diff --git a/native/chat/text-message.react.js b/native/chat/text-message.react.js
index 265737999..14fd0becd 100644
--- a/native/chat/text-message.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/text-message.react.js
@@ -1,252 +1,256 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { View } from 'react-native';
 
 import { messageKey } from 'lib/shared/message-utils';
 import {
   threadHasPermission,
   useCanCreateSidebarFromMessage,
 } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils';
 import { threadPermissions } from 'lib/types/thread-types';
 
 import { ChatContext, type ChatContextType } from '../chat/chat-context';
 import { MarkdownContext } from '../markdown/markdown-context';
 import {
   OverlayContext,
   type OverlayContextType,
 } from '../navigation/overlay-context';
 import type { NavigationRoute } from '../navigation/route-names';
 import { TextMessageTooltipModalRouteName } from '../navigation/route-names';
 import { fixedTooltipHeight } from '../navigation/tooltip.react';
 import type { ChatTextMessageInfoItemWithHeight } from '../types/chat-types';
 import type { VerticalBounds } from '../types/layout-types';
 import type { ChatNavigationProp } from './chat.react';
 import ComposedMessage from './composed-message.react';
 import { InnerTextMessage } from './inner-text-message.react';
 import {
   MessagePressResponderContext,
   type MessagePressResponderContextType,
 } from './message-press-responder-context';
 import textMessageSendFailed from './text-message-send-failed';
 import { getMessageTooltipKey } from './utils';
 
 type BaseProps = {
   ...React.ElementConfig<typeof View>,
   +item: ChatTextMessageInfoItemWithHeight,
   +navigation: ChatNavigationProp<'MessageList'>,
   +route: NavigationRoute<'MessageList'>,
   +focused: boolean,
   +toggleFocus: (messageKey: string) => void,
   +verticalBounds: ?VerticalBounds,
 };
 type Props = {
   ...BaseProps,
   // Redux state
   +canCreateSidebarFromMessage: boolean,
   // withOverlayContext
   +overlayContext: ?OverlayContextType,
   // ChatContext
   +chatContext: ?ChatContextType,
   // MarkdownContext
-  +linkModalActive: boolean,
+  +isLinkModalActive: boolean,
 };
 class TextMessage extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
   message: ?React.ElementRef<typeof View>;
   messagePressResponderContext: MessagePressResponderContextType;
 
   constructor(props: Props) {
     super(props);
     this.messagePressResponderContext = {
       onPressMessage: this.onPress,
     };
   }
 
   render() {
     const {
       item,
       navigation,
       route,
       focused,
       toggleFocus,
       verticalBounds,
       overlayContext,
       chatContext,
-      linkModalActive,
+      isLinkModalActive,
       canCreateSidebarFromMessage,
       ...viewProps
     } = this.props;
 
     let swipeOptions = 'none';
     const canReply = this.canReply();
     const canNavigateToSidebar = this.canNavigateToSidebar();
-    if (linkModalActive) {
+    if (isLinkModalActive) {
       swipeOptions = 'none';
     } else if (canReply && canNavigateToSidebar) {
       swipeOptions = 'both';
     } else if (canReply) {
       swipeOptions = 'reply';
     } else if (canNavigateToSidebar) {
       swipeOptions = 'sidebar';
     }
 
     return (
       <MessagePressResponderContext.Provider
         value={this.messagePressResponderContext}
       >
         <ComposedMessage
           item={item}
           sendFailed={textMessageSendFailed(item)}
           focused={focused}
           swipeOptions={swipeOptions}
           {...viewProps}
         >
           <InnerTextMessage
             item={item}
             onPress={this.onPress}
             messageRef={this.messageRef}
           />
         </ComposedMessage>
       </MessagePressResponderContext.Provider>
     );
   }
 
   messageRef = (message: ?React.ElementRef<typeof View>) => {
     this.message = message;
   };
 
