diff --git a/Wikipedia/Code/AppDelegate.swift b/Wikipedia/Code/AppDelegate.swift
index 42066f55656..4f1df68033d 100644
--- a/Wikipedia/Code/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/Wikipedia/Code/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate {
     func applicationWillTerminate(_ application: UIApplication) {
         updateDynamicIconShortcutItems()
     }
-    
-    func application(_ application: UIApplication, willContinueUserActivityWithType userActivityType: String) -> Bool {
-        return true
-    }
 
     // MARK: UISceneSession Lifecycle
 
diff --git a/Wikipedia/Code/NavigationStateController.swift b/Wikipedia/Code/NavigationStateController.swift
index d7113c9a9df..a7152646fe9 100644
--- a/Wikipedia/Code/NavigationStateController.swift
+++ b/Wikipedia/Code/NavigationStateController.swift
@@ -25,12 +25,14 @@ final class NavigationStateController: NSObject {
         }
         
         guard let articleViewController = visibleArticleViewController(for: selectedNavigationController) else {
+            moc.navigationState = nil
             return
         }
         
         let info = Info(articleKey: articleViewController.articleURL.wmf_databaseKey)
         
         guard let stateToPersist = NavigationState.ViewController(kind: .article, presentation: .push, info: info) else {
+            moc.navigationState = nil
             return
         }
         
diff --git a/Wikipedia/Code/SceneDelegate.swift b/Wikipedia/Code/SceneDelegate.swift
index e8105ecf589..ed711c846a5 100644
--- a/Wikipedia/Code/SceneDelegate.swift
+++ b/Wikipedia/Code/SceneDelegate.swift
@@ -33,6 +33,18 @@ class SceneDelegate: UIResponder, UIWindowSceneDelegate {
             return
         }
         
+        // scene(_ scene: UIScene, continue userActivity: NSUserActivity) and
+        // scene(_ scene: UIScene, openURLContexts URLContexts: Set<UIOpenURLContext>)
+        // windowScene(_ windowScene: UIWindowScene, performActionFor shortcutItem: UIApplicationShortcutItem, completionHandler: @escaping (Bool) -> Void)
+        // are not called upon terminated state, so we need to handle them explicitly here.
+        if let userActivity = connectionOptions.userActivities.first {
+            processUserActivity(userActivity)
+        } else if !connectionOptions.urlContexts.isEmpty {
+            openURLContexts(connectionOptions.urlContexts)
+        } else if let shortcutItem = connectionOptions.shortcutItem {
+            processShortcutItem(shortcutItem)
+        }
+        
         UNUserNotificationCenter.current().delegate = appViewController
         appViewController.launchApp(in: window, waitToResumeApp: appNeedsResume)
     }
@@ -63,10 +75,20 @@ class SceneDelegate: UIResponder, UIWindowSceneDelegate {
     }
     
     func windowScene(_ windowScene: UIWindowScene, performActionFor shortcutItem: UIApplicationShortcutItem, completionHandler: @escaping (Bool) -> Void) {
-        appViewController?.processShortcutItem(shortcutItem, completion: completionHandler)
+        processShortcutItem(shortcutItem, completionHandler: completionHandler)
+    }
+    
+    private func processShortcutItem(_ shortcutItem: UIApplicationShortcutItem, completionHandler: ((Bool) -> Void)? = nil) {
+        appViewController?.processShortcutItem(shortcutItem) { handled in
+            completionHandler?(handled)
+        }
     }
     
     func scene(_ scene: UIScene, continue userActivity: NSUserActivity) {
+        processUserActivity(userActivity)
+    }
+    
+    private func processUserActivity(_ userActivity: NSUserActivity) {
         guard let appViewController else {
             return
         }
@@ -99,7 +121,10 @@ class SceneDelegate: UIResponder, UIWindowSceneDelegate {
     }
     
     func scene(_ scene: UIScene, openURLContexts URLContexts: Set<UIOpenURLContext>) {
-        
+        openURLContexts(URLContexts)
+    }
+    
+    private func openURLContexts(_ URLContexts: Set<UIOpenURLContext>) {
         guard let appViewController else {
             return
         }
diff --git a/Wikipedia/Code/WMFAppViewController.m b/Wikipedia/Code/WMFAppViewController.m
index a725b6e54c0..62c95a241b5 100644
--- a/Wikipedia/Code/WMFAppViewController.m
+++ b/Wikipedia/Code/WMFAppViewController.m
@@ -384,9 +384,7 @@ - (UIInterfaceOrientation)preferredInterfaceOrientationForPresentation {
 #pragma mark - Notifications
 
 - (void)appWillEnterForegroundWithNotification:(NSNotification *)note {
-    // Don't access anything that can't be accessed in the background without starting a background task. For example, don't use anything in the shared app container like all of the Core Data persistent stores
-    self.unprocessedUserActivity = nil;
-    self.unprocessedShortcutItem = nil;
+
 }
 
 // When the user launches from a terminated state, resume might not finish before didBecomeActive, so these tasks are held until both items complete
diff --git a/docs/url_schemes.md b/docs/url_schemes.md
index 33f0ca76769..a236867e130 100644
--- a/docs/url_schemes.md
+++ b/docs/url_schemes.md
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ The URL scheme is `wikipedia://`. The following URLs are currently handled:
 | ------------------ | ---------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
 | Article            | wikipedia://[site]/wiki/[page_id]        | wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red    |
 |                    | https://[[site]/wiki/[page_id]           | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red        |
-| Content            | wikipedia://content                      |                                          |
+| Content            | wikipedia://content                      | wikipedia://content/on-this-day/wikipedia.org/en/2024/08/15                                         |
 | Explore            | wikipedia://explore                      |                                          |
 | History            | wikipedia://history                      |                                          |
-| Places             | wikipedia://places[?WMFArticleURL=]      |                                          |
+| Places             | wikipedia://places[?WMFArticleURL=]      | wikipedia://places/?WMFArticleURL=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas
+                                         |
 | Saved pages        | wikipedia://saved                        |                                          |
-| Search             | wikipedia://[site]/w/index.php?search=[query] | wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=dog |