diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/keyboard-handlers-ime-composing-chord.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/keyboard-handlers-ime-composing-chord.test.tsx
index 2200f2d5c9ee..f13a57115b73 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/keyboard-handlers-ime-composing-chord.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/keyboard-handlers-ime-composing-chord.test.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   XTERM_COMPOSITION_SESSION_END_EVENT,
   XTERM_COMPOSITION_SESSION_START_EVENT
 } from './terminal-ime-composition-route'
+import { TERMINAL_IME_DEFERRED_CHORD_ABANDON_MS } from './terminal-ime-deferred-chord'
 import { useTerminalKeyboardShortcuts } from './keyboard-handlers'
 
 type KeyboardHandlersDeps = Parameters<typeof useTerminalKeyboardShortcuts>[0]
@@ -30,12 +31,34 @@ function keyboardEvent(
   return event
 }
 
+/** Live registrations on the terminal element, so a deferral that never disposes is visible. */
+function trackCompositionListeners(element: HTMLElement): () => number {
+  const live = new Set<EventListenerOrEventListenerObject>()
+  const watched = new Set(['compositionend', XTERM_COMPOSITION_SESSION_END_EVENT])
+  const { addEventListener, removeEventListener } = element
+  element.addEventListener = function (type, listener, options): void {
+    if (watched.has(type) && listener) {
+      live.add(listener)
+    }
+    addEventListener.call(this, type, listener, options)
+  }
+  element.removeEventListener = function (type, listener, options): void {
+    if (watched.has(type) && listener) {
+      live.delete(listener)
+    }
+    removeEventListener.call(this, type, listener, options)
+  }
+  return () => live.size
+}
+
 function createHarness(): {
   deps: KeyboardHandlersDeps
   terminalElement: HTMLDivElement
   terminalInput: HTMLTextAreaElement
   /** Every byte reaching the pty, in arrival order, whichever route it took. */
   wire: string[]
+  /** Registrations added after the composition route's own, i.e. the deferrals still waiting. */
+  deferralListenerCount: () => number
   startComposition: () => void
   endComposition: (data: string) => void
   dispose: () => void
@@ -77,6 +100,8 @@ function createHarness(): {
     capturedTransport: transport,
     getCurrentTransport: () => transport
   })
+  // Installed after the route so only the deferral's own registrations are counted.
+  const deferralListenerCount = trackCompositionListeners(terminalElement)
 