   canReply() {
     return threadHasPermission(
       this.props.item.threadInfo,
       threadPermissions.VOICED,
     );
   }
 
   canNavigateToSidebar() {
     return (
       this.props.item.threadCreatedFromMessage ||
       this.props.canCreateSidebarFromMessage
     );
   }
 
   visibleEntryIDs() {
     const result = ['copy'];
 
     if (this.canReply()) {
       result.push('reply');
     }
 
     if (
       this.props.item.threadCreatedFromMessage ||
       this.props.canCreateSidebarFromMessage
     ) {
       result.push('sidebar');
     }
 
     if (!this.props.item.messageInfo.creator.isViewer) {
       result.push('report');
     }
 
     return result;
   }
 
   onPress = () => {
     const visibleEntryIDs = this.visibleEntryIDs();
     if (visibleEntryIDs.length === 0) {
       return;
     }
 
     const {
       message,
-      props: { verticalBounds, linkModalActive },
+      props: { verticalBounds, isLinkModalActive },
     } = this;
-    if (!message || !verticalBounds || linkModalActive) {
+    if (!message || !verticalBounds || isLinkModalActive) {
       return;
     }
 
     const { focused, toggleFocus, item } = this.props;
     if (!focused) {
       toggleFocus(messageKey(item.messageInfo));
     }
 
     const { overlayContext } = this.props;
     invariant(overlayContext, 'TextMessage should have OverlayContext');
     overlayContext.setScrollBlockingModalStatus('open');
 
     message.measure((x, y, width, height, pageX, pageY) => {
       const coordinates = { x: pageX, y: pageY, width, height };
 
       const messageTop = pageY;
       const messageBottom = pageY + height;
       const boundsTop = verticalBounds.y;
       const boundsBottom = verticalBounds.y + verticalBounds.height;
 
       const belowMargin = 20;
       const belowSpace = fixedTooltipHeight + belowMargin;
       const { isViewer } = item.messageInfo.creator;
       const aboveMargin = isViewer ? 30 : 50;
       const aboveSpace = fixedTooltipHeight + aboveMargin;
 
       let margin = belowMargin;
       if (
         messageBottom + belowSpace > boundsBottom &&
         messageTop - aboveSpace > boundsTop
       ) {
         margin = aboveMargin;
       }
 
       const currentInputBarHeight =
         this.props.chatContext?.chatInputBarHeights.get(item.threadInfo.id) ??
         0;
 
       this.props.navigation.navigate<'TextMessageTooltipModal'>({
         name: TextMessageTooltipModalRouteName,
         params: {
           presentedFrom: this.props.route.key,
           initialCoordinates: coordinates,
           verticalBounds,
           visibleEntryIDs,
           location: 'fixed',
           margin,
           item,
           chatInputBarHeight: currentInputBarHeight,
         },
         key: getMessageTooltipKey(item),
       });
     });
   };
 }
 
 const ConnectedTextMessage: React.ComponentType<BaseProps> = React.memo<BaseProps>(
   function ConnectedTextMessage(props: BaseProps) {
     const overlayContext = React.useContext(OverlayContext);
     const chatContext = React.useContext(ChatContext);
+    const markdownContext = React.useContext(MarkdownContext);
+    invariant(markdownContext, 'markdownContext should be set');
+
+    const { linkModalActive, clearMarkdownContextData } = markdownContext;
+
+    const key = messageKey(props.item.messageInfo);
+
+    // We check if there is an key in the object - if not, we
+    // default to false. The likely situation where the former statement
+    // evaluates to null is when the thread is opened for the first time.
+    const isLinkModalActive = linkModalActive[key] ?? false;
 
-    const [linkModalActive, setLinkModalActive] = React.useState(false);
-    const markdownContext = React.useMemo(
-      () => ({
-        setLinkModalActive,
-      }),
-      [setLinkModalActive],
-    );
     const canCreateSidebarFromMessage = useCanCreateSidebarFromMessage(
       props.item.threadInfo,
       props.item.messageInfo,
     );
 
