diff --git a/packages/super-editor/src/editors/v1/extensions/paragraph/ParagraphNodeView.js b/packages/super-editor/src/editors/v1/extensions/paragraph/ParagraphNodeView.js
index 94b3717102..b5156a4586 100644
--- a/packages/super-editor/src/editors/v1/extensions/paragraph/ParagraphNodeView.js
+++ b/packages/super-editor/src/editors/v1/extensions/paragraph/ParagraphNodeView.js
@@ -232,7 +232,16 @@ export class ParagraphNodeView {
    * @returns {boolean}
    */
   #updateListStyles() {
-    let { suffix, justification } = this.node.attrs.listRendering;
+    const listRendering = this.node.attrs.listRendering;
+    // When listRendering is null (can happen transiently during certain
+    // transactions, e.g. after a setDocAttribute + paragraph delete), leave
+    // the existing marker/separator untouched. Forcing a default `suffix` here
+    // would risk writing tab-style CSS onto a text-node separator created by
+    // a prior 'space'/'nothing' suffix and scheduled RAF pass.
+    if (!listRendering) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    let { suffix, justification } = listRendering;
     suffix = suffix ?? 'tab';
     this.#calculateMarkerStyle(justification);
     if (suffix === 'tab') {
@@ -280,9 +289,15 @@ export class ParagraphNodeView {
   }
 
   /**
-   * @param {{ markerText: string, suffix?: string }} listRendering
+   * @param {{ markerText: string, suffix?: string } | null} listRendering
    */
   #initList(listRendering) {
+    // See #updateListStyles: when listRendering is null the previous marker/
+    // separator are left in place; avoid invoking the create helpers with
+    // undefined values.
+    if (!listRendering) {
+      return;
+    }
     this.#createMarker(listRendering.markerText);
     this.#createSeparator(listRendering.suffix);
   }
diff --git a/packages/super-editor/src/editors/v1/extensions/paragraph/ParagraphNodeView.test.js b/packages/super-editor/src/editors/v1/extensions/paragraph/ParagraphNodeView.test.js
index 4575db07f8..08376ef5d7 100644
--- a/packages/super-editor/src/editors/v1/extensions/paragraph/ParagraphNodeView.test.js
+++ b/packages/super-editor/src/editors/v1/extensions/paragraph/ParagraphNodeView.test.js
@@ -199,6 +199,82 @@ describe('ParagraphNodeView', () => {
     expect(nodeView.separator.textContent).toBe('\u00A0');
   });
 
+  it('does not throw when listRendering is null', () => {
+    // Regression: #updateListStyles destructured `{ suffix, justification }`
+    // from `this.node.attrs.listRendering` without a null-check, throwing
+    // `TypeError: Cannot destructure property 'suffix' of ... as it is null`
+    // whenever a paragraph node carried `listRendering: null`.
+    isList.mockReturnValue(true);
+    const baseAttrs = createNode().attrs;
+    const { nodeView } = mountNodeView({ attrs: { ...baseAttrs } });
+
+    const nextNode = createNode({
+      attrs: {
+        ...baseAttrs,
+        listRendering: null,
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(() => nodeView.update(nextNode, [])).not.toThrow();
+  });
+
+  it('does not try to style a text-node separator when switching to null listRendering', () => {
+    // Regression: when transitioning from a 'space'/'nothing' suffix (which
+    // creates a text-node separator) to `listRendering: null`, the null-guarded
+    // path must not fall back to the 'tab' branch, since writing
+    // `this.separator.style.cssText` on a Text node throws.
+    isList.mockReturnValue(true);
+    const spaceAttrs = {
+      ...createNode().attrs,
+      listRendering: { suffix: 'space', justification: 'left', markerText: '1.' },
+    };
+    const { nodeView } = mountNodeView({ attrs: spaceAttrs });
+    // The separator should be a Text node under the 'space' suffix.
+    expect(nodeView.separator?.nodeType).toBe(Node.TEXT_NODE);
+    const textSeparator = nodeView.separator;
+
+    const nullNode = createNode({
+      attrs: { ...spaceAttrs, listRendering: null },
+    });
+
+    expect(() => nodeView.update(nullNode, [])).not.toThrow();
+    // The text-node separator must be left alone (not replaced, not styled).
+    expect(nodeView.separator).toBe(textSeparator);
+  });
+
+  it('does not throw when mounted with listRendering null', () => {
+    // Regression: the null guards in #initList and #updateListStyles must also
+    // cover the constructor path — mounting a paragraph whose listRendering is
+    // already null previously threw before update() ever ran.
+    isList.mockReturnValue(true);
+    const nullAttrs = { ...createNode().attrs, listRendering: null };
+    expect(() => mountNodeView({ attrs: nullAttrs })).not.toThrow();
+  });
+
+  it('recovers marker/separator when listRendering returns from null to tab', () => {
+    // Regression: the null-guarded path leaves the existing marker/separator in
+    // place. When listRendering clears and later returns with a different suffix
+    // (here: space → null → tab), the separator has to swap from a text node
+    // back to a span element — #createSeparator handles this only if the
+    // recovery path actually runs, so exercise it end-to-end.
+    isList.mockReturnValue(true);
+    const spaceAttrs = {
+      ...createNode().attrs,
+      listRendering: { suffix: 'space', justification: 'left', markerText: '1.' },
+    };
+    const { nodeView } = mountNodeView({ attrs: spaceAttrs });
+
+    nodeView.update(createNode({ attrs: { ...spaceAttrs, listRendering: null } }), []);
+
+    const tabNode = createNode({
+      attrs: { ...spaceAttrs, listRendering: { suffix: 'tab', justification: 'left', markerText: '2.' } },
+    });
+    nodeView.update(tabNode, []);
+
+    expect(nodeView.marker?.textContent).toBe('2.');
+    expect(nodeView.separator?.tagName?.toLowerCase()).toBe('span');
+  });
+
   it('uses hanging indent width for right-justified tabs and skips tab helper', () => {
     isList.mockReturnValue(true);
     const attrs = {