diff --git a/apps/tui-go/internal/app/input_test.go b/apps/tui-go/internal/app/input_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6078df32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/tui-go/internal/app/input_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package app
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// F-006: a multi-line paste must collapse to a single display line so the fixed-height
+// input box can't overflow and leave a smeared/stale region.
+func TestFlattenForDisplay(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := map[string]string{
+		"plain text":         "plain text",
+		"line one\nline two": "line one↵ line two",
+		"crlf\r\nhere":       "crlf↵ here",
+		"tab\tseparated":     "tab separated",
+		"a\nb\nc":            "a↵ b↵ c",
+	}
+	for in, want := range cases {
+		if got := flattenForDisplay(in); got != want {
+			t.Errorf("flattenForDisplay(%q) = %q, want %q", in, got, want)
+		}
+		if strings.ContainsAny(flattenForDisplay(in), "\n\r\t") {
+			t.Errorf("flattenForDisplay(%q) still contains a control char", in)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/apps/tui-go/internal/app/view.go b/apps/tui-go/internal/app/view.go
index 721a90fa..e0eee513 100644
--- a/apps/tui-go/internal/app/view.go
+++ b/apps/tui-go/internal/app/view.go
@@ -206,6 +206,14 @@ func (m Model) renderMain(h int) string {
 
 // --- input bar ---
 
+// flattenForDisplay collapses control characters (newlines from a multi-line paste, tabs)
+// to a single visible line so the fixed-height input box can't overflow and smear stale cells
+// (F-006). The underlying inputBuffer keeps its real characters for submission.
+func flattenForDisplay(s string) string {
+	repl := strings.NewReplacer("\r\n", "↵ ", "\r", "↵ ", "\n", "↵ ", "\t", " ")
+	return repl.Replace(s)
+}
+
 func (m Model) renderInput() string {
 	t := m.theme
 
@@ -231,7 +239,7 @@ func (m Model) renderInput() string {
 	case m.inputBuffer == "":
 		line = caret + t.span(placeholder, t.P.Faint)
 	default:
-		line = t.span(m.inputBuffer, t.P.FgStrong) + caret
+		line = t.span(flattenForDisplay(m.inputBuffer), t.P.FgStrong) + caret
 	}
 
 	// status sub-line: <session/none> · <uuid> · <mode>