diff --git a/apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/surface.test.ts b/apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/surface.test.ts
index 59150ee320ae..da22657826df 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/surface.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/surface.test.ts
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ describe("GhosttyTerminalSurface visibility", () => {
 
     const canvas = new TerminalTestElement();
     const mount = new TerminalTestElement();
+    let input: TerminalTestElement | undefined;
     const context = {
       canvas,
       beginPath() {},
@@ -116,7 +117,12 @@ describe("GhosttyTerminalSurface visibility", () => {
       }),
     };
     vi.stubGlobal("document", {
-      createElement: (tag: string) => (tag === "canvas" ? canvas : new TerminalTestElement()),
+      createElement: (tag: string) => {
+        if (tag === "canvas") return canvas;
+        const element = new TerminalTestElement();
+        if (tag === "textarea") input = element;
+        return element;
+      },
       fonts: Object.assign(new EventTarget(), { load: async () => [], add() {} }),
     });
     vi.stubGlobal(
@@ -179,6 +185,27 @@ describe("GhosttyTerminalSurface visibility", () => {
           }),
         );
       },
+      key(key: string, modifiers: { ctrlKey?: boolean; metaKey?: boolean; shiftKey?: boolean }) {
+        input?.dispatchEvent(
+          Object.assign(new Event("keydown", { cancelable: true }), {
+            key,
+            code: `Key${key.toUpperCase()}`,
+            altKey: false,
+            ctrlKey: false,
+            metaKey: false,
+            shiftKey: false,
+            ...modifiers,
+            getModifierState: () => false,
+          }),
+        );
+      },
+      paste(text: string) {
+        input?.dispatchEvent(
+          Object.assign(new Event("paste", { cancelable: true }), {
+            clipboardData: { getData: () => text },
+          }),
+        );
+      },
       async create(options: Partial<GhosttyTerminalSurfaceOptions> = {}) {
         const surface = await GhosttyTerminalSurface.create(mount as unknown as HTMLElement, {
           theme: {
@@ -305,6 +332,25 @@ describe("GhosttyTerminalSurface visibility", () => {
     expect(readText).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it("pastes once when the shortcut's clipboard read lands before the native paste", async () => {
+    const harness = createHarness();
+    vi.stubGlobal("navigator", {
+      platform: "MacIntel",
+      clipboard: { readText: async () => "echo hi" },
+    });
+    await harness.create({ beforeKey: () => true });
+
+    harness.key("v", { metaKey: true });
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(harness.onData).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1));
+    harness.paste("echo hi");
+    expect(harness.onData).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    // The next paste gesture is a new paste, not the tail of the last one.
+    harness.key("v", { metaKey: true });
+    harness.paste("echo hi");
+    expect(harness.onData).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+  });
+
   it("starts a selection when dragging from a link", async () => {
     const harness = createHarness();
     const onLinkActivate = vi.fn();
diff --git a/apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/surface.ts b/apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/surface.ts
index be62ede4d065..b86ab4ff1e3f 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/surface.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/surface.ts
@@ -625,6 +625,8 @@ export class GhosttyTerminalSurface {
   private theme: GhosttyTheme;
   private readonly suppressedKeyCodes = new Set<string>();
   private pasteShortcutToken = 0;
+  /** Text the paste shortcut's clipboard read already sent, until the next keydown. */
+  private shortcutPasteReadText: string | null = null;
   private copyShortcutToken = 0;
   private clearSelectionAfterCopy = false;
   private primedCopySelection = "";
@@ -1053,6 +1055,7 @@ export class GhosttyTerminalSurface {
   }
 
   private readonly onKeyDown = (event: KeyboardEvent) => {
+    this.shortcutPasteReadText = null;
     // Presses handled outside the terminal must also swallow their release:
     // beforeKey runs side effects (keybindings, navigation sends), so it cannot
     // be consulted again on keyup, and Kitty report-event-types sessions would
@@ -1120,17 +1123,20 @@ export class GhosttyTerminalSurface {
       this.suppressedKeyCodes.add(event.code);
       const clipboard = navigator.clipboard;
       if (typeof clipboard?.readText === "function") {
-        // Race the async clipboard read against the browser's own paste event:
-        // the native event (dispatched synchronously with the default action)
-        // always claims the token first when it fires, and the read covers
-        // browsers whose paste shortcut produces no paste event. Not preventing
-        // the default keeps the native path alive when the read is denied.
+        // Race the async clipboard read against the browser's own paste event;
+        // the read covers browsers whose paste shortcut produces no paste
+        // event. Not preventing the default keeps the native path alive when
+        // the read is denied. Either side can land first: a native paste
+        // claims the token, and a delivered read records its text so the
+        // native paste that follows it is dropped in onPaste.
         const token = ++this.pasteShortcutToken;
         void clipboard.readText().then(
           (text) => {
             if (this.disposed || this.pasteShortcutToken !== token) return;
             this.pasteShortcutToken += 1;
-            if (text.length > 0) this.options.onData(this.core.encodePaste(text));
+            if (text.length === 0) return;
+            this.shortcutPasteReadText = text;
+            this.options.onData(this.core.encodePaste(text));
           },
           () => {
             // Clipboard read denied; the native paste event remains the path.
@@ -1235,6 +1241,10 @@ export class GhosttyTerminalSurface {
     event.preventDefault();
     const data = event.clipboardData?.getData("text/plain") ?? "";
     if (data.length === 0) return;
+    if (data === this.shortcutPasteReadText) {
+      this.shortcutPasteReadText = null;
+      return;
+    }
     // The native paste won the race with actual text; a pending clipboard read
     // must not double. An empty native paste leaves the read as the only path.
     this.pasteShortcutToken += 1;