diff --git a/commons/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commons/richtext/RichTextParserGroupLinkTest.kt b/commons/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commons/richtext/RichTextParserGroupLinkTest.kt
index 453e3d9def..2d34e019d3 100644
--- a/commons/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commons/richtext/RichTextParserGroupLinkTest.kt
+++ b/commons/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commons/richtext/RichTextParserGroupLinkTest.kt
@@ -99,4 +99,70 @@ class RichTextParserGroupLinkTest {
         assertTrue(links.groupLinks.isEmpty())
         assertNull(groupSegmentsOf("odd wss://relay.damus.io' end").firstOrNull())
     }
+
+    // ---- weird apostrophe placements after non-relay URLs: none may become a group link ----
+
+    @Test
+    fun possessiveAfterRelayUrlIsNotAGroupLink() {
+        // "wss://relay.damus.io's uptime" — the possessive `'s` must not linkify group "s".
+        val text = "how is wss://relay.damus.io's uptime today"
+        val links = UrlParser().parseValidUrls(text)
+        assertTrue(links.groupLinks.isEmpty())
+        assertTrue(links.relayUrls.contains("wss://relay.damus.io"))
+        assertTrue(groupSegmentsOf(text).isEmpty())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun apostropheAfterHttpUrlIsNotAGroupLink() {
+        val links = UrlParser().parseValidUrls("see https://example.com'abc123 here")
+        assertTrue(links.groupLinks.isEmpty())
+        assertTrue(links.withScheme.contains("https://example.com"))
+        assertTrue(groupSegmentsOf("see https://example.com'abc123 here").isEmpty())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun apostropheAfterNostrUriIsNotAGroupLink() {
+        val text = "ping nostr:npub1sn0wdenkukak0d9dfczzeacvhkrgz92ak56egt7vdgzn8pv2wfqqhrjdv9'abc there"
+        val links = UrlParser().parseValidUrls(text)
+        assertTrue(links.groupLinks.isEmpty())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun apostropheAfterBlossomUriIsNotAGroupLink() {
+        val text = "file blossom://b1674191a88ec5cdd733e4240a81803105dc412d6c6708d53ab94fc248f4f553'abc"
+        assertTrue(UrlParser().parseValidUrls(text).groupLinks.isEmpty())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun apostropheAfterEmailIsNotAGroupLink() {
+        val links = UrlParser().parseValidUrls("mail vitor@example.com'abc please")
+        assertTrue(links.groupLinks.isEmpty())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun insecureWsSchemeAlsoLinkifies() {
+        // `ws://` (not just `wss://`) is a relay scheme and must peek the same way.
+        val links = UrlParser().parseValidUrls("dev ws://relay.example.com'abc123 test")
+        assertEquals(setOf("ws://relay.example.com'abc123"), links.groupLinks)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun secondApostropheEndsTheGroupId() {
+        // `wss://relay.example.com'abc'def` — the group id is `abc`; `'def` is left as text.
+        val segs = groupSegmentsOf("go wss://relay.example.com'abc'def now")
+        assertEquals(1, segs.size)
+        assertEquals("wss://relay.example.com'abc", segs.first().segmentText)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun multipleGroupLinksInOnePostAreAllDetected() {
+        val links =
+            UrlParser().parseValidUrls(
+                "two groups wss://groups.0xchat.com'aaaa and wss://chat.wisp.talk'bbbb here",
+            )
+        assertEquals(
+            setOf("wss://groups.0xchat.com'aaaa", "wss://chat.wisp.talk'bbbb"),
+            links.groupLinks,
+        )
+    }
 }
diff --git a/quartz/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip29RelayGroups/GroupInviteLink.kt b/quartz/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip29RelayGroups/GroupInviteLink.kt
index 298b32301f..e2b62e8fc6 100644
--- a/quartz/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip29RelayGroups/GroupInviteLink.kt
+++ b/quartz/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip29RelayGroups/GroupInviteLink.kt
@@ -47,6 +47,16 @@ data class GroupInviteLink(
         // swallowing trailing prose punctuation into the link.
         private fun isIdChar(c: Char): Boolean = c in 'a'..'z' || c in 'A'..'Z' || c in '0'..'9' || c == '-' || c == '_'
 
+        /**
+         * A single-character group id is only accepted when it is the relay-wide default
+         * group `_`. Every real group id from the reference clients (relay29 random ids,
+         * Wisp/0xchat 12+ chars) is longer, whereas a lone char after an apostrophe is
+         * almost always an English possessive/contraction glued to a bare relay URL
+         * (`wss://relay.damus.io's uptime`). Rejecting it kills that false positive without
+         * dropping any real link.
+         */
+        private fun isAcceptableGroupId(id: String): Boolean = id.length >= 2 || id == "_"
+
         private const val CODE_PREFIX = "?code="
 
         /**
@@ -64,6 +74,7 @@ data class GroupInviteLink(
             var i = from
             while (i < content.length && isIdChar(content[i])) i++
             if (i == from) return 0 // empty group id — not a link
+            if (!isAcceptableGroupId(content.substring(from, i))) return 0 // possessive/contraction guard
 
             // Optional `?code=<code>`; only extend the span when a non-empty code follows.
             if (content.startsWith(CODE_PREFIX, i)) {
@@ -89,7 +100,7 @@ data class GroupInviteLink(
             val rest = link.substring(apos + 1)
             val queryIdx = rest.indexOf('?')
             val groupId = if (queryIdx < 0) rest else rest.substring(0, queryIdx)
-            if (groupId.isEmpty() || !groupId.all { isIdChar(it) }) return null
+            if (!groupId.all { isIdChar(it) } || !isAcceptableGroupId(groupId)) return null
 
             val code =
                 if (queryIdx >= 0) {
diff --git a/quartz/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip29RelayGroups/GroupInviteLinkTest.kt b/quartz/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip29RelayGroups/GroupInviteLinkTest.kt
index b8decd1751..032d99896a 100644
--- a/quartz/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip29RelayGroups/GroupInviteLinkTest.kt
+++ b/quartz/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip29RelayGroups/GroupInviteLinkTest.kt
@@ -77,6 +77,31 @@ class GroupInviteLinkTest {
         assertNull(GroupInviteLink.parse("'abc123"))
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun rejectsSingleCharPossessive() {
+        // `wss://relay.damus.io's uptime` — the `'s` is a possessive, not a group id.
+        assertNull(GroupInviteLink.parse("wss://relay.damus.io's"))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun acceptsUnderscoreDefaultGroupButNotOtherSingleChars() {
+        // `_` is the relay-wide default group and is a legitimate 1-char id; other lone
+        // chars are rejected as contractions.
+        assertEquals("_", GroupInviteLink.parse("wss://relay.example.com'_")?.groupId)
+        assertNull(GroupInviteLink.parse("wss://relay.example.com'x"))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun suffixLengthRejectsPossessiveS() {
+        // "wss://r.com's uptime" — apostrophe at 11, `s` at 12 → not a link.
+        assertEquals(0, GroupInviteLink.suffixLength("wss://r.com's uptime", 12))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun suffixLengthAcceptsUnderscore() {
+        assertEquals(1, GroupInviteLink.suffixLength("wss://r.com'_ hi", 12))
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun suffixLengthMeasuresGroupIdOnly() {
         // "wss://r.com'abc def" — apostrophe at index 11, group id starts at 12.