diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index cec0d26e..1e90479f 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
+Anirudh Lakhotia
 Daniele Serafini
 Ishan Bhanuka
 Kalpit Kothari
 Katrin Leinweber
 Krithik Vaidya
 Kumar Shivendu
 Mihir Karbelkar
 Shankhadeep Dey
 Siddharth Ravikumar
diff --git a/assets/src/bundles/add_forge/create-request.js b/assets/src/bundles/add_forge/create-request.js
index 08f9ffd1..d9026f3e 100644
--- a/assets/src/bundles/add_forge/create-request.js
+++ b/assets/src/bundles/add_forge/create-request.js
@@ -1,133 +1,143 @@
 /**
  * Copyright (C) 2022  The Software Heritage developers
  * See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
  * License: GNU Affero General Public License version 3, or any later version
  * See top-level LICENSE file for more information
  */
 
 import {handleFetchError, csrfPost,
         getHumanReadableDate} from 'utils/functions';
 import userRequestsFilterCheckboxFn from 'utils/requests-filter-checkbox.ejs';
 import {swhSpinnerSrc} from 'utils/constants';
 
 let requestBrowseTable;
 
 const addForgeCheckboxId = 'swh-add-forge-user-filter';
 const userRequestsFilterCheckbox = userRequestsFilterCheckboxFn({
   'inputId': addForgeCheckboxId,
   'checked': true // by default, display only user requests
 });
 
 export function onCreateRequestPageLoad() {
   $(document).ready(() => {
     $('#requestCreateForm').submit(async function(event) {
       event.preventDefault();
       try {
         const response = await csrfPost($(this).attr('action'),
                                         {'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'},
                                         $(this).serialize());
         handleFetchError(response);
         $('#userMessageDetail').empty();
         $('#userMessage').text('Your request has been submitted');
         $('#userMessage').removeClass('badge-danger');
         $('#userMessage').addClass('badge-success');
         requestBrowseTable.draw(); // redraw the table to update the list
       } catch (errorResponse) {
         $('#userMessageDetail').empty();
 
         let errorMessage;
         let errorMessageDetail = '';
         const errorData = await errorResponse.json();
         // if (errorResponse.content_type === 'text/plain') { // does not work?
         if (errorResponse.status === 409) {
           errorMessage = errorData;
         } else { // assuming json response
           // const exception = errorData['exception'];
           errorMessage = 'An unknown error occurred during the request creation';
           try {
             const reason = JSON.parse(errorData['reason']);
             Object.entries(reason).forEach((keys, _) => {
               const key = keys[0];
               const message = keys[1][0]; // take only the first issue
               errorMessageDetail += `\n${key}: ${message}`;
             });
           } catch (_) {
             errorMessageDetail = errorData['reason']; // can't parse it, leave it raw
           }
         }
         $('#userMessage').text(
           errorMessageDetail ? `Error: ${errorMessageDetail}` : errorMessage
         );
         $('#userMessage').removeClass('badge-success');
         $('#userMessage').addClass('badge-danger');
       }
     });
 
     populateRequestBrowseList(); // Load existing requests
   });
 }
 
 export function populateRequestBrowseList() {
   requestBrowseTable = $('#add-forge-request-browse')
     .on('error.dt', (e, settings, techNote, message) => {
       $('#add-forge-browse-request-error').text(message);
     })
     .DataTable({
       serverSide: true,
       processing: true,
       language: {
         processing: `<img src="${swhSpinnerSrc}"></img>`
       },
       retrieve: true,
       searching: true,
       info: false,
       // Layout configuration, see [1] for more details
       // [1] https://datatables.net/reference/option/dom
       dom: '<"row"<"col-sm-3"l><"col-sm-6 text-left user-requests-filter"><"col-sm-3"f>>' +
            '<"row"<"col-sm-12"tr>>' +
            '<"row"<"col-sm-5"i><"col-sm-7"p>>',
       ajax: {
         'url': Urls.add_forge_request_list_datatables(),
         data: (d) => {
           const checked = $(`#${addForgeCheckboxId}`).prop('checked');
           // If this function is called while the page is loading, 'checked' is
           // undefined. As the checkbox defaults to being checked, coerce this to true.
           if (swh.webapp.isUserLoggedIn() && (checked === undefined || checked)) {
             d.user_requests_only = '1';
           }
         }
       },
       fnInitComplete: function() {
         if (swh.webapp.isUserLoggedIn()) {
           $('div.user-requests-filter').html(userRequestsFilterCheckbox);
           $(`#${addForgeCheckboxId}`).on('change', () => {
             requestBrowseTable.draw();
           });
         }
       },
       columns: [
         {
           data: 'submission_date',
           name: 'submission_date',
           render: getHumanReadableDate
         },
         {
           data: 'forge_type',
           name: 'forge_type',
           render: $.fn.dataTable.render.text()
         },
         {
           data: 'forge_url',
           name: 'forge_url',
-          render: $.fn.dataTable.render.text()
+          render: function(data, type, row) {
+            if (type === 'display') {
+              let html = '';
+              const sanitizedURL = $.fn.dataTable.render.text().display(data);
+              html += sanitizedURL;
+              html += `&nbsp;<a href="${sanitizedURL}" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">` +
+                '<i class="mdi mdi-open-in-new" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>';
+              return html;
+            }
+            return data;
+          }
         },
         {
           data: 'status',
           name: 'status',
           render: function(data, type, row, meta) {
             return swh.add_forge.formatRequestStatusName(data);
           }
         }
       ]
     });
 }