diff --git a/apps/multiplatform/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/apps/multiplatform/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 9e059afa14..3b8b227f89 100644
--- a/apps/multiplatform/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/apps/multiplatform/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -100,12 +100,12 @@
         <data android:host="smp4.simplexonflux.com" />
         <data android:host="smp5.simplexonflux.com" />
         <data android:host="smp6.simplexonflux.com" />
-        <data android:pathPrefix="/invitation" />
-        <data android:pathPrefix="/contact" />
-        <data android:pathPrefix="/a" />
-        <data android:pathPrefix="/c" />
-        <data android:pathPrefix="/g" />
-        <data android:pathPrefix="/i" />
+        <data android:pathPrefix="/invitation/" />
+        <data android:pathPrefix="/contact/" />
+        <data android:pathPrefix="/a/" />
+        <data android:pathPrefix="/c/" />
+        <data android:pathPrefix="/g/" />
+        <data android:pathPrefix="/i/" />
       </intent-filter>
       <!-- Receive files from other apps -->
       <intent-filter>
diff --git a/plans/2026-09-23-android-app-links-exact-paths.md b/plans/2026-09-23-android-app-links-exact-paths.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..605f540924
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plans/2026-09-23-android-app-links-exact-paths.md
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+# Fix Android app opening simplex.chat web pages as connection links
+
+## Problem
+
+Tapping `https://simplex.chat/crowdfunding/` in a chat and confirming "Open" in the
+"Open web link?" alert shows "Invalid connection link" instead of opening the page
+in the browser. `/call/`, `/credits/` and `/about/` are affected the same way. iOS and
+desktop are not.
+
+## Cause
+
+"Open" calls `safeOpenUri` → `uriHandler.openUri` (`TextItemView.kt`), which on Android
+fires an `ACTION_VIEW` intent. The app's own verified app-link filter in
+`android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml` matches the `simplex.chat` host with:
+
+```xml
+<data android:pathPrefix="/invitation" />
+<data android:pathPrefix="/contact" />
+<data android:pathPrefix="/a" />
+<data android:pathPrefix="/c" />
+<data android:pathPrefix="/g" />
+<data android:pathPrefix="/i" />
+```
+
+`pathPrefix` is a plain string prefix, so `/c` also matches `/crowdfunding/`, `/call/`
+and `/credits/`, and `/a` matches `/about/`. The single-letter prefixes were added
+for short links in #5824. Android delivers the intent back to SimpleX, `processIntent`
+sets `appOpenUrl`, and `connectIfOpenedViaUri` → `planAndConnect` tries to connect via
+the web page URL and fails.
+
+iOS is not affected: `website/src/.well-known/apple-app-site-association` lists exact
+components (`/c` and `/c/*`, etc.), not string prefixes. Desktop registers no https
+handler.
+
+## Fix
+
+Make the Android filter match the iOS one: replace each `pathPrefix="/X"` with an exact
+`path="/X"` plus `pathPrefix="/X/"`.
+
+```xml
+<data android:path="/c" />
+<data android:pathPrefix="/c/" />
+```
+
+Connection links carry their data in the fragment (`/contact#/?v=…`, `/a#key`), which
+is not part of the matched path, so they still match the exact path. Links with a
+trailing slash or a subpath (`/contact/#…`, `/c/…`) match the `/X/` prefix, the same as
+`/X/*` on iOS.
+
+App-link verification (`autoVerify`, `assetlinks.json`) is per host and is not changed
+by the path list.
+
+## Alternatives considered
+
+- Detecting non-connection URLs in `processIntent` and re-opening them in the browser:
+  a second `ACTION_VIEW` resolves back to the same filter, so the app would need an
+  explicit browser component. That still sends every such link through SimpleX first,
+  including links tapped in other apps.
+- `pathPattern`: it has no anchors or alternation that `path` + `pathPrefix` doesn't
+  already cover, and it is harder to read.
+
+## Verification
+
+Checked on an API 27 emulator using stub APKs that contain only the app's intent
+filter, with `cmd package query-activities -a android.intent.action.VIEW -c
+android.intent.category.BROWSABLE -d <url>`:
+
+| URL | before | after |
+|---|---|---|
+| `https://simplex.chat/crowdfunding/` | SimpleX + browser | browser |
+| `https://simplex.chat/call/` | SimpleX + browser | browser |
+| `https://simplex.chat/credits/` | SimpleX + browser | browser |
+| `https://simplex.chat/about/` | SimpleX + browser | browser |
+| `https://simplex.chat/contacts` | SimpleX + browser | browser |
+| `https://simplex.chat/blog/` | browser | browser |
+| `https://simplex.chat/contact#/?v=1` | SimpleX + browser | SimpleX + browser |
+| `https://simplex.chat/contact/#/?v=1` | SimpleX + browser | SimpleX + browser |
+| `https://simplex.chat/invitation#/?v=1` | SimpleX + browser | SimpleX + browser |
+| `https://smp4.simplex.im/a#abc` | SimpleX + browser | SimpleX + browser |
+| `https://simplex.chat/c#abc` | SimpleX + browser | SimpleX + browser |
+| `https://simplex.chat/c/abc` | SimpleX + browser | SimpleX + browser |
+| `https://simplex.chat/g#x` | SimpleX + browser | SimpleX + browser |
+| `https://simplex.chat/i#x` | SimpleX + browser | SimpleX + browser |
+
+The built arm64 debug APK's manifest was dumped with `aapt2` and contains the new
+`path` / `pathPrefix` entries.