diff --git a/internal/kb/suggester.go b/internal/kb/suggester.go
index ce195acc..e5eeef94 100644
--- a/internal/kb/suggester.go
+++ b/internal/kb/suggester.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package kb
 import (
 	_ "embed"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )
 
+var ErrArticleNotFound = errors.New("KB article not found")
+
 //go:embed kbArticleList.json
 var articleListString []byte
 
@@ -75,6 +78,20 @@ func GetSuggestions(userInput string) (ArticleList, error) {
 	return articles, nil
 }
 
+// GetArticleIndex retrieve the index of an article from its url. if the article is not found, ErrArticleNotFound is returned.
+func GetArticleIndex(url string) (uint64, error) {
+	articles, err := GetArticleList()
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	index := xslices.IndexFunc(articles, func(article *Article) bool { return strings.EqualFold(article.URL, url) })
+	if index == -1 {
+		return 0, ErrArticleNotFound
+	}
+	return uint64(index), nil
+}
+
 func simplifyUserInput(input string) string {
 	// replace any sequence not matching of the following with a single space:
 	// - letters in any language (accentuated or not)
diff --git a/internal/kb/suggester_test.go b/internal/kb/suggester_test.go
index b3a8347e..e4373e2f 100644
--- a/internal/kb/suggester_test.go
+++ b/internal/kb/suggester_test.go
@@ -52,6 +52,18 @@ func Test_GetSuggestions(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Empty(t, suggestions)
 }
 
+func Test_GetArticleIndex(t *testing.T) {
+	index1, err := GetArticleIndex("https://proton.me/support/bridge-for-linux")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	index2, err := GetArticleIndex("HTTPS://PROTON.ME/support/bridge-for-linux")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, index1, index2)
+
+	_, err = GetArticleIndex("https://proton.me")
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, ErrArticleNotFound)
+}
+
 func Test_simplifyUserInput(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, "word1 ñóÄ don't déjà 33 pizza", simplifyUserInput("  \nword1    \n\tñóÄ   don't\n\n\ndéjà, 33    pizza=🍕\n,\n"))
 }
diff --git a/internal/user/config_status.go b/internal/user/config_status.go
index 12b529dc..f40e4d08 100644
--- a/internal/user/config_status.go
+++ b/internal/user/config_status.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ package user
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"strings"
+	"errors"
 
 	"github.com/ProtonMail/gluon/reporter"
 	"github.com/ProtonMail/proton-bridge/v3/internal/configstatus"
@@ -195,26 +195,25 @@ func (user *User) AutoconfigUsed(client string) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (user *User) ExternalLinkClicked(article string) {
+func (user *User) ExternalLinkClicked(url string) {
 	if !user.configStatus.IsPending() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	articles, err := kb.GetArticleList()
+	const externalLinkWasClicked = "External link was clicked."
+	index, err := kb.GetArticleIndex(url)
 	if err != nil {
-		user.log.WithError(err).Error("Failed to retrieve list of KB articles.")
+		if errors.Is(err, kb.ErrArticleNotFound) {
+			user.log.WithField("report", false).WithField("url", url).Debug(externalLinkWasClicked)
+		} else {
+			user.log.WithError(err).Error("Failed to retrieve list of KB articles.")
+		}
 		return
 	}
 
-	var reportToTelemetry bool
-	for _, a := range articles {
-		if strings.EqualFold(a.URL, article) {
-			if err := user.configStatus.RecordLinkClicked(a.Index); err != nil {
-				user.log.WithError(err).Error("Failed to log LinkClicked in config_status.")
-			}
-			reportToTelemetry = true
-			break
-		}
+	if err := user.configStatus.RecordLinkClicked(index); err != nil {
+		user.log.WithError(err).Error("Failed to log LinkClicked in config_status.")
+	} else {
+		user.log.WithField("report", true).WithField("url", url).Debug(externalLinkWasClicked)
 	}
-	user.log.WithField("report", reportToTelemetry).WithField("article", article).Debug("External link was clicked.")
 }