diff --git a/src/components/InlineWikilinkInput.tsx b/src/components/InlineWikilinkInput.tsx
index 02f27a93..b358d507 100644
--- a/src/components/InlineWikilinkInput.tsx
+++ b/src/components/InlineWikilinkInput.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import {
   useMemo,
+  useRef,
+  useState,
   type ReactNode,
 } from 'react'
 import type { VaultEntry } from '../types'
@@ -14,6 +16,12 @@ import {
   extractInlineWikilinkReferences,
   findActiveWikilinkQuery,
 } from './inlineWikilinkText'
+import { serializeInlineNode } from './inlineWikilinkDom'
+import {
+  buildPendingPasteState,
+  type PendingPasteState,
+  shouldRecoverPendingPaste,
+} from './inlineWikilinkPasteRecovery'
 import {
   InlineWikilinkEditorField,
   InlineWikilinkPaletteLayout,
@@ -48,7 +56,6 @@ function collapseSelectionRange(nextSelectionIndex: number) {
     end: nextSelectionIndex,
   }
 }
-
 function submitInlineValue({
   onSubmit,
   submitOnEmpty,
@@ -66,51 +73,6 @@ function submitInlineValue({
   onSubmit(normalizedValue, references)
 }
 
-function renderInlineEditorField({
-  value,
-  placeholder,
-  disabled,
-  inputRef,
-  dataTestId,
-  editorClassName,
-  onInput,
-  onKeyDown,
-  onPaste,
-  onSelectionChange,
-  segments,
-  typeEntryMap,
-}: {
-  value: string
-  placeholder?: string
-  disabled: boolean
-  inputRef: React.Ref<HTMLDivElement>
-  dataTestId: string
-  editorClassName?: string
-  onInput: () => void
-  onKeyDown: (event: React.KeyboardEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => void
-  onPaste: (event: React.ClipboardEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => void
-  onSelectionChange: () => void
-  segments: ReturnType<typeof buildInlineWikilinkSegments>
-  typeEntryMap: Record<string, VaultEntry>
-}) {
-  return (
-    <InlineWikilinkEditorField
-      value={value}
-      placeholder={placeholder}
-      disabled={disabled}
-      inputRef={inputRef}
-      dataTestId={dataTestId}
-      editorClassName={editorClassName}
-      onInput={onInput}
-      onKeyDown={onKeyDown}
-      onPaste={onPaste}
-      onSelectionChange={onSelectionChange}
-      segments={segments}
-      typeEntryMap={typeEntryMap}
-    />
-  )
-}
-
 function renderInlineSuggestionList({
   suggestions,
   selectedSuggestionIndex,
@@ -160,12 +122,14 @@ export function InlineWikilinkInput({
   paletteEmptyState,
   paletteFooter,
 }: InlineWikilinkInputProps) {
+  const [, forceRender] = useState(0)
   const segments = useMemo(
     () => buildInlineWikilinkSegments(value, entries),
     [entries, value],
   )
   const typeEntryMap = useMemo(() => buildTypeEntryMap(entries), [entries])
   const {
+    editorRef,
     selectionRange,
     selectionIndex,
     setSelectionRange,
@@ -178,6 +142,7 @@ export function InlineWikilinkInput({
     onChange,
     inputRef,
   })
+  const pendingPasteRef = useRef<PendingPasteState | null>(null)
   const activeQuery = useMemo(
     () => selectionRange.start === selectionRange.end
       ? findActiveWikilinkQuery(value, selectionIndex)
@@ -218,11 +183,30 @@ export function InlineWikilinkInput({
     const pastedText = normalizeInlineWikilinkValue(event.clipboardData.getData('text/plain'))
     if (!pastedText) return
 
