diff --git a/Forji/Forji/Views/MetadataPickers.swift b/Forji/Forji/Views/MetadataPickers.swift
index 56e1d3e..d341774 100644
--- a/Forji/Forji/Views/MetadataPickers.swift
+++ b/Forji/Forji/Views/MetadataPickers.swift
@@ -21,9 +21,14 @@ struct DescriptionEditorSection: View {
                     MarkdownPreview(text: text)
                         .font(.subheadline)
                         .lineLimit(3)
+                        // The preview renders selectable text and tappable links. Inside a
+                        // Button label those intercept the tap, so the editor sheet never
+                        // opens. Disable hit testing so the tap falls through to the Button.
+                        .allowsHitTesting(false)
                 }
             }
             .tint(.primary)
+            .accessibilityIdentifier("description-edit-button")
             .sheet(isPresented: $showingEditor) {
                 DescriptionEditorSheet(text: $text, title: title, onUploadImage: onUploadImage)
             }
diff --git a/Forji/ForjiUITests/IssueMutatingUITests.swift b/Forji/ForjiUITests/IssueMutatingUITests.swift
index 84f8ecc..2585aee 100644
--- a/Forji/ForjiUITests/IssueMutatingUITests.swift
+++ b/Forji/ForjiUITests/IssueMutatingUITests.swift
@@ -67,11 +67,36 @@ final class IssueMutatingUITests: ForgejoUITestBase {
         editTitleField.tap(withNumberOfTaps: 3, numberOfTouches: 1)
         editTitleField.typeText("Edited issue title")
 
+        // Edit the description. Tapping the description row must open the editor
+        // sheet, the regression from issue #80 was that the selectable markdown
+        // preview swallowed the tap so the sheet never appeared.
+        let descriptionButton = app.buttons["description-edit-button"]
+        XCTAssertTrue(descriptionButton.waitForExistence(timeout: 5))
+        descriptionButton.tap()
+
+        let descriptionEditor = app.textViews["markdown-text-editor"]
+        XCTAssertTrue(
+            descriptionEditor.waitForExistence(timeout: 5),
+            "Tapping the description should open the editor sheet",
+        )
+        descriptionEditor.tap()
+        descriptionEditor.typeText("UITESTDESC ")
+        app.buttons["Done"].tap()
+
         let saveButton = app.buttons["issue-edit-save"]
         XCTAssertTrue(saveButton.waitForExistence(timeout: 5))
         saveButton.tap()
         XCTAssertTrue(app.staticTexts["Edited issue title"].waitForExistence(timeout: 10))
 
+        // The edited description must be persisted and rendered in the detail view.
+        let editedDescription = app.staticTexts.element(
+            matching: NSPredicate(format: "label CONTAINS %@", "UITESTDESC"),
+        )
+        XCTAssertTrue(
+            editedDescription.waitForExistence(timeout: 10),
+            "Edited description should appear in the issue detail",
+        )
+
         // Close and reopen
         expandActionMenu()
         let toggleButton = app.buttons["issue-toggle-state"]