+    React.useEffect(() => clearMarkdownContextData, [clearMarkdownContextData]);
+
     return (
-      <MarkdownContext.Provider value={markdownContext}>
-        <TextMessage
-          {...props}
-          canCreateSidebarFromMessage={canCreateSidebarFromMessage}
-          overlayContext={overlayContext}
-          chatContext={chatContext}
-          linkModalActive={linkModalActive}
-        />
-      </MarkdownContext.Provider>
+      <TextMessage
+        {...props}
+        canCreateSidebarFromMessage={canCreateSidebarFromMessage}
+        overlayContext={overlayContext}
+        chatContext={chatContext}
+        isLinkModalActive={isLinkModalActive}
+      />
     );
   },
 );
 
 export { ConnectedTextMessage as TextMessage };
diff --git a/native/markdown/markdown-context-provider.react.js b/native/markdown/markdown-context-provider.react.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ee8fe21c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/markdown/markdown-context-provider.react.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// @flow
+
+import * as React from 'react';
+
+import { MarkdownContext } from './markdown-context.js';
+
+type Props = {
+  +children: React.Node,
+};
+
+function MarkdownContextProvider(props: Props): React.Node {
+  const [linkModalActive, setLinkModalActive] = React.useState<{
+    [key: string]: boolean,
+  }>({});
+
+  const clearMarkdownContextData = React.useCallback(() => {
+    setLinkModalActive({});
+  }, []);
+
+  const contextValue = React.useMemo(
+    () => ({
+      setLinkModalActive,
+      linkModalActive,
+      clearMarkdownContextData,
+    }),
+    [setLinkModalActive, linkModalActive, clearMarkdownContextData],
+  );
+
+  return (
+    <MarkdownContext.Provider value={contextValue}>
+      {props.children}
+    </MarkdownContext.Provider>
+  );
+}
+
+export default MarkdownContextProvider;
diff --git a/native/markdown/markdown-context.js b/native/markdown/markdown-context.js
index cac1f8ea7..93c62b1b9 100644
--- a/native/markdown/markdown-context.js
+++ b/native/markdown/markdown-context.js
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as React from 'react';
 
+import type { SetState } from 'lib/types/hook-types';
+
 export type MarkdownContextType = {
-  +setLinkModalActive: boolean => void,
+  +setLinkModalActive: SetState<{ [key: string]: boolean }>,
+  +linkModalActive: { [key: string]: boolean },
+  +clearMarkdownContextData: () => void,
 };
 
 const MarkdownContext: React.Context<?MarkdownContextType> = React.createContext<?MarkdownContextType>(
   null,
 );
 
 export { MarkdownContext };
diff --git a/native/markdown/markdown-link.react.js b/native/markdown/markdown-link.react.js
index c2a88e0f7..2b2ff4ff5 100644
--- a/native/markdown/markdown-link.react.js
+++ b/native/markdown/markdown-link.react.js
@@ -1,56 +1,68 @@
 // @flow
 
+import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Text, Linking, Alert } from 'react-native';
 
 import { normalizeURL } from 'lib/utils/url-utils';
 
+import { TextMessageMarkdownContext } from '../chat/text-message-markdown-context';
 import { MarkdownContext, type MarkdownContextType } from './markdown-context';
 
 function useDisplayLinkPrompt(
   inputURL: string,
-  markdownContext: ?MarkdownContextType,
+  markdownContext: MarkdownContextType,
+  messageKey: ?string,
 ) {
-  const setLinkModalActive = markdownContext?.setLinkModalActive;
+  const { setLinkModalActive } = markdownContext;
   const onDismiss = React.useCallback(() => {
-    setLinkModalActive?.(false);
-  }, [setLinkModalActive]);
+    messageKey && setLinkModalActive({ [messageKey]: false });
+  }, [setLinkModalActive, messageKey]);
 
