diff --git a/electron/package.json b/electron/package.json
index 909a4472..285bd1e9 100644
--- a/electron/package.json
+++ b/electron/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "openswarm",
-  "version": "1.1.62",
+  "version": "1.1.63",
   "description": "OpenSwarm — AI Agent Orchestrator",
   "author": "openswarm-ai",
   "main": "main.js",
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/Onboarding/ac/AgenticCursor.tsx b/frontend/src/app/components/Onboarding/ac/AgenticCursor.tsx
index 67cd7c09..3f0bc7d7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/Onboarding/ac/AgenticCursor.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/Onboarding/ac/AgenticCursor.tsx
@@ -259,7 +259,14 @@ const AgenticCursor = forwardRef<AgenticCursorHandle>((_props, ref) => {
           zIndex: 10500,
           pointerEvents: 'none',
           transformOrigin: 'top left',
-          ...(IS_WIN ? { transform: `translate(${storePos.x}px, ${storePos.y}px)` } : null),
+          ...(IS_WIN
+            ? {
+                transform: `translate(${storePos.x}px, ${storePos.y}px)`,
+                // Closest CSS approximation of the Mac spring (stiffness 260, damping 26): a softly easing ~420ms cubic-bezier. Without this the cursor teleports because the shim strips Framer's spring runtime.
+                transition: 'transform 420ms cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1)',
+                willChange: 'transform',
+              }
+            : null),
         }}
       >
         {visible && (
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/ChatInput/hooks/useEditorHandlers.ts b/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/ChatInput/hooks/useEditorHandlers.ts
index d4e233f0..d1544823 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/ChatInput/hooks/useEditorHandlers.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/ChatInput/hooks/useEditorHandlers.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export function useEditorHandlers(p: Params) {
   const updateHasContent = useCallback(() => {
     const editor = editorRef.current;
     if (!editor) return;
-    const text = (editor.textContent || '').replace(/\u200B/g, '');
+    const text = readEditorText(editor).replace(/\u200B/g, '');
     const hasPills = editor.querySelector(`[${SKILL_PILL_ATTR}]`) !== null;
     setHasContent(text.trim().length > 0 || hasPills);
   }, []);
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export function useEditorHandlers(p: Params) {
       const { [skillId]: _, ...rest } = prev;
       return rest;
     });
-    const text = (editor.textContent || '').replace(/\u200B/g, '');
+    const text = readEditorText(editor).replace(/\u200B/g, '');
     const hasPills = editor.querySelector(`[${SKILL_PILL_ATTR}]`) !== null;
     setHasContent(text.trim().length > 0 || hasPills);
     editor.focus();
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/ChatInput/toolbar/ToolbarActions.tsx b/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/ChatInput/toolbar/ToolbarActions.tsx
index c0b92e20..78af52ce 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/ChatInput/toolbar/ToolbarActions.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/ChatInput/toolbar/ToolbarActions.tsx
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ import React, { RefObject } from 'react';
 import Box from '@mui/material/Box';
 import IconButton from '@mui/material/IconButton';
 import Tooltip from '@mui/material/Tooltip';
-
-// Windows ablation re-instated in v1.1.58: the file input AND the contentEditable were BOTH crashers. v1.1.57's restore of <input type="file"> brought back the AgentChat-children commit segfault (crash fires right after AgentChat:before-jsx without any child render logs). Drag-and-drop attach still works via AttachmentChips drop zone on Windows. Future: replace this button with an Electron native showOpenDialog IPC so the button is functional on Windows again without touching <input type="file">.
-const IS_WIN = typeof navigator !== 'undefined' && navigator.userAgent.includes('Windows');
 import MicNoneOutlinedIcon from '@mui/icons-material/MicNoneOutlined';
 import ArrowUpwardIcon from '@mui/icons-material/ArrowUpward';
 import StopIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Stop';
@@ -85,39 +82,34 @@ export const ToolbarActions: React.FC<Props> = ({
         );
       })()}
 
