I think there's a GitHub issue for it too. Please upvote!
* CTRL-T opens in DefCon
* Right-clicking a link and selecting "Open in New Tab" opens in SameCon
That's what I would expect the default behavior to be.
But, if you're someone who browses primarily using keyboard shortcuts, this just doesn't cut it.
https://github.com/mozilla/testpilot-containers/issues/245
"Opening a new tab from a container window opens a normal tab and not a
container tab"
I should note that the last comment on that issue was made in July, so I went ahead and commented asking about adding a setting to change the new-tab container inheritance behavior.