diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/pty-connection.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/pty-connection.test.ts
index 5cb40457f98..5868b7d8334 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/pty-connection.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/pty-connection.test.ts
@@ -947,53 +947,92 @@ describe('connectPanePty', () => {
     }
   })
 
-  it('writes visible split-pane PTY bytes immediately even when the tab is not active', async () => {
+  it('writes visible split-pane PTY bytes on the foreground flush even when the tab is not active', async () => {
+    const pendingTimeouts: (() => void)[] = []
+    const originalSetTimeout = globalThis.setTimeout
+    globalThis.setTimeout = vi.fn((fn: () => void) => {
+      pendingTimeouts.push(fn)
+      return 999 as unknown as ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>
+    }) as unknown as typeof setTimeout
+
     const { connectPanePty } = await import('./pty-connection')
-    const transport = createMockTransport()
-    const capturedDataCallback: { current: ((data: string) => void) | null } = { current: null }
-    transport.connect.mockImplementation(async ({ callbacks }: { callbacks: ConnectCallbacks }) => {
-      capturedDataCallback.current = callbacks.onData ?? null
-      return 'pty-id'
-    })
-    transportFactoryQueue.push(transport)
 
-    const pane = createPane(1)
-    const manager = createManager(1)
-    const deps = createDeps({
-      isActiveRef: { current: false },
-      isVisibleRef: { current: true }
-    })
+    try {
+      const transport = createMockTransport()
+      const capturedDataCallback: { current: ((data: string) => void) | null } = { current: null }
+      transport.connect.mockImplementation(
+        async ({ callbacks }: { callbacks: ConnectCallbacks }) => {
+          capturedDataCallback.current = callbacks.onData ?? null
+          return 'pty-id'
+        }
+      )
+      transportFactoryQueue.push(transport)
 
-    connectPanePty(pane as never, manager as never, deps as never)
-    await flushAsyncTicks(6)
+      const pane = createPane(1)
+      const manager = createManager(1)
+      const deps = createDeps({
+        isActiveRef: { current: false },
+        isVisibleRef: { current: true }
+      })
 
-    expect(capturedDataCallback.current).not.toBeNull()
-    capturedDataCallback.current?.('visible split output\r\n')
+      connectPanePty(pane as never, manager as never, deps as never)
+      await flushAsyncTicks(6)
 
-    expect(pane.terminal.write).toHaveBeenCalledWith('visible split output\r\n')
+      expect(capturedDataCallback.current).not.toBeNull()
+      capturedDataCallback.current?.('visible split output\r\n')
+      expect(pane.terminal.write).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith('visible split output\r\n')
+
+      for (const fn of pendingTimeouts) {
+        fn()
+      }
+
+      expect(pane.terminal.write).toHaveBeenCalledWith('visible split output\r\n')
+    } finally {
+      globalThis.setTimeout = originalSetTimeout
+    }
   })
 
   it('marks panes that receive Arabic output for DOM rendering', async () => {
+    const pendingTimeouts: (() => void)[] = []
+    const originalSetTimeout = globalThis.setTimeout
+    globalThis.setTimeout = vi.fn((fn: () => void) => {
+      pendingTimeouts.push(fn)
+      return 999 as unknown as ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>
+    }) as unknown as typeof setTimeout
+
     const { connectPanePty } = await import('./pty-connection')
-    const transport = createMockTransport()
-    const capturedDataCallback: { current: ((data: string) => void) | null } = { current: null }
-    transport.connect.mockImplementation(async ({ callbacks }: { callbacks: ConnectCallbacks }) => {
-      capturedDataCallback.current = callbacks.onData ?? null
-      return 'pty-id'
-    })
-    transportFactoryQueue.push(transport)
 
-    const pane = createPane(1)
-    const manager = createManager(1)
-    const deps = createDeps()
+    try {
+      const transport = createMockTransport()
+      const capturedDataCallback: { current: ((data: string) => void) | null } = { current: null }
+      transport.connect.mockImplementation(
+        async ({ callbacks }: { callbacks: ConnectCallbacks }) => {
+          capturedDataCallback.current = callbacks.onData ?? null
+          return 'pty-id'
+        }
+      )
+      transportFactoryQueue.push(transport)
 
-    connectPanePty(pane as never, manager as never, deps as never)
-    await flushAsyncTicks(6)
+      const pane = createPane(1)
+      const manager = createManager(1)
+      const deps = createDeps()
 
-    capturedDataCallback.current?.('Arabic: السلام عليكم\r\n')
+      connectPanePty(pane as never, manager as never, deps as never)
+      await flushAsyncTicks(6)
 
-    expect(manager.markPaneHasComplexScriptOutput).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1)
-    expect(pane.terminal.write).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Arabic: السلام عليكم\r\n')
+      capturedDataCallback.current?.('Arabic: السلام عليكم\r\n')
+
+      expect(manager.markPaneHasComplexScriptOutput).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1)
+      expect(pane.terminal.write).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith('Arabic: السلام عليكم\r\n')
+
+      for (const fn of pendingTimeouts) {
+        fn()
+      }
+
+      expect(pane.terminal.write).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Arabic: السلام عليكم\r\n')
+    } finally {
+      globalThis.setTimeout = originalSetTimeout
+    }
   })
 
   it('reattaches via daemon sessionId when an in-session PTY is live', async () => {