diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/browser-annotation-image-strip.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/browser-annotation-image-strip.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..457fe1fa8bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/browser-annotation-image-strip.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { NativeChatImageAttachmentPreview } from '@/components/native-chat/NativeChatImageAttachmentPreview'
+import type { NativeChatComposerImageAttachment } from '@/components/native-chat/NativeChatComposerField'
+
+export function BrowserAnnotationImageStrip({
+  images,
+  onRemove
+}: {
+  images: NativeChatComposerImageAttachment[]
+  onRemove: (id: string) => void
+}): React.JSX.Element | null {
+  if (images.length === 0) {
+    return null
+  }
+  return (
+    <div className="mt-2 flex flex-wrap gap-2 pt-1.5 pr-1.5">
+      {images.map((image) => (
+        <NativeChatImageAttachmentPreview key={image.id} attachment={image} onRemove={onRemove} />
+      ))}
+    </div>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/browser-annotation-output.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/browser-annotation-output.test.ts
index a6a1a507227..e27974638dd 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/browser-annotation-output.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/browser-annotation-output.test.ts
@@ -164,6 +164,17 @@ describe('formatBrowserAnnotationsAsMarkdown', () => {
     expect(markdown).not.toContain('\n## injected')
   })
 
+  it('lists pasted image paths after the feedback so the agent can open them', () => {
+    const markdown = formatBrowserAnnotationsAsMarkdown([
+      makeAnnotation({ imagePaths: ['/tmp/orca-paste-1.png', 'C:\\Users\\A B\\orca-paste-2.png'] })
+    ])
+    expect(markdown.split('\n').slice(-3)).toEqual([
+      '**Images (open these files):**',
+      '- `/tmp/orca-paste-1.png`',
+      '- `C:\\Users\\A B\\orca-paste-2.png`'
+    ])
+  })
+
   it('returns an empty string when no annotations exist', () => {
     expect(formatBrowserAnnotationsAsMarkdown([])).toBe('')
   })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/browser-annotation-output.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/browser-annotation-output.ts
index 7474b1d8876..5c95ebc8cf8 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/browser-annotation-output.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/browser-annotation-output.ts
@@ -239,6 +239,12 @@ export function formatBrowserAnnotationsAsMarkdown(annotations: BrowserPageAnnot
         lines.push(...fence('html', target.htmlSnippet))
       }
       lines.push(`**Feedback:** ${inlineText(annotation.comment)}`)
+      if (annotation.imagePaths?.length) {
+        lines.push('**Images (open these files):**')
+        for (const imagePath of annotation.imagePaths) {
+          lines.push(`- ${inlineCode(imagePath)}`)
+        }
+      }
       lines.push('')
     })
   }
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/browser-guest-annotate-overlays.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/browser-guest-annotate-overlays.tsx
index 27b7f043ede..75f3312a45a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/browser-guest-annotate-overlays.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/browser-guest-annotate-overlays.tsx
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ export function BrowserGuestAnnotateOverlays({
       {pendingAnnotationPayload ? (
         <PendingBrowserAnnotationCard
           payload={pendingAnnotationPayload}
+          worktreeId={worktreeId}
           resolveAnchor={(cardHeight) =>
             getBrowserOverlayAnchor(
               pendingAnnotationPayload,
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/browser-page-annotation-tray.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/browser-page-annotation-tray.test.tsx
index 13d16337a5a..27a09fa576a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/browser-page-annotation-tray.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/browser-page-annotation-tray.test.tsx
@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ describe('BrowserPageAnnotationTray edit mode', () => {
     expect(handleUpdateBrowserAnnotation).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       'annotation-1',
       'Updated comment',
-      'question'
+      'question',
+      []
     )
   })
 
