diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactActivity.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactActivity.java
index b375d1859dbc..3b5ca546ef37 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactActivity.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactActivity.java
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ public void invokeDefaultOnBackPressed() {
 
   @Override
   public void onNewIntent(Intent intent) {
+    // Linking.getInitialURL() reads getIntent(), and a link that relaunches a reclaimed task
+    // arrives here before React Native can emit it as a url event.
+    setIntent(intent);
     if (!mDelegate.onNewIntent(intent)) {
       super.onNewIntent(intent);
     }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/ReactActivityTest.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/ReactActivityTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..967eb35d64a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/ReactActivityTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+package com.facebook.react
+
+import android.content.Intent
+import android.net.Uri
+import android.os.Bundle
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.Promise
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext
+import com.facebook.react.modules.intent.IntentModule
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+import org.mockito.kotlin.mock
+import org.mockito.kotlin.verify
+import org.mockito.kotlin.whenever
+import org.robolectric.Robolectric
+import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner
+import org.robolectric.android.controller.ActivityController
+
+@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner::class)
+class ReactActivityTest {
+
+  @Test
+  fun onNewIntent_makesTheDeliveredIntentTheActivityIntent() {
+    val controller = createActivity(FIRST_LINK)
+    val link = viewIntent(SECOND_LINK)
+
+    controller.newIntent(link)
+
+    assertThat(controller.get().intent).isSameAs(link)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun getInitialURL_answersTheLinkDeliveredAfterLaunch() {
+    val controller = createActivity(FIRST_LINK)
+    controller.newIntent(viewIntent(SECOND_LINK))
+
+    verify(requestInitialURL(controller.get())).resolve(SECOND_LINK)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun getInitialURL_answersTheLaunchLinkWhenNoOtherArrives() {
+    val controller = createActivity(FIRST_LINK)
+
+    verify(requestInitialURL(controller.get())).resolve(FIRST_LINK)
+  }
+
+  private fun createActivity(link: String): ActivityController<TestReactActivity> {
+    val controller = Robolectric.buildActivity(TestReactActivity::class.java, viewIntent(link))
+    controller.get().setTheme(R.style.Theme_ReactNative_AppCompat_Light)
+    return controller.create()
+  }
+
+  private fun requestInitialURL(activity: ReactActivity): Promise {
+    val context = mock<ReactApplicationContext>()
+    whenever(context.currentActivity).thenReturn(activity)
+    val promise = mock<Promise>()
+    IntentModule(context).getInitialURL(promise)
+    return promise
+  }
+
+  private fun viewIntent(link: String): Intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(link))
+
+  /** Hands every new intent to a React host that is not ready yet, as a relaunch does. */
+  class TestReactActivity : ReactActivity() {
+    override fun createReactActivityDelegate(): ReactActivityDelegate =
+        object : ReactActivityDelegate(this, "Test") {
+          override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) = Unit
+
+          override fun onNewIntent(intent: Intent?): Boolean = true
+        }
+  }
+
+  private companion object {
+    const val FIRST_LINK = "rntester://first"
+    const val SECOND_LINK = "rntester://second"
+  }
+}