diff --git a/config/fork-ownership.json b/config/fork-ownership.json
index 4f892278839a..9ef2f227ca90 100644
--- a/config/fork-ownership.json
+++ b/config/fork-ownership.json
@@ -5308,6 +5308,14 @@
       "feature": "fork-infra",
       "kind": "passthrough",
       "lines": ["const PRE_CHANGE_REF = 'v1.4.216-rc.0.zy01'"]
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-pane-paste-listeners.ts",
+      "feature": "terminal-dock",
+      "kind": "import-swap",
+      "lines": [
+        "import { isTerminalPasteOwnedByChat as isInsideNativeChatCover } from './fork-terminal-dock/terminal-dock-paste-yield'"
+      ]
     }
   ],
   "exceptions": [
@@ -8710,6 +8718,10 @@
     "tests/e2e/native-chat-ssh-delivery.unit.test.ts": {
       "added": 9,
       "removed": 8
+    },
+    "src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-pane-paste-listeners.ts": {
+      "added": 1,
+      "removed": 1
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/fork-terminal-dock/terminal-dock-paste-yield.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/fork-terminal-dock/terminal-dock-paste-yield.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..61507ac598eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/fork-terminal-dock/terminal-dock-paste-yield.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+// @vitest-environment happy-dom
+
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { APP_MENU_PASTE_EVENT } from '@/lib/app-menu-paste'
+import { registerTerminalPanePasteListeners } from '../terminal-pane-paste-listeners'
+import type { TerminalPaneCloseController } from '../use-terminal-pane-close-actions'
+import type { TerminalPanePasteExecution } from '../terminal-pane-paste-execution'
+
+const cleanups: (() => void)[] = []
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  cleanups.splice(0).forEach((cleanup) => cleanup())
+  document.body.innerHTML = ''
+})
+
+// Builds a pane container shaped like a docked pane: the xterm's input and the dock's
+// chat root are siblings, with no chat cover over either.
+function mountDockedPane() {
+  const container = document.createElement('div')
+  const xtermInput = document.createElement('textarea')
+  const dockRoot = document.createElement('div')
+  dockRoot.setAttribute('data-native-chat-root', 'true')
+  dockRoot.setAttribute('data-terminal-dock', '')
+  const composerInput = document.createElement('textarea')
+  dockRoot.append(composerInput)
+  container.append(xtermInput, dockRoot)
+  document.body.append(container)
+
+  const pane = { id: 1 }
+  const pasteFromClipboard = vi.fn()
+  const controller = {
+    forceBracketedMultilineTextPaste: false,
+    keybindings: {},
+    managerRef: { current: { getActivePane: () => pane, getPanes: () => [pane] } },
+    setTerminalError: vi.fn(),
+    worktreeId: 'wt-1'
+  }
+  const execution = { executePanePasteText: vi.fn(), pasteFromClipboard }
+  cleanups.push(
+    registerTerminalPanePasteListeners({
+      container,
+      // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/consistent-type-assertions -- SAFETY: the listeners read only the five controller fields this fixture supplies.
+      controller: controller as unknown as TerminalPaneCloseController,
+      // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/consistent-type-assertions -- SAFETY: the listeners call only executePanePasteText and pasteFromClipboard.
+      execution: execution as unknown as TerminalPanePasteExecution,
+      isMac: true,
+      shortcutPlatform: 'darwin'
+    })
+  )
+  return { xtermInput, composerInput, pasteFromClipboard }
+}
+
+function pressCmdV(target: HTMLElement): KeyboardEvent {
+  const event = new KeyboardEvent('keydown', {
+    key: 'v',
+    code: 'KeyV',
+    metaKey: true,
+    bubbles: true,
+    cancelable: true
+  })
+  target.dispatchEvent(event)
+  return event
+}
+
+function firePaste(target: HTMLElement): Event {
+  const event = new Event('paste', { bubbles: true, cancelable: true })
+  target.dispatchEvent(event)
+  return event
+}
+
+describe('terminal pane paste listeners beside a terminal dock', () => {
+  it('leave Cmd+V in the dock composer to the dock', () => {
+    const { composerInput, pasteFromClipboard } = mountDockedPane()
+
+    const event = pressCmdV(composerInput)
+
+    expect(event.defaultPrevented).toBe(false)
+    expect(pasteFromClipboard).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('leave a paste event in the dock composer to the dock', () => {
+    const { composerInput, pasteFromClipboard } = mountDockedPane()
+
+    const event = firePaste(composerInput)
+
+    expect(event.defaultPrevented).toBe(false)
+    expect(pasteFromClipboard).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('leave an app-menu paste with focus in the dock composer to the dock', () => {
+    const { composerInput, pasteFromClipboard } = mountDockedPane()
+    composerInput.focus()
+
+    const event = new Event(APP_MENU_PASTE_EVENT, { cancelable: true })
+    window.dispatchEvent(event)
+
+    expect(event.defaultPrevented).toBe(false)
+    expect(pasteFromClipboard).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('still paste Cmd+V on the xterm into the terminal', () => {
+    const { xtermInput, pasteFromClipboard } = mountDockedPane()
+
+    const event = pressCmdV(xtermInput)
+
+    expect(event.defaultPrevented).toBe(true)
+    expect(pasteFromClipboard).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ id: 1 }, 'keyboard')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/fork-terminal-dock/terminal-dock-paste-yield.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/fork-terminal-dock/terminal-dock-paste-yield.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6785659767e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/fork-terminal-dock/terminal-dock-paste-yield.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { NATIVE_CHAT_ROOT_SELECTOR } from '@/lib/native-chat-paste-request'
+import { isInsideNativeChatCover } from '../native-chat-covered-pane'
+
+/**
+ * True when the terminal pane must leave a paste to a chat: anything under a chat cover,
+ * or inside the dock's chat root, which sits beside the xterm instead of covering it.
+ */
+export function isTerminalPasteOwnedByChat(target: EventTarget | null): boolean {
+  return (
+    isInsideNativeChatCover(target) ||
+    (target instanceof Element && target.closest(NATIVE_CHAT_ROOT_SELECTOR) !== null)
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-pane-paste-listeners.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-pane-paste-listeners.ts
index 77cf5bb020a4..57b228989ec1 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-pane-paste-listeners.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-pane-paste-listeners.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import {
 } from '@/lib/app-menu-selection-actions'
 import { isEditableTarget } from '@/lib/editable-target'
 import { copyTerminalSelection } from './terminal-selection-copy'
-import { isInsideNativeChatCover } from './native-chat-covered-pane'
+import { isTerminalPasteOwnedByChat as isInsideNativeChatCover } from './fork-terminal-dock/terminal-dock-paste-yield'
 import type { TerminalPaneCloseController } from './use-terminal-pane-close-actions'
 import {
   formatClipboardImagePasteError,