diff --git a/src/pages/people/tabs/Wanted.tsx b/src/pages/people/tabs/Wanted.tsx
index e4d4e922e..63a2e0c96 100644
--- a/src/pages/people/tabs/Wanted.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/people/tabs/Wanted.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { PostBounty } from 'people/widgetViews/postBounty';
 import WantedView from 'people/widgetViews/WantedView';
 import PageLoadSpinner from 'people/utils/PageLoadSpinner';
 import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
-import { Route, Switch, useRouteMatch, useParams } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { Route, Switch, useRouteMatch, useParams, useHistory } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { useStores } from 'store';
 import { paginationQueryLimit } from 'store/interface';
 import styled from 'styled-components';
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ export const Wanted = observer(() => {
   const { person, canEdit } = usePerson(ui.selectedPerson);
   const { path, url } = useRouteMatch();
   const { uuid } = useParams<{ uuid: string }>();
+  const history = useHistory();
   const [displayedBounties, setDisplayedBounties] = useState<BountyType[]>([]);
   const [loading, setIsLoading] = useState<boolean>(false);
   const [page, setPage] = useState(1);
@@ -172,7 +173,11 @@ export const Wanted = observer(() => {
             onClick={(e: any) => {
               e.preventDefault();
               ui.setBountyPerson(person?.id);
-              window.open(`/bounty/${w.body.id}`, '_blank');
+              // PAST: window.open(`/bounty/${w.body.id}`, '_blank');
+              // ISSUE: Opening a new tab creates friction and prevents sharing the current URL easily.
+              // PRESENT: history.push(`/bounty/${w.body.id}`);
+              // RATIONALE: Navigating within the same tab updates the browser URL to the public bounty link, enabling users to easily copy and share the URL.
+              history.push(`/bounty/${w.body.id}`);
             }}
           >
             <WantedView {...w.body} person={person} />
diff --git a/src/people/widgetViews/UserTicketsView.tsx b/src/people/widgetViews/UserTicketsView.tsx
index 5bbe4409e..5c547f430 100644
--- a/src/people/widgetViews/UserTicketsView.tsx
+++ b/src/people/widgetViews/UserTicketsView.tsx
@@ -79,7 +79,11 @@ const UserTickets = () => {
   };
 
   function onPanelClick(id: number) {
-    window.open(`/bounty/${id}`, '_blank');
+    // PAST: window.open(`/bounty/${id}`, '_blank');
+    // ISSUE: Opening a new tab creates friction and prevents sharing the current URL easily.
+    // PRESENT: history.push(`/bounty/${id}`);
+    // RATIONALE: Navigating within the same tab updates the browser URL to the public bounty link, enabling users to easily copy and share the URL.
+    history.push(`/bounty/${id}`);
   }
 
   const deleteTicket = async (payload: any) => {
diff --git a/src/people/widgetViews/__tests__/UserTicketsView.spec.tsx b/src/people/widgetViews/__tests__/UserTicketsView.spec.tsx
index eae04c18b..cd38105d0 100644
--- a/src/people/widgetViews/__tests__/UserTicketsView.spec.tsx
+++ b/src/people/widgetViews/__tests__/UserTicketsView.spec.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ beforeAll(() => {
   mockUsehistory();
 });
 
+// PAST: No mock was provided for RenderMarkdown in this test file, which led to transitively loading ESM modules (remark-gfm, rehype-raw) and causing "SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module" in Jest.
+// ISSUE: The Jest environment does not support ES Modules natively without complex transformer setups, causing tests to fail when trying to render markdown.
+// PRESENT: Mocked the entire RenderMarkdown module to return a simple div rendering the text instead.
+// RATIONALE: This eliminates the need to compile remark-gfm and rehype-raw, bypassing the SyntaxError and allowing the tests to run cleanly and quickly.
+jest.mock('people/utils/RenderMarkdown', () => ({
+  renderMarkdown: (text: any) => <div>{text}</div>
+}));
+
 /**
  * @jest-environment jsdom
  */