diff --git a/src/main/window/mac-app-paste-input.test.ts b/src/main/window/mac-app-paste-input.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..556bdee47be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/window/mac-app-paste-input.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { isMacAppPasteInput } from './mac-app-paste-input'
+
+function cmdKey(key: string, code: string, extra: Partial<Electron.Input> = {}): Electron.Input {
+  return {
+    type: 'keyDown',
+    key,
+    code,
+    isAutoRepeat: false,
+    isComposing: false,
+    meta: true,
+    control: false,
+    alt: false,
+    shift: false,
+    location: 0,
+    modifiers: ['meta'],
+    ...extra
+  }
+}
+
+describe('isMacAppPasteInput', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.spyOn(process, 'platform', 'get').mockReturnValue('darwin')
+  })
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.restoreAllMocks()
+  })
+
+  it.each([
+    ['US Cmd+V', cmdKey('v', 'KeyV'), true],
+    ['Caps Lock Cmd+V', cmdKey('V', 'KeyV'), true],
+    ['Turkish F Cmd+V (V lives on KeyC)', cmdKey('v', 'KeyC'), true],
+    ['Turkish F Cmd+C (C lives on KeyV)', cmdKey('c', 'KeyV'), false],
+    ['Dvorak Cmd+V (V lives on Period)', cmdKey('v', 'Period'), true],
+    ['Dvorak Cmd+K (K lives on KeyV)', cmdKey('k', 'KeyV'), false],
+    ['BÉPO Cmd+. (. lives on KeyV)', cmdKey('.', 'KeyV'), false],
+    ['Cyrillic Cmd+V (non-Latin key on KeyV)', cmdKey('м', 'KeyV'), true],
+    ['Korean Cmd+V (Hangul jamo on KeyV)', cmdKey('ㅍ', 'KeyV'), true],
+    ['Cmd+V during IME composition', cmdKey('Process', 'KeyV'), true],
+    ['Cmd+Shift+V', cmdKey('V', 'KeyV', { shift: true }), false]
+  ])('%s', (_name, input, expected) => {
+    expect(isMacAppPasteInput(input)).toBe(expected)
+  })
+
+  it('never claims paste off macOS', () => {
+    vi.spyOn(process, 'platform', 'get').mockReturnValue('linux')
+    expect(isMacAppPasteInput(cmdKey('v', 'KeyV'))).toBe(false)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/main/window/mac-app-paste-input.ts b/src/main/window/mac-app-paste-input.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ac4b314e498
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/window/mac-app-paste-input.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { logicalKeyTokenFromInput, physicalCodeKeyTokenFromInput } from '../../shared/keybindings'
+
+export function isMacAppPasteInput(input: Electron.Input): boolean {
+  return (
+    process.platform === 'darwin' &&
+    input.type === 'keyDown' &&
+    input.meta &&
+    !input.control &&
+    !input.alt &&
+    !input.shift &&
+    // Why: the produced key wins so remapped layouts (Turkish F puts C on KeyV) don't paste; non-Latin and IME keys fall back to the physical key.
+    (logicalKeyTokenFromInput(input) ?? physicalCodeKeyTokenFromInput(input)) === 'V'
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/main/window/main-window-shortcut-routing.ts b/src/main/window/main-window-shortcut-routing.ts
index 71e1cb44451..ba2ecb35424 100644
--- a/src/main/window/main-window-shortcut-routing.ts
+++ b/src/main/window/main-window-shortcut-routing.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import type { Store } from '../persistence'
 import type { CreateMainWindowOptions } from './main-window-contracts'
 import type { MainWindowFocusLifecycle } from './main-window-focus-lifecycle'
 import { sendResolvedWindowShortcutAction } from './main-window-shortcut-actions'
-import { isMacAppPasteInput } from './main-window-visual-lifecycle'
+import { isMacAppPasteInput } from './mac-app-paste-input'
 
 export function installMainWindowShortcutRouting(args: {
   focus: MainWindowFocusLifecycle
diff --git a/src/main/window/main-window-visual-lifecycle.ts b/src/main/window/main-window-visual-lifecycle.ts
index f26b823d60d..200d08c77b1 100644
--- a/src/main/window/main-window-visual-lifecycle.ts
+++ b/src/main/window/main-window-visual-lifecycle.ts
@@ -95,18 +95,6 @@ export function installMacosVisibilityRepaint(window: BrowserWindow): void {
   })
 }
 
-export function isMacAppPasteInput(input: Electron.Input): boolean {
-  return (
-    process.platform === 'darwin' &&
-    input.type === 'keyDown' &&
-    input.meta &&
-    !input.control &&
-    !input.alt &&
-    !input.shift &&
-    (input.code === 'KeyV' || input.key.toLowerCase() === 'v')
-  )
-}
-
 // Why: titlebar content center sits ~18 CSS px from top (×zoom); traffic lights are ~12px tall, so top edge = center − 6.
 export const TITLEBAR_CSS_CENTER = 18
 export const TRAFFIC_LIGHT_RADIUS = 6