   const url = normalizeURL(inputURL);
   const onConfirm = React.useCallback(() => {
     onDismiss();
     Linking.openURL(url);
   }, [url, onDismiss]);
 
   let displayURL = url.substring(0, 64);
   if (url.length > displayURL.length) {
     displayURL += '…';
   }
   return React.useCallback(() => {
-    setLinkModalActive && setLinkModalActive(true);
+    messageKey && setLinkModalActive({ [messageKey]: true });
     Alert.alert(
       'External link',
       `You sure you want to open this link?\n\n${displayURL}`,
       [
         { text: 'Cancel', style: 'cancel', onPress: onDismiss },
         { text: 'Open', onPress: onConfirm },
       ],
       { cancelable: true, onDismiss },
     );
-  }, [setLinkModalActive, displayURL, onConfirm, onDismiss]);
+  }, [setLinkModalActive, messageKey, displayURL, onConfirm, onDismiss]);
 }
 
 type TextProps = React.ElementConfig<typeof Text>;
 type Props = {
   +target: string,
   +children: React.Node,
   ...TextProps,
 };
 function MarkdownLink(props: Props): React.Node {
   const { target, ...rest } = props;
+
   const markdownContext = React.useContext(MarkdownContext);
-  const onPressLink = useDisplayLinkPrompt(target, markdownContext);
+  invariant(markdownContext, 'MarkdownContext should be set');
+
+  const textMessageMarkdownContext = React.useContext(
+    TextMessageMarkdownContext,
+  );
+  const messageKey = textMessageMarkdownContext?.messageKey;
+
+  const onPressLink = useDisplayLinkPrompt(target, markdownContext, messageKey);
+
   return <Text onPress={onPressLink} {...rest} />;
 }
 
 export default MarkdownLink;
diff --git a/native/root.react.js b/native/root.react.js
index fd68fd26d..aed3a3ce3 100644
--- a/native/root.react.js
+++ b/native/root.react.js
@@ -1,290 +1,293 @@
 // @flow
 
 import { ActionSheetProvider } from '@expo/react-native-action-sheet';
 import AsyncStorage from '@react-native-async-storage/async-storage';
 import { useReduxDevToolsExtension } from '@react-navigation/devtools';
 import { NavigationContainer } from '@react-navigation/native';
 import type { PossiblyStaleNavigationState } from '@react-navigation/native';
 import * as SplashScreen from 'expo-splash-screen';
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Platform, UIManager, View, StyleSheet, LogBox } from 'react-native';
 import Orientation from 'react-native-orientation-locker';
 import {
   SafeAreaProvider,
   initialWindowMetrics,
 } from 'react-native-safe-area-context';
 import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
 import { PersistGate as ReduxPersistGate } from 'redux-persist/integration/react';
 
 import { actionLogger } from 'lib/utils/action-logger';
 
 import ChatContextProvider from './chat/chat-context-provider.react';
 import PersistedStateGate from './components/persisted-state-gate';
 import ConnectedStatusBar from './connected-status-bar.react';
 import { SQLiteDataHandler } from './data/sqlite-data-handler';
 import ErrorBoundary from './error-boundary.react';
 import InputStateContainer from './input/input-state-container.react';
 import LifecycleHandler from './lifecycle/lifecycle-handler.react';
+import MarkdownContextProvider from './markdown/markdown-context-provider.react';
 import { defaultNavigationState } from './navigation/default-state';
 import DisconnectedBarVisibilityHandler from './navigation/disconnected-bar-visibility-handler.react';
 import { setGlobalNavContext } from './navigation/icky-global';
 import { NavContext } from './navigation/navigation-context';
 import NavigationHandler from './navigation/navigation-handler.react';
 import { validNavState } from './navigation/navigation-utils';
 import OrientationHandler from './navigation/orientation-handler.react';
 import { navStateAsyncStorageKey } from './navigation/persistance';
 import RootNavigator from './navigation/root-navigator.react';
 import ConnectivityUpdater from './redux/connectivity-updater.react';
 import { DimensionsUpdater } from './redux/dimensions-updater.react';
 import { getPersistor } from './redux/persist';
 import { store } from './redux/redux-setup';
 import { useSelector } from './redux/redux-utils';
 import { RootContext } from './root-context';
 import Socket from './socket.react';
 import { StaffContextProvider } from './staff/staff-context.provider.react';
 import { DarkTheme, LightTheme } from './themes/navigation';
 import ThemeHandler from './themes/theme-handler.react';
 import './themes/fonts';
 
