diff --git a/web/src/lib/pty-mobile-input.test.ts b/web/src/lib/pty-mobile-input.test.ts
index 1b436943902..85ba22007ca 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/pty-mobile-input.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/pty-mobile-input.test.ts
@@ -67,4 +67,25 @@ describe("updatePtyInputLine", () => {
     expect(updatePtyInputLine("abc", "\x7f")).toBe("ab");
     expect(updatePtyInputLine("abc", "\r")).toBe("");
   });
+
+  it("resets tracking on escape sequences instead of appending their payload", () => {
+    // Left-arrow arrives as one CSI chunk; the tracker cannot model cursor
+    // moves, so it must disarm rather than record "hello[D".
+    expect(updatePtyInputLine("hello", "\x1b[D")).toBe("");
+    expect(updatePtyInputLine("hello", "\x1b[H")).toBe("");
+    expect(updatePtyInputLine("hello", "\x1bOP")).toBe("");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("normalizePtyMobileInput after cursor movement", () => {
+  it("does not emit a replacement against a tracker reset by arrow keys", () => {
+    // Simulate: type "hello my name is kain", press left-arrow, then a
+    // Gboard suggestion arrives. The tracker reset means no replacement
+    // heuristic can fire against a stale line snapshot.
+    const afterArrow = updatePtyInputLine("hello my name is kain", "\x1b[D");
+    const result = normalizePtyMobileInput("Kain", afterArrow, true);
+
+    expect(result.normalized).toBe(false);
+    expect(result.data).toBe("Kain");
+  });
 });
diff --git a/web/src/lib/pty-mobile-input.ts b/web/src/lib/pty-mobile-input.ts
index a4991ad6ec2..aaee4c88cbc 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/pty-mobile-input.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/pty-mobile-input.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,15 @@ export function shouldTreatInputAsMobileReplacement(
 }
 
 export function updatePtyInputLine(currentLine: string, data: string): string {
+  // Escape sequences (arrow keys, home/end, function keys, paste guards)
+  // move the cursor or edit the line in ways this flat tracker cannot
+  // model — and the per-char loop below would append their printable
+  // payload (e.g. the "[D" of a left-arrow) as if it were typed text.
+  // Reset instead: an unknown cursor position must disarm replacement
+  // normalization until the user starts a fresh, cleanly-tracked line.
+  if (data.includes("\x1b")) {
+    return "";
+  }
   let next = currentLine;
   for (const ch of chars(data)) {
     if (ch === "\r" || ch === "\n") {
diff --git a/web/src/pages/ChatPage.tsx b/web/src/pages/ChatPage.tsx
index 7a133227c39..9d7ef5c149e 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/ChatPage.tsx
+++ b/web/src/pages/ChatPage.tsx
@@ -940,6 +940,13 @@ export default function ChatPage({ isActive = true }: { isActive?: boolean }) {
       // eslint-disable-next-line no-control-regex -- intentional ESC byte in xterm SGR mouse report parser
       const SGR_MOUSE_RE = /^\x1b\[<(\d+);(\d+);(\d+)([Mm])$/;
       onDataDisposable = term.onData((data) => {
+        // Mouse reports (scroll wheel etc.) are not typed input — swallow
+        // them before the blocked-input check so scrolling a disconnected
+        // terminal doesn't trip the "reconnecting" notice.
+        if (SGR_MOUSE_RE.test(data)) {
+          return;
+        }
+
         if (
           ws.readyState !== WebSocket.OPEN ||
           shouldBlockPtyInput(ptyStateRef.current)
@@ -953,10 +960,6 @@ export default function ChatPage({ isActive = true }: { isActive?: boolean }) {
           return;
         }
 
-        if (SGR_MOUSE_RE.test(data)) {
-          return;
-        }
-
         const normalized = normalizePtyMobileInput(
           data,
           ptyInputLineRef.current,