diff --git a/src/web/public/index.html b/src/web/public/index.html
index 3f6edd2d..56347539 100644
--- a/src/web/public/index.html
+++ b/src/web/public/index.html
@@ -560,6 +560,7 @@
             <div><kbd>Alt/Option</kbd>+<kbd>[</kbd> / <kbd>Alt/Option</kbd>+<kbd>]</kbd></div><div>Previous / Next Session</div>
             <div><kbd>Alt/Option</kbd>+<kbd>1-9</kbd></div><div>Switch to Tab N</div>
             <div><kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>L</kbd></div><div>Clear Terminal</div>
+            <div><kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>Wheel</kbd></div><div>Scroll local history (when mouse passthrough is active)</div>
             <div><kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>+</kbd></div><div>Increase Font</div>
             <div><kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>-</kbd></div><div>Decrease Font</div>
             <div><kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>?</kbd></div><div>Show Help</div>
diff --git a/src/web/public/terminal-ui.js b/src/web/public/terminal-ui.js
index af03098d..30437c3f 100644
--- a/src/web/public/terminal-ui.js
+++ b/src/web/public/terminal-ui.js
@@ -323,12 +323,14 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
     // Register link provider for clickable file paths in Bash tool output
     this.registerFilePathLinkProvider();
 
-    // Mouse wheel: forward to the TUI for strip-mode sessions, local scrollback
-    // otherwise. Claude Code (2.1.187+) scrolls its own transcript on SGR wheel
-    // reports — scrolled-away tool blocks re-render live and stay clickable —
-    // and its select menus no longer capture wheel as option navigation
-    // (verified against 2.1.202: /model menu highlight ignores wheel reports),
-    // so the original reason to keep the wheel local is gone for claude mode.
+    // Mouse wheel: forward to the TUI only for sessions verified to handle SGR
+    // wheel reports (codex, and claude 2.1.187+ — see _shouldForwardWheelToApp),
+    // local scrollback otherwise. Claude Code 2.1.187+ scrolls its own
+    // transcript on SGR wheel reports — scrolled-away tool blocks re-render
+    // live and stay clickable — and its select menus no longer capture wheel
+    // as option navigation (verified against 2.1.202: /model menu highlight
+    // ignores wheel reports); older versions DO capture wheel as option
+    // navigation, so they keep the local wheel.
     // Shift+wheel always scrolls xterm's local scrollback (Codeman's restored
     // history lives there), and once the viewport left the bottom the wheel
     // stays local until the user scrolls back down — so both scrollbacks stay
@@ -931,6 +933,12 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
             activate(_event, text) {
               window.open(text, '_blank', 'noopener,noreferrer');
             },
+            hover() {
+              self._linkHovered = true;
+            },
+            leave() {
+              self._linkHovered = false;
+            },
           });
         };
 
@@ -969,6 +977,12 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
             activate(event, text) {
               self.openLogViewerWindow(text, self.activeSessionId);
             },
+            hover() {
+              self._linkHovered = true;
+            },
+            leave() {
+              self._linkHovered = false;
+            },
           });
         };
 
@@ -2146,13 +2160,39 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
     this._sendInputAsync(this.activeSessionId, `\x1b[<0;${pos.col};${pos.row}M\x1b[<0;${pos.col};${pos.row}m`);
   },
 
-  // Wheel forwarding gate for the container wheel handler: strip-mode session,
-  // no Shift override, xterm's own encoder dormant, viewport at the bottom.
+  // True when a parsed CLI version string ('2.1.187' — banner-parsed on the
+  // server, delivered via session:cliInfo / SessionState.cliVersion) is known
+  // AND >= the minimum. Unknown or unparseable versions return false so
+  // callers keep the conservative behavior.
+  _cliVersionAtLeast(version, minimum) {
+    if (typeof version !== 'string') return false;
+    const parts = version.trim().replace(/^v/, '').split('.').map(Number);
+    if (parts.length !== 3 || parts.some((n) => !Number.isFinite(n))) return false;
+    const min = minimum.split('.').map(Number);
+    for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+      if (parts[i] !== min[i]) return parts[i] > min[i];
+    }
+    return true;
+  },
+
+  // Wheel forwarding gate for the container wheel handler: no Shift override,
+  // xterm's own encoder dormant, viewport at the bottom, and a TUI VERIFIED to
+  // scroll its transcript on SGR wheel reports: codex, or claude 2.1.187+
+  // (older Claude Code captures wheel as select-menu option navigation; an
+  // unknown version is treated as older). Gemini is a strip mode too but its
+  // wheel behavior is unverified, so it keeps the local wheel — taps/clicks
+  // are still forwarded for it (harmless no-ops at worst).
   _shouldForwardWheelToApp(ev) {
     if (ev.shiftKey) return false;
     const mode = this.terminal?.modes?.mouseTrackingMode;
     if (mode && mode !== 'none') return false;
-    if (!this._sessionUsesServerMouseStrip()) return false;
+    const session = this.sessions?.get(this.activeSessionId);
+    const sessionMode = session?.mode || 'claude';
+    if (sessionMode === 'claude') {
+      if (!this._cliVersionAtLeast(session?.cliVersion, '2.1.187')) return false;
+    } else if (sessionMode !== 'codex') {
+      return false;
+    }
     return this._terminalViewportAtBottom();
   },
 