@@ -208,7 +209,8 @@ describe('BrowserPageAnnotationTray collapse', () => {
     expect(handleUpdateBrowserAnnotation).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       'annotation-1',
       'Unsaved draft',
-      'question'
+      'question',
+      []
     )
   })
 })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/browser-page-annotation-tray.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/browser-page-annotation-tray.tsx
index f8f5beb0ff4..4cbceb70a37 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/browser-page-annotation-tray.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/browser-page-annotation-tray.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 import { ImeTextarea } from '@/lib/ime-text-field'
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
-import { ChevronDown, ChevronRight, CircleCheck, Copy, Pencil, Send, Trash2 } from 'lucide-react'
+import {
+  ChevronDown,
+  ChevronRight,
+  CircleCheck,
+  Copy,
+  Image as ImageIcon,
+  Pencil,
+  Send,
+  Trash2
+} from 'lucide-react'
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button'
 import { Collapsible, CollapsibleContent, CollapsibleTrigger } from '@/components/ui/collapsible'
 import {
@@ -21,6 +30,8 @@ import { BROWSER_ANNOTATION_INTENT_OPTIONS } from '../describe-page/browser-anno
 import { BrowserAnnotationSendMenuContent } from './BrowserAnnotationSendMenuContent'
 import { preventAgentSendTargetOutsideDismiss } from './prevent-agent-send-target-outside-dismiss'
 import { browserAnnotationMatchesPageUrl } from './browser-annotation-page-url'
+import { useBrowserAnnotationImages } from './use-browser-annotation-images'
+import { BrowserAnnotationImageStrip } from './browser-annotation-image-strip'
 
 export function BrowserPageAnnotationTray({
   browserAnnotations,
@@ -54,12 +65,15 @@ export function BrowserPageAnnotationTray({
   handleUpdateBrowserAnnotation: (
     annotationId: string,
     comment: string,
-    intent: BrowserAnnotationIntent
+    intent: BrowserAnnotationIntent,
+    imagePaths: string[]
   ) => void
 }): React.JSX.Element {
   const [editingAnnotationId, setEditingAnnotationId] = useState<string | null>(null)
   const [editComment, setEditComment] = useState('')
   const [editIntent, setEditIntent] = useState<BrowserAnnotationIntent>('change')
+  const editImages = useBrowserAnnotationImages(worktreeId)
+  const resetEditImages = editImages.resetImages
   const [expanded, setExpanded] = useState(true)
   const ToggleChevron = expanded ? ChevronDown : ChevronRight
 
@@ -70,26 +84,34 @@ export function BrowserPageAnnotationTray({
       !browserAnnotations.some((annotation) => annotation.id === editingAnnotationId)
     ) {
       setEditingAnnotationId(null)
+      resetEditImages()
     }
-  }, [browserAnnotations, editingAnnotationId])
+  }, [browserAnnotations, editingAnnotationId, resetEditImages])
 
   const handleStartEdit = (annotation: BrowserPageAnnotation): void => {
     setEditingAnnotationId(annotation.id)
     setEditComment(annotation.comment)
     setEditIntent(annotation.intent)
+    editImages.resetImages(annotation.imagePaths)
   }
 
   const handleCancelEdit = (): void => {
     setEditingAnnotationId(null)
+    editImages.resetImages()
   }
 
+  const canSaveEdit = Boolean(editComment.trim()) && !editImages.saving
   const handleSaveEdit = (): void => {
-    const trimmed = editComment.trim()
-    if (!trimmed || !editingAnnotationId) {
+    if (!canSaveEdit || !editingAnnotationId) {
       return
     }
-    handleUpdateBrowserAnnotation(editingAnnotationId, trimmed, editIntent)
-    setEditingAnnotationId(null)
+    handleUpdateBrowserAnnotation(
+      editingAnnotationId,
+      editComment.trim(),
+      editIntent,
+      editImages.imagePaths
+    )
+    handleCancelEdit()
   }
 
