diff --git a/apple/runner/AgentDeviceRunner/AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/RunnerTests+SynthesizedTextEntry.swift b/apple/runner/AgentDeviceRunner/AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/RunnerTests+SynthesizedTextEntry.swift
index 44ae40896..26da64df9 100644
--- a/apple/runner/AgentDeviceRunner/AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/RunnerTests+SynthesizedTextEntry.swift
+++ b/apple/runner/AgentDeviceRunner/AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/RunnerTests+SynthesizedTextEntry.swift
@@ -159,6 +159,106 @@ extension RunnerTests {
     repairMode == .none && fromTapWitness && !softwareKeyboardVisible
   }
 
+  enum SynthesizedTextCommitProgress: Equatable {
+    case committed
+    case pending
+    case diverged
+  }
+
+  // The private synthesize call returns once the event record is posted, not once the target
+  // app has committed the characters, so intermediate reads walk prefix-by-prefix toward the
+  // expected value. Anything off that prefix path means the app transformed the input
+  // (formatter, mid-text caret, autocomplete) and the runner must not second-guess it.
+  static func synthesizedTextCommitProgress(
+    observedText: String?,
+    expectedText: String
+  ) -> SynthesizedTextCommitProgress {
+    guard let observedText else {
+      return .diverged
+    }
+    if observedText == expectedText {
+      return .committed
+    }
+    return expectedText.hasPrefix(observedText) ? .pending : .diverged
+  }
+
+  static func synthesizedTextCommitRepairTail(
+    observedText: String,
+    expectedText: String
+  ) -> String? {
+    guard expectedText.hasPrefix(observedText), observedText.count < expectedText.count else {
+      return nil
+    }
+    let tail = String(expectedText.dropFirst(observedText.count))
+    guard !tail.contains("\n"), !tail.contains("\r") else {
+      return nil
+    }
+    return tail
+  }
+
+  /// Blocks until the synthesized bare-type text is observable in the target field, so `type`
+  /// cannot report ok while trailing characters are still uncommitted (or dropped) on a slow
+  /// simulator. Exits fast when the app transforms the input; re-synthesizes the missing tail
+  /// once if commit progress stalls as a strict prefix of the expected value.
+  func awaitSynthesizedFirstResponderCommit(
+    app: XCUIApplication,
+    target: TextEntryTarget,
+    textBefore: String?,
+    typedText: String,
+    synthesizer: any TextEntrySynthesizing
+  ) {
+    guard let textBefore, !typedText.contains("\n"), !typedText.contains("\r") else {
+      return
+    }
+    let expectedText = textBefore + typedText
+    var repaired = false
+    var lastObservedText: String?
+    var lastChangeAt = Date()
+    let deadline = Date().addingTimeInterval(TextEntryTiming.synthesizedCommitTimeout)
+    while Date() < deadline {
+      guard let observedText = editableTextValue(
+        for: resolveTextEntryElement(app: app, target: target),
+        treatingPlaceholderAsEmpty: true
+      ) else {
+        return
+      }
+      switch Self.synthesizedTextCommitProgress(observedText: observedText, expectedText: expectedText) {
+      case .committed, .diverged:
+        return
+      case .pending:
+        break
+      }
+      if lastObservedText != observedText {
+        lastObservedText = observedText
+        lastChangeAt = Date()
+      } else if Date().timeIntervalSince(lastChangeAt) >= TextEntryTiming.synthesizedCommitQuietWindow {
+        guard !repaired,
+          let tail = Self.synthesizedTextCommitRepairTail(
+            observedText: observedText,
+            expectedText: expectedText
+          )
+        else {
+          return
+        }
+        NSLog(
+          "AGENT_DEVICE_RUNNER_REPAIR_TEXT_ENTRY route=synthesized-first-responder expectedLength=%d observedLength=%d",
+          expectedText.count,
+          observedText.count
+        )
+        guard case .continueTyping = synthesizer.enterText(
+          app: app,
+          text: tail,
+          replacingExistingText: false
+        ) else {
+          return
+        }
+        repaired = true
+        lastChangeAt = Date()
+      }
+      sleepFor(TextEntryTiming.pollInterval)
+    }
+  }
+
   static func shouldUseResolvedCoordinateTextEntryRoute(
     repairMode: TextTypingRepairMode,
     hasX: Bool,
diff --git a/apple/runner/AgentDeviceRunner/AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/RunnerTests+TextEntry.swift b/apple/runner/AgentDeviceRunner/AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/RunnerTests+TextEntry.swift
index cd200ccb8..6cc987ba9 100644
--- a/apple/runner/AgentDeviceRunner/AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/RunnerTests+TextEntry.swift
+++ b/apple/runner/AgentDeviceRunner/AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/RunnerTests+TextEntry.swift
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ extension RunnerTests {
     static let pollInterval: TimeInterval = 0.02
     static let warmupValueTimeout: TimeInterval = 0.4
     static let verificationStabilityWindow: TimeInterval = 0.2
+    static let synthesizedCommitTimeout: TimeInterval = 3.0
+    static let synthesizedCommitQuietWindow: TimeInterval = 0.6
   }
 
