diff --git a/Content.Client/UserInterface/Controls/TextLinkLabel.cs b/Content.Client/UserInterface/Controls/TextLinkLabel.cs
index 1600e979b8..afd4fa48a1 100644
--- a/Content.Client/UserInterface/Controls/TextLinkLabel.cs
+++ b/Content.Client/UserInterface/Controls/TextLinkLabel.cs
@@ -1,13 +1,85 @@
+using Content.Client.UserInterface.ControlExtensions;
+using Content.Client.UserInterface.RichText;
+using Content.Shared.Chat;
+using Robust.Client.UserInterface;
 using Robust.Client.UserInterface.Controls;
+using Robust.Shared.Input;
+using Robust.Shared.Utility;
+
 
 namespace Content.Client.UserInterface.Controls;
 
 /// <summary>
 /// Carries link data parsed and resolved from a TextLink <see cref="MarkupNode"/>,
-/// only one field per link should be populated at a time.
+/// only one LinkType field per link should be populated at a time.
 /// </summary>
-public sealed class TextLinkLabel : Label
+public sealed partial class TextLinkLabel : Label
 {
-    public string? LinkString { get; init; }
-    public NetEntity? LinkEntity { get; init; }
+    public string? LinkString { get; init; } // default links
+    public NetEntity? LinkEntity { get; init; } // entity links
+    public Color LinkColor { get; set; }
+
+    [Dependency] private IEntityManager _entity = default!;
+    private bool canClickLink;
+
+    public TextLinkLabel()
+    {
+        IoCManager.InjectDependencies(this);
+        OnKeyBindDown += OnKeybindDown;
+        OnMouseEntered += _ => OnHoverChanged(true);
+        OnMouseExited += _ => OnHoverChanged(false);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Refreshes the label's properties based on the current link target
+    /// and the viewer's permission to follow it. <br />Call after construction,
+    /// and whenever that permission could have changed.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="visible">Whether the label should be shown at all. Defaults to true.</param>
+    /// <param name="clickable">Additional override to force the label non-clickable. Defaults to true.</param>
+    public void UpdateLabelProperties(SharedChatSystem chatSystem, bool? visible = null, bool? clickable = null)
+    {
+        visible ??= true;
+        Visible = visible.Value;
+        clickable ??= true;
+
+        canClickLink = (LinkString != null || (LinkEntity is { } netEntity && chatSystem.CanClickMessageSender(netEntity))) && (bool)clickable;
+
+        MouseFilter = canClickLink ? MouseFilterMode.Stop : MouseFilterMode.Ignore;
+        DefaultCursorShape = canClickLink ? CursorShape.Hand : CursorShape.Arrow;
+
+        OnHoverChanged(false);
+    }
+
+    private void OnHoverChanged(bool hovering)
+    {
+        FontColorOverride = (canClickLink, hovering) switch
+        {
+            (true, true) => Color.LightSkyBlue, // clickable and currently hovered
+            _ => LinkColor, // not clickable, or not hovered
+        };
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Delegates click to the nearest ancestor ILinkClickHandler or IEntityLinkClickHandler;
+    /// TextLinkLabel has no idea what a click actually does.
+    /// </summary>
+    private void OnKeybindDown(GUIBoundKeyEventArgs args)
+    {
+        if (args.Function != EngineKeyFunctions.UIClick)
+            return;
+
+        if (LinkString is null && LinkEntity is null)
+            return;
+
+        if (LinkEntity is { } entity &&
+            this.TryGetParentHandler<IEntityLinkClickHandler>(out var entityLinkClickHandler))
+        {
+            entityLinkClickHandler.HandleClick(entity);
+        }
+        else if (LinkString != null && this.TryGetParentHandler<ILinkClickHandler>(out var linkClickHandler))
+        {
+            linkClickHandler.HandleClick(LinkString);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Content.Client/UserInterface/RichText/TextLinkTag.Entity.cs b/Content.Client/UserInterface/RichText/TextLinkTag.Entity.cs
index c68b375a0e..3b1b94f1e1 100644
--- a/Content.Client/UserInterface/RichText/TextLinkTag.Entity.cs
+++ b/Content.Client/UserInterface/RichText/TextLinkTag.Entity.cs
@@ -24,12 +24,9 @@ public sealed partial class TextLinkTag
         if (!NetEntity.TryParse(entStr, out var netEntity))
             return false;
 
-        var chat = _entity.System<SharedChatSystem>();
-        var clickable = chat.CanClickMessageSender(netEntity);
-
         var color = GetLinkColor(node, netEntity);
 
