diff --git a/.github/workflows/ios.yml b/.github/workflows/ios.yml
index e20b95d54..6c11670e0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ios.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ios.yml
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ jobs:
             -only-testing:AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/RunnerTests/testTypeWithoutResolvedInputReturnsTypedFailureBeforeDispatchingText \
             -only-testing:AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/RunnerTests/testBareTypeUsesTappedInputWhenSoftwareKeyboardIsHidden \
             -only-testing:AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/RunnerTests/testBareDelayedTypeFailsWhenTappedInputDisappearsMidCommand \
+            -only-testing:AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/RunnerTests/testSynthesizedTextCommitProgressWalksExpectedPrefixOnly \
             -only-testing:AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/RunnerTests/testTextEntryTapWitnessIsBoundToTargetIdentity \
             -only-testing:AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/RunnerTests/testActivateTargetSkipsForegroundAndActivatesNonForegroundApplication \
             -only-testing:AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/RunnerTests/testMissingBundleCommandInvalidatesCompleteCachedTargetState \
diff --git a/apple/runner/AgentDeviceRunner/AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/RunnerTests+SynthesizedTextEntry.swift b/apple/runner/AgentDeviceRunner/AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/RunnerTests+SynthesizedTextEntry.swift
index 44ae40896..272101752 100644
--- a/apple/runner/AgentDeviceRunner/AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/RunnerTests+SynthesizedTextEntry.swift
+++ b/apple/runner/AgentDeviceRunner/AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/RunnerTests+SynthesizedTextEntry.swift
@@ -159,6 +159,63 @@ 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. An
+  // unreadable value — secure field, or the element stopped resolving — ends the wait the
+  // same way.
+  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
+  }
+
+  /// Blocks until the synthesized bare-type text is observable in the target field, so `type`
+  /// cannot report ok while trailing characters are still uncommitted on a slow simulator.
+  ///
+  /// Observation only. A stalled prefix cannot be told apart from a suffix still queued in the
+  /// event stream, so re-synthesizing the difference risks committing it twice after the command
+  /// already reported success. Text carrying a submit key is skipped outright: the app may clear
+  /// or rewrite the field on submit, so `textBefore + typedText` is not the value to wait for.
+  func awaitSynthesizedFirstResponderCommit(
+    app: XCUIApplication,
+    target: TextEntryTarget,
+    textBefore: String?,
+    typedText: String
+  ) {
+    guard let textBefore, !typedText.contains("\n"), !typedText.contains("\r") else {
+      return
+    }
+    let expectedText = textBefore + typedText
+    let deadline = Date().addingTimeInterval(TextEntryTiming.synthesizedCommitTimeout)
+    while Date() < deadline {
+      let observedText = editableTextValue(
+        for: resolveTextEntryElement(app: app, target: target),
+        treatingPlaceholderAsEmpty: true
+      )
+      switch Self.synthesizedTextCommitProgress(observedText: observedText, expectedText: expectedText) {
+      case .committed, .diverged:
+        return
+      case .pending:
+        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..2de0dc186 100644
--- a/apple/runner/AgentDeviceRunner/AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/RunnerTests+TextEntry.swift
+++ b/apple/runner/AgentDeviceRunner/AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/RunnerTests+TextEntry.swift
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ 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
   }
 
   struct TextEntryResult {
diff --git a/apple/runner/AgentDeviceRunner/AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/RunnerTests+TextEntryPolicyTests.swift b/apple/runner/AgentDeviceRunner/AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/RunnerTests+TextEntryPolicyTests.swift
index 12f7a9414..464f0ad93 100644
--- a/apple/runner/AgentDeviceRunner/AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/RunnerTests+TextEntryPolicyTests.swift
+++ b/apple/runner/AgentDeviceRunner/AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/RunnerTests+TextEntryPolicyTests.swift
@@ -61,6 +61,35 @@ 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
+    )
+  }
+
 #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..fde9ad91c 100644
--- a/apple/runner/AgentDeviceRunner/AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/RunnerTests+TextTyping.swift
+++ b/apple/runner/AgentDeviceRunner/AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/RunnerTests+TextTyping.swift
@@ -111,8 +111,22 @@ 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
+          )
           return (currentTarget, true, nil)
         case .fallback:
           return (nil, false, .synthesisUnavailable)