@@ -2189,6 +2229,8 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
   // a meaning elsewhere: synthetic/compat clicks after a touch tap (touchend
   // reported already), modified clicks (shift keeps xterm's selection
   // override), double/triple clicks (word/line selection), drag-selections,
+  // clicks on hovered links (activate() already handles the click — a second
+  // synthetic SGR press could e.g. dismiss a claude permission dialog),
   // clicks outside the cell grid, and sessions where xterm's own encoder is
   // live (it reported the click itself — a second report would double-move).
   _handleDesktopTerminalClick(ev) {
@@ -2199,6 +2241,7 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
     if (mode && mode !== 'none') return;
     if (!this._sessionUsesServerMouseStrip()) return;
     if (this.terminal.hasSelection?.()) return;
+    if (this._linkHovered) return; // link provider hover/leave callbacks (registerFilePathLinkProvider)
     if (performance.now() <= (this._trustedTapMouseSuppressUntil || 0)) return;
     if (!ev.target?.closest?.('.xterm-screen')) return;
     this._sendSyntheticSgrTap(ev.clientX, ev.clientY);
diff --git a/test/terminal-touch-tap.test.ts b/test/terminal-touch-tap.test.ts
index 4ab9b788..49862e74 100644
--- a/test/terminal-touch-tap.test.ts
+++ b/test/terminal-touch-tap.test.ts
@@ -219,6 +219,40 @@ describe('terminal touch tap mouse guard', () => {
     expect(sent).toEqual([]);
   });
 
+  it('desktop click: skips the click while a terminal link is hovered (activate() handles it)', () => {
+    const { app } = loadTerminalUiHarness();
+    const sent: string[] = [];
+    app.activeSessionId = 'sess-1';
+    app.sessions = new Map([['sess-1', { mode: 'claude' }]]);
+    app._sendInputAsync = (_id: string, data: string) => sent.push(data);
+    app.terminal = {
+      cols: 80,
+      rows: 24,
+      modes: { mouseTrackingMode: 'none' },
+      hasSelection: () => false,
+      element: {
+        querySelector: () => ({ getBoundingClientRect: () => ({ left: 0, top: 0 }) }),
+      },
+      _core: { _renderService: { dimensions: { css: { cell: { width: 8, height: 16 } } } } },
+    };
+    const click = {
+      isTrusted: true,
+      button: 0,
+      detail: 1,
+      clientX: 50,
+      clientY: 50,
+      target: { closest: (sel: string) => (sel === '.xterm-screen' ? {} : null) },
+    };
+
+    app._linkHovered = true; // link provider hover() fired — this click opens the link
+    app._handleDesktopTerminalClick(click);
+    expect(sent).toEqual([]);
+
+    app._linkHovered = false; // leave() fired — plain clicks report again
+    app._handleDesktopTerminalClick(click);
+    expect(sent).toEqual(['\x1b[<0;7;4M\x1b[<0;7;4m']);
+  });
+
   it('desktop click: skips the compat click that follows a touch tap', () => {
     const { app, setNow } = loadTerminalUiHarness();
     const sent: string[] = [];
@@ -277,10 +311,10 @@ describe('terminal touch tap mouse guard', () => {
     expect(sent).toEqual(['\x1b[<0;7;4M\x1b[<0;7;4m']);
   });
 
-  it('wheel: forwards to the app only for strip-mode sessions at the buffer bottom without Shift', () => {
+  it('wheel: forwards to the app only for verified sessions at the buffer bottom without Shift', () => {
     const { app } = loadTerminalUiHarness();
     app.activeSessionId = 'sess-1';
-    app.sessions = new Map([['sess-1', { mode: 'claude' }]]);
+    app.sessions = new Map([['sess-1', { mode: 'claude', cliVersion: '2.1.187' }]]);
     app.terminal = {
       modes: { mouseTrackingMode: 'none' },
       buffer: { active: { viewportY: 50, baseY: 50 } },
@@ -301,6 +335,41 @@ describe('terminal touch tap mouse guard', () => {
     expect(app._shouldForwardWheelToApp({ shiftKey: false })).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  it('wheel: gates claude forwarding on CLI version 2.1.187+ (unknown or older stays local)', () => {
+    const { app } = loadTerminalUiHarness();
+    app.activeSessionId = 'sess-1';
+    app.terminal = {
+      modes: { mouseTrackingMode: 'none' },
+      buffer: { active: { viewportY: 50, baseY: 50 } },
+    };
+    const withVersion = (cliVersion?: string) => {
+      app.sessions = new Map([['sess-1', { mode: 'claude', cliVersion }]]);
+      return app._shouldForwardWheelToApp({ shiftKey: false });
+    };
+
+    expect(withVersion(undefined)).toBe(false); // banner not parsed yet → assume older
+    expect(withVersion('2.1.186')).toBe(false); // last version whose menus capture wheel
+    expect(withVersion('2.1.187')).toBe(true); // first version verified safe
+    expect(withVersion('2.2.0')).toBe(true);
+    expect(withVersion('3.0.0')).toBe(true);
+    expect(withVersion('garbage')).toBe(false); // unparseable → assume older
+  });
+
+  it('wheel: codex forwards without a version; gemini never forwards', () => {
+    const { app } = loadTerminalUiHarness();
+    app.activeSessionId = 'sess-1';
+    app.terminal = {
+      modes: { mouseTrackingMode: 'none' },
+      buffer: { active: { viewportY: 50, baseY: 50 } },
+    };
+
+    app.sessions = new Map([['sess-1', { mode: 'codex' }]]); // verified TUI, no version gate
+    expect(app._shouldForwardWheelToApp({ shiftKey: false })).toBe(true);
+
+    app.sessions = new Map([['sess-1', { mode: 'gemini', cliVersion: '9.9.9' }]]); // unverified TUI
+    expect(app._shouldForwardWheelToApp({ shiftKey: false })).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   it('wheel: encodes SGR 64/65 ticks, caps per event, and coalesces into one flush', () => {
     const { app } = loadTerminalUiHarness();
     const sent: Array<{ id: string; data: string }> = [];