diff --git a/src/components/ai-toolbar.tsx b/src/components/ai-toolbar.tsx
index 43f7658..01c7ae9 100644
--- a/src/components/ai-toolbar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ai-toolbar.tsx
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@ export const AIToolbar = ({
 		// Mark that the synchronous paste event handled images so keydown
 		// doesn't double-fire
 		const handlePasteHandled = (e: ClipboardEvent) => {
+			if (isEditableTarget(e.target)) return;
+
 			const images = extractAllImagesFromClipboard(e.clipboardData ?? null);
 			if (images.length > 0) pasteHandledByEvent = true;
 		};
diff --git a/tests/ai-toolbar.test.ts b/tests/ai-toolbar.test.ts
index ec01646..b0f1769 100644
--- a/tests/ai-toolbar.test.ts
+++ b/tests/ai-toolbar.test.ts
@@ -376,6 +376,24 @@ describe("AI capture redesign", () => {
 		expect(onImagesSelect).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
 	});
 
+	test("capture-phase document paste ignores textarea targets before reading clipboard data", async () => {
+		await renderToolbar();
+
+		const handleCapturePaste = getDocumentListener(
+			"paste",
+			(entry) => entry.options?.capture === true,
+		);
+
+		expect(() =>
+			handleCapturePaste({
+				target: { tagName: "TEXTAREA", isContentEditable: false },
+				get clipboardData() {
+					throw new Error("editable paste should stay on the component path");
+				},
+			} as unknown as Event),
+		).not.toThrow();
+	});
+
 	test("document paste forwards clipboard images to onImagesSelect only for non-editable targets", async () => {
 		const onImagesSelect = mock();
 		const image = new File(["image-bytes"], "clipboard.png", {