diff --git a/crates/format/src/rest/text.rs b/crates/format/src/rest/text.rs
index 5fbb368d..7b97d215 100644
--- a/crates/format/src/rest/text.rs
+++ b/crates/format/src/rest/text.rs
@@ -126,7 +126,10 @@ fn type_style(cx: &mut Ctx, s: &Value, base: &TextStyle) -> TextStyle {
     }
     if let Some(h) = s.get("hyperlink") {
         match (text(h, "type"), text(h, "url")) {
-            (Some("URL") | None, Some(url)) if !url.is_empty() => t.link = Some(super::props::clip_str(url).to_string()),
+            // The destination is data, not a label: `clip_str` is for names that go into warnings,
+            // and clipping a URL changed it into a different, working-looking one without a word
+            // (#459). The FIG importer already keeps it whole.
+            (Some("URL") | None, Some(url)) if !url.is_empty() => t.link = Some(url.to_string()),
             _ => {}
         }
     }
diff --git a/crates/format/tests/import_link_contract.rs b/crates/format/tests/import_link_contract.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..30a3408a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/format/tests/import_link_contract.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+//! A text hyperlink's destination survives a REST import whole, however long it is (#459).
+//!
+//! The assertions are the reporter's; the helper returns its findings instead of unwrapping, so
+//! that the crate's `unwrap_used`/`panic` lints hold outside a `#[test]` function.
+
+use figcraft_doc::NodeKind;
+use figcraft_format::rest;
+use serde_json::json;
+
+/// The link of the imported text, and the warnings the import reported. `None` for a link means
+/// the layer was missing, was not text, or carried no link at all.
+fn imported_link(length: usize, override_style: bool) -> (String, Option<String>, Vec<String>) {
+    let url = format!("https://example.com/{}", "a".repeat(length - 20));
+    assert_eq!(url.len(), length);
+    let mut text = json!({"id":"1:2","type":"TEXT","name":"Link","characters":"A","relativeTransform":[[1,0,0],[0,1,0]]});
+    let style = json!({"hyperlink":{"type":"URL","url":url}});
+    if override_style {
+        text["characterStyleOverrides"] = json!([1]);
+        text["styleOverrideTable"] = json!({"1":style});
+    } else {
+        text["style"] = style;
+    }
+    let input = json!({"document":{"type":"DOCUMENT","children":[{"id":"1:1","type":"CANVAS","children":[text]}]}});
+    assert!(rest::is_rest_json(&input));
+    let Ok((doc, warnings)) = rest::import(&input, &rest::no_images) else {
+        return (url, None, vec!["import failed".into()]);
+    };
+    let link = match doc.nodes().find(|n| n.name == "Link").map(|n| &n.kind) {
+        Some(NodeKind::Text(data)) if override_style => data.runs.first().and_then(|r| r.style.link.clone()),
+        Some(NodeKind::Text(data)) => data.style.link.clone(),
+        _ => None,
+    };
+    (url, link, warnings)
+}
+
+/// Every length in turn: the destination comes back exactly, and nothing is reported.
+fn check(override_style: bool) {
+    let mut mismatches = Vec::new();
+    for length in [200, 201, 240] {
+        let (url, link, warnings) = imported_link(length, override_style);
+        assert!(warnings.is_empty(), "import warned at {length}: {warnings:?}");
+        if link.as_deref() != Some(url.as_str()) {
+            mismatches.push((length, link.map_or(0, |l| l.len())));
+        }
+    }
+    assert!(mismatches.is_empty(), "URLs changed, (input length, output length): {mismatches:?}");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn base_hyperlink_preserves_url() {
+    check(false);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn override_hyperlink_preserves_url() {
+    check(true);
+}