diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/keyboard-handlers-ime.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/keyboard-handlers-ime.test.tsx
index 10ab0640ded..54f3a73f56b 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/keyboard-handlers-ime.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/keyboard-handlers-ime.test.tsx
@@ -308,6 +308,36 @@ describe('Windows IME keyboard ownership', () => {
     harness.dispose()
   })
 
+  it('does not open file search for an IME-consumed Ctrl+Shift+F', () => {
+    // Why: matchFileSearchShortcut runs before the shortcut resolver and takes the
+    // physical-code fallback itself — `Process` is not a Latin key, so a composing
+    // Ctrl+Shift+F matched `sidebar.search.toggle` on its `code`. The IME guard has
+    // to sit above it, not just above the resolver.
+    const harness = createHarness()
+    // The shortcut only acts when there is a selection to search for, so give it one.
+    const pane = harness.deps.managerRef.current?.getActivePane()
+    vi.mocked(pane!.terminal.getSelection).mockReturnValue('needle')
+    const hook = renderHook(() => useTerminalKeyboardShortcuts(harness.deps))
+    harness.startComposition()
+    const consumed = keyboardEvent('keydown', {
+      key: 'Process',
+      code: 'KeyF',
+      keyCode: 229,
+      timeStamp: 10,
+      isComposing: true,
+      ctrlKey: true,
+      shiftKey: true
+    })
+
+    harness.terminalInput.dispatchEvent(consumed)
+    vi.runAllTimers()
+
+    expect(harness.deps.onSearchSelectedText).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(harness.sendInput).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    hook.unmount()
+    harness.dispose()
+  })
+
   it.each([
     { label: 'Ctrl+KeyK', code: 'KeyK' },
     { label: 'Ctrl+KeyW', code: 'KeyW' }
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/keyboard-handlers.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/keyboard-handlers.ts
index 9bec65af01e..efec591ccf3 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/keyboard-handlers.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/keyboard-handlers.ts
@@ -490,6 +490,26 @@ export function useTerminalKeyboardShortcuts({
         return
       }
 
+      const terminalPaneForImeShortcut = manager.getActivePane() ?? manager.getPanes()[0]
+      const hasPendingImeComposition = hasPendingTerminalImeComposition(
+        terminalPaneForImeShortcut?.terminal.element
+      )
+      const imeProcessEnter = isWindows && hasPendingImeComposition && isTerminalImeProcessEnter(e)
+      if (
+        isWindows &&
+        hasPendingImeComposition &&
+        !imeProcessEnter &&
+        isTerminalImeConsumedKey(e)
+      ) {
+        // Why: Process has no logical key, so shortcut matching falls back to the physical code and
+        // fires Ctrl+K/Ctrl+W here and in window-level handlers mid-composition. This must run before
+        // matchFileSearchShortcut, which takes that same fallback and would claim a composing
+        // Ctrl+Shift+F. xterm already ignores keyCode 229 while composing, so swallowing the chord
+        // loses no input.
+        e.stopImmediatePropagation()
+        return
+      }
+
       if (matchFileSearchShortcut(e, shortcutPlatform, keybindings, terminalShortcutPolicy)) {
         const pane = manager.getActivePane() ?? manager.getPanes()[0]
         const selectedText = normalizeSelectedTextForFileSearch(pane?.terminal.getSelection())
@@ -529,23 +549,6 @@ export function useTerminalKeyboardShortcuts({
         return
       }
 
-      const terminalPaneForImeShortcut = manager.getActivePane() ?? manager.getPanes()[0]
-      const hasPendingImeComposition = hasPendingTerminalImeComposition(
-        terminalPaneForImeShortcut?.terminal.element
-      )
-      const imeProcessEnter = isWindows && hasPendingImeComposition && isTerminalImeProcessEnter(e)
-      if (
-        isWindows &&
-        hasPendingImeComposition &&
-        !imeProcessEnter &&
-        isTerminalImeConsumedKey(e)
-      ) {
-        // Why: Process has no logical key, so shortcut matching would fall back to the physical code and
-        // fire Ctrl+K/Ctrl+W here and in window-level handlers mid-composition. xterm already ignores
-        // keyCode 229 while composing, so swallowing the chord loses no input.
-        e.stopImmediatePropagation()
-        return
-      }
       const shortcutEvent = imeProcessEnter
         ? {
             key: 'Enter',
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-ime-xterm-composition-deduplication.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-ime-xterm-composition-deduplication.test.ts
index 79a8fdaeed7..96af5f67462 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-ime-xterm-composition-deduplication.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-ime-xterm-composition-deduplication.test.ts
@@ -769,12 +769,14 @@ describe('xterm IME composition de-duplication', () => {
     await nextEventLoop()
 
     textarea.dispatchEvent(new CompositionEvent('compositionend', { data: '한', bubbles: true }))
-    const pending = getPendingComposition(terminal)
-    expect(pending?.finalizerTimer).toBeDefined()
+    // Read the state again after Escape rather than asserting on a captured
+    // reference: the cancel path clears the field in place, but other paths
+    // detach the pending object outright, and either way no timer must remain.
+    expect(getPendingComposition(terminal)?.finalizerTimer).toBeDefined()
     dispatchKeydown(textarea, 'Escape', 'Escape', 229, true, 100)
     dispatchKeydown(textarea, 'Escape', 'Escape', 27, false, 100)
 
-    expect(pending?.finalizerTimer).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(getPendingComposition(terminal)?.finalizerTimer).toBeUndefined()
     await nextEventLoop()
 
     expect(emitted).toEqual([])