diff --git a/cli/src/commands.rs b/cli/src/commands.rs
index d2667d1..dbac782 100644
--- a/cli/src/commands.rs
+++ b/cli/src/commands.rs
@@ -424,6 +424,9 @@ fn parse_command_inner(args: &[String], flags: &Flags) -> Result<Value, ParseErr
         // === Core Actions ===
         "click" => {
             let new_tab = rest.contains(&"--new-tab");
+            // `--follow`: if the click opens a new tab, switch the active tab to
+            // it (default reports the opened tab but stays put) (issue #24-A).
+            let follow = rest.contains(&"--follow");
             // Coordinate click as a first-class form (issue #8.4): when the only
             // handle is a pixel position, no element/selector is needed.
             //   click <x> <y>          e.g. click 449 320
@@ -432,23 +435,27 @@ fn parse_command_inner(args: &[String], flags: &Flags) -> Result<Value, ParseErr
             let coord_args: Vec<&str> = rest
                 .iter()
                 .copied()
-                .filter(|a| *a != "--new-tab" && *a != "--coords")
+                .filter(|a| !a.starts_with("--"))
                 .collect();
             if let Some((x, y)) = parse_coords(&coord_args) {
                 return Ok(json!({ "id": id, "action": "click", "x": x, "y": y }));
             }
             let sel = rest
                 .iter()
-                .find(|arg| **arg != "--new-tab")
+                .find(|arg| !arg.starts_with("--"))
                 .ok_or_else(|| ParseError::MissingArguments {
                     context: "click".to_string(),
-                    usage: "click <selector> | click <x> <y> | click --coords <x>,<y> [--new-tab]",
+                    usage:
+                        "click <selector> | click <x> <y> | click --coords <x>,<y> [--new-tab] [--follow]",
                 })?;
+            let mut cmd = json!({ "id": id, "action": "click", "selector": sel });
             if new_tab {
-                Ok(json!({ "id": id, "action": "click", "selector": sel, "newTab": true }))
-            } else {
-                Ok(json!({ "id": id, "action": "click", "selector": sel }))
+                cmd["newTab"] = json!(true);
             }
+            if follow {
+                cmd["follow"] = json!(true);
+            }
+            Ok(cmd)
         }
         "dblclick" => {
             let sel = rest.first().ok_or_else(|| ParseError::MissingArguments {
@@ -3784,6 +3791,21 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(cmd.get("x").is_none());
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_click_follow_flag() {
+        // `--follow` sets the flag; the selector is still found even with the flag
+        // before it (issue #24-A).
+        let cmd = parse_command(&args("click @e5 --follow"), &default_flags()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(cmd["selector"], "@e5");
+        assert_eq!(cmd["follow"], true);
+        let cmd2 = parse_command(&args("click --follow @e5"), &default_flags()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(cmd2["selector"], "@e5");
+        assert_eq!(cmd2["follow"], true);
+        // Absent by default.
+        let plain = parse_command(&args("click @e5"), &default_flags()).unwrap();
+        assert!(plain.get("follow").is_none());
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_tabs_alias_lists() {
         assert_eq!(
diff --git a/cli/src/native/actions.rs b/cli/src/native/actions.rs
index dbe84ee..68147ac 100644
--- a/cli/src/native/actions.rs
+++ b/cli/src/native/actions.rs
@@ -3116,6 +3116,15 @@ async fn handle_click(cmd: &Value, state: &mut DaemonState) -> Result<Value, Str
 
     let button = cmd.get("button").and_then(|v| v.as_str()).unwrap_or("left");
     let click_count = cmd.get("clickCount").and_then(|v| v.as_i64()).unwrap_or(1) as i32;
+    let follow = cmd.get("follow").and_then(|v| v.as_bool()).unwrap_or(false);
+
+    // Snapshot tracked targets so we can tell if this click opened a NEW tab
+    // (target=_blank link / window.open). On the relay the new tab is discovered
+    // passively and doesn't steal focus (#7/#8.1), so without surfacing it the
+    // post-click snapshot shows the OLD page and looks like the click failed
+    // (issue #24-A).
+    let before: std::collections::HashSet<String> =
+        mgr.pages_list().into_iter().map(|p| p.target_id).collect();
 
     interaction::click(
         &mgr.client,
@@ -3128,7 +3137,26 @@ async fn handle_click(cmd: &Value, state: &mut DaemonState) -> Result<Value, Str
     )
     .await?;
 