 LogBox.ignoreLogs([
   // react-native-reanimated
   'Please report: Excessive number of pending callbacks',
 ]);
 
 if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
   UIManager.setLayoutAnimationEnabledExperimental &&
     UIManager.setLayoutAnimationEnabledExperimental(true);
 }
 
 const navInitAction = Object.freeze({ type: 'NAV/@@INIT' });
 const navUnknownAction = Object.freeze({ type: 'NAV/@@UNKNOWN' });
 
 SplashScreen.preventAutoHideAsync().catch(console.log);
 
 function Root() {
   const navStateRef = React.useRef();
   const navDispatchRef = React.useRef();
   const navStateInitializedRef = React.useRef(false);
 
   const [navContext, setNavContext] = React.useState(null);
   const updateNavContext = React.useCallback(() => {
     if (
       !navStateRef.current ||
       !navDispatchRef.current ||
       !navStateInitializedRef.current
     ) {
       return;
     }
     const updatedNavContext = {
       state: navStateRef.current,
       dispatch: navDispatchRef.current,
     };
     setNavContext(updatedNavContext);
     setGlobalNavContext(updatedNavContext);
   }, []);
 
   const [initialState, setInitialState] = React.useState(
     __DEV__ ? undefined : defaultNavigationState,
   );
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     Orientation.lockToPortrait();
     (async () => {
       let loadedState = initialState;
       if (__DEV__) {
         try {
           const navStateString = await AsyncStorage.getItem(
             navStateAsyncStorageKey,
           );
           if (navStateString) {
             const savedState = JSON.parse(navStateString);
             if (validNavState(savedState)) {
               loadedState = savedState;
             }
           }
         } catch {}
       }
       if (!loadedState) {
         loadedState = defaultNavigationState;
       }
       if (loadedState !== initialState) {
         setInitialState(loadedState);
       }
       navStateRef.current = loadedState;
       updateNavContext();
       actionLogger.addOtherAction('navState', navInitAction, null, loadedState);
     })();
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
   }, [updateNavContext]);
 
   const setNavStateInitialized = React.useCallback(() => {
     navStateInitializedRef.current = true;
     updateNavContext();
   }, [updateNavContext]);
 
   const [rootContext, setRootContext] = React.useState(() => ({
     setNavStateInitialized,
   }));
 
   const detectUnsupervisedBackgroundRef = React.useCallback(
     (detectUnsupervisedBackground: ?(alreadyClosed: boolean) => boolean) => {
       setRootContext(prevRootContext => ({
         ...prevRootContext,
         detectUnsupervisedBackground,
       }));
     },
     [],
   );
 
   const frozen = useSelector(state => state.frozen);
   const queuedActionsRef = React.useRef([]);
   const onNavigationStateChange = React.useCallback(
     (state: ?PossiblyStaleNavigationState) => {
       invariant(state, 'nav state should be non-null');
       const prevState = navStateRef.current;
       navStateRef.current = state;
       updateNavContext();
 
       const queuedActions = queuedActionsRef.current;
       queuedActionsRef.current = [];
       if (queuedActions.length === 0) {
         queuedActions.push(navUnknownAction);
       }
       for (const action of queuedActions) {
         actionLogger.addOtherAction('navState', action, prevState, state);
       }
 