   return (
@@ -230,8 +252,12 @@ export function BrowserPageAnnotationTray({
                       className="min-w-0 flex-1"
                       data-slot="annotation-edit"
                       onKeyDown={(event) => {
-                        // Why: bail-out selector in useGrabMode lets this reach any focused child, not just the textarea.
-                        if (event.key === 'Escape') {
+                        // Why: useGrabMode's bail-out lets this reach any focused child; an image preview's portal only closes itself.
+                        if (
+                          event.key === 'Escape' &&
+                          event.target instanceof Node &&
+                          event.currentTarget.contains(event.target)
+                        ) {
                           event.preventDefault()
                           event.stopPropagation()
                           handleCancelEdit()
@@ -241,6 +267,7 @@ export function BrowserPageAnnotationTray({
                       <ImeTextarea
                         value={editComment}
                         onChange={(event) => setEditComment(event.target.value)}
+                        onPaste={editImages.handlePaste}
                         maxLength={GRAB_BUDGET.annotationCommentMaxLength}
                         className="h-16 w-full resize-none rounded-md border border-input bg-background px-2 py-1.5 text-xs outline-none ring-offset-background focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-ring"
                         autoFocus
@@ -256,6 +283,10 @@ export function BrowserPageAnnotationTray({
                           }
                         }}
                       />
+                      <BrowserAnnotationImageStrip
+                        images={editImages.images}
+                        onRemove={editImages.removeImage}
+                      />
                       <ToggleGroup
                         type="single"
                         size="sm"
@@ -294,7 +325,7 @@ export function BrowserPageAnnotationTray({
                             'Cancel'
                           )}
                         </Button>
-                        <Button size="xs" disabled={!editComment.trim()} onClick={handleSaveEdit}>
+                        <Button size="xs" disabled={!canSaveEdit} onClick={handleSaveEdit}>
                           {translate(
                             'auto.components.browser.pane.annotate.browser.page.annotation.tray.c16f932cb3',
                             'Save'
@@ -315,6 +346,12 @@ export function BrowserPageAnnotationTray({
                         </div>
                         <div className="mt-1 flex items-center gap-1.5 text-[11px] text-muted-foreground">
                           <span>{annotation.intent}</span>
+                          {annotation.imagePaths?.length ? (
+                            <span className="flex items-center gap-0.5">
+                              <ImageIcon className="size-3" />
+                              {annotation.imagePaths.length}
+                            </span>
+                          ) : null}
                           {currentUrl !== undefined &&
                           !browserAnnotationMatchesPageUrl(
                             annotation.payload.page.sanitizedUrl,
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/pending-browser-annotation-card.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/pending-browser-annotation-card.tsx
index e9a1edc7e58..6fd0cd43f55 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/pending-browser-annotation-card.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/pending-browser-annotation-card.tsx
@@ -16,19 +16,23 @@ import {
   BROWSER_ANNOTATION_INTENT_OPTIONS,
   type BrowserOverlayAnchor
 } from '../describe-page/browser-annotation-geometry'
+import { useBrowserAnnotationImages } from './use-browser-annotation-images'
+import { BrowserAnnotationImageStrip } from './browser-annotation-image-strip'
 
 export function PendingBrowserAnnotationCard({
   payload,
+  worktreeId,
   resolveAnchor,
   portalContainer,
   onAdd,
   onCancel
 }: {
   payload: BrowserGrabPayload
+  worktreeId: string
   /** Anchor for a card of the given measured height; null until the card has rendered once. */
   resolveAnchor: (cardHeight: number | null) => BrowserOverlayAnchor
   portalContainer: HTMLElement | null
-  onAdd: (comment: string, intent: BrowserAnnotationIntent) => void
+  onAdd: (comment: string, intent: BrowserAnnotationIntent, imagePaths: string[]) => void
   onCancel: () => void
 }): React.JSX.Element {
   const [card, setCard] = useState<HTMLDivElement | null>(null)
@@ -45,7 +49,10 @@ export function PendingBrowserAnnotationCard({
   const anchor = resolveAnchor(cardHeight)
   const [comment, setComment] = useState('')
   const [intent, setIntent] = useState<BrowserAnnotationIntent>('change')
+  const { images, imagePaths, saving, handlePaste, removeImage } =
+    useBrowserAnnotationImages(worktreeId)
   const trimmed = comment.trim()
+  const canAdd = Boolean(trimmed) && !saving
   const submitModifierLabel = getScreenSubmitModifierLabel()
 
