diff --git a/ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/index.d.ts b/ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/index.d.ts
index 2a8ccef6297..a0db6e7e0c7 100644
--- a/ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/index.d.ts
+++ b/ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/index.d.ts
@@ -36,5 +36,6 @@ export type { Instance, RenderOptions, Root } from './src/ink/root.ts'
 export { stringWidth } from './src/ink/stringWidth.ts'
 export type { MouseTrackingMode } from './src/ink/termio/dec.ts'
 export { wrapAnsi } from './src/ink/wrapAnsi.ts'
-export { default as TextInput, UncontrolledTextInput } from 'ink-text-input'
-export type { Props as TextInputProps } from 'ink-text-input'
+// 'ink-text-input' types deliberately not re-exported here; see
+// src/entry-exports.ts for the full rationale (#31227). Use the
+// '@hermes/ink/text-input' subpath when the upstream widget is needed.
diff --git a/ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/entry-exports.ts b/ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/entry-exports.ts
index 2251fa6c82c..aaa849506ae 100644
--- a/ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/entry-exports.ts
+++ b/ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/entry-exports.ts
@@ -29,4 +29,21 @@ export { stringWidth } from './ink/stringWidth.js'
 export { isXtermJs } from './ink/terminal.js'
 export type { MouseTrackingMode } from './ink/termio/dec.js'
 export { wrapAnsi } from './ink/wrapAnsi.js'
-export { default as TextInput, UncontrolledTextInput } from 'ink-text-input'
+
+// NOTE: Do not re-export from 'ink-text-input' here.
+//
+// 'ink-text-input' depends on the npm 'ink' package; pulling it in from
+// this re-export drags an entire second copy of ink (and its async
+// top-level init chain) into any caller that bundles `@hermes/ink` from
+// source. esbuild's `__esm` helper then deadlocks on the circular
+// async init between the two ink graphs — the dashboard TUI bundle
+// stalls at startup with only 141 bytes of ANSI reset output, blank
+// screen forever (#31227).
+//
+// Consumers that actually want the upstream ink-text-input widget must
+// import it via the dedicated subpath:
+//
+//     import TextInput from '@hermes/ink/text-input'
+//
+// which still resolves through this package's `./text-input` export,
+// just outside the entry-exports surface that gets inlined by callers.