diff --git a/apps/mobile/modules/t3-composer-editor/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/t3composereditor/T3ComposerEditorModule.kt b/apps/mobile/modules/t3-composer-editor/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/t3composereditor/T3ComposerEditorModule.kt
index 1703a76702024..15f907a1fc321 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/modules/t3-composer-editor/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/t3composereditor/T3ComposerEditorModule.kt
+++ b/apps/mobile/modules/t3-composer-editor/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/t3composereditor/T3ComposerEditorModule.kt
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ import org.json.JSONObject
 import org.json.JSONArray
 
 internal object T3ComposerClipboard {
+  // Clipboard bridges can echo our text back without its HTML context metadata.
+  private var copiedContext: Pair<String, String>? = null
+
+  @Synchronized
   fun write(context: Context, text: String, fragment: String) {
     val clipboard = context.getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE) as ClipboardManager
     val payload = try {
@@ -18,6 +22,7 @@ internal object T3ComposerClipboard {
     }
     val records = payload?.optJSONArray("records")
     if (payload == null || records == null) {
+      copiedContext = null
       clipboard.setPrimaryClip(ClipData.newPlainText("T3 Code", text))
       return
     }
@@ -31,8 +36,10 @@ internal object T3ComposerClipboard {
       }
     )
     payload.put("records", JSONArray(selected))
-    val encoded = java.net.URLEncoder.encode(payload.toString(), "UTF-8").replace("+", "%20")
+    val serialized = payload.toString()
+    val encoded = java.net.URLEncoder.encode(serialized, "UTF-8").replace("+", "%20")
     val escaped = text.replace("&", "&amp;").replace("<", "&lt;").replace(">", "&gt;")
+    copiedContext = if (selected.isEmpty()) null else text to serialized
     clipboard.setPrimaryClip(
       if (selected.isEmpty()) {
         ClipData.newPlainText(
@@ -49,14 +56,21 @@ internal object T3ComposerClipboard {
     )
   }
 
+  @Synchronized
   fun read(context: Context): Map<String, String> {
     val clipboard = context.getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE) as ClipboardManager
     val clip = clipboard.primaryClip
     val item = if (clip != null && clip.itemCount > 0) clip.getItemAt(0) else null
+    val text = item?.text?.toString() ?: ""
+    val html = item?.htmlText ?: ""
+    val copied = copiedContext?.takeIf {
+      clip?.itemCount == 1 && item?.uri == null && it.first == text
+    }
+    if (copied == null) copiedContext = null
     return mapOf(
-      "text" to (item?.text?.toString() ?: ""),
-      "html" to (item?.htmlText ?: ""),
-      "fragment" to ""
+      "text" to text,
+      "html" to html,
+      "fragment" to if (!html.contains("data-t3-context-fragment=")) copied?.second.orEmpty() else ""
     )
   }
 }
diff --git a/apps/mobile/modules/t3-composer-editor/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/t3composereditor/T3ComposerEditorView.kt b/apps/mobile/modules/t3-composer-editor/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/t3composereditor/T3ComposerEditorView.kt
index ecc37df17c993..2e5cf0cf3f2fc 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/modules/t3-composer-editor/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/t3composereditor/T3ComposerEditorView.kt
+++ b/apps/mobile/modules/t3-composer-editor/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/t3composereditor/T3ComposerEditorView.kt
@@ -697,7 +697,10 @@ internal class SelectionAwareEditText(context: Context) : EditText(context) {
 
   private fun pasteContextOrImages(): Boolean {
     val payload = T3ComposerClipboard.read(context)
-    if (payload["html"]?.contains("data-t3-context-fragment=") == true) {
+    if (
+      !payload["fragment"].isNullOrEmpty() ||
+      payload["html"]?.contains("data-t3-context-fragment=") == true
+    ) {
       pasteContextListener?.invoke(payload)
       return true
     }
diff --git a/apps/mobile/modules/t3-composer-editor/android/src/test/java/expo/modules/t3composereditor/ComposerPasteTest.kt b/apps/mobile/modules/t3-composer-editor/android/src/test/java/expo/modules/t3composereditor/ComposerPasteTest.kt
index ca15fb2b1ba19..682865b019e8f 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/modules/t3-composer-editor/android/src/test/java/expo/modules/t3composereditor/ComposerPasteTest.kt
+++ b/apps/mobile/modules/t3-composer-editor/android/src/test/java/expo/modules/t3composereditor/ComposerPasteTest.kt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import android.content.ClipboardManager
 import android.content.Context
 import android.net.Uri
 import android.view.KeyEvent
+import org.json.JSONObject
 import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
 import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
 import org.junit.Assert.assertNull
@@ -38,6 +39,31 @@ class ComposerPasteTest {
     )
   )
 
+  @Test
+  @Config(sdk = [33, 36])
+  fun sentImageCopySurvivesAClipboardBridgeDroppingHtml() {
+    assertSentImageContextPaste()
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun clipboardChangeObservedByPasteDiscardsTheCopiedContext() {
+    assertSentImageContextPaste()
+    val copiedText = clipboard.primaryClip!!.getItemAt(0).text.toString()
+    clipboard.setPrimaryClip(ClipData.newPlainText("other app", "Different text"))
+    assertEquals("", T3ComposerClipboard.read(context)["fragment"])
+    clipboard.setPrimaryClip(ClipData.newPlainText("other app", copiedText))
+    assertEquals("", T3ComposerClipboard.read(context)["fragment"])
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun explicitPlainTextPasteDoesNotRecoverContext() {
+    assertSentImageContextPaste()
+    val copiedText = clipboard.primaryClip!!.getItemAt(0).text.toString()
+    editor.pasteContextListener = { error("Paste as Text must stay plain") }
+    assertTrue(pasteAsText())
+    assertEquals(copiedText, editor.text.toString())
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun shortcutKeepsLargeTextInlineAndUndoable() {
     val pasted = "x".repeat(32 * 1024)
@@ -169,4 +195,33 @@ class ComposerPasteTest {
     assertEquals("unchanged", editor.text.toString())
     assertNull(intercepted)
   }
+
+  private fun assertSentImageContextPaste() {
+    val id = "file_sent-image"
+    val copiedText = "Review this image\n ![android-smoke.png](t3-context://v1/image/$id)"
+    val fragment = """
+      {
+        "version": 1,
+        "source": {"environmentId": "source", "messageId": "sent-message"},
+        "records": [{
+          "version": 1, "contextId": "$id", "label": "android-smoke.png", "kind": "image",
+          "attachmentId": "stored-image", "name": "android-smoke.png",
+          "mimeType": "image/png", "sizeBytes": 53249
+        }]
+      }
+    """.trimIndent()
+    T3ComposerClipboard.write(context, copiedText, fragment)
+    clipboard.setPrimaryClip(ClipData.newPlainText("clipboard bridge", copiedText))
+    editor.setText("")
+    editor.setSelection(0)
+    var pasted: Map<String, String>? = null
+    editor.pasteContextListener = { pasted = it }
+
+    assertTrue(editor.onTextContextMenuItem(android.R.id.paste))
+    assertEquals(copiedText, pasted?.get("text"))
+    val recovered = JSONObject(requireNotNull(pasted?.get("fragment")))
+    assertEquals("source", recovered.getJSONObject("source").getString("environmentId"))
+    assertEquals(id, recovered.getJSONArray("records").getJSONObject(0).getString("contextId"))
+    assertEquals("", editor.text.toString())
+  }
 }