diff --git a/frontend/src/v2/__tests__/v2-layout-invariants.test.ts b/frontend/src/v2/__tests__/v2-layout-invariants.test.ts
index 734d1ea94..b6b539f85 100644
--- a/frontend/src/v2/__tests__/v2-layout-invariants.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/v2/__tests__/v2-layout-invariants.test.ts
@@ -2086,6 +2086,41 @@ describe('v2 layout invariants (CSS rule presence)', () => {
     expect(connectorCss).not.toContain('v2-connector-row--dead):not(.v2-connector-row--not-enabled) .v2-connector-row__detail');
   });
 
+  it('connector refusal links keep the in-text link treatment in the parsed stylesheet', () => {
+    const style = document.createElement('style');
+    style.textContent = v2;
+    document.head.appendChild(style);
+
+    try {
+      const sheet = style.sheet;
+      expect(sheet).not.toBeNull();
+      const rules = Array.from(sheet!.cssRules);
+
+      // This covers links in any refusal slot. Parsing before these assertions
+      // catches malformed CSS without pinning unrelated stylesheet size/tail.
+
+      const styleRules = rules.filter((rule) => rule.type === CSSRule.STYLE_RULE) as CSSStyleRule[];
+      const linkRules = styleRules.filter((rule) => {
+        const selectors = rule.selectorText.split(',').map((selector) => selector.trim());
+        return selectors.includes('.v2-connector-row__refusal a')
+          && selectors.includes('.v2-connector-aside__refusal a');
+      });
+      expect(linkRules).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(linkRules[0].selectorText.split(',').map((selector) => selector.trim())).toEqual([
+        '.v2-connector-row__refusal a',
+        '.v2-connector-aside__refusal a',
+      ]);
+      expect(linkRules[0].style.getPropertyValue('color')).toBe('var(--v2-accent-text)');
+      expect(linkRules[0].style.getPropertyValue('text-decoration')).toBe('underline');
+
+      const resetIndex = styleRules.findIndex((rule) => rule.selectorText === '.v2-root a');
+      const linkIndex = styleRules.indexOf(linkRules[0]);
+      expect(linkIndex).toBeGreaterThan(resetIndex);
+    } finally {
+      style.remove();
+    }
+  });
+
   describe('TASK-122 Phase A — the ruled restyle (Sam, 2026-09-03; spec on TASK-122)', () => {
     const v2Root = ruleBody(v2, '.v2-root');
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/v2/v2.css b/frontend/src/v2/v2.css
index 03520d6d2..ab1326a4c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/v2/v2.css
+++ b/frontend/src/v2/v2.css
@@ -10090,6 +10090,8 @@ body.modern-ui.v2-canvas {
 .v2-connector-code code { overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: var(--v2-on-ink); font-family: var(--v2-font-mono); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; }
 .v2-root button.v2-connector-code__copy { min-height: 30px; padding: 5px 9px; border: 1px solid var(--v2-accent); border-radius: var(--v2-radius-sm); background: var(--v2-accent); color: var(--v2-on-ink); font: 600 12px/16px var(--v2-font); cursor: pointer; }
 .v2-connector-row__refusal { grid-column: 1 / -1; margin: 10px 0 0; padding: 8px 10px; border: 1px solid var(--v2-border); border-radius: var(--v2-radius-sm); background: var(--v2-surface-tint); color: var(--v2-ink); font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; }
+.v2-connector-row__refusal a,
+.v2-connector-aside__refusal a { color: var(--v2-accent-text); text-decoration: underline; }
 .v2-connectors__error { padding: 10px 12px; border: 1px solid var(--v2-border); border-radius: var(--v2-radius-sm); color: var(--v2-ink); font-size: 13px; }
 
 .v2-connector-aside__note { margin-top: 12px !important; color: var(--v2-text-tertiary) !important; font-size: 12px !important; }