Links are not clickable, no matter what prompt I use the stupid AI never adds the link so that I can click it and view it.
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same, I have also been running into this. I had to ask several times for the correct formatting. I checked the HTML source and noticed the anchor tags were disappearing or nonexistent. I think the issue fixed itself after I refreshed the page, started a new chat, and then returned to the previous chat. makes no sense
Until you sue them or report them for torture they will not fix anything, be sure of it.
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i tried telling them ‘dont put it in blue text’ and it worked lol
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Speedy removing bugs and/or viewing at the bug thread on this forum, is not a thing OpenAI is good at. They got billions from Microsoft, so why not use some of that to remove bugs.
A single OpenAI programmer can fix this issue in a few minutes. You don’t need 100 of them.
Providing the custom instruction
settings->personalize->custom instructions->How would you like ChatGPT to respond?-> “Always place the full URL in the href attribute of any HTML link you reference.”
has fixed this issue for me.
But please any future reader, downvote any replies you’ve had with broken links. This is the most likely way to make openai fix this issue. If enough people say the same, a pattern will be recognized.
I recommend we all give similar feedback such as
“a html links in responses dont contains a href link and are useless”
This way the pattern may be recognized faster.
@fusiondesigner
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But please any future reader, downvote any replies you’ve had with broken links.
Do you mean upvote?
I agree that visibility is important. Squeaky wheel gets the grease 
Edit: Oh I see what you mean. We should downvote the ChatGPT’s responses with a thumbs down. Yes I agree.
Still not fixed… and wow is it frustrating. ChatGPT is a tool. I have the paid version, I mean I have the PRO paid version, and it can’t add links? I guess that is not what I’m paying for…
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Still broken for me 1/31/25
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Still not fixed, no matter what is prompted, links are UNCLICKABLE…
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Still not fixed. In 2025, can’t click links 4o provides.
Links are SOMETIMES clickable. I decided to do some exploration and talk with ChatGPT a bit to see why.
Some things I discovered.
- ChatGPT uses markdown to embed links.
- When plain text is hyperlinked, the link is unclickable.
–[Google](https :// google.com ) - When a URL is hyperlinked, the link works fine.
–[https :// google. com](https :// google.com ) - If ChatGPT does a websearch and cites sources, the source links can be clicked normally.
- If ChatGPT cites sources and then adds links in a different message, some of them can be clicked, but not all, and it seems to be random.
Here’s my example chat:
https://chatgpt.com/share/67bfc390-23cc-800f-8700-8408a813cde7
The first response has a link that’s clickable.
The 2nd and 3rd one both try to send you to a ChatGPT conversation.
In the other responses, some of the links are clickable, some are not.
Even more strange is that the markdown for these links doesn’t differ in format.
- **[The Useless Web](https://theuselessweb.com/)**: Click a button, land on a delightfully pointless site. Because who needs productivity?
- **[Click the Red Button](https://clicktheredbutton.com/)**: For those moments when you think, "I have too much time and not enough distractions."
- **[Random-ize](https://random-ize.com/random-website/)**: Dive into a sea of weird, funny, and downright baffling websites. Curiosity didn't kill the cat; boredom did.
- **[RandomGenerate.io](https://randomgenerate.io/random-website-generator)**: Let fate (or a random algorithm) decide your next online destination. Adventure is just a click away.
- **[Random Website Machine](https://www.whatsmyip.org/random-website-machine/)**: Over three million sites await your perusal. Who knows? You might find the next big thing... or not.
Happy exploring! Remember, it's not procrastination; it's digital serendipity. 🚀
What does this all mean? It means that there is no reliable way to add custom instructions to get ChatGPT to reliably create working links when chatting to you.
OpenAI please fix this 
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Asking ChatGPT to write out the hyperlinks also works
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The workaround that has become most comfortable for me is to follow the initial prompt with this:
Please repeat that same information to me again, but type out the full URL address for all web links.
This again produces a mark-down formatted output with links, but the links will all be clickable now; even if not, you can simply copy-paste the URL.
Same issue with ChatGPT o3-mini-high.
Hello i have the the chatgpt pro paid version and still none of the links have work, this been happening for months and still no fix, no susgestion from admins, nothing at all, should we all just go back to the free version instead?
It’s really poor do they read forums
4o is telling me it can only generate clickable links to a very short list of whitelisted domains. I don’t know if it’s BSing me or not.
Who’s still here (suffering this bug) in 2025?
Also, to all the haters saying they’ll never focus time on fixing it…can’t OpenAI just like…ask ChatGPT to fix it??
Same shit. This is ridiculous. Something so basic, and a year later they haven’t done anything about it. New versions being released, more money being asked for, and basic functionality still in the shitter. Typical fucking tech company, and why I don’t pay for GPT use. All of this stuff, Lovable, Bolt, etc. - this is all basically beta. They’re using paid users to do the testing. Don’t pay a billion-dollar corporation to be a tester, FFS.
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