diff --git a/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/ChatInput.tsx b/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/ChatInput.tsx
index c0fb6eec..1dea3b31 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/ChatInput.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/ChatInput.tsx
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ const ChatInput = forwardRef<ChatInputHandle, Props>(({ onSend, disabled, mode,
       sendSkills,
       browserIds.length > 0 ? browserIds : undefined,
     );
-    editor.innerHTML = '';
+    if (editor.tagName === 'TEXTAREA') (editor as unknown as HTMLTextAreaElement).value = ''; else editor.innerHTML = '';
     deleteDraft(ownerId);
     for (const img of images) {
       if (img.preview?.startsWith('blob:')) {
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/ChatInput/hooks/draftStore.ts b/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/ChatInput/hooks/draftStore.ts
index 9186b787..15dbe594 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/ChatInput/hooks/draftStore.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/ChatInput/hooks/draftStore.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,16 @@ export function useDraftLoad(editorRef: RefObject<HTMLDivElement>, ownerId: stri
   useEffect(() => {
     const saved = _draftStore.get(ownerId);
     const editor = editorRef.current;
-    if (saved && editor && !editor.textContent?.trim()) {
+    if (!saved || !editor) return;
+    // Textarea path (Windows ablation): drafts were saved as plain text in .value, so just restore as text. The div path below is for contentEditable on Mac where drafts are HTML with skill pills.
+    if (editor.tagName === 'TEXTAREA') {
+      const ta = editor as unknown as HTMLTextAreaElement;
+      if (ta.value.trim()) return;
+      ta.value = saved;
+      try { ta.selectionStart = ta.selectionEnd = ta.value.length; } catch (_) {}
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!editor.textContent?.trim()) {
       editor.innerHTML = saved;
       const range = document.createRange();
       range.selectNodeContents(editor);
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/ChatInput/toolbar/ToolbarActions.tsx b/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/ChatInput/toolbar/ToolbarActions.tsx
index 3c7c3899..5fb8fc8e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/ChatInput/toolbar/ToolbarActions.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/ChatInput/toolbar/ToolbarActions.tsx
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ import Box from '@mui/material/Box';
 import IconButton from '@mui/material/IconButton';
 import Tooltip from '@mui/material/Tooltip';
 
-// Windows-only ablation: mounting a hidden <input type="file"> on Windows initializes the IFileDialog COM shim which is implicated in the Chromium 144 + Electron 40 commit-phase segfault. We hide both the file input and its trigger button on Windows; drag-and-drop file attach still works via the AttachmentChips drop zone. Mac unchanged.
+// File input was ablated in v1.1.54 as a suspected crasher, but the actual crasher turned out to be contentEditable's TSF init (now replaced with textarea in EditorSurface). Restored on both platforms in v1.1.57. Keeping IS_WIN reference removal would require touching call sites; harmless left here as a constant.
 const IS_WIN = typeof navigator !== 'undefined' && navigator.userAgent.includes('Windows');
+void IS_WIN;
 import MicNoneOutlinedIcon from '@mui/icons-material/MicNoneOutlined';
 import ArrowUpwardIcon from '@mui/icons-material/ArrowUpward';
 import StopIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Stop';
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ 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 && (
+      {true && (
         <input
           ref={generalFileInputRef}
           type="file"
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ export const ToolbarActions: React.FC<Props> = ({
           }}
         />
       )}
-      {!IS_WIN && (
+      {true && (
         <Tooltip title="Attach file">
           <IconButton
             size="small"