-    event.preventDefault()
     const nextState = replaceInlineSelection(value, selectionRange, pastedText)
+    pendingPasteRef.current = buildPendingPasteState(value, selectionRange, pastedText)
+
+    event.preventDefault()
     onChange(nextState.value)
     setSelectionRange(nextState.selection)
   }
+  const handleInput = () => {
+    const editor = editorRef.current
+    const pendingPaste = pendingPasteRef.current
+    if (editor && pendingPaste) {
+      const nextValue = normalizeInlineWikilinkValue(serializeInlineNode(editor))
+      pendingPasteRef.current = null
+
+      if (shouldRecoverPendingPaste(nextValue, pendingPaste)) {
+        onChange(pendingPaste.expectedValue)
+        forceRender((current) => current + 1)
+        setSelectionRange({ ...pendingPaste.expectedSelection })
+        return
+      }
+    }
+
+    commitValueFromEditor()
+  }
   const submitValue = () =>
     submitInlineValue({ onSubmit, submitOnEmpty, value, references })
   const handleKeyDown = (event: React.KeyboardEvent<HTMLDivElement>) =>
@@ -237,20 +221,22 @@ export function InlineWikilinkInput({
       canSubmit: onSubmit !== undefined,
       onSubmit: submitValue,
     })
-  const editor = renderInlineEditorField({
-    value,
-    placeholder,
-    disabled,
-    inputRef: setCombinedRef,
-    dataTestId,
-    editorClassName,
-    onInput: commitValueFromEditor,
-    onKeyDown: handleKeyDown,
-    onPaste: handlePaste,
-    onSelectionChange: syncSelectionRange,
-    segments,
-    typeEntryMap,
-  })
+  const editor = (
+    <InlineWikilinkEditorField
+      value={value}
+      placeholder={placeholder}
+      disabled={disabled}
+      inputRef={setCombinedRef}
+      dataTestId={dataTestId}
+      editorClassName={editorClassName}
+      onInput={handleInput}
+      onKeyDown={handleKeyDown}
+      onPaste={handlePaste}
+      onSelectionChange={syncSelectionRange}
+      segments={segments}
+      typeEntryMap={typeEntryMap}
+    />
+  )
   const suggestionList = renderInlineSuggestionList({
     suggestions,
     selectedSuggestionIndex,
diff --git a/src/components/inlineWikilinkPasteRecovery.test.ts b/src/components/inlineWikilinkPasteRecovery.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae15871a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/inlineWikilinkPasteRecovery.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import {
+  buildPendingPasteState,
+  shouldRecoverPendingPaste,
+} from './inlineWikilinkPasteRecovery'
+
+describe('inlineWikilinkPasteRecovery', () => {
+  it('recognizes the expected post-paste value as recoverable', () => {
+    const pendingPaste = buildPendingPasteState(' ', { start: 1, end: 1 }, 'hello world')
+
+    expect(pendingPaste).toEqual({
+      duplicatedValue: ' hello worldhello world',
+      expectedValue: ' hello world',
+      expectedSelection: { start: 12, end: 12 },
+    })
+    expect(shouldRecoverPendingPaste(' hello world', pendingPaste)).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('recognizes the duplicate native replay as recoverable when pasting into the middle of text', () => {
+    const pendingPaste = buildPendingPasteState('prefix suffix', { start: 7, end: 7 }, 'hello ')
+
+    expect(pendingPaste.duplicatedValue).toBe('prefix hello hello suffix')
+    expect(shouldRecoverPendingPaste('prefix hello hello suffix', pendingPaste)).toBe(true)
+    expect(shouldRecoverPendingPaste('prefix hello suffix!', pendingPaste)).toBe(false)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/components/inlineWikilinkPasteRecovery.ts b/src/components/inlineWikilinkPasteRecovery.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..09a4a23c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/inlineWikilinkPasteRecovery.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import type { InlineSelectionRange } from './inlineWikilinkDom'
+import { replaceInlineSelection } from './inlineWikilinkEdits'
+
+export interface PendingPasteState {
+  duplicatedValue: string
+  expectedValue: string
+  expectedSelection: InlineSelectionRange
+}
+
+export function buildPendingPasteState(
+  value: string,
+  selectionRange: InlineSelectionRange,
+  pastedText: string,
+): PendingPasteState {
+  const nextState = replaceInlineSelection(value, selectionRange, pastedText)
+
+  return {
+    duplicatedValue: replaceInlineSelection(nextState.value, nextState.selection, pastedText).value,
+    expectedValue: nextState.value,
+    expectedSelection: nextState.selection,
+  }
+}
+
+export function shouldRecoverPendingPaste(
+  nextValue: string,
+  pendingPaste: PendingPasteState,
+): boolean {
+  return (
+    nextValue === pendingPaste.expectedValue ||
+    nextValue === pendingPaste.duplicatedValue
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/components/useInlineWikilinkSelection.ts b/src/components/useInlineWikilinkSelection.ts
index 80ac0e45..d93ee0c5 100644
--- a/src/components/useInlineWikilinkSelection.ts
+++ b/src/components/useInlineWikilinkSelection.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ export function useInlineWikilinkSelection({
   }, [selectionRange, value])
 
   return {
+    editorRef,
     selectionRange,
     selectionIndex: selectionRange.end,
     setSelectionRange,