-      {/* Windows-only ablation: hidden <input type="file"> + attach button skipped on Windows to test whether IFileDialog COM init is the trigger for the Chromium 144 commit-phase segfault. Mac still renders both (drag/paste/click attach all work). On Windows, drag-and-drop attach still works via AttachmentChips drop zone. */}
-      {!IS_WIN && (
-        <input
-          ref={generalFileInputRef}
-          type="file"
-          multiple
-          hidden
-          onChange={(e) => {
-            if (!e.target.files) return;
-            const all = Array.from(e.target.files);
-            const imgs = all.filter((f) => f.type.startsWith('image/'));
-            const rest = all.filter((f) => !f.type.startsWith('image/'));
-            if (imgs.length > 0) addImageFiles(imgs);
-            if (rest.length > 0) uploadAndAttachFiles(rest);
-            e.target.value = '';
+      <input
+        ref={generalFileInputRef}
+        type="file"
+        multiple
+        hidden
+        onChange={(e) => {
+          if (!e.target.files) return;
+          const all = Array.from(e.target.files);
+          const imgs = all.filter((f) => f.type.startsWith('image/'));
+          const rest = all.filter((f) => !f.type.startsWith('image/'));
+          if (imgs.length > 0) addImageFiles(imgs);
+          if (rest.length > 0) uploadAndAttachFiles(rest);
+          e.target.value = '';
+        }}
+      />
+      <Tooltip title="Attach file">
+        <IconButton
+          size="small"
+          onClick={() => generalFileInputRef.current?.click()}
+          sx={{
+            color: c.text.tertiary,
+            p: 0.5,
+            '&:hover': { color: c.text.secondary, bgcolor: 'rgba(0,0,0,0.04)' },
           }}
-        />
-      )}
-      {!IS_WIN && (
-        <Tooltip title="Attach file">
-          <IconButton
-            size="small"
-            onClick={() => generalFileInputRef.current?.click()}
-            sx={{
-              color: c.text.tertiary,
-              p: 0.5,
-              '&:hover': { color: c.text.secondary, bgcolor: 'rgba(0,0,0,0.04)' },
-            }}
-          >
-            <AttachFileIcon sx={{ fontSize: 18 }} />
-          </IconButton>
-        </Tooltip>
-      )}
+        >
+          <AttachFileIcon sx={{ fontSize: 18 }} />
+        </IconButton>
+      </Tooltip>
       {!autoRunMode && (
         <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 0.5 }}>
           {hasContent && (
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/ChatInput/view/EditorSurface.tsx b/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/ChatInput/view/EditorSurface.tsx
index 03ad4314..03977d82 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/ChatInput/view/EditorSurface.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/ChatInput/view/EditorSurface.tsx
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ interface Props {
   onPaste: (e: React.ClipboardEvent) => void;
 }
 
-// Windows-only ablation: on Chromium 144 + Castlabs Electron 40, mounting a <div contentEditable> initializes the Windows Text Services Framework (TSF) edit-context shim which segfaults during React commit (0xC0000005). Plain <textarea> goes through a different native path and doesn't engage the same TSF shim. Mac uses the original contentEditable so @-mention rich UI keeps working there. ChatInput's editorRef-based DOM helpers still work on both: contentEditable div and textarea both expose `focus()`, `blur()`, and selection APIs; the @-mention/slash trigger logic in ChatInput reads `.textContent` / `.innerText` for div and falls through to `.value` for textarea via duck-typed access.
-const IS_WIN = typeof navigator !== 'undefined' && navigator.userAgent.includes('Windows');
-
 export const EditorSurface: React.FC<Props> = ({
   c, editorRef, disabled, hasContent, hasAttachments, autoRunMode, isRunning, queueLength,
   placeholderLabel, onInput, onClick, onKeyDown, onPaste,
@@ -33,41 +30,6 @@ export const EditorSurface: React.FC<Props> = ({
         ? (queueLength > 0 ? `${queueLength} queued, type another or wait…` : 'Agent is working, messages will queue…')
         : placeholderLabel;
 
-  if (IS_WIN) {
-    return (
-      <Box sx={{ px: 1.5, pt: hasAttachments ? 0.5 : 1.25, pb: 0.25, position: 'relative' }}>
-        <textarea
-          ref={editorRef as unknown as React.RefObject<HTMLTextAreaElement>}
-          data-onboarding="chat-input"
-          disabled={!!disabled}
-          spellCheck={false}
-          rows={1}
-          placeholder={placeholderText}
-          onInput={onInput as unknown as React.FormEventHandler<HTMLTextAreaElement>}
-          onClick={onClick as unknown as React.MouseEventHandler<HTMLTextAreaElement>}
-          onKeyDown={onKeyDown as unknown as React.KeyboardEventHandler<HTMLTextAreaElement>}
-          onPaste={onPaste as unknown as React.ClipboardEventHandler<HTMLTextAreaElement>}
-          style={{
-            width: '100%',
-            minHeight: '1.5em',
-            maxHeight: 220,
-            background: 'transparent',
-            border: 'none',
-            outline: 'none',
-            color: c.text.primary,
-            fontSize: '0.95rem',
-            lineHeight: '1.55',
-            fontFamily: 'inherit',
-            wordBreak: 'break-word',
-            whiteSpace: 'pre-wrap',
-            resize: 'none',
-            padding: 0,
-          }}
-        />
-      </Box>
-    );
-  }
-
   return (
     <Box sx={{ px: 1.5, pt: hasAttachments ? 0.5 : 1.25, pb: 0.25, position: 'relative' }}>
       <div