diff --git a/src/screens/REPL.tsx b/src/screens/REPL.tsx
index b091990b..1ee59943 100644
--- a/src/screens/REPL.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/REPL.tsx
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ import { useOfficialMarketplaceNotification } from 'src/hooks/useOfficialMarketp
 import { usePromptsFromClaudeInChrome } from 'src/hooks/usePromptsFromClaudeInChrome.js';
 import { getTipToShowOnSpinner, recordShownTip } from 'src/services/tips/tipScheduler.js';
 import type { Theme } from 'src/utils/theme.js';
+import { isPromptTypingSuppressionActive } from './replInputSuppression.js';
 import { checkAndDisableBypassPermissionsIfNeeded, checkAndDisableAutoModeIfNeeded, useKickOffCheckAndDisableBypassPermissionsIfNeeded, useKickOffCheckAndDisableAutoModeIfNeeded } from 'src/utils/permissions/bypassPermissionsKillswitch.js';
 import { SandboxManager } from 'src/utils/sandbox/sandbox-adapter.js';
 import { SANDBOX_NETWORK_ACCESS_TOOL_NAME } from 'src/cli/structuredIO.js';
@@ -1336,6 +1337,7 @@ export function REPL({
   const [inputValue, setInputValueRaw] = useState(() => consumeEarlyInput());
   const inputValueRef = useRef(inputValue);
   inputValueRef.current = inputValue;
+  const promptTypingSuppressionActive = isPromptTypingSuppressionActive(isPromptInputActive, inputValue);
   const insertTextRef = useRef<{
     insert: (text: string) => void;
     setInputWithCursor: (value: string, cursor: number) => void;
@@ -2028,7 +2030,7 @@ export function REPL({
     if (isMessageSelectorVisible) return 'message-selector';
 
     // Suppress interrupt dialogs while user is actively typing
-    if (isPromptInputActive) return undefined;
+    if (promptTypingSuppressionActive) return undefined;
     if (sandboxPermissionRequestQueue[0]) return 'sandbox-permission';
 
     // Permission/interactive dialogs (show unless blocked by toolJSX)
@@ -2071,7 +2073,7 @@ export function REPL({
   const focusedInputDialog = getFocusedInputDialog();
 
   // True when permission prompts exist but are hidden because the user is typing
-  const hasSuppressedDialogs = isPromptInputActive && (sandboxPermissionRequestQueue[0] || toolUseConfirmQueue[0] || promptQueue[0] || workerSandboxPermissions.queue[0] || elicitation.queue[0] || showingCostDialog);
+  const hasSuppressedDialogs = promptTypingSuppressionActive && (sandboxPermissionRequestQueue[0] || toolUseConfirmQueue[0] || promptQueue[0] || workerSandboxPermissions.queue[0] || elicitation.queue[0] || showingCostDialog);
 
   // Keep ref in sync so timer callbacks can read the current value
   focusedInputDialogRef.current = focusedInputDialog;
diff --git a/src/screens/replInputSuppression.test.ts b/src/screens/replInputSuppression.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a7ac2a55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/screens/replInputSuppression.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'bun:test'
+
+import { isPromptTypingSuppressionActive } from './replInputSuppression.js'
+
+describe('isPromptTypingSuppressionActive', () => {
+  it('suppresses dialogs when early input already exists', () => {
+    expect(isPromptTypingSuppressionActive(false, 'hello')).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('does not suppress dialogs for empty or whitespace-only input', () => {
+    expect(isPromptTypingSuppressionActive(false, '')).toBe(false)
+    expect(isPromptTypingSuppressionActive(false, '   ')).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('keeps suppression active while the typing flag is set', () => {
+    expect(isPromptTypingSuppressionActive(true, '')).toBe(true)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/screens/replInputSuppression.ts b/src/screens/replInputSuppression.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..be904ad9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/screens/replInputSuppression.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+export function isPromptTypingSuppressionActive(
+  isPromptInputActive: boolean,
+  inputValue: string,
+): boolean {
+  return isPromptInputActive || inputValue.trim().length > 0
+}