diff --git a/src/features/terminal/imeCommit.test.ts b/src/features/terminal/imeCommit.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..76753353b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/terminal/imeCommit.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { IME_COMMIT_TIMEOUT_MS, ImeCommitGate, type ImeScheduler } from "./imeCommit";
+
+/** Runs queued callbacks in order, the way setTimeout(0) drains after the current event. */
+function manualScheduler() {
+  let next = 1;
+  const tasks = new Map<number, () => void>();
+  const scheduler: ImeScheduler = {
+    after: (callback) => {
+      const id = next++;
+      tasks.set(id, callback);
+      return id;
+    },
+    cancel: (id) => {
+      tasks.delete(id);
+    },
+  };
+  const run = () => {
+    for (const [id, task] of [...tasks]) {
+      tasks.delete(id);
+      task();
+    }
+  };
+  return { scheduler, run, pending: () => tasks.size };
+}
+
+function gateWithRebase() {
+  const { scheduler, run, pending } = manualScheduler();
+  let rebased = 0;
+  const gate = new ImeCommitGate(() => rebased++, scheduler);
+  return { gate, run, pending, rebases: () => rebased };
+}
+
+describe("ImeCommitGate", () => {
+  it("takes the first emission of a commit and drops the repeated one", () => {
+    const { gate } = gateWithRebase();
+    gate.begin();
+    expect(gate.accept()).toBe(true);
+    expect(gate.accept()).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps the real text of the pi case and drops the stale suffix", () => {
+    // xterm sends the committed diff first, then a stale `value.substring(start)`.
+    const { gate, run } = gateWithRebase();
+    const sent: string[] = [];
+    const emit = (data: string) => {
+      if (gate.accept()) sent.push(data);
+    };
+    gate.begin();
+    emit("在吗");
+    gate.finish();
+    emit("好在吗");
+    run();
+    expect(sent).toEqual(["在吗"]);
+  });
+
+  it("accepts every emission once the commit is over", () => {
+    const { gate, run } = gateWithRebase();
+    gate.begin();
+    expect(gate.accept()).toBe(true);
+    expect(gate.accept()).toBe(false);
+    gate.finish();
+    run();
+    expect(gate.accept()).toBe(true);
+    expect(gate.accept()).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("rebases the textarea when the commit closes, not before", () => {
+    const { gate, run, rebases } = gateWithRebase();
+    gate.begin();
+    gate.finish();
+    expect(rebases()).toBe(0);
+    run();
+    expect(rebases()).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it("stands down once a real compositionstart arrives", () => {
+    const { gate, rebases } = gateWithRebase();
+    gate.begin();
+    gate.compositionStart();
+    expect(gate.accept()).toBe(true);
+    expect(gate.accept()).toBe(true);
+    expect(rebases()).toBe(0);
+    // And a later commit is not gated either.
+    gate.begin();
+    expect(gate.accept()).toBe(true);
+    expect(gate.accept()).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("closes a commit whose compositionend never arrives", () => {
+    const { gate, run, pending, rebases } = gateWithRebase();
+    gate.begin();
+    expect(pending()).toBe(1);
+    run();
+    expect(IME_COMMIT_TIMEOUT_MS).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(rebases()).toBe(1);
+    expect(gate.accept()).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/features/terminal/imeCommit.ts b/src/features/terminal/imeCommit.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..baeca349f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/terminal/imeCommit.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/**
+ * Collapses the repeated data emissions of one IME commit.
+ *
+ * WebKitGTK + fcitx5 commit text without firing `compositionstart`, so xterm's `CompositionHelper`
+ * never advances `_compositionPosition.start` and keeps appending the committed text to its hidden
+ * textarea. A commit then reaches `onData` twice — once with the committed text, once with a stale
+ * `value.substring(start)` — and the same text shows up in the terminal twice.
+ *
+ * One commit must send one chunk: take the first emission and drop the rest, then rebase the
+ * textarea so the next commit starts from an empty value. IMEs that do report `compositionstart`
+ * (macOS, IBus) keep xterm's own bookkeeping, so the gate stands down for them.