-        data = new LinkData(LinkString: null, LinkEntity: netEntity, Color: color, Clickable: clickable);
+        data = new LinkData(LinkString: null, LinkEntity: netEntity, Color: color);
         return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/Content.Client/UserInterface/RichText/TextLinkTag.Plain.cs b/Content.Client/UserInterface/RichText/TextLinkTag.Plain.cs
index d18e21116e..9defaf0253 100644
--- a/Content.Client/UserInterface/RichText/TextLinkTag.Plain.cs
+++ b/Content.Client/UserInterface/RichText/TextLinkTag.Plain.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using Robust.Shared.Utility;
+using Robust.Shared.Utility;
 
 namespace Content.Client.UserInterface.RichText;
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ public sealed partial class TextLinkTag
             return false;
         }
 
-        data = new LinkData(LinkString: linkStr, LinkEntity: null, Color: null, Clickable: true);
+        data = new LinkData(LinkString: linkStr, LinkEntity: null, Color: null);
         return true;
     }
 }
diff --git a/Content.Client/UserInterface/RichText/TextLinkTag.cs b/Content.Client/UserInterface/RichText/TextLinkTag.cs
index a9f78f10f5..98fde7e8ac 100644
--- a/Content.Client/UserInterface/RichText/TextLinkTag.cs
+++ b/Content.Client/UserInterface/RichText/TextLinkTag.cs
@@ -4,20 +4,25 @@ using JetBrains.Annotations;
 using Robust.Client.UserInterface;
 using Robust.Client.UserInterface.Controls;
 using Robust.Client.UserInterface.RichText;
-using Robust.Shared.Input;
 using Robust.Shared.Utility;
-using Content.Client.UserInterface.ControlExtensions;
 using Content.Client.UserInterface.Controls;
+using Content.Shared.Chat;
 using Robust.Client.ResourceManagement;
 
 namespace Content.Client.UserInterface.RichText;
 
 /// <summary>
 /// Markup tag handler for <c>[textlink="LinkText"]</c> nodes. Renders a link
-/// <see cref="Label"/> in rich text, covering two types:
-/// plain links (<c>link=</c>) and entity links (<c>entity=</c>).
-/// optional <c>color=</c> and <c>entitynamecolor=</c> parameters
-/// allow setting a color override and opting into using entity name colors for entity links
+/// <see cref="Label"/> in rich text, covering two link types:
+/// <list type="bullet">
+/// <item><description>link="GuideEntryPrototypeID" — a plain link.</description></item>
+/// <item><description>entity="NetEntity" — an entity link.</description></item>
+/// </list>
+/// Optional parameters:
+/// <list type="bullet">
+/// <item><description>color="HexColor" — color override.</description></item>
+/// <item><description>entitynamecolor="Bool" — entity links only; opt into using the entity's name color.</description></item>
+/// </list>
 /// </summary>
 [UsedImplicitly]
 public sealed partial class TextLinkTag : IMarkupTagHandler
@@ -25,6 +30,7 @@ public sealed partial class TextLinkTag : IMarkupTagHandler
     [Dependency] private IEntityManager _entity = default!;
     [Dependency] private IUserInterfaceManager _ui = default!;
     [Dependency] private IResourceCache _cache = default!;
+    private SharedChatSystem? _chat;
 
     public string Name => "textlink";
     public static Color DefaultLinkColor => Color.CornflowerBlue;
@@ -38,7 +44,7 @@ public sealed partial class TextLinkTag : IMarkupTagHandler
     /// <summary>
     /// Resolved Link Data, LinkString and LinkEntity should not be populated at the same time
     /// </summary>
-    private readonly record struct LinkData(string? LinkString, NetEntity? LinkEntity, Color? Color, bool Clickable);
+    private readonly record struct LinkData(string? LinkString, NetEntity? LinkEntity, Color? Color);
 
     public TextLinkTag()
     {
@@ -67,25 +73,27 @@ public sealed partial class TextLinkTag : IMarkupTagHandler
 
         foreach (var (attrname, resolver) in _resolvers)
         {
-            if (node.Attributes.ContainsKey(attrname))
+            if (!node.Attributes.ContainsKey(attrname))
+                continue;
+
+            if(!resolver(node, out linkData))
             {
-                if(!resolver(node, out linkData))
-                {
-                    return false;
-                }
-                linkTypeResolved = true;
-                break;
+                return false;
             }
+
+            linkTypeResolved = true;
+            break;
         }
+
         if (!linkTypeResolved)
         {
             return false;
         }
 
+
         // color= > resolver-supplied color > default
         var linkColor = ResolveColorOverride(node) ?? linkData.Color ?? DefaultLinkColor;
-        var linkLabel = new TextLinkLabel() { Text = text, LinkString = linkData.LinkString, LinkEntity = linkData.LinkEntity };
-        linkLabel.FontColorOverride = linkColor;
+        var linkLabel = new TextLinkLabel() { Text = text, LinkString = linkData.LinkString, LinkEntity = linkData.LinkEntity, LinkColor = linkColor};
 