   return (
@@ -99,6 +106,7 @@ export function PendingBrowserAnnotationCard({
           id="browser-annotation-comment"
           value={comment}
           onChange={(event) => setComment(event.target.value)}
+          onPaste={handlePaste}
           placeholder={translate(
             'auto.components.browser.pane.BrowserPane.532bac48c5',
             'Describe what the agent should change here...'
@@ -116,12 +124,13 @@ export function PendingBrowserAnnotationCard({
             if (isScreenSubmitShortcut(event)) {
               event.preventDefault()
               event.stopPropagation()
-              if (trimmed) {
-                onAdd(trimmed, intent)
+              if (canAdd) {
+                onAdd(trimmed, intent, imagePaths)
               }
             }
           }}
         />
+        <BrowserAnnotationImageStrip images={images} onRemove={removeImage} />
         <ToggleGroup
           type="single"
           size="sm"
@@ -160,8 +169,8 @@ export function PendingBrowserAnnotationCard({
           <Button
             size="sm"
             className="h-8 gap-1.5"
-            disabled={!trimmed}
-            onClick={() => onAdd(trimmed, intent)}
+            disabled={!canAdd}
+            onClick={() => onAdd(trimmed, intent, imagePaths)}
           >
             <MessageSquarePlus className="size-3.5" />
             {translate('auto.components.browser.pane.BrowserPane.90d021f2ad', 'Add')}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/use-browser-annotation-images.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/use-browser-annotation-images.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..addbce54af0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/use-browser-annotation-images.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import { useCallback, useState } from 'react'
+import { toast } from 'sonner'
+import { useAppStore } from '@/store'
+import { getConnectionId } from '@/lib/connection-context'
+import { useMountedRef } from '@/hooks/useMountedRef'
+import { createBrowserUuid } from '@/lib/browser-uuid'
+import { formatClipboardImagePasteError } from '@/components/terminal-pane/terminal-pane-paste-execution'
+import { resolveTerminalPasteRuntimeEnvironmentId } from '@/components/terminal-pane/terminal-paste-runtime'
+import { clipboardEventImageFile } from '@/components/native-chat/native-chat-clipboard-payload'
+import { useNativeChatComposerAttachmentPreviews } from '@/components/native-chat/use-native-chat-composer-attachment-previews'
+import type { NativeChatComposerImageAttachment } from '@/components/native-chat/NativeChatComposerField'
+
+const NO_PENDING: readonly NativeChatComposerImageAttachment[] = []
+
+/** Save where a terminal paste in this worktree would, so the agent can open the path. */
+function saveAnnotationClipboardImage(worktreeId: string): Promise<string | null> {
+  return window.api.ui.saveClipboardImageAsTempFile({
+    connectionId: getConnectionId(worktreeId) ?? null,
+    runtimeEnvironmentId: resolveTerminalPasteRuntimeEnvironmentId(
+      useAppStore.getState(),
+      worktreeId,
+      null
+    )
+  })
+}
+
+export function useBrowserAnnotationImages(worktreeId: string): {
+  images: NativeChatComposerImageAttachment[]
+  imagePaths: string[]
+  saving: boolean
+  handlePaste: (event: React.ClipboardEvent) => void
+  removeImage: (id: string) => void
+  resetImages: (paths?: readonly string[]) => void
+} {
+  const mountedRef = useMountedRef()
+  const [images, setImages] = useState<NativeChatComposerImageAttachment[]>([])
+  // Releases each clipboard preview once its image leaves the list or the field unmounts.
+  const { previews, setPreview } = useNativeChatComposerAttachmentPreviews(images, NO_PENDING)
+
+  const removeImage = useCallback((id: string): void => {
+    setImages((current) => current.filter((image) => image.id !== id))
+  }, [])
+
+  const handlePaste = useCallback(
+    (event: React.ClipboardEvent): void => {
+      // Text wins, as in a terminal: rich copies often carry an image rendition of their text.
+      const file = event.clipboardData.getData('text/plain') ? null : clipboardEventImageFile(event)
+      if (!file) {
+        return
+      }
+      event.preventDefault()
+      const id = createBrowserUuid()
+      setImages((current) => [...current, { id, path: '', pending: true }])
+      setPreview(id, URL.createObjectURL(file))
+      const settle = (path: string | null): void => {
+        if (!mountedRef.current) {
+          return
+        }
+        if (!path) {
+          removeImage(id)
+          return
+        }
+        setImages((current) =>
+          current.map((image) => (image.id === id ? { ...image, path, pending: false } : image))
+        )
+      }
+      saveAnnotationClipboardImage(worktreeId).then(settle, (error: unknown) => {
+        settle(null)
+        toast.error(formatClipboardImagePasteError(error))
+      })
+    },
+    [mountedRef, removeImage, setPreview, worktreeId]
+  )
+
+  const resetImages = useCallback((paths: readonly string[] = []): void => {
+    setImages(paths.map((path) => ({ id: path, path })))
+  }, [])
+
+  return {
+    images: images.map((image) =>
+      previews.has(image.id) ? { ...image, previewUrl: previews.get(image.id) } : image
+    ),
+    imagePaths: images.flatMap((image) => (image.pending ? [] : [image.path])),
+    saving: images.some((image) => image.pending),
+    handlePaste,
+    removeImage,
+    resetImages
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/use-browser-page-annotation-send.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/use-browser-page-annotation-send.ts
index d0450e2d4c6..19f7c92e181 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/use-browser-page-annotation-send.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/use-browser-page-annotation-send.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ export function useBrowserPageAnnotationSend({
   handleUpdateBrowserAnnotation: (
     annotationId: string,
     comment: string,
-    intent: BrowserAnnotationIntent
+    intent: BrowserAnnotationIntent,
+    imagePaths: string[]
   ) => void
   handleBrowserAnnotationsSentToAgent: () => void
   handleBrowserAnnotationsHandedOff: (delivered: Promise<unknown>) => void
@@ -187,8 +188,13 @@ export function useBrowserPageAnnotationSend({
   )
 
