diff --git a/packages/flutter_mozilla_components/android/src/main/kotlin/eu/weblibre/flutter_mozilla_components/components/Core.kt b/packages/flutter_mozilla_components/android/src/main/kotlin/eu/weblibre/flutter_mozilla_components/components/Core.kt
index dde1e684..af3c230c 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_mozilla_components/android/src/main/kotlin/eu/weblibre/flutter_mozilla_components/components/Core.kt
+++ b/packages/flutter_mozilla_components/android/src/main/kotlin/eu/weblibre/flutter_mozilla_components/components/Core.kt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import eu.weblibre.flutter_mozilla_components.services.MediaSessionService
 import eu.weblibre.flutter_mozilla_components.activities.NotificationActivity
 import eu.weblibre.flutter_mozilla_components.R
 import eu.weblibre.flutter_mozilla_components.ext.getPreferenceKey
+import eu.weblibre.flutter_mozilla_components.middleware.AppLinksCancelRetryMiddleware
 import eu.weblibre.flutter_mozilla_components.middleware.FlutterEventMiddleware
 import eu.weblibre.flutter_mozilla_components.middleware.HistoryMetadataMiddleware
 import eu.weblibre.flutter_mozilla_components.middleware.HistoryMetadataService
@@ -231,6 +232,7 @@ class Core(
                 // Must run before any engine middleware so we can rewrite
                 // sandbox new-tab URLs before Gecko issues a request.
                 SandboxCaptureMiddleware,
+                AppLinksCancelRetryMiddleware(),
                 HistoryMetadataMiddleware(historyMetadataService),
                 // Correlates url -> contextId so WebLibreHistoryDelegate can
                 // resolve a visit's container at record time.
diff --git a/packages/flutter_mozilla_components/android/src/main/kotlin/eu/weblibre/flutter_mozilla_components/middleware/AppLinksCancelRetryMiddleware.kt b/packages/flutter_mozilla_components/android/src/main/kotlin/eu/weblibre/flutter_mozilla_components/middleware/AppLinksCancelRetryMiddleware.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d303d841
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/flutter_mozilla_components/android/src/main/kotlin/eu/weblibre/flutter_mozilla_components/middleware/AppLinksCancelRetryMiddleware.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+/*
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+package eu.weblibre.flutter_mozilla_components.middleware
+
+import android.os.Handler
+import android.os.Looper
+import mozilla.components.browser.state.action.BrowserAction
+import mozilla.components.browser.state.action.ContentAction
+import mozilla.components.browser.state.action.EngineAction
+import mozilla.components.browser.state.selector.findTabOrCustomTab
+import mozilla.components.browser.state.state.BrowserState
+import mozilla.components.concept.engine.EngineSession
+import mozilla.components.concept.engine.EngineSession.LoadUrlFlags.Companion.EXTERNAL
+import mozilla.components.concept.engine.EngineSession.LoadUrlFlags.Companion.LOAD_FLAGS_BYPASS_LOAD_URI_DELEGATE
+import mozilla.components.lib.state.Middleware
+import mozilla.components.lib.state.Store
+
+/**
+ * Workaround for Android Components/GeckoView app-link cancel handling: the
+ * cancel load can be clobbered by Gecko's recovery load back to the previous
+ * history entry. This retries only that specific cancel-load signature.
+ */
+class AppLinksCancelRetryMiddleware(
+    private val handler: Handler = Handler(Looper.getMainLooper()),
+    private val retryDelayMillis: Long = RETRY_DELAY_MILLIS,
+) : Middleware<BrowserState, BrowserAction> {
+    private val pendingCancels = mutableMapOf<String, PendingCancel>()
+
+    override fun invoke(
+        store: Store<BrowserState, BrowserAction>,
+        next: (BrowserAction) -> Unit,
+        action: BrowserAction,
+    ) {
+        when (action) {
+            is EngineAction.OptimizedLoadUrlTriggeredAction -> {
+                recordCancelLoad(store, action)
+            }
+            is ContentAction.UpdateLoadRequestAction -> {
+                handleLoadRequest(store, action)
+            }
+            is ContentAction.UpdateUrlAction -> {
+                handleUrlUpdate(action)
+            }
+            else -> {}
+        }
+
+        next(action)
+    }
+
+    private fun recordCancelLoad(
+        store: Store<BrowserState, BrowserAction>,
+        action: EngineAction.OptimizedLoadUrlTriggeredAction,
+    ) {
+        if (!action.flags.contains(EXTERNAL) ||
+            !action.flags.contains(LOAD_FLAGS_BYPASS_LOAD_URI_DELEGATE)
+        ) {
+            return
+        }
+
+        val sourceUrl = store.state.findTabOrCustomTab(action.tabId)?.content?.url
+            ?: return
+        if (sourceUrl == action.url || sourceUrl == ABOUT_BLANK) {
+            return
+        }
+
+        pendingCancels[action.tabId] = PendingCancel(
+            tabId = action.tabId,
+            sourceUrl = sourceUrl,
+            targetUrl = action.url,
+        )
+    }
+
+    private fun handleLoadRequest(
+        store: Store<BrowserState, BrowserAction>,
+        action: ContentAction.UpdateLoadRequestAction,
+    ) {
+        val pending = pendingCancels[action.sessionId] ?: return
+        when (action.loadRequest.url) {
+            pending.sourceUrl -> scheduleRetry(store, pending)
+            pending.targetUrl -> pendingCancels.remove(action.sessionId)
+            ABOUT_BLANK -> {}
+            else -> pendingCancels.remove(action.sessionId)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun handleUrlUpdate(action: ContentAction.UpdateUrlAction) {
+        val pending = pendingCancels[action.sessionId] ?: return
+        when (action.url) {
+            pending.targetUrl -> pendingCancels.remove(action.sessionId)
+            pending.sourceUrl, ABOUT_BLANK -> {}
+            else -> pendingCancels.remove(action.sessionId)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun scheduleRetry(
+        store: Store<BrowserState, BrowserAction>,
+        pending: PendingCancel,
+    ) {
+        if (pending.retryScheduled) {
+            return
+        }
+
+        val scheduled = pending.copy(retryScheduled = true)
+        pendingCancels[pending.tabId] = scheduled
+
+        handler.postDelayed({
+            if (pendingCancels[pending.tabId] != scheduled) {
+                return@postDelayed
+            }
+
+            val currentUrl = store.state.findTabOrCustomTab(pending.tabId)?.content?.url
+            if (currentUrl == pending.targetUrl) {
+                pendingCancels.remove(pending.tabId)
+                return@postDelayed
+            }
+
+            if (currentUrl == pending.sourceUrl || currentUrl == ABOUT_BLANK) {
+                pendingCancels.remove(pending.tabId)
+                store.dispatch(
+                    EngineAction.LoadUrlAction(
+                        tabId = pending.tabId,
+                        url = pending.targetUrl,
+                        flags = EngineSession.LoadUrlFlags.select(
+                            LOAD_FLAGS_BYPASS_LOAD_URI_DELEGATE,
+                        ),
+                    ),
+                )
+            } else {
+                pendingCancels.remove(pending.tabId)
+            }
+        }, retryDelayMillis)
+    }
+
+    private data class PendingCancel(
+        val tabId: String,
+        val sourceUrl: String,
+        val targetUrl: String,
+        val retryScheduled: Boolean = false,
+    )
+
+    private companion object {
+        const val ABOUT_BLANK = "about:blank"
+        const val RETRY_DELAY_MILLIS = 1000L
+    }
+}