diff --git a/packages/editor/core/src/ui/mentions/mention-node-view.tsx b/packages/editor/core/src/ui/mentions/mention-node-view.tsx
index 939528785..2100bd24a 100644
--- a/packages/editor/core/src/ui/mentions/mention-node-view.tsx
+++ b/packages/editor/core/src/ui/mentions/mention-node-view.tsx
@@ -2,14 +2,12 @@
 // @ts-nocheck
 import { NodeViewWrapper } from "@tiptap/react";
 import { cn } from "src/lib/utils";
-import { useRouter } from "next/navigation";
 import { IMentionHighlight } from "src/types/mention-suggestion";
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/no-anonymous-default-export
 export const MentionNodeView = (props) => {
   // TODO: move it to web app
-  const router = useRouter();
   const [highlightsState, setHighlightsState] = useState<IMentionHighlight[]>();
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -21,25 +19,20 @@ export const MentionNodeView = (props) => {
     hightlights();
   }, [props.extension.options]);
 
-  const handleClick = () => {
-    if (!props.extension.options.readonly) {
-      router.push(props.node.attrs.redirect_uri);
-    }
-  };
-
   return (
     <NodeViewWrapper className="mention-component inline w-fit">
-      <span
+      <a
+        href={props.node.attrs.redirect_uri}
+        target="_blank"
         className={cn("mention rounded bg-custom-primary-100/20 px-1 py-0.5 font-medium text-custom-primary-100", {
           "bg-yellow-500/20 text-yellow-500": highlightsState
             ? highlightsState.includes(props.node.attrs.entity_identifier)
             : false,
           "cursor-pointer": !props.extension.options.readonly,
         })}
-        onClick={handleClick}
       >
         @{props.node.attrs.label}
-      </span>
+      </a>
     </NodeViewWrapper>
   );
 };
diff --git a/web/core/hooks/use-reload-confirmation.tsx b/web/core/hooks/use-reload-confirmation.tsx
index 1591574d0..998c5845d 100644
--- a/web/core/hooks/use-reload-confirmation.tsx
+++ b/web/core/hooks/use-reload-confirmation.tsx
@@ -1,41 +1,55 @@
-/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
-import { useState } from "react";
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from "react";
 
 //TODO: remove temp flag isActive later and use showAlert as the source of truth
 const useReloadConfirmations = (isActive = true) => {
   const [showAlert, setShowAlert] = useState(false);
-  // const router = useAppRouter();
 
-  // const handleBeforeUnload = useCallback(
-  //   (event: BeforeUnloadEvent) => {
-  //     if (!isActive || !showAlert) return;
-  //     event.preventDefault();
-  //     event.returnValue = "";
-  //   },
-  //   [isActive, showAlert]
-  // );
+  const handleBeforeUnload = useCallback(
+    (event: BeforeUnloadEvent) => {
+      if (!isActive || !showAlert) return;
+      event.preventDefault();
+      event.returnValue = "";
+    },
+    [isActive, showAlert]
+  );
 
-  // const handleRouteChangeStart = useCallback(
-  //   (url: string, { shallow }: { shallow: boolean }) => {
-  //     if (!isActive || !showAlert) return;
-  //     const leave = confirm("Are you sure you want to leave? Changes you made may not be saved.");
-  //     if (!leave) {
-  //       router.events.emit("routeChangeError", new Error("Route change cancelled by user"), url, shallow);
-  //       throw "routeChange aborted.";
-  //     }
-  //   },
-  //   [isActive, router.events, showAlert]
-  // );
+  const handleAnchorClick = useCallback(
+    (event: MouseEvent) => {
+      if (!isActive || !showAlert) return;
+      // Skip if event target is not available or defaultPrevented
+      if (!event.target || event.defaultPrevented) return;
+      // Skip control/command/option/alt+click
+      if (event.metaKey || event.ctrlKey || event.shiftKey || event.altKey) return;
+      // check if the event target is an anchor or a child of an anchor tag
+      const eventTarget = event.target as HTMLElement;
+      if (!eventTarget.closest("a")) return; // This is intentionally not type safe
+      // check if anchor target is _blank
+      const anchorElement = eventTarget.closest("a") as HTMLAnchorElement;
+      const isAnchorTargetBlank = anchorElement.getAttribute("target") === "_blank";
+      if (isAnchorTargetBlank) return;
+      // show confirm dialog
+      const leave = confirm("Are you sure you want to leave? Changes you made may not be saved.");
+      if (!leave) {
+        event.preventDefault();
+        event.stopPropagation();
+      }
+    },
+    [isActive, showAlert]
+  );
 
-  // useEffect(() => {
-  //   window.addEventListener("beforeunload", handleBeforeUnload);
-  //   router.events.on("routeChangeStart", handleRouteChangeStart);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // handle browser refresh
+    window.addEventListener("beforeunload", handleBeforeUnload, true);
+    // handle anchor tag click
+    window.addEventListener("click", handleAnchorClick, true);
+    // TODO: handle back / forward button click
 
-  //   return () => {
-  //     window.removeEventListener("beforeunload", handleBeforeUnload);
-  //     router.events.off("routeChangeStart", handleRouteChangeStart);
-  //   };
-  // }, [handleBeforeUnload, handleRouteChangeStart, router.events]);
+    return () => {
+      // cleanup
+      window.removeEventListener("beforeunload", handleBeforeUnload, true);
+      window.removeEventListener("click", handleAnchorClick, true);
+    };
+  }, [handleAnchorClick, handleBeforeUnload]);
 
   return { setShowAlert };
 };