         // eat my ass about where this magic number comes from
         // our UI stack is awful. Finding this magic number was awful.
@@ -96,14 +104,8 @@ public sealed partial class TextLinkTag : IMarkupTagHandler
             linkLabel.FontOverride = boldFont;
         }
 
-        if (linkData.Clickable)
-        {
-            linkLabel.MouseFilter = Control.MouseFilterMode.Stop;
-            linkLabel.DefaultCursorShape = Control.CursorShape.Hand;
-            linkLabel.OnMouseEntered += _ => linkLabel.FontColorOverride = Color.LightSkyBlue;
-            linkLabel.OnMouseExited += _ => linkLabel.FontColorOverride = linkColor;
-            linkLabel.OnKeyBindDown += args => OnKeybindDown(args, linkLabel);
-        }
+        _chat ??= _entity.System<SharedChatSystem>();
+        linkLabel.UpdateLabelProperties(_chat);
 
         control = linkLabel;
         return true;
@@ -119,28 +121,6 @@ public sealed partial class TextLinkTag : IMarkupTagHandler
 
         return Color.TryFromHex(colorStr, out var color) ? color : null;
     }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Delegates to the nearest ancestor ILinkClickHandler or IEntityLinkClickHandler;
-    /// TextLinkTag has no idea what a click actually does.
-    /// </summary>
-    private void OnKeybindDown(GUIBoundKeyEventArgs args, TextLinkLabel? control)
-    {
-        if (args.Function != EngineKeyFunctions.UIClick)
-            return;
-
-        if (control == null)
-            return;
-
-        if (control.LinkEntity is { } entity && control.TryGetParentHandler<IEntityLinkClickHandler>(out var entityLinkClickHandler))
-        {
-                entityLinkClickHandler.HandleClick(entity);
-        }
-        else if (control.LinkString != null && control.TryGetParentHandler<ILinkClickHandler>(out var linkClickHandler))
-        {
-            linkClickHandler.HandleClick(control.LinkString);
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 /// <summary>
diff --git a/Content.Client/UserInterface/Systems/Chat/ChatUIController.cs b/Content.Client/UserInterface/Systems/Chat/ChatUIController.cs
index 4f95bb9021..2140879aa9 100644
--- a/Content.Client/UserInterface/Systems/Chat/ChatUIController.cs
+++ b/Content.Client/UserInterface/Systems/Chat/ChatUIController.cs
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ public sealed partial class ChatUIController : UIController
     [UISystemDependency] private readonly MindSystem? _mindSystem = default!;
     [UISystemDependency] private readonly RoleCodewordSystem? _roleCodewordSystem = default!;
 
+    private SharedChatSystem? _sharedChatSys;
     private static readonly ProtoId<ColorPalettePrototype> ChatNamePalette = "ChatNames";
     private string[] _chatNameColors = default!;
     private bool _chatNameColorsEnabled;
@@ -429,7 +430,7 @@ public sealed partial class ChatUIController : UIController
     {
         UpdateChannelPermissions();
         UpdateAutoFillHighlights();
-        Repopulate();
+        UpdateLinkLabels();
     }
 
     private void AddSpeechBubble(ChatMessage msg, SpeechBubble.SpeechType speechType)
@@ -942,6 +943,16 @@ public sealed partial class ChatUIController : UIController
         }
     }
 
+    private void UpdateLinkLabels()
+    {
+        _sharedChatSys ??= _ent.System<SharedChatSystem>();
+
+        foreach (var chat in _chats)
+        {
+            chat.UpdateTextLinkLabelProperties(_sharedChatSys);
+        }
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Returns the chat name color for a mob
     /// </summary>
diff --git a/Content.Client/UserInterface/Systems/Chat/Widgets/ChatBox.xaml.cs b/Content.Client/UserInterface/Systems/Chat/Widgets/ChatBox.xaml.cs
index 8a8b6750da..f5545a496f 100644
--- a/Content.Client/UserInterface/Systems/Chat/Widgets/ChatBox.xaml.cs
+++ b/Content.Client/UserInterface/Systems/Chat/Widgets/ChatBox.xaml.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using Content.Client.UserInterface.Controls;
 using Content.Client.UserInterface.RichText;
 using Content.Client.UserInterface.Systems.Chat.Controls;
 using Content.Shared.Chat;
@@ -91,6 +92,20 @@ public partial class ChatBox : UIWidget, IEntityLinkClickHandler
         }
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Calls update function on every child <see cref="TextLinkLabel"/> in the ChatBox's OutputPanel "Contents"
+    /// </summary>
+    public void UpdateTextLinkLabelProperties(SharedChatSystem _sharedChatSys)
+    {
+        foreach (var contentsChild in Contents.Children)
+        {
+            if (contentsChild is TextLinkLabel textLinkLabel)
+            {
+                textLinkLabel.UpdateLabelProperties(_sharedChatSys);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     private void OnChannelFilter(ChatChannel channel, bool active)
     {
         Contents.Clear();