   const deps: KeyboardHandlersDeps = {
     tabId: 'tab-1',
@@ -110,6 +135,7 @@ function createHarness(): {
     terminalElement,
     terminalInput,
     wire,
+    deferralListenerCount,
     startComposition: () => {
       terminalElement.dispatchEvent(
         new CustomEvent(XTERM_COMPOSITION_SESSION_START_EVENT, { detail: { id: 1 } })
@@ -220,4 +246,57 @@ describe('a cursor chord pressed during a composition', () => {
     hook.unmount()
     harness.dispose()
   })
+
+  // STA-4476: an indefinite wait has no exit of its own. Without a disposer the listeners outlive
+  // the pane and a later composition on the same element flushes the stale chord.
+  it('drops the held chord and its listeners when the pane tears down', () => {
+    const harness = createHarness()
+    const hook = renderHook(() => useTerminalKeyboardShortcuts(harness.deps))
+
+    harness.startComposition()
+    pressCmdArrowLeft(harness, true)
+    expect(harness.deferralListenerCount()).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+
+    hook.unmount()
+    harness.endComposition('다')
+    vi.runAllTimers()
+
+    expect(harness.wire).toEqual(['다'])
+    expect(harness.deferralListenerCount()).toBe(0)
+    harness.dispose()
+  })
+
+  it('drops the held chord and its listeners on blur', () => {
+    const harness = createHarness()
+    const hook = renderHook(() => useTerminalKeyboardShortcuts(harness.deps))
+
+    harness.startComposition()
+    pressCmdArrowLeft(harness, true)
+    window.dispatchEvent(new Event('blur'))
+    harness.endComposition('다')
+    vi.runAllTimers()
+
+    expect(harness.wire).toEqual(['다'])
+    expect(harness.deferralListenerCount()).toBe(0)
+    hook.unmount()
+    harness.dispose()
+  })
+
+  // A composition that never commits must not strand the wait forever. The chord is discarded,
+  // never sent late — a late send is #12871 again.
+  it('abandons a chord whose composition never ends', () => {
+    const harness = createHarness()
+    const hook = renderHook(() => useTerminalKeyboardShortcuts(harness.deps))
+
+    harness.startComposition()
+    pressCmdArrowLeft(harness, true)
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(TERMINAL_IME_DEFERRED_CHORD_ABANDON_MS + 1)
+    harness.endComposition('다')
+    vi.runAllTimers()
+
+    expect(harness.wire).toEqual(['다'])
+    expect(harness.deferralListenerCount()).toBe(0)
+    hook.unmount()
+    harness.dispose()
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/keyboard-handlers.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/keyboard-handlers.ts
index 0a5fe0ac5b93..3614af3b888f 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/keyboard-handlers.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/keyboard-handlers.ts
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ import {
   getTerminalImeModifiedEnterKind,
   isTerminalImeConsumedKey,
   isTerminalImeEnterKeyUp,
-  isTerminalImeProcessEnter,
-  sendTerminalInputAfterComposition
+  isTerminalImeProcessEnter
 } from './terminal-ime-deferred-newline'
+import { createTerminalImeDeferredChordSender } from './terminal-ime-deferred-chord'
 import { hasPendingTerminalImeComposition } from './terminal-ime-composition-route'
 import {
   requestCapturedTerminalReconfirmation,
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ export function useTerminalKeyboardShortcuts({
     const terminalImeEnterModifierKeydowns = new Set<'shift' | 'ctrl'>()
     const nativeOnlyShortcutTracker = createTerminalNativeOnlyShortcutTracker()
     const deferredNewlineSender = createTerminalImeDeferredNewlineSender()
+    const deferredChordSender = createTerminalImeDeferredChordSender()
     const modifiedEnterChordOwner = createTerminalImeModifiedEnterChordOwner()
     const reconcileHeldImeEnterModifiers = (
       event: KeyboardEvent,
@@ -651,11 +652,10 @@ export function useTerminalKeyboardShortcuts({
         // runs after this keydown. Sending now puts a cursor chord ahead of the text it was typed
         // after — `가나다` then Cmd+Left leaves `다가나` (#12871). Enter is handled above, where a
         // fallback timer is right because a newline arriving late still arrives; a chord arriving
-        // mid-preedit is the corruption itself, so this one waits without a deadline.
+        // mid-preedit is the corruption itself, so this one waits on the composition rather than a
+        // deadline. The sender owns the wait so blur and teardown can drop it.
         if (e.isComposing || hasPendingImeComposition) {
-          sendTerminalInputAfterComposition(pane.terminal.element, sendResolvedInput, {
-            fallbackMs: null
-          })
+          deferredChordSender.defer(pane.terminal.element, sendResolvedInput)
           return
         }
         sendResolvedInput()
@@ -986,6 +986,7 @@ export function useTerminalKeyboardShortcuts({
       terminalImeEnterModifierKeydowns.clear()
       modifiedEnterChordOwner.clear()
       deferredNewlineSender.clearRedispatchedEnters()
+      deferredChordSender.cancelPending()
       observedEnterKeydownTimeStamps.clear()
     }
 
