diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/markdown-text.bare-url.test.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/markdown-text.bare-url.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac11a4813b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/markdown-text.bare-url.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { cleanup, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+
+import { MarkdownTextContent } from './markdown-text'
+
+afterEach(() => cleanup())
+
+// End-to-end for the bare-autolink shape of #121007: a bare URL an agent sent
+// must render with its full text visible — PrettyLink used to collapse it to a
+// host-only label (`ncpssd.org`) with the address readable only via hover.
+// Labeled links keep their authored label (that hiding is intended design).
+describe('MarkdownTextContent bare URLs', () => {
+  it('shows the full URL text for a bare autolink', () => {
+    render(<MarkdownTextContent isRunning={false} text="See https://www.ncpssd.org/ for the database." />)
+
+    const link = screen.getByRole('link') as HTMLAnchorElement
+
+    expect(link.getAttribute('href')).toBe('https://www.ncpssd.org/')
+    expect(link.textContent).toContain('https://www.ncpssd.org/')
+  })
+
+  it('does not collapse a host-only URL to a bare hostname', () => {
+    render(<MarkdownTextContent isRunning={false} text="Docs live at https://example.com/ now." />)
+
+    const link = screen.getByRole('link') as HTMLAnchorElement
+
+    // urlSlugTitleLabel would render `example.com`; the full URL is the label.
+    expect(link.textContent).toContain('https://example.com/')
+  })
+
+  it('keeps the authored label for a labeled markdown link', () => {
+    render(<MarkdownTextContent isRunning={false} text="See [the database](https://www.ncpssd.org/) first." />)
+
+    const link = screen.getByRole('link') as HTMLAnchorElement
+
+    expect(link.getAttribute('href')).toBe('https://www.ncpssd.org/')
+    expect(link.textContent).toContain('the database')
+    expect(link.textContent).not.toContain('ncpssd.org/')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/markdown-text.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/markdown-text.tsx
index f14b3d78ee..2a4b3441ba 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/markdown-text.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/markdown-text.tsx
@@ -345,7 +345,14 @@ function MarkdownLink({ children, className, href, ...props }: ComponentProps<'a
     }
   }
 
-  const fallbackLabel = text && normalizeExternalUrl(text) !== target ? text : undefined
+  // Always pass the link's own text as the fallback label so a bare URL stays
+  // fully visible (#121007): previously this was `undefined` when the child
+  // text matched the target URL (the bare-autolink case), so PrettyLink fell
+  // through to urlSlugTitleLabel — a host-only label like `ncpssd.org` with
+  // the address readable only via hover/inspect. The full URL is the label the
+  // sender actually wrote into the chat. Labeled links are unchanged: their
+  // authored label already wins display by design.
+  const fallbackLabel = text || undefined
 
   return (
     <PrettyLink className={cn('wrap-anywhere', className)} fallbackLabel={fallbackLabel} href={target} {...props} />