   const handleUpdateBrowserAnnotation = useCallback(
-    (annotationId: string, comment: string, intent: BrowserAnnotationIntent): void => {
-      updateBrowserPageAnnotation(browserTabId, annotationId, { comment, intent })
+    (
+      annotationId: string,
+      comment: string,
+      intent: BrowserAnnotationIntent,
+      imagePaths: string[]
+    ): void => {
+      updateBrowserPageAnnotation(browserTabId, annotationId, { comment, intent, imagePaths })
       recordFeatureInteraction('browser-annotations')
     },
     [browserTabId, recordFeatureInteraction, updateBrowserPageAnnotation]
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/use-browser-page-grab-annotations.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/use-browser-page-grab-annotations.ts
index 5e6649ffa69..cd48ea6ed69 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/use-browser-page-grab-annotations.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/use-browser-page-grab-annotations.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,11 @@ export function useBrowserPageGrabAnnotations({
   handleGrabCopy: () => void
   handleGrabCopyScreenshot: () => void
   grabMenuActionTakenRef: MutableRefObject<boolean>
-  handleAddBrowserAnnotation: (comment: string, intent: BrowserAnnotationIntent) => void
+  handleAddBrowserAnnotation: (
+    comment: string,
+    intent: BrowserAnnotationIntent,
+    imagePaths?: string[]
+  ) => void
   handleCancelPendingBrowserAnnotation: () => void
   cancelPendingBrowserCapture: () => void
   handleGrabActionShortcut: (key: 'c' | 's') => void
@@ -263,7 +267,7 @@ export function useBrowserPageGrabAnnotations({
   }, [grab, recordFeatureInteraction, showGrabToast])
 
