diff --git a/ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/ink/parse-keypress.test.ts b/ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/ink/parse-keypress.test.ts
index c84982d681aa..fcd7090b8b0b 100644
--- a/ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/ink/parse-keypress.test.ts
+++ b/ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/ink/parse-keypress.test.ts
@@ -131,3 +131,68 @@ describe('flush-boundary SGR mouse reassembly', () => {
     expect(key).toMatchObject({ name: 'wheelup' })
   })
 })
+
+describe('cursor position report parsing', () => {
+  it('parses DECXCPR cursor position report (CSI ? row;col R)', () => {
+    const [[key]] = parseMultipleKeypresses(INITIAL_STATE, '\x1b[?22;1R')
+
+    expect(key).toMatchObject({
+      kind: 'response',
+      response: { type: 'cursorPosition', row: 22, col: 1 }
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('parses standard DSR cursor position report (CSI row;col R) when row > 1', () => {
+    // Terminals that don't support DECXCPR may respond to CSI ? 6 n with
+    // the plain DSR form (no ?). These must be recognized as responses,
+    // not inserted as literal text.
+    const [[key]] = parseMultipleKeypresses(INITIAL_STATE, '\x1b[22;1R')
+
+    expect(key).toMatchObject({
+      kind: 'response',
+      response: { type: 'cursorPosition', row: 22, col: 1 }
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('parses standard DSR report with multi-digit row and col', () => {
+    const [[key]] = parseMultipleKeypresses(INITIAL_STATE, '\x1b[10;80R')
+
+    expect(key).toMatchObject({
+      kind: 'response',
+      response: { type: 'cursorPosition', row: 10, col: 80 }
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('does NOT treat CSI 1;2 R as a cursor position report (Shift+F3 ambiguity)', () => {
+    // CSI 1;2 R is Shift+F3 in xterm. Without the ? marker, row 1 is
+    // ambiguous with F3 modifiers — must fall through to parseKeypress,
+    // not be silently dropped as a terminal response.
+    const [[key]] = parseMultipleKeypresses(INITIAL_STATE, '\x1b[1;2R')
+
+    expect(key.kind).not.toBe('response')
+  })
+
+  it('does NOT treat CSI 1;5 R as a cursor position report (Ctrl+F3 ambiguity)', () => {
+    const [[key]] = parseMultipleKeypresses(INITIAL_STATE, '\x1b[1;5R')
+
+    expect(key.kind).not.toBe('response')
+  })
+
+  it('does NOT treat CSI 0;col R as a cursor position report (invalid row-zero DSR)', () => {
+    // Terminal coordinates are 1-indexed, so a plain DSR report with row 0 is
+    // invalid. Without the ? marker it must remain unclassified rather than be
+    // reported as a cursor position (guard is row <= 1, not row === 1).
+    const [[key]] = parseMultipleKeypresses(INITIAL_STATE, '\x1b[0;5R')
+
+    expect(key.kind).not.toBe('response')
+  })
+
+  it('treats DECXCPR at row 1 as a cursor position report (? disambiguates from F3)', () => {
+    const [[key]] = parseMultipleKeypresses(INITIAL_STATE, '\x1b[?1;2R')
+
+    expect(key).toMatchObject({
+      kind: 'response',
+      response: { type: 'cursorPosition', row: 1, col: 2 }
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/ink/parse-keypress.ts b/ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/ink/parse-keypress.ts
index 966e32bac74d..59981f543fbd 100644
--- a/ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/ink/parse-keypress.ts
+++ b/ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/ink/parse-keypress.ts
@@ -44,11 +44,14 @@ const DA2_RE = /^\x1b\[>([\d;]*)c$/
 // (private ? marker distinguishes from CSI u key events)
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-control-regex
 const KITTY_FLAGS_RE = /^\x1b\[\?(\d+)u$/
-// DECXCPR cursor position: CSI ? row ; col R
-// The ? marker disambiguates from modified F3 keys (Shift+F3 = CSI 1;2 R,
-// Ctrl+F3 = CSI 1;5 R, etc.) — plain CSI row;col R is genuinely ambiguous.
+// Cursor position report: CSI [?] row ; col R
+// DECXCPR (CSI ? row;col R) is unambiguous and always matched.
+// Standard DSR (CSI row;col R, no ?) is also matched, but only when
+// row > 1 — modified F3 keys use CSI 1;modifier R (Shift+F3 = CSI 1;2 R,
+// Ctrl+F3 = CSI 1;5 R, etc.), and F3 always has row 1. Reports at row 1
+// without the ? marker fall through to parseKeypress to preserve F3.
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-control-regex
-const CURSOR_POSITION_RE = /^\x1b\[\?(\d+);(\d+)R$/
+const CURSOR_POSITION_RE = /^\x1b\[(\??)(\d+);(\d+)R$/
 // OSC response: OSC code ; data (BEL|ST)
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-control-regex
 const OSC_RESPONSE_RE = /^\x1b\](\d+);(.*?)(?:\x07|\x1b\\)$/s
@@ -145,10 +148,23 @@ function parseTerminalResponse(s: string): TerminalResponse | null {
     }
 
     if ((m = CURSOR_POSITION_RE.exec(s))) {
+      const hasPrivateMarker = m[1] === '?'
+      const row = parseInt(m[2]!, 10)
+
+      // Without the DEC-private '?' marker, CSI row;col R is ambiguous with
+      // modified F3 keys (Shift+F3 = CSI 1;2 R, etc.). F3 always uses row 1,
+      // so only treat the standard form as a cursor position report when
+      // row > 1. Row <= 1 reports without '?' fall through to parseKeypress:
+      // row 1 preserves F3, and row 0 is an invalid DSR report (terminal
+      // coordinates are 1-indexed) that should remain unclassified.
+      if (!hasPrivateMarker && row <= 1) {
+        return null
+      }
+
       return {
         type: 'cursorPosition',
-        row: parseInt(m[1]!, 10),
-        col: parseInt(m[2]!, 10)
+        row,
+        col: parseInt(m[3]!, 10)
       }
     }