-    Ok(json!({ "clicked": selector }))
+    // Give a just-opened tab a moment to register, then look for it.
+    let mgr = state.browser.as_mut().ok_or("Browser not launched")?;
+    tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(150)).await;
+    let opened = mgr.adopt_newly_opened(&before).await;
+
+    let mut out = json!({ "clicked": selector });
+    if let Some(page) = opened {
+        let tab_id = super::browser::format_tab_id(page.tab_id);
+        out["openedTab"] = json!({ "tabId": tab_id, "url": page.url, "title": page.title });
+        // `--follow`: switch the active tab to the newly-opened one (default is
+        // to report it but stay put, so multi-tab flows aren't hijacked).
+        if follow {
+            state.ref_map.clear();
+            state.iframe_sessions.clear();
+            state.active_frame_id = None;
+            let _ = mgr.tab_switch_by_id(page.tab_id).await;
+            out["followed"] = json!(true);
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(out)
 }
 
 async fn handle_dblclick(cmd: &Value, state: &mut DaemonState) -> Result<Value, String> {
diff --git a/cli/src/native/browser.rs b/cli/src/native/browser.rs
index d697220..d308b8f 100644
--- a/cli/src/native/browser.rs
+++ b/cli/src/native/browser.rs
@@ -1279,6 +1279,67 @@ impl BrowserManager {
     /// the active tab is preserved, and re-pinned if it was pruned. Powers a live
     /// `tab list` and adopt-by-targetId so a fresh session can reach a stranded,
     /// still-filled tab without reloading it (issue #21).
+    /// Detect targets that appeared since the `before` set (e.g. a click that
+    /// opened a new tab via a `target=_blank` link or `window.open`), attach +
+    /// track each in the background, and return the first newly-opened page.
+    ///
+    /// Lighter than [`resync_targets`] — one `getTargets` and work only on the
+    /// new targets, no whole-tab url/title refresh — so it's cheap enough to run
+    /// after every click. The new tab is added in the background (never steals
+    /// the active tab, per #7/#8.1); the caller surfaces it so the agent knows a
+    /// tab opened instead of seeing the old page (issue #24-A).
+    pub async fn adopt_newly_opened(&mut self, before: &HashSet<String>) -> Option<PageInfo> {
+        let result: GetTargetsResult = self
+            .client
+            .send_command_typed("Target.getTargets", &json!({}), None)
+            .await
+            .ok()?;
+        let live: Vec<TargetInfo> = result
+            .target_infos
+            .into_iter()
+            .filter(should_track_target)
+            .collect();
+        let mut opened: Option<PageInfo> = None;
+        for target in &live {
+            if before.contains(&target.target_id)
+                || self.pages.iter().any(|p| p.target_id == target.target_id)
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+            let attach: AttachToTargetResult = match self
+                .client
+                .send_command_typed(
+                    "Target.attachToTarget",
+                    &AttachToTargetParams {
+                        target_id: target.target_id.clone(),
+                        flatten: true,
+                    },
+                    None,
+                )
+                .await
+            {
+                Ok(r) => r,
+                Err(_) => continue,
+            };
+            let tab_id = self.assign_tab_id();
+            let page = PageInfo {
+                tab_id,
+                label: None,
+                target_id: target.target_id.clone(),
+                session_id: attach.session_id.clone(),
+                url: target.url.clone(),
+                title: target.title.clone(),
+                target_type: target.target_type.clone(),
+            };
+            self.add_background_page(page.clone());
+            let _ = self.enable_domains(&attach.session_id).await;
+            if opened.is_none() {
+                opened = Some(page);
+            }
+        }
+        opened
+    }
+
     pub async fn resync_targets(&mut self) -> Result<(), String> {
         self.client
             .send_command_typed::<_, Value>(
diff --git a/cli/src/output.rs b/cli/src/output.rs
index bb59fc2..be08aaa 100644
--- a/cli/src/output.rs
+++ b/cli/src/output.rs
@@ -186,6 +186,29 @@ pub fn print_response_with_opts(resp: &Response, action: Option<&str>, opts: &Ou
     }
 
     if let Some(data) = &resp.data {
+        // A click that opened a new tab: surface it so the agent doesn't read the
+        // unchanged old page as a failed click (issue #24-A).
+        if let Some(opened) = data.get("openedTab") {
+            let tid = opened.get("tabId").and_then(|v| v.as_str()).unwrap_or("?");
+            let url = opened.get("url").and_then(|v| v.as_str()).unwrap_or("");
+            let followed = data
+                .get("followed")
+                .and_then(|v| v.as_bool())
+                .unwrap_or(false);
+            let verb = if followed {
+                "switched to new tab"
+            } else {
+                "opened new tab"
+            };
+            eprintln!(
+                "{} {} [{}] {}",
+                color::cyan("→"),
+                verb,
+                tid,
+                color::dim(url)
+            );
+        }
+
         // Dialog status response
         if action == Some("dialog") {
             if let Some(has_dialog) = data.get("hasDialog").and_then(|v| v.as_bool()) {