diff --git a/src/main/window/clipboard-text-publisher.test.ts b/src/main/window/clipboard-text-publisher.test.ts
index bc3ca7111a6..e9ce5a06d05 100644
--- a/src/main/window/clipboard-text-publisher.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/window/clipboard-text-publisher.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import type { ProcessResult, ProcessSpec } from '@orca/process-host/process-spec'
 import {
   assertClipboardTextWriteWithinLimitWithYield,
+  CLIPBOARD_TEXT_MEASURE_YIELD_CODE_UNITS,
   CLIPBOARD_TEXT_WRITE_MAX_BYTES
 } from '../../shared/clipboard-text'
 import { createClipboardTextPublisher } from './clipboard-text-publisher'
@@ -127,6 +128,37 @@ describe('terminal clipboard writes', () => {
     }
   )
 
+  it.each([false, true])(
+    'keeps a newer copy after yielding validation (Wayland=%s)',
+    async (wayland) => {
+      vi.useFakeTimers()
+      try {
+        const copy = writer(wayland)
+        const large = 'x'.repeat(CLIPBOARD_TEXT_MEASURE_YIELD_CODE_UNITS * 2)
+        const first = copy(large, 'terminal')
+        const second = copy('newer', 'ordinary')
+
+        await vi.runAllTimersAsync()
+        await Promise.all([first, second])
+
+        if (wayland) {
+          expect(run.mock.calls.map(([spec]) => spec.input === large)).toEqual([true, false])
+          expect(run.mock.calls[1]?.[0].input).toBe('newer')
+          expect(write).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+        } else {
+          expect(write.mock.calls.map(([text, kind]) => [text === large, kind])).toEqual([
+            [true, 'terminal'],
+            [false, 'ordinary']
+          ])
+          expect(write.mock.calls[1]?.[0]).toBe('newer')
+          expect(run).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+        }
+      } finally {
+        vi.useRealTimers()
+      }
+    }
+  )
+
   it('preserves request order across yielding validation and resumes after failure', async () => {
     let release: (text: string) => void = () => undefined
     const validate = vi.fn(async (text: string) => text)
diff --git a/src/main/window/clipboard-text-publisher.ts b/src/main/window/clipboard-text-publisher.ts
index c665b61354c..99ccafbae96 100644
--- a/src/main/window/clipboard-text-publisher.ts
+++ b/src/main/window/clipboard-text-publisher.ts
@@ -40,21 +40,25 @@ export function createClipboardTextPublisher(
     if (text.length > CLIPBOARD_TEXT_WRITE_MAX_BYTES) {
       return Promise.reject(new Error(CLIPBOARD_TEXT_WRITE_TOO_LARGE_ERROR))
     }
-    if (!deps.isWayland()) {
-      return deps.validate(text).then((safeText) => deps.write(safeText, kind))
+    const wayland = deps.isWayland()
+    if (wayland) {
+      if (
+        count >= MAX_PENDING_CLIPBOARD_WRITES ||
+        text.length > CLIPBOARD_TEXT_WRITE_MAX_BYTES - queuedCodeUnits
+      ) {
+        return Promise.reject(new Error('Too many pending clipboard writes'))
+      }
+      count += 1
+      queuedCodeUnits += text.length
     }
-    if (
-      count >= MAX_PENDING_CLIPBOARD_WRITES ||
-      text.length > CLIPBOARD_TEXT_WRITE_MAX_BYTES - queuedCodeUnits
-    ) {
-      return Promise.reject(new Error('Too many pending clipboard writes'))
-    }
-    count += 1
-    queuedCodeUnits += text.length
     // Validate inside the queue: large copies yield and must not overwrite a later request.
     const next = pending
       .then(async () => {
         const safeText = await deps.validate(text)
+        if (!wayland) {
+          deps.write(safeText, kind)
+          return
+        }
         const result = await deps.run({
           program: await deps.helperPath(),
           input: safeText,
@@ -68,8 +72,10 @@ export function createClipboardTextPublisher(
         deps.clearCache()
       })
       .finally(() => {
-        count -= 1
-        queuedCodeUnits -= text.length
+        if (wayland) {
+          count -= 1
+          queuedCodeUnits -= text.length
+        }
       })
     pending = next.catch(() => undefined)
     return next