@@ -1000,6 +1001,7 @@ export function useTerminalKeyboardShortcuts({
       optionKittyReleases.clear()
       modifiedEnterChordOwner.clear()
       deferredNewlineSender.clearRedispatchedEnters()
+      deferredChordSender.cancelPending()
       observedEnterKeydownTimeStamps.clear()
       window.removeEventListener('keydown', onModifierDown, { capture: true })
       window.removeEventListener('keyup', onKeyUp, { capture: true })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-ime-deferred-chord.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-ime-deferred-chord.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d54ab6de4556
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-ime-deferred-chord.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+// @vitest-environment happy-dom
+// STA-4476: the composing-chord deferral waits on the composition, not a deadline (#12871), so it
+// is the sender that has to guarantee an exit — otherwise the wait and its listeners outlive the
+// pane and a later composition flushes a stale chord.
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import {
+  createTerminalImeDeferredChordSender,
+  TERMINAL_IME_DEFERRED_CHORD_ABANDON_MS
+} from './terminal-ime-deferred-chord'
+import { XTERM_COMPOSITION_SESSION_END_EVENT } from './terminal-ime-composition-route'
+
+describe('createTerminalImeDeferredChordSender', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers()
+  })
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.useRealTimers()
+  })
+
+  it('sends once the composition commits', () => {
+    const el = document.createElement('div')
+    const send = vi.fn()
+    const sender = createTerminalImeDeferredChordSender()
+
+    sender.defer(el, send)
+    expect(send).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+    el.dispatchEvent(new Event('compositionend'))
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(0)
+    expect(send).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  })
+
+  it('cancels every pending chord and detaches its listeners', () => {
+    const el = document.createElement('div')
+    const removeEventListener = vi.spyOn(el, 'removeEventListener')
+    const first = vi.fn()
+    const second = vi.fn()
+    const sender = createTerminalImeDeferredChordSender()
+
+    sender.defer(el, first)
+    sender.defer(el, second)
+    sender.cancelPending()
+
+    expect(removeEventListener).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(4)
+
+    el.dispatchEvent(new Event('compositionend'))
+    el.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(XTERM_COMPOSITION_SESSION_END_EVENT))
+    vi.runAllTimers()
+    expect(first).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(second).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('abandons a chord whose composition never ends rather than sending it late', () => {
+    const el = document.createElement('div')
+    const send = vi.fn()
+    const sender = createTerminalImeDeferredChordSender()
+
+    sender.defer(el, send)
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(TERMINAL_IME_DEFERRED_CHORD_ABANDON_MS - 1)
+    expect(send).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(2)
+    el.dispatchEvent(new Event('compositionend'))
+    vi.runAllTimers()
+    expect(send).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('stops tracking a chord that already sent, so a later cancel is inert', () => {
+    const el = document.createElement('div')
+    const send = vi.fn()
+    const sender = createTerminalImeDeferredChordSender()
+
+    sender.defer(el, send)
+    el.dispatchEvent(new Event('compositionend'))
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(0)
+    sender.cancelPending()
+    vi.runAllTimers()
+
+    expect(send).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-ime-deferred-chord.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-ime-deferred-chord.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8598a0ec1f8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-ime-deferred-chord.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import { sendTerminalInputAfterComposition } from './terminal-ime-deferred-newline'
+
+/**
+ * Ceiling on the otherwise indefinite wait. Generous enough for a conversion candidate window,
+ * which can stay open for seconds; a chord that outlives it is discarded rather than sent late,
+ * because firing mid-preedit is the corruption the wait exists to prevent (#12871).
+ */
+export const TERMINAL_IME_DEFERRED_CHORD_ABANDON_MS = 10_000
+
+export type TerminalImeDeferredChordSender = {
+  defer: (terminalElement: HTMLElement | null | undefined, send: () => void) => void
+  cancelPending: () => void
+}
+
+/**
+ * Owns every chord held for a live composition so blur and pane teardown can drop them. An
+ * unowned deferral has no exit when compositionend never arrives: its listeners outlive the pane
+ * and a later composition flushes the stale chord against a rebound terminal.
+ */
+export function createTerminalImeDeferredChordSender(): TerminalImeDeferredChordSender {
+  const pendingStops = new Set<() => void>()
+
+  return {
+    defer: (terminalElement, send) => {
+      let abandonTimer: number | undefined
+      let stopComposingWait: (() => void) | null = null
+      const stopWaiting = (): void => {
+        window.clearTimeout(abandonTimer)
+        pendingStops.delete(stopWaiting)
+        stopComposingWait?.()
+      }
+      abandonTimer = window.setTimeout(stopWaiting, TERMINAL_IME_DEFERRED_CHORD_ABANDON_MS)
+      pendingStops.add(stopWaiting)
+      stopComposingWait = sendTerminalInputAfterComposition(
+        terminalElement,
+        () => {
+          stopWaiting()
+          send()
+        },
+        { fallbackMs: null }
+      )
+    },
+    cancelPending: () => {
+      // Each stop removes itself; deleting the visited entry is safe for a Set iterator.
+      for (const stopWaiting of pendingStops) {
+        stopWaiting()
+      }
+      pendingStops.clear()
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-ime-deferred-newline.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-ime-deferred-newline.test.ts
index 5b8613c1f7fd..0ac8ce17377c 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-ime-deferred-newline.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-ime-deferred-newline.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import {
   createTerminalImeModifiedEnterChordOwner,
   isTerminalImeEnterKeyUp,
   isTerminalImeProcessEnter,
-  sendTerminalInputAfterComposition
+  sendTerminalInputAfterComposition,
+  TERMINAL_IME_DEFERRED_NEWLINE_FALLBACK_MS
 } from './terminal-ime-deferred-newline'
 import {
   installTerminalImeCompositionRoute,
@@ -53,6 +54,27 @@ describe('sendTerminalInputAfterComposition', () => {
     expect(send).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
   })
 