   struct TextEntryResult {
diff --git a/apple/runner/AgentDeviceRunner/AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/RunnerTests+TextEntryPolicyTests.swift b/apple/runner/AgentDeviceRunner/AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/RunnerTests+TextEntryPolicyTests.swift
index 12f7a9414..71063891a 100644
--- a/apple/runner/AgentDeviceRunner/AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/RunnerTests+TextEntryPolicyTests.swift
+++ b/apple/runner/AgentDeviceRunner/AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/RunnerTests+TextEntryPolicyTests.swift
@@ -61,6 +61,56 @@ extension RunnerTests {
     }
   }
 
+  func testSynthesizedTextCommitProgressWalksExpectedPrefixOnly() {
+    let expected = "hardware-keyboard"
+    XCTAssertEqual(
+      Self.synthesizedTextCommitProgress(observedText: "hardware-keyboard", expectedText: expected),
+      .committed
+    )
+    XCTAssertEqual(
+      Self.synthesizedTextCommitProgress(observedText: "", expectedText: expected),
+      .pending
+    )
+    XCTAssertEqual(
+      Self.synthesizedTextCommitProgress(observedText: "hardware-keyboa", expectedText: expected),
+      .pending
+    )
+    // Transformed input (formatter, mid-text caret, autocomplete) must stop the wait.
+    XCTAssertEqual(
+      Self.synthesizedTextCommitProgress(observedText: "hardwarX", expectedText: expected),
+      .diverged
+    )
+    XCTAssertEqual(
+      Self.synthesizedTextCommitProgress(observedText: "hardware-keyboards", expectedText: expected),
+      .diverged
+    )
+    XCTAssertEqual(
+      Self.synthesizedTextCommitProgress(observedText: nil, expectedText: expected),
+      .diverged
+    )
+  }
+
+  func testSynthesizedTextCommitRepairTailOnlyForStrictPrefixWithoutSubmitKeys() {
+    XCTAssertEqual(
+      Self.synthesizedTextCommitRepairTail(observedText: "hardware-keyboa", expectedText: "hardware-keyboard"),
+      "rd"
+    )
+    XCTAssertEqual(
+      Self.synthesizedTextCommitRepairTail(observedText: "", expectedText: "abc"),
+      "abc"
+    )
+    XCTAssertNil(
+      Self.synthesizedTextCommitRepairTail(observedText: "hardware-keyboard", expectedText: "hardware-keyboard")
+    )
+    XCTAssertNil(
+      Self.synthesizedTextCommitRepairTail(observedText: "hardwarX", expectedText: "hardware-keyboard")
+    )
+    // Never re-synthesize a tail that would submit.
+    XCTAssertNil(
+      Self.synthesizedTextCommitRepairTail(observedText: "ab", expectedText: "abc\n")
+    )
+  }
+
 #if os(iOS)
   func testSynthesizedTextEntryFallsBackOnlyWhenPrivateSynthesisIsUnavailable() {
     XCTAssertEqual(
diff --git a/apple/runner/AgentDeviceRunner/AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/RunnerTests+TextTyping.swift b/apple/runner/AgentDeviceRunner/AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/RunnerTests+TextTyping.swift
index 06c47b17a..8ac31afa0 100644
--- a/apple/runner/AgentDeviceRunner/AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/RunnerTests+TextTyping.swift
+++ b/apple/runner/AgentDeviceRunner/AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/RunnerTests+TextTyping.swift
@@ -111,8 +111,23 @@ extension RunnerTests {
       {
         textEntryRoute = "synthesized-first-responder"
         NSLog("AGENT_DEVICE_RUNNER_TEXT_ENTRY_ROUTE route=synthesized-first-responder")
+        let textBefore = editableTextValue(for: currentTarget, treatingPlaceholderAsEmpty: true)
         switch synthesizer.enterText(app: app, text: value, replacingExistingText: false) {
         case .continueTyping:
+          // No refresh point: like the tap-witness target itself, the commit wait must observe
+          // only the element the tap selected, never rediscover a different field.
+          awaitSynthesizedFirstResponderCommit(
+            app: app,
+            target: TextEntryTarget(
+              element: currentTarget,
+              refreshPoint: nil,
+              prefersFocusedElement: false,
+              fromTapWitness: true
+            ),
+            textBefore: textBefore,
+            typedText: value,
+            synthesizer: synthesizer
+          )
           return (currentTarget, true, nil)
         case .fallback:
           return (nil, false, .synthesisUnavailable)