diff --git a/src/ink/components/App.tsx b/src/ink/components/App.tsx
index f9d248d3..a805ce31 100644
--- a/src/ink/components/App.tsx
+++ b/src/ink/components/App.tsx
@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@ export default class App extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
         // The buffered text is preserved for REPL.tsx via consumeEarlyInput().
         stopCapturingEarlyInput();
         stdin.ref();
+        // Windows consoles can leave stdin paused even after raw mode is set.
+        // Explicitly resuming keeps `readable` events flowing cross-platform.
+        stdin.resume();
         stdin.setRawMode(true);
         stdin.addListener('readable', this.handleReadable);
         // Enable bracketed paste mode
@@ -275,6 +278,7 @@ export default class App extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
       this.props.stdout.write(DBP);
       stdin.setRawMode(false);
       stdin.removeListener('readable', this.handleReadable);
+      stdin.pause();
       stdin.unref();
     }
   };
diff --git a/src/utils/earlyInput.ts b/src/utils/earlyInput.ts
index 734dad4f..8248ee91 100644
--- a/src/utils/earlyInput.ts
+++ b/src/utils/earlyInput.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export function startCapturingEarlyInput(): void {
     process.stdin.setEncoding('utf8')
     process.stdin.setRawMode(true)
     process.stdin.ref()
+    process.stdin.resume()
 
     readableHandler = () => {
       let chunk = process.stdin.read()