diff --git a/client/src/components/History/SwitchToHistoryLink.test.ts b/client/src/components/History/SwitchToHistoryLink.test.ts
index e45a043e5fa3..e4ff8970cafa 100644
--- a/client/src/components/History/SwitchToHistoryLink.test.ts
+++ b/client/src/components/History/SwitchToHistoryLink.test.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import { createTestingPinia } from "@pinia/testing";
 import { getLocalVue } from "@tests/jest/helpers";
-import { shallowMount } from "@vue/test-utils";
+import { mount } from "@vue/test-utils";
 import axios from "axios";
 import MockAdapter from "axios-mock-adapter";
 import flushPromises from "flush-promises";
 
-import { type HistorySummary } from "@/api";
+import { type HistorySummaryExtended } from "@/api";
+import { useUserStore } from "@/stores/userStore";
 
 import SwitchToHistoryLink from "./SwitchToHistoryLink.vue";
 
@@ -15,13 +16,13 @@ const selectors = {
     historyLink: ".history-link",
 } as const;
 
-function mountSwitchToHistoryLinkForHistory(history: HistorySummary) {
+function mountSwitchToHistoryLinkForHistory(history: HistorySummaryExtended) {
     const pinia = createTestingPinia();
 
     const axiosMock = new MockAdapter(axios);
     axiosMock.onGet(`/api/histories/${history.id}`).reply(200, history);
 
-    const wrapper = shallowMount(SwitchToHistoryLink as object, {
+    const wrapper = mount(SwitchToHistoryLink as object, {
         propsData: {
             historyId: history.id,
         },
@@ -31,10 +32,19 @@ function mountSwitchToHistoryLinkForHistory(history: HistorySummary) {
             FontAwesomeIcon: true,
         },
     });
+
+    const userStore = useUserStore();
+    userStore.currentUser = {
+        email: "email",
+        id: "user_id",
+        tags_used: [],
+        isAnonymous: false,
+        total_disk_usage: 0,
+    };
     return wrapper;
 }
 
-async function expectOptionForHistory(option: string, history: HistorySummary) {
+async function expectOptionForHistory(option: string, history: HistorySummaryExtended) {
     const wrapper = mountSwitchToHistoryLinkForHistory(history);
 
     // Wait for the history to be loaded
@@ -52,7 +62,7 @@ describe("SwitchToHistoryLink", () => {
             deleted: false,
             archived: false,
             purged: false,
-        } as HistorySummary;
+        } as HistorySummaryExtended;
         const wrapper = mountSwitchToHistoryLinkForHistory(history);
 
         expect(wrapper.find(selectors.historyLink).exists()).toBe(false);
@@ -72,7 +82,8 @@ describe("SwitchToHistoryLink", () => {
             deleted: false,
             purged: false,
             archived: false,
-        } as HistorySummary;
+            user_id: "user_id",
+        } as HistorySummaryExtended;
         await expectOptionForHistory("Switch", history);
     });
 
@@ -83,7 +94,8 @@ describe("SwitchToHistoryLink", () => {
             deleted: false,
             purged: true,
             archived: false,
-        } as HistorySummary;
+            user_id: "user_id",
+        } as HistorySummaryExtended;
         await expectOptionForHistory("View", history);
     });
 
@@ -94,7 +106,23 @@ describe("SwitchToHistoryLink", () => {
             deleted: false,
             purged: false,
             archived: true,
-        } as HistorySummary;
+            user_id: "user_id",
+        } as HistorySummaryExtended;
         await expectOptionForHistory("View", history);
     });
+
+    it("should view in new tab when the history is accessible", async () => {
+        const history = {
+            id: "public-history-id",
+            name: "History Published",
+            deleted: false,
+            purged: false,
+            archived: false,
+            published: true,
+            user_id: "other_user_id",
+        } as HistorySummaryExtended;
+        await expectOptionForHistory("View", history);
+    });
+
+    // if the history is inaccessible, the HistorySummary would never be fetched in the first place
 });
diff --git a/client/src/components/History/SwitchToHistoryLink.vue b/client/src/components/History/SwitchToHistoryLink.vue
index 4087ccecd27c..58dca75e389e 100644
--- a/client/src/components/History/SwitchToHistoryLink.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/History/SwitchToHistoryLink.vue
@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@ import { BLink } from "bootstrap-vue";
 import { computed } from "vue";
 import { useRouter } from "vue-router/composables";
 
-import { HistorySummary } from "@/api";
+import { type HistorySummary, userOwnsHistory } from "@/api";
+import { Toast } from "@/composables/toast";
 import { useHistoryStore } from "@/stores/historyStore";
+import { useUserStore } from "@/stores/userStore";
+import { errorMessageAsString } from "@/utils/simple-error";
 
 import LoadingSpan from "@/components/LoadingSpan.vue";
 
@@ -15,6 +18,7 @@ library.add(faArchive, faBurn);
 
 const router = useRouter();
 const historyStore = useHistoryStore();
+const userStore = useUserStore();
 
 interface Props {
     historyId: string;
@@ -25,7 +29,13 @@ const props = defineProps<Props>();
 
 const history = computed(() => historyStore.getHistoryById(props.historyId));
 
-const canSwitch = computed(() => !!history.value && !history.value.archived && !history.value.purged);
+const canSwitch = computed(
+    () =>
+        !!history.value &&
+        !history.value.archived &&
+        !history.value.purged &&
+        userOwnsHistory(userStore.currentUser, history.value)
+);
 
 const actionText = computed(() => {
     if (canSwitch.value) {
@@ -37,12 +47,16 @@ const actionText = computed(() => {
     return "View in new tab";
 });
 
-function onClick(history: HistorySummary) {
+async function onClick(history: HistorySummary) {
     if (canSwitch.value) {
         if (props.filters) {
             historyStore.applyFilters(history.id, props.filters);
         } else {
-            historyStore.setCurrentHistory(history.id);
+            try {
+                await historyStore.setCurrentHistory(history.id);
+            } catch (error) {
+                Toast.error(errorMessageAsString(error));
+            }
         }
         return;
     }
diff --git a/client/src/stores/historyStore.ts b/client/src/stores/historyStore.ts
index 38c430ead734..b15227ddde67 100644
--- a/client/src/stores/historyStore.ts
+++ b/client/src/stores/historyStore.ts
@@ -98,9 +98,13 @@ export const useHistoryStore = defineStore("historyStore", () => {
     });
 
     async function setCurrentHistory(historyId: string) {
-        const currentHistory = (await setCurrentHistoryOnServer(historyId)) as HistoryDevDetailed;
-        selectHistory(currentHistory);
-        setFilterText(historyId, "");
+        try {
+            const currentHistory = (await setCurrentHistoryOnServer(historyId)) as HistoryDevDetailed;
+            selectHistory(currentHistory);
+            setFilterText(historyId, "");
+        } catch (error) {
+            rethrowSimple(error);
+        }
     }
 
     function setCurrentHistoryId(historyId: string) {