diff --git a/package_manager/src/Validator/ComposerExecutableValidator.php b/package_manager/src/Validator/ComposerExecutableValidator.php
index 959703f55b2728c940438c1894828e0a9115bae9..6b6914e65a946211a11e44cfba2ed9716c33b2e8 100644
--- a/package_manager/src/Validator/ComposerExecutableValidator.php
+++ b/package_manager/src/Validator/ComposerExecutableValidator.php
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class ComposerExecutableValidator implements EventSubscriberInterface {
   /**
    * Flags a validation error.
    *
-   * @param string $message
+   * @param string|\Drupal\Core\StringTranslation\TranslatableMarkup $message
    *   The error message. If the Help module is enabled, a link to Package
    *   Manager's online documentation will be appended.
    * @param \Drupal\package_manager\Event\PreOperationStageEvent $event
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class ComposerExecutableValidator implements EventSubscriberInterface {
    *
    * @see package_manager_help()
    */
-  protected function setError(string $message, PreOperationStageEvent $event): void {
+  protected function setError($message, PreOperationStageEvent $event): void {
     if ($this->moduleHandler->moduleExists('help')) {
       $url = Url::fromRoute('help.page', ['name' => 'package_manager'])
         ->setOption('fragment', 'package-manager-faq-composer-not-found')
diff --git a/package_manager/tests/src/Kernel/ComposerExecutableValidatorTest.php b/package_manager/tests/src/Kernel/ComposerExecutableValidatorTest.php
index bea65d091bf8aad3ac41830d2c3bc199f4699f52..d32e355b4fed790abe134e4a2eb958865b99cabc 100644
--- a/package_manager/tests/src/Kernel/ComposerExecutableValidatorTest.php
+++ b/package_manager/tests/src/Kernel/ComposerExecutableValidatorTest.php
@@ -173,11 +173,7 @@ class ComposerExecutableValidatorTest extends PackageManagerKernelTestBase {
       return $message . ' See <a href="' . $url . '">the help page</a> for information on how to configure the path to Composer.';
     };
     foreach ($expected_results as $index => $result) {
-      // The original messages contain HTML, so they need to be properly escaped
-      // before they are modified, to ensure that they are accurately compared
-      // with the messages returned by the validator.
-      $messages = array_map('\Drupal\Component\Utility\Html::escape', $result->getMessages());
-      $messages = array_map($map, $messages);
+      $messages = array_map($map, $result->getMessages());
       $expected_results[$index] = ValidationResult::createError($messages);
     }
     $this->assertStatusCheckResults($expected_results);
diff --git a/tests/src/Functional/AutomaticUpdatesFunctionalTestBase.php b/tests/src/Functional/AutomaticUpdatesFunctionalTestBase.php
index 97cc989455ec61ba97f8e25f4d2f38f083ade443..0703c6482484be892d80f0754e78f36f7277007c 100644
--- a/tests/src/Functional/AutomaticUpdatesFunctionalTestBase.php
+++ b/tests/src/Functional/AutomaticUpdatesFunctionalTestBase.php
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ abstract class AutomaticUpdatesFunctionalTestBase extends BrowserTestBase {
     // server. This should be okay in most situations because, apart from the
     // validator, only Composer Stager needs run Composer, and
     // package_manager_bypass is disabling those operations.
+    // @todo https://www.drupal.org/project/automatic_updates/issues/3320755.
     'automatic_updates.composer_executable_validator',
     'package_manager.validator.composer_executable',
     // Always allow tests to run with Xdebug on.
diff --git a/tests/src/Functional/ClickableHelpTest.php b/tests/src/Functional/ClickableHelpTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0a8764acc04120c7e6b421ba15caf5f597f0acc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/src/Functional/ClickableHelpTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types = 1);
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\automatic_updates\Functional;
+
+/**
+ * Tests package manager help link is clickable.
+ *
+ * @group automatic_updates
+ */
+class ClickableHelpTest extends AutomaticUpdatesFunctionalTestBase {
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected static $modules = [
+    'automatic_updates',
+    'help',
+  ];
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected $defaultTheme = 'starterkit_theme';
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function setUp(): void {
+    unset($this->disableValidators[array_search('package_manager.validator.composer_executable', $this->disableValidators)]);
+    parent::setUp();
+    $this->setReleaseMetadata(__DIR__ . '/../../../package_manager/tests/fixtures/release-history/drupal.9.8.1-security.xml');
+    $this->checkerRunnerUser = $this->createUser([
+      'administer site configuration',
+    ]);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests if composer executable is not present then the help link clickable.
+   */
+  public function testHelpLinkClickable(): void {
+    $this->drupalLogin($this->checkerRunnerUser);
+    $this->config('package_manager.settings')
+      ->set('executables.composer', '/not/matching/path/to/composer')
+      ->save();
+    $this->drupalGet('admin/reports/status');
+    $this->assertSession()->linkByHrefExists('/admin/help/package_manager#package-manager-faq-composer-not-found');
+  }
+
+}