       if (!__DEV__ || frozen) {
         return;
       }
 
       (async () => {
         try {
           await AsyncStorage.setItem(
             navStateAsyncStorageKey,
             JSON.stringify(state),
           );
         } catch (e) {
           console.log('AsyncStorage threw while trying to persist navState', e);
         }
       })();
     },
     [updateNavContext, frozen],
   );
 
   const navContainerRef = React.useRef();
   const containerRef = React.useCallback(
     (navContainer: ?React.ElementRef<typeof NavigationContainer>) => {
       navContainerRef.current = navContainer;
       if (navContainer && !navDispatchRef.current) {
         navDispatchRef.current = navContainer.dispatch;
         updateNavContext();
       }
     },
     [updateNavContext],
   );
   useReduxDevToolsExtension(navContainerRef);
 
   const navContainer = navContainerRef.current;
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (!navContainer) {
       return;
     }
     return navContainer.addListener('__unsafe_action__', event => {
       const { action, noop } = event.data;
       const navState = navStateRef.current;
       if (noop) {
         actionLogger.addOtherAction('navState', action, navState, navState);
         return;
       }
       queuedActionsRef.current.push({
         ...action,
         type: `NAV/${action.type}`,
       });
     });
   }, [navContainer]);
 
   const activeTheme = useSelector(state => state.globalThemeInfo.activeTheme);
   const theme = (() => {
     if (activeTheme === 'light') {
       return LightTheme;
     } else if (activeTheme === 'dark') {
       return DarkTheme;
     }
     return undefined;
   })();
 
   const gated: React.Node = (
     <>
       <LifecycleHandler />
       <DisconnectedBarVisibilityHandler />
       <DimensionsUpdater />
       <ConnectivityUpdater />
       <ThemeHandler />
       <OrientationHandler />
     </>
   );
   let navigation;
   if (initialState) {
     navigation = (
       <NavigationContainer
         initialState={initialState}
         onStateChange={onNavigationStateChange}
         theme={theme}
         ref={containerRef}
       >
         <RootNavigator />
       </NavigationContainer>
     );
   }
   return (
     <View style={styles.app}>
       <StaffContextProvider>
         <NavContext.Provider value={navContext}>
           <RootContext.Provider value={rootContext}>
             <InputStateContainer>
               <SafeAreaProvider initialMetrics={initialWindowMetrics}>
                 <ActionSheetProvider>
-                  <ChatContextProvider>
-                    <SQLiteDataHandler />
-                    <ConnectedStatusBar />
-                    <ReduxPersistGate persistor={getPersistor()}>
-                      {gated}
-                    </ReduxPersistGate>
-                    <PersistedStateGate>
-                      <Socket
-                        detectUnsupervisedBackgroundRef={
-                          detectUnsupervisedBackgroundRef
-                        }
-                      />
-                    </PersistedStateGate>
-                    {navigation}
-                    <NavigationHandler />
-                  </ChatContextProvider>
+                  <MarkdownContextProvider>
+                    <ChatContextProvider>
+                      <SQLiteDataHandler />
+                      <ConnectedStatusBar />
+                      <ReduxPersistGate persistor={getPersistor()}>
+                        {gated}
+                      </ReduxPersistGate>
+                      <PersistedStateGate>
+                        <Socket
+                          detectUnsupervisedBackgroundRef={
+                            detectUnsupervisedBackgroundRef
+                          }
+                        />
+                      </PersistedStateGate>
+                      {navigation}
+                      <NavigationHandler />
+                    </ChatContextProvider>
+                  </MarkdownContextProvider>
                 </ActionSheetProvider>
               </SafeAreaProvider>
             </InputStateContainer>
           </RootContext.Provider>
         </NavContext.Provider>
       </StaffContextProvider>
     </View>
   );
 }
 
 const styles = StyleSheet.create({
   app: {
     flex: 1,
   },
 });
 
 function AppRoot(): React.Node {
   return (
     <Provider store={store}>
       <ErrorBoundary>
         <Root />
       </ErrorBoundary>
     </Provider>
   );
 }
 export default AppRoot;