diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0c47a9c0c6..097ac54b65 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 
+## [0.12.1] - 2023-02-25
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fix for batch update glitch https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/1880
+
 ## [0.12.0] - 2023-02-24
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 97694cc230..75e03a1554 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "textual"
-version = "0.12.0"
+version = "0.12.1"
 homepage = "https://github.com/Textualize/textual"
 description = "Modern Text User Interface framework"
 authors = ["Will McGugan <will@textualize.io>"]
diff --git a/src/textual/_styles_cache.py b/src/textual/_styles_cache.py
index c760fcfe3f..1082f4c054 100644
--- a/src/textual/_styles_cache.py
+++ b/src/textual/_styles_cache.py
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 from rich.style import Style
 
 from ._border import get_box, render_row
-from .filter import LineFilter
 from ._opacity import _apply_opacity
 from ._segment_tools import line_pad, line_trim
 from .color import Color
+from .filter import LineFilter
 from .geometry import Region, Size, Spacing
 from .renderables.text_opacity import TextOpacity
 from .renderables.tint import Tint
@@ -120,13 +120,12 @@ def render_widget(self, widget: Widget, crop: Region) -> list[Strip]:
         )
         if widget.auto_links:
             hover_style = widget.hover_style
-            link_hover_style = widget.link_hover_style
             if (
-                link_hover_style
-                and hover_style._link_id
+                hover_style._link_id
                 and hover_style._meta
                 and "@click" in hover_style.meta
             ):
+                link_hover_style = widget.link_hover_style
                 if link_hover_style:
                     strips = [
                         strip.style_links(hover_style.link_id, link_hover_style)
diff --git a/src/textual/app.py b/src/textual/app.py
index 44d20e76f5..e49812f011 100644
--- a/src/textual/app.py
+++ b/src/textual/app.py
@@ -460,10 +460,6 @@ def _end_batch(self) -> None:
         self._batch_count -= 1
         assert self._batch_count >= 0, "This won't happen if you use `batch_update`"
         if not self._batch_count:
-            try:
-                self.screen.check_idle()
-            except ScreenStackError:
-                pass
             self.check_idle()
 
     def animate(
diff --git a/src/textual/strip.py b/src/textual/strip.py
index 53d8a8e9f2..9b82db01d1 100644
--- a/src/textual/strip.py
+++ b/src/textual/strip.py
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 from rich.style import Style, StyleType
 
 from ._cache import FIFOCache
-from .filter import LineFilter
 from ._segment_tools import index_to_cell_position
+from .filter import LineFilter
 
 
 @rich.repr.auto
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class Strip:
         "_cell_length",
         "_divide_cache",
         "_crop_cache",
+        "_link_ids",
     ]
 
     def __init__(
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._cell_length = cell_length
         self._divide_cache: FIFOCache[tuple[int, ...], list[Strip]] = FIFOCache(4)
         self._crop_cache: FIFOCache[tuple[int, int], Strip] = FIFOCache(4)
+        self._link_ids: set[str] | None = None
 
     def __rich_repr__(self) -> rich.repr.Result:
         yield self._segments
@@ -48,6 +50,15 @@ def text(self) -> str:
         """Segment text."""
         return "".join(segment.text for segment in self._segments)
 
+    @property
+    def link_ids(self) -> set[str]:
+        """A set of the link ids in this Strip."""
+        if self._link_ids is None:
+            self._link_ids = {
+                style._link_id for _, style, _ in self._segments if style is not None
+            }
+        return self._link_ids
+
     @classmethod
     def blank(cls, cell_length: int, style: StyleType | None = None) -> Strip:
         """Create a blank strip.
@@ -230,19 +241,18 @@ def style_links(self, link_id: str, link_style: Style) -> Strip:
         Returns:
             New strip (or same Strip if no changes).
         """
+
         _Segment = Segment
-        if not any(
-            segment.style._link_id == link_id
-            for segment in self._segments
-            if segment.style
-        ):
+        if link_id not in self.link_ids:
             return self
         segments = [
             _Segment(
                 text,
-                (style + link_style if style is not None else None)
-                if (style and not style._null and style._link_id == link_id)
-                else style,
+                (
+                    (style + link_style if style is not None else None)
+                    if (style and not style._null and style._link_id == link_id)
+                    else style
+                ),
                 control,
             )
             for text, style, control in self._segments