diff --git a/src/vs/editor/common/modes/linkComputer.ts b/src/vs/editor/common/modes/linkComputer.ts
index da76e1dc8ae59f723432935353ff5906c8f20720..ad801ef2e976de173738de8e0030efdeeb9a40dc 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/common/modes/linkComputer.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/common/modes/linkComputer.ts
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ class LinkComputer {
 				let resetStateMachine = false;
 				const chCode = line.charCodeAt(j);
 
-				if (state === State.Accept || state === State.End) {
+				if (state === State.Accept) {
 					let chClass: CharacterClass;
 					switch (chCode) {
 						case CharCode.OpenParen:
@@ -245,9 +245,22 @@ class LinkComputer {
 
 					// Check if character terminates link
 					if (chClass === CharacterClass.ForceTermination) {
-						if (state === State.Accept) {
-							result.push(LinkComputer._createLink(classifier, line, i, linkBeginIndex, j));
-						}
+						result.push(LinkComputer._createLink(classifier, line, i, linkBeginIndex, j));
+						resetStateMachine = true;
+					}
+				} else if (state === State.End) {
+
+					let chClass: CharacterClass;
+					if (chCode === CharCode.OpenSquareBracket) {
+						// Allow for the authority part to contain ipv6 addresses which contain [ and ]
+						hasOpenSquareBracket = true;
+						chClass = CharacterClass.None;
+					} else {
+						chClass = classifier.get(chCode);
+					}
+
+					// Check if character terminates link
+					if (chClass === CharacterClass.ForceTermination) {
 						resetStateMachine = true;
 					} else {
 						state = State.Accept;
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/test/common/modes/linkComputer.test.ts b/src/vs/editor/test/common/modes/linkComputer.test.ts
index 70daaefe1d318683d77fbc586ad97777c2399d0c..b4f3b76f688d57c05265b0a0b5cc79fc32313f59 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/test/common/modes/linkComputer.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/test/common/modes/linkComputer.test.ts
@@ -195,4 +195,11 @@ suite('Editor Modes - Link Computer', () => {
 			'                                                                                                                                                 https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms687414(v=vs.85).aspx                                  '
 		);
 	});
+
+	test('issue #62278: "Ctrl + click to follow link" for IPv6 URLs', () => {
+		assertLink(
+			'let x = "http://[::1]:5000/connect/token"',
+			'         http://[::1]:5000/connect/token  '
+		);
+	});
 });