   const handleAddBrowserAnnotation = useCallback(
-    (comment: string, intent: BrowserAnnotationIntent): void => {
+    (comment: string, intent: BrowserAnnotationIntent, imagePaths: string[] = []): void => {
       const payload = pendingAnnotationPayloadRef.current
       if (!payload) {
         return
@@ -275,7 +279,8 @@ export function useBrowserPageGrabAnnotations({
         intent,
         priority: DEFAULT_BROWSER_ANNOTATION_PRIORITY,
         createdAt: new Date().toISOString(),
-        payload: createBrowserAnnotationPayload(payload)
+        payload: createBrowserAnnotationPayload(payload),
+        ...(imagePaths.length > 0 ? { imagePaths } : {})
       })
       recordFeatureInteraction('browser-annotations')
       pendingAnnotationPayloadRef.current = null
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/useGrabMode.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/useGrabMode.ts
index 019f08a1b88..3d70c9d414d 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/useGrabMode.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/annotate/useGrabMode.ts
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ export function useGrabMode(browserPageId: string): GrabModeHook {
         if (
           isEditableKeyboardTarget(e.target) ||
           element?.closest(
-            '[data-slot="select-trigger"], [data-slot="select-content"], [data-slot="annotation-edit"]'
+            '[data-slot="select-trigger"], [data-slot="select-content"], [data-slot="annotation-edit"], [data-slot="dialog-content"]'
           )
         ) {
           return
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/app-menu-paste.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/app-menu-paste.test.ts
index 3119213da74..6388a5913db 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/app-menu-paste.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/app-menu-paste.test.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 // @vitest-environment happy-dom
 
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
-import {
-  APP_MENU_PASTE_EVENT,
-  dispatchAppMenuPasteEvent,
-  handleAppMenuPasteRequest
-} from './app-menu-paste'
+import { APP_MENU_PASTE_EVENT, handleAppMenuPasteRequest } from './app-menu-paste'
 
 function appendTextarea(value = ''): HTMLTextAreaElement {
   const textarea = document.createElement('textarea')
@@ -148,6 +144,21 @@ describe('app menu paste', () => {
     expect(performNativePaste).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ mode: 'paste' })
   })
 
+  it('native-pastes an image-only clipboard so the control can take the image', async () => {
+    const textarea = appendTextarea()
+    textarea.focus()
+    const performNativePaste = vi.fn()
+
+    const result = await handleAppMenuPasteRequest({
+      readClipboardText: vi.fn(async () => ''),
+      performNativePaste,
+      dispatchOwnedPasteEvent: () => false
+    })
+
+    expect(result).toEqual({ status: 'native-fallback', reason: 'no-clipboard-text' })
+    expect(performNativePaste).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ mode: 'paste' })
+  })
+
   it('does not native-fallback when clipboard read fails after focus moves', async () => {
     const textarea = appendTextarea('unchanged')
     const other = appendTextarea('other')
@@ -204,15 +215,4 @@ describe('app menu paste', () => {
     expect(textarea.value).toBe('unchanged')
     expect(performNativePaste).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
-
-  it('exposes a cancellable ownership event', () => {
-    const onPaste = (event: Event): void => {
-      event.preventDefault()
-    }
-    window.addEventListener(APP_MENU_PASTE_EVENT, onPaste)
-
-    expect(dispatchAppMenuPasteEvent()).toBe(true)
-
-    window.removeEventListener(APP_MENU_PASTE_EVENT, onPaste)
-  })
 })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/app-menu-paste.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/app-menu-paste.ts
index 53f40206925..33c36feeb80 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/app-menu-paste.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/app-menu-paste.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ export const APP_MENU_PASTE_EVENT = 'orca-app-menu-paste'
 
 export type AppMenuPasteRequestResult =
   | { status: 'handled'; target: 'terminal' | 'text-control' }
-  | { status: 'native-fallback'; reason: 'no-owned-target' | 'clipboard-read-failed' }
+  | {
+      status: 'native-fallback'
+      reason: 'no-owned-target' | 'clipboard-read-failed' | 'no-clipboard-text'
+    }
   | {
       status: 'rejected'
       target: 'text-control'
@@ -82,6 +85,26 @@ export async function handleAppMenuPasteRequest({
     return { status: 'native-fallback', reason: 'no-owned-target' }
   }
 
