From 2cbe86358f2c5634549707174e0ce2fb64b061a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 01:37:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Initial plan


From ef90e83644d46cf860ecff20c8fc5a3ebf0839a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 01:41:59 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] fix(Link): destructure muted prop to prevent DOM leakage

Co-authored-by: mattcosta7 <8616962+mattcosta7@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 packages/react/src/Link/Link.tsx | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/react/src/Link/Link.tsx b/packages/react/src/Link/Link.tsx
index 1680afb2eb1..65d08ac1424 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/Link/Link.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/Link/Link.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export const UnwrappedLink = <As extends React.ElementType = 'a'>(
   props: PolymorphicProps<As, 'a', StyledLinkProps>,
   ref: ForwardedRef<unknown>,
 ) => {
-  const {as: Component = 'a', className, inline, hoverColor, ...restProps} = props
+  const {as: Component = 'a', className, inline, muted, hoverColor, ...restProps} = props
   const innerRef = React.useRef<ElementRef<As>>(null)
   useRefObjectAsForwardedRef(ref, innerRef)
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export const UnwrappedLink = <As extends React.ElementType = 'a'>(
   return (
     <Component
       className={clsx(className, classes.Link)}
-      data-muted={restProps.muted}
+      data-muted={muted}
       data-inline={inline}
       data-hover-color={hoverColor}
       {...restProps}

From 61eb74714d0862603ae5003e46f9752c819cc2fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 01:49:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] test(Link): assert bare muted attribute is not leaked to
 DOM

Co-authored-by: mattcosta7 <8616962+mattcosta7@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 packages/react/src/Link/__tests__/Link.test.tsx | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/packages/react/src/Link/__tests__/Link.test.tsx b/packages/react/src/Link/__tests__/Link.test.tsx
index 56907955641..5a0c04532b8 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/Link/__tests__/Link.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/Link/__tests__/Link.test.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ describe('Link', () => {
   it('respects the "muted" prop', () => {
     const {container} = render(<Link muted />)
     expect(container.firstChild).toHaveAttribute('data-muted', 'true')
+    expect(container.firstChild).not.toHaveAttribute('muted')
   })
 
   it('logs a warning when trying to render invalid "as" prop', () => {

From 230d875ed78cb501ad942c997a1568b3504d3b06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 20:15:53 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] chore: add changeset for Link muted DOM attribute test

Co-authored-by: mattcosta7 <8616962+mattcosta7@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .changeset/tame-lions-blend.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/tame-lions-blend.md

diff --git a/.changeset/tame-lions-blend.md b/.changeset/tame-lions-blend.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c82a7526310
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tame-lions-blend.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@primer/react': patch
+---
+
+Add test to validate that the `muted` prop is not leaked as a bare DOM attribute on `Link`