+ */
+
+/** How long a commit may stay open when its `compositionend` never arrives. */
+export const IME_COMMIT_TIMEOUT_MS = 250;
+
+export interface ImeScheduler {
+  after(callback: () => void, ms: number): number;
+  cancel(id: number): void;
+}
+
+const WINDOW_SCHEDULER: ImeScheduler = {
+  after: (callback, ms) => window.setTimeout(callback, ms),
+  cancel: (id) => window.clearTimeout(id),
+};
+
+export class ImeCommitGate {
+  private open = false;
+  private sent = false;
+  private timer: number | null = null;
+  private native = false;
+  private readonly rebase: () => void;
+  private readonly scheduler: ImeScheduler;
+
+  constructor(rebase: () => void, scheduler: ImeScheduler = WINDOW_SCHEDULER) {
+    this.rebase = rebase;
+    this.scheduler = scheduler;
+  }
+
+  /** A commit starts: the IME's own keystroke (code 229) or its composition input event. */
+  begin(): void {
+    if (this.native || this.open) return;
+    this.open = true;
+    this.sent = false;
+    this.timer = this.scheduler.after(() => this.close(), IME_COMMIT_TIMEOUT_MS);
+  }
+
+  /** The commit ended: let the emissions both of xterm's senders queued go out, then rebase. */
+  finish(): void {
+    if (!this.open) return;
+    this.cancelTimer();
+    this.timer = this.scheduler.after(() => this.close(), 0);
+  }
+
+  /** Whether this emission should reach the PTY. */
+  accept(): boolean {
+    if (!this.open) return true;
+    if (this.sent) return false;
+    this.sent = true;
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  /** The IME reports composition events, so xterm needs no help — stay out of its way. */
+  compositionStart(): void {
+    this.native = true;
+    this.cancelTimer();
+    this.open = false;
+    this.sent = false;
+  }
+
+  /** Ends the commit and rebases the textarea to an empty value. */
+  close(): void {
+    this.cancelTimer();
+    if (!this.open) return;
+    this.open = false;
+    this.rebase();
+  }
+
+  private cancelTimer(): void {
+    if (this.timer === null) return;
+    this.scheduler.cancel(this.timer);
+    this.timer = null;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/features/terminal/session.ts b/src/features/terminal/session.ts
index 9c7c0f8cf..cdc92247d 100644
--- a/src/features/terminal/session.ts
+++ b/src/features/terminal/session.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { Channel } from "@tauri-apps/api/core";
 import { call, commands, isTauri, type TerminalId } from "@/platform/ipc";
 import { editorService, notifications } from "@/workbench/contributions";
 import { fitScheduler, settledResize } from "./fit";
+import { ImeCommitGate } from "./imeCommit";
 import { findTerminalLinks, resolvePath, type TerminalLink } from "./links";
 import { splitCommandLine } from "@/platform/commandLine";
 import { useProject } from "@/platform/project";
@@ -176,6 +177,10 @@ export class TerminalSession {
   private lastSize = { cols: 0, rows: 0 };
   /** Bumped on restart so late output from a previous PTY is ignored. */
   private generation = 0;
+  /** WebKitGTK delivers one IME commit' worth of text more than once; see `ImeCommitGate`. */
+  private readonly ime = new ImeCommitGate(() => {
+    if (this.term.textarea) this.term.textarea.value = "";
+  });
 
   constructor(opts: SessionOptions) {
     this.opts = opts;
@@ -227,7 +232,7 @@ export class TerminalSession {
       this.searchAddon.onDidChangeResults((r) => {
         for (const l of this.searchListeners) l({ index: r.resultIndex, count: r.resultCount });
       }),
-      this.term.onData((data) => this.input(data)),
+      this.term.onData((data) => this.fromTerminal(data)),
       this.term.onBinary((data) => this.input(data)),
       this.term.onTitleChange((title) => this.update({ appTitle: title.trim() || null })),
       // OSC 7: `file://host/path` — shells report their cwd so relative links resolve correctly.
@@ -347,6 +352,7 @@ export class TerminalSession {
         () => this.scheduleFit(),
       );
       this.term.textarea?.addEventListener("focus", () => this.opts.onFocus(this.key));
+      this.watchImeCommit();
     }
     this.resizeObserver?.disconnect();
     this.resizeObserver = new ResizeObserver(() => this.scheduleFit());
@@ -364,6 +370,44 @@ export class TerminalSession {
     this.fitter.schedule();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Routes a WebKitGTK / fcitx5 IME commit through `ImeCommitGate`: the platform reports the
+   * composition's own keystroke (code 229) and its input event but never `compositionstart`,
+   * which is what xterm's own bookkeeping is built on.
+   */
+  private watchImeCommit() {
+    const textarea = this.term.textarea;
+    if (!textarea) return;
+    const onKeyDown = (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
+      if (e.keyCode === 229) this.ime.begin();
+    };
+    const onInput = (e: InputEvent) => {
+      if (e.inputType === "insertFromComposition" || e.inputType === "insertCompositionText") this.ime.begin();
+    };
+    const onCompositionStart = () => this.ime.compositionStart();
+    // Bubble phase, i.e. after xterm's own listener: the rebase must land behind the emissions
+    // that xterm's composition and textarea-diff paths already scheduled.
+    const onCompositionEnd = () => this.ime.finish();
+    this.host.addEventListener("keydown", onKeyDown, true);
+    textarea.addEventListener("input", onInput, true);
+    textarea.addEventListener("compositionstart", onCompositionStart, true);
+    textarea.addEventListener("compositionend", onCompositionEnd);
+    this.disposables.push({
+      dispose: () => {
+        this.ime.close();
+        this.host.removeEventListener("keydown", onKeyDown, true);
+        textarea.removeEventListener("input", onInput, true);
+        textarea.removeEventListener("compositionstart", onCompositionStart, true);
+        textarea.removeEventListener("compositionend", onCompositionEnd);
+      },
+    });
+  }
+
+  /** xterm's data event, with one IME commit's repeated emissions collapsed. */
+  private fromTerminal(data: string) {
+    if (this.ime.accept()) this.input(data);
+  }
+
   private doFit() {
     if (this.disposed || !this.host.isConnected) return;
     if (this.host.offsetWidth === 0 || this.host.offsetHeight === 0) return;