+  // STA-4476: `fallbackMs: null` has no exit of its own, so the disposer is the only thing that
+  // can detach the listeners when compositionend never arrives.
+  it('detaches its listeners and never sends once disposed', () => {
+    const el = document.createElement('div')
+    const send = vi.fn()
+    const removeEventListener = vi.spyOn(el, 'removeEventListener')
+
+    const dispose = sendTerminalInputAfterComposition(el, send, { fallbackMs: null })
+    dispose()
+
+    expect(removeEventListener).toHaveBeenCalledWith('compositionend', expect.any(Function))
+    expect(removeEventListener).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      XTERM_COMPOSITION_SESSION_END_EVENT,
+      expect.any(Function)
+    )
+
+    el.dispatchEvent(new Event('compositionend'))
+    vi.runAllTimers()
+    expect(send).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
   it('falls back to sending when no compositionend arrives', () => {
     const el = document.createElement('div')
     const send = vi.fn()
@@ -63,6 +85,22 @@ describe('sendTerminalInputAfterComposition', () => {
     expect(send).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
   })
 
+  // STA-4476: why the Enter path needs no disposer of its own — its fallback always runs, so the
+  // listeners cannot outlive it even when the composition never ends.
+  it('detaches its listeners on the fallback, not only on compositionend', () => {
+    const el = document.createElement('div')
+    const removeEventListener = vi.spyOn(el, 'removeEventListener')
+
+    sendTerminalInputAfterComposition(el, vi.fn())
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(TERMINAL_IME_DEFERRED_NEWLINE_FALLBACK_MS)
+
+    expect(removeEventListener).toHaveBeenCalledWith('compositionend', expect.any(Function))
+    expect(removeEventListener).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      XTERM_COMPOSITION_SESSION_END_EVENT,
+      expect.any(Function)
+    )
+  })
+
   it('finishes from the captured xterm transaction when deferral starts after compositionend', () => {
     const el = document.createElement('div')
     const send = vi.fn()
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-ime-deferred-newline.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-ime-deferred-newline.ts
index 6eb2ce0e7e66..b27f25e4742d 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-ime-deferred-newline.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-ime-deferred-newline.ts
@@ -10,15 +10,19 @@ export const TERMINAL_IME_DEFERRED_NEWLINE_FALLBACK_MS = 200
  * right for it; a cursor chord arriving mid-preedit reproduces the corruption the wait exists to
  * prevent, and a conversion can hold its candidate window open for seconds. Dropping the chord
  * costs one keypress, firing early costs a mangled line.
+ *
+ * Returns a disposer that stops waiting without sending. An indefinite wait has no other exit, so
+ * a caller that can outlive the composition must hold it — otherwise the listeners stay on the
+ * terminal element and a later composition flushes the stale send.
  */
 export function sendTerminalInputAfterComposition(
   terminalElement: HTMLElement | null | undefined,
   send: () => void,
   options?: { fallbackMs?: number | null }
-): void {
+): () => void {
   if (!terminalElement) {
-    window.setTimeout(send, 0)
-    return
+    const immediateTimer = window.setTimeout(send, 0)
+    return () => window.clearTimeout(immediateTimer)
   }
 
   const fallbackMs =
@@ -27,7 +31,7 @@ export function sendTerminalInputAfterComposition(
       : (options?.fallbackMs ?? TERMINAL_IME_DEFERRED_NEWLINE_FALLBACK_MS)
   let done = false
 
-  const finish = (): void => {
+  const stopWaiting = (): void => {
     if (done) {
       return
     }
@@ -40,6 +44,13 @@ export function sendTerminalInputAfterComposition(
     if (fallbackTimer !== undefined) {
       window.clearTimeout(fallbackTimer)
     }
+  }
+
+  const finish = (): void => {
+    if (done) {
+      return
+    }
+    stopWaiting()
     // xterm flushes the committed glyph after compositionend.
     window.setTimeout(send, 0)
   }
@@ -54,6 +65,8 @@ export function sendTerminalInputAfterComposition(
   terminalElement.addEventListener('compositionend', onCompositionEnd)
   terminalElement.addEventListener(XTERM_COMPOSITION_SESSION_END_EVENT, onCompositionSessionEnd)
   const fallbackTimer = fallbackMs === null ? undefined : window.setTimeout(finish, fallbackMs)
+
+  return stopWaiting
 }
 
 export type TerminalImeDeferredNewlineSender = {