diff --git a/go_backend/extension_manifest.go b/go_backend/extension_manifest.go
index d2aebed0..e73a36fe 100644
--- a/go_backend/extension_manifest.go
+++ b/go_backend/extension_manifest.go
@@ -371,17 +371,57 @@ func (m *ExtensionManifest) HasURLHandler() bool {
 	return m.URLHandler != nil && m.URLHandler.Enabled && len(m.URLHandler.Patterns) > 0
 }
 
+// MatchesURL reports whether one of the handler's patterns matches the URL.
+// Web patterns are anchored to the URL's host (exact domain or subdomain,
+// optional path prefix) — never matched as a raw substring, so "spotify.com"
+// cannot match a URL that merely embeds it in a query parameter. Patterns
+// ending in ":" (e.g. "spotify:") match custom URI schemes as prefixes.
 func (m *ExtensionManifest) MatchesURL(urlStr string) bool {
 	if !m.HasURLHandler() {
 		return false
 	}
 
 	urlStr = strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(urlStr))
+	parsed, parseErr := url.Parse(urlStr)
+
 	for _, pattern := range m.URLHandler.Patterns {
 		pattern = strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(pattern))
-		if strings.Contains(urlStr, pattern) {
-			return true
+		if pattern == "" {
+			continue
 		}
+
+		// Scheme patterns anchor to the front of the URI.
+		if !strings.Contains(pattern, "/") && strings.HasSuffix(pattern, ":") {
+			if strings.HasPrefix(urlStr, pattern) {
+				return true
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if parseErr != nil || parsed.Host == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		host := parsed.Hostname()
+		urlPath := parsed.Path
+		if urlPath == "" {
+			urlPath = "/"
+		}
+
+		if idx := strings.Index(pattern, "://"); idx >= 0 {
+			pattern = pattern[idx+3:]
+		}
+		patternHost, patternPath, hasPath := strings.Cut(pattern, "/")
+		if patternHost == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		if host != patternHost && !strings.HasSuffix(host, "."+patternHost) {
+			continue
+		}
+		if hasPath && patternPath != "" &&
+			!strings.HasPrefix(urlPath, "/"+patternPath) {
+			continue
+		}
+		return true
 	}
 	return false
 }
diff --git a/go_backend/extension_providers.go b/go_backend/extension_providers.go
index f6fe0c9f..c375af63 100644
--- a/go_backend/extension_providers.go
+++ b/go_backend/extension_providers.go
@@ -133,16 +133,44 @@ func (m *extensionManager) SearchTracksWithMetadataProvidersForItemID(query stri
 	return tracks, nil
 }
 
+// FindURLHandler returns the enabled handler matching the URL. When several
+// extensions match (e.g. two Spotify handlers), the user's metadata provider
+// priority breaks the tie deterministically instead of Go's random map
+// iteration order.
 func (m *extensionManager) FindURLHandler(url string) *extensionProviderWrapper {
 	m.mu.RLock()
-	defer m.mu.RUnlock()
-
+	matches := make([]*loadedExtension, 0, 2)
 	for _, ext := range m.extensions {
 		if ext.Enabled && ext.Manifest.MatchesURL(url) && ext.Error == "" {
-			return newExtensionProviderWrapper(ext)
+			matches = append(matches, ext)
 		}
 	}
-	return nil
+	m.mu.RUnlock()
+
+	if len(matches) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if len(matches) > 1 {
+		rank := map[string]int{}
+		for i, id := range GetMetadataProviderPriority() {
+			rank[strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(id))] = i
+		}
+		sort.SliceStable(matches, func(i, j int) bool {
+			ri, oki := rank[strings.ToLower(matches[i].ID)]
+			rj, okj := rank[strings.ToLower(matches[j].ID)]
+			switch {
+			case oki && okj:
+				return ri < rj
+			case oki:
+				return true
+			case okj:
+				return false
+			default:
+				return matches[i].ID < matches[j].ID
+			}
+		})
+	}
+	return newExtensionProviderWrapper(matches[0])
 }
 
 type ExtURLHandleResultWithExtID struct {
diff --git a/go_backend/extension_providers_test.go b/go_backend/extension_providers_test.go
index 6ebdb669..bd2a9a54 100644
--- a/go_backend/extension_providers_test.go
+++ b/go_backend/extension_providers_test.go
@@ -777,3 +777,50 @@ func TestParseExtensionAuxiliaryResults(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected lyrics result: %+v", lyrics)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestMatchesURLHostAnchored(t *testing.T) {
+	manifest := &ExtensionManifest{
+		URLHandler: &URLHandlerConfig{
+			Enabled:  true,
+			Patterns: []string{"spotify.com", "deezer.page.link", "spotify:"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, urlStr := range []string{
+		"https://open.spotify.com/track/abc",
+		"https://spotify.com/track/abc",
+		"HTTPS://OPEN.SPOTIFY.COM/track/ABC",
+		"https://deezer.page.link/xyz",
+		"spotify:track:abc123",
+	} {
+		if !manifest.MatchesURL(urlStr) {
+			t.Fatalf("expected match for %q", urlStr)
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, urlStr := range []string{
+		// The old substring matching accepted all of these.
+		"https://evil.example/?next=https://spotify.com/track/abc",
+		"https://notspotify.com/track/abc",
+		"https://spotify.com.evil.example/track/abc",
+		"https://example.com/spotify.com",
+		"not a url at all",
+	} {
+		if manifest.MatchesURL(urlStr) {
+			t.Fatalf("expected no match for %q", urlStr)
+		}
+	}
+
+	withPath := &ExtensionManifest{
+		URLHandler: &URLHandlerConfig{
+			Enabled:  true,
+			Patterns: []string{"youtube.com/watch"},
+		},
+	}
+	if !withPath.MatchesURL("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc") {
+		t.Fatal("expected host+path prefix to match")
+	}
+	if withPath.MatchesURL("https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=abc") {
+		t.Fatal("expected different path to not match")
+	}
+}