TOKEN_RE = /issue:\/\/:?[^\s<>()]+|https?:\/\/[^\s<>()]+|\/[^\s<>()]+|\b[A-Z][A-Z0-9]+-\d+\b/gi;
+const ISSUE_REFERENCE_TOKEN_RE = /issue:\/\/:?[^\s<>()]+|https?:\/\/[^\s<>()]+|\/(?:[^\s<>()/]+\/)*issues\/[A-Z][A-Z0-9]+-\d+\b|\b[A-Z][A-Z0-9]+-\d+\b/gi;
 
 export function parseIssuePathIdFromPath(pathOrUrl: string | null | undefined): string | null {
   if (!pathOrUrl) return null;