diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/renderer/screens/main/components/WorkspaceView/ContentView/TabsContent/Terminal/helpers.ts b/apps/desktop/src/renderer/screens/main/components/WorkspaceView/ContentView/TabsContent/Terminal/helpers.ts
index ab05215b28e..5abc578d44d 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/renderer/screens/main/components/WorkspaceView/ContentView/TabsContent/Terminal/helpers.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/renderer/screens/main/components/WorkspaceView/ContentView/TabsContent/Terminal/helpers.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ import { Unicode11Addon } from "@xterm/addon-unicode11";
 import { WebglAddon } from "@xterm/addon-webgl";
 import type { ITheme } from "@xterm/xterm";
 import { Terminal as XTerm } from "@xterm/xterm";
-import { getBinding, isTerminalReservedEvent } from "renderer/hotkeys";
+import {
+	getBinding,
+	isTerminalReservedEvent,
+	resolveHotkeyFromEvent,
+} from "renderer/hotkeys";
 import type { DetectedLink } from "renderer/lib/terminal/links";
 import { TerminalLinkManager } from "renderer/lib/terminal/terminal-link-manager";
 import { electronTrpcClient as trpcClient } from "renderer/lib/trpc-client";
@@ -592,9 +596,9 @@ export function setupKeyboardHandler(
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		// Any other ctrl/meta combo → let it bubble to document for react-hotkeys-hook
-		if (event.type === "keydown" && (event.metaKey || event.ctrlKey))
-			return false;
+		// Only bubble chords registered as app hotkeys; everything else reaches the PTY.
+		// Mirrors v2 terminal-runtime.ts:21 (VSCode terminalInstance pattern).
+		if (resolveHotkeyFromEvent(event) !== null) return false;
 
 		return true;
 	};