diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/dslul/openboard/inputmethod/latin/inputlogic/InputLogic.java b/app/src/main/java/org/dslul/openboard/inputmethod/latin/inputlogic/InputLogic.java
index 5bba24693..d6adb825b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/dslul/openboard/inputmethod/latin/inputlogic/InputLogic.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/dslul/openboard/inputmethod/latin/inputlogic/InputLogic.java
@@ -2119,7 +2119,9 @@ public final class InputLogic {
     private boolean textBeforeCursorMayBeUrlOrSimilar(final SettingsValues settingsValues) {
         final EditorInfo ei = getCurrentInputEditorInfo();
         // URL field and no space -> may be URL
-        if (ei != null && (ei.inputType & InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_URI) != 0 && !mConnection.spaceBeforeCursor())
+        // for whatever absurd reason long message, postal address and email subject have type values that return true when filtering for URI, see https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/InputType
+        // so we really need to specifically require URI as only type variation
+        if (ei != null && (ei.inputType & 0x000000f0) == 0x00000010 && !mConnection.spaceBeforeCursor())
             return true;
         // already contains a SometimesWordConnector -> may be URL (not so sure, only do with detection enabled
         if (settingsValues.mUrlDetectionEnabled && settingsValues.mSpacingAndPunctuations.containsSometimesWordConnector(mWordComposer.getTypedWord()))
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/org/dslul/openboard/inputmethod/latin/InputLogicTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/org/dslul/openboard/inputmethod/latin/InputLogicTest.kt
index d35ae123c..4c68c8703 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/org/dslul/openboard/inputmethod/latin/InputLogicTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/org/dslul/openboard/inputmethod/latin/InputLogicTest.kt
@@ -416,6 +416,15 @@ class InputLogicTest {
         assertEquals("bla.com/img.jpg", composingText)
     }
 
+    @Test fun `don't accidentally detect some other text fields as URI`() {
+        // see comment in InputLogic.textBeforeCursorMayBeUrlOrSimilar
+        reset()
+        DeviceProtectedUtils.getSharedPreferences(latinIME).edit { putBoolean(Settings.PREF_AUTOSPACE_AFTER_PUNCTUATION, true) }
+        setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT or InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_LONG_MESSAGE)
+        chainInput("Hey,why")
+        assertEquals("Hey, why", text)
+    }
+
     // ------- helper functions ---------
 
     // should be called before every test, so the same state is guaranteed