+  const nativePasteIntoResolvedTarget = (
+    reason: 'clipboard-read-failed' | 'no-clipboard-text'
+  ): AppMenuPasteRequestResult => {
+    // After the async read, native paste could target newly focused controls instead of the resolved owner.
+    if (target.ownerDocument.activeElement !== target) {
+      const rejectedResult = createTextControlRejectedResult(
+        'target-unavailable',
+        0,
+        'app-menu',
+        getNowMs() - startedAtMs
+      )
+      return createAppMenuTextControlRejectedResult({
+        reason: 'target-unavailable',
+        redactedDiagnostic: rejectedResult.redactedDiagnostic
+      })
+    }
+    performNativePaste({ mode: nativePasteMode })
+    return { status: 'native-fallback', reason }
+  }
+
   let text: string
   try {
     text = await readClipboardText({ maxBytes: TEXT_CONTROL_PASTE_MAX_BYTES })
@@ -98,21 +121,11 @@ export async function handleAppMenuPasteRequest({
         redactedDiagnostic: rejectedResult.redactedDiagnostic
       })
     }
-    // After async failure, native paste could target newly focused controls instead of the resolved owner.
-    if (target.ownerDocument.activeElement !== target) {
-      const rejectedResult = createTextControlRejectedResult(
-        'target-unavailable',
-        0,
-        'app-menu',
-        getNowMs() - startedAtMs
-      )
-      return createAppMenuTextControlRejectedResult({
-        reason: 'target-unavailable',
-        redactedDiagnostic: rejectedResult.redactedDiagnostic
-      })
-    }
-    performNativePaste({ mode: nativePasteMode })
-    return { status: 'native-fallback', reason: 'clipboard-read-failed' }
+    return nativePasteIntoResolvedTarget('clipboard-read-failed')
+  }
+  // Image-only clipboards read as no text; a native paste hands the image to the control's own paste handler.
+  if (!text) {
+    return nativePasteIntoResolvedTarget('no-clipboard-text')
   }
 
   const result = await pasteTextIntoTextControl(target, text, {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/store/slices/browser/browser-slice-contract.ts b/src/renderer/src/store/slices/browser/browser-slice-contract.ts
index f5244756bd4..2aecd23f0cb 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/store/slices/browser/browser-slice-contract.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/store/slices/browser/browser-slice-contract.ts
@@ -18,10 +18,7 @@ import type {
 } from '../../../../../shared/browser-workspace-types'
 import type { WorkspaceSessionState } from '../../../../../shared/workspace-session-state-types'
 import type { WorkspaceDocHistoryEntry } from '../../../../../shared/workspace-doc-history'
-import type {
-  BrowserAnnotationIntent,
-  BrowserPageAnnotation
-} from '../../../../../shared/browser-grab-types'
+import type { BrowserPageAnnotation } from '../../../../../shared/browser-grab-types'
 import type {
   BrowserPageConversionLeg,
   BrowserPageConversionTarget
@@ -208,7 +205,7 @@ export type BrowserSlice = {
   updateBrowserPageAnnotation: (
     pageId: string,
     annotationId: string,
-    patch: { comment: string; intent: BrowserAnnotationIntent }
+    patch: Pick<BrowserPageAnnotation, 'comment' | 'intent' | 'imagePaths'>
   ) => void
   deleteBrowserPageAnnotation: (pageId: string, annotationId: string) => void
   clearBrowserPageAnnotations: (pageId: string) => void
diff --git a/src/shared/browser-grab-types.ts b/src/shared/browser-grab-types.ts
index 82af8b9ab14..0d6bf8eab2d 100644
--- a/src/shared/browser-grab-types.ts
+++ b/src/shared/browser-grab-types.ts
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ export type BrowserPageAnnotation = {
   priority: BrowserAnnotationPriority
   createdAt: string
   payload: BrowserAnnotationPayload
+  /** Pasted images, saved on the worktree's host like a terminal image paste. */
+  imagePaths?: string[]
 }
 
 // Payload budgets are enforced in guest and main.