diff --git a/crates/collab-net/src/sessions_tests.rs b/crates/collab-net/src/sessions_tests.rs
index 9e76e54e..4a2579f8 100644
--- a/crates/collab-net/src/sessions_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/collab-net/src/sessions_tests.rs
@@ -129,12 +129,11 @@ fn two_files_are_hosted_and_joined_independently() {
     // Each joined file opens in front when its welcome arrives, and the two joins race: the file
     // whose welcome came last is in front.
     assert_eq!(guest.ds().unwrap().uid, guest.docs[2].uid, "the file that arrived last is in front");
-    guest.execute("doc.switch", &json!({"index": guest.docs.iter().position(|d| d.uid == gb).unwrap()})).unwrap();
-    // An edit in A reaches the guest's copy of A only, while B is in front at the guest.
-    // Concurrent joins may complete in either order. Put B in front explicitly so the
-    // following assertions exercise A's background session independent of network timing.
+    // Concurrent joins may complete in either order. Put B in front explicitly so the following
+    // assertions exercise A's background session independent of network timing.
     guest.execute("doc.switch", &json!({"index": guest.docs.iter().position(|d| d.uid == gb).unwrap()})).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(guest.ds().unwrap().uid, gb, "B is in front while A receives edits");
+    // An edit in A reaches the guest's copy of A only, while B is in front at the guest.
     let in_a = rect(&mut host);
     host.execute("doc.switch", &json!({"index": 1})).unwrap();
     let in_b = rect(&mut host);
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/clipboard_fence_tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/clipboard_fence_tests.rs
index 76ddf81c..9b7ed4fe 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/clipboard_fence_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/clipboard_fence_tests.rs
@@ -131,6 +131,37 @@ fn a_copy_command_invoked_for_a_synthetic_click_still_keeps_the_clipboard() {
     assert_eq!(w.writes(), (1, 0));
 }
 
+/// Asserts a real `ui.menu.invoke` of Copy link is fenced from the system clipboard, while the
+/// same menu item invoked by the user writes the selected layer's link.
+#[test]
+fn a_synthetic_ui_menu_invoke_copy_link_keeps_the_clipboard_then_a_user_copy_writes_the_link() {
+    let mut w = Win::new();
+    let selected = *w.app.session.selection().first().expect("a selected layer");
+    let link = format!("figcraft://node/{}", selected.0);
+
+    let (tx, rx) = std::sync::mpsc::channel();
+    w.app.control_queue.push(ControlRequest {
+        id: json!(1),
+        method: "ui.menu.invoke".into(),
+        params: json!({"id": "edit.copyLink"}),
+        reply: tx,
+        state: Default::default(),
+    });
+    w.frame(vec![]);
+    let reply = rx.try_recv().expect("the menu invocation is acknowledged");
+    assert_eq!(reply.id, json!(1));
+    assert!(reply.result.is_ok(), "the menu item ran: {:?}", reply.result);
+    assert_eq!(w.writes(), (0, 0), "a synthetic menu invocation never replaces the user's clipboard");
+    assert_eq!(w.app.ui.toast.as_ref().map(|t| t.0.as_str()), Some("Link copied"));
+    assert!(!w.app.control_synthetic, "the fence ends with the frame");
+
+    crate::menus::invoke(&mut w.app, "edit.copyLink");
+    assert_eq!(w.writes(), (1, 0), "the user's invocation writes exactly one text clipboard entry");
+    let recorded = w.recorded.lock().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(recorded.text, vec![link.clone()]);
+    assert_eq!(recorded.last_text.as_deref(), Some(link.as_str()));
+}
+
 /// Return the characters of a text node in the test window.
 fn edit_text(w: &Win, id: NodeId) -> String {
     match &w.app.session.doc().unwrap().node(id).unwrap().kind {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs
index 3428844e..4b3483af 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs
@@ -241,8 +241,10 @@ pub fn invoke(app: &mut FigApp, id: &str) {
             app.toast(tr("Copied as text"));
         }
         "edit.copyLink" => {
+            // Only a selected layer has a link, and the copy goes through the control-channel fence
+            // (`clipboard_set_text`): a synthetic gesture never replaces the user's clipboard.
             if let Some(id) = app.session.selection().first() {
-                app.services.clipboard_set_text(&format!("figcraft://node/{}", id.0));
+                app.clipboard_set_text(&format!("figcraft://node/{}", id.0));
                 app.toast(tr("Link copied"));
             }
         }