diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-inline-images.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-inline-images.ts
index c13ecc05ba7b..b0faf27631b2 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-inline-images.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-inline-images.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   setTerminalImageAddonLoadHandlers
 } from './terminal-image-addon-loader'
 import { buildInlineImageAddonOptions } from './terminal-inline-image-options'
+import { repaintTerminalAfterImageAdded } from './terminal-image-added-repaint'
 
 // Panes whose setting is on but that opened before the lazy addon chunk
 // resolved. The loader's onLoaded handler drains them into a real attach.
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ const panesAwaitingImageAddon = new Set<ManagedPaneInternal>()
 // Keyed on the terminal, not the pane: PTY connections hold a toPublicPane()
 // wrapper, which does not carry imageAddon.
 const terminalsRenderingInlineImages = new WeakSet<Terminal>()
+const imageRepaintByPane = new WeakMap<ManagedPaneInternal, { dispose(): void }>()
 
 /** True only once the addon is really attached — not while its chunk loads or after it fails. */
 export function terminalRendersInlineImages(terminal: Terminal): boolean {
@@ -66,6 +68,10 @@ export function attachInlineImages(pane: ManagedPaneInternal): void {
     imageAddon = new ImageAddonConstructor(options)
     pane.terminal.loadAddon(imageAddon)
     pane.imageAddon = imageAddon
+    const repaint = repaintTerminalAfterImageAdded(pane.terminal, imageAddon)
+    if (repaint) {
+      imageRepaintByPane.set(pane, repaint)
+    }
     terminalsRenderingInlineImages.add(pane.terminal)
   } catch (err) {
     console.warn('[terminal] inline-image addon failed to attach for pane', pane.id, err)
@@ -85,6 +91,8 @@ export function detachInlineImages(pane: ManagedPaneInternal): void {
   panesAwaitingImageAddon.delete(pane)
   pane.imageAttachmentDeferred = false
   terminalsRenderingInlineImages.delete(pane.terminal)
+  imageRepaintByPane.get(pane)?.dispose()
+  imageRepaintByPane.delete(pane)
   if (pane.imageAddon) {
     try {
       pane.imageAddon.dispose()
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/terminal-image-added-repaint.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/terminal-image-added-repaint.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..790c0b9461bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/terminal-image-added-repaint.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { repaintTerminalAfterImageAdded } from './terminal-image-added-repaint'
+
+function makeAddon() {
+  const listeners = new Set<() => void>()
+  return {
+    fire: () => listeners.forEach((listener) => listener()),
+    onImageAdded: (listener: () => void) => {
+      listeners.add(listener)
+      return { dispose: () => listeners.delete(listener) }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+describe('repaintTerminalAfterImageAdded', () => {
+  it('repaints the whole viewport synchronously once per burst of added images', async () => {
+    const coreRefresh = vi.fn()
+    const terminal = { rows: 24, refresh: vi.fn(), _core: { refresh: coreRefresh } }
+    const addon = makeAddon()
+    repaintTerminalAfterImageAdded(terminal, addon)
+
+    addon.fire()
+    addon.fire()
+    expect(coreRefresh).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    await Promise.resolve()
+
+    expect(coreRefresh).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(coreRefresh).toHaveBeenCalledWith(0, 23, true)
+    expect(terminal.refresh).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+    addon.fire()
+    await Promise.resolve()
+    expect(coreRefresh).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+  })
+
+  it('falls back to the public refresh when the core refresh is unavailable', async () => {
+    const terminal = { rows: 10, refresh: vi.fn() }
+    const addon = makeAddon()
+    repaintTerminalAfterImageAdded(terminal, addon)
+
+    addon.fire()
+    await Promise.resolve()
+
+    expect(terminal.refresh).toHaveBeenCalledWith(0, 9)
+  })
+
+  it('stops repainting once disposed, including a repaint already queued', async () => {
+    const coreRefresh = vi.fn()
+    const terminal = { rows: 24, refresh: vi.fn(), _core: { refresh: coreRefresh } }
+    const addon = makeAddon()
+    const subscription = repaintTerminalAfterImageAdded(terminal, addon)
+
+    addon.fire()
+    subscription?.dispose()
+    addon.fire()
+    await Promise.resolve()
+
+    expect(coreRefresh).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('does nothing for an addon build without the image-added event', () => {
+    const terminal = { rows: 24, refresh: vi.fn() }
+    expect(repaintTerminalAfterImageAdded(terminal, {})).toBeNull()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/terminal-image-added-repaint.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/terminal-image-added-repaint.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..52721aa4bd52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/terminal-image-added-repaint.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+type RepaintableTerminal = {
+  rows: number
+  refresh(start: number, end: number): void
+  _core?: { refresh?(start: number, end: number, sync?: boolean): void }
+}
+
+type ImageAddedSource = {
+  onImageAdded?: (listener: () => void) => { dispose(): void }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Repaint the viewport once after the image addon registers an image.
+ *
+ * Why: an image's rows are dirtied in a write that Orca's synchronous per-write
+ * repair may not cover (async decoders even place tiles after that write's
+ * parse), so they reach only xterm's frame-debounced refresh. A throttled or
+ * hidden window may never run that frame, leaving every image row but the
+ * cursor's unpainted until something else repaints the grid.
+ */
+export function repaintTerminalAfterImageAdded(
+  terminal: RepaintableTerminal,
+  addon: ImageAddedSource
+): { dispose(): void } | null {
+  if (typeof addon.onImageAdded !== 'function') {
+    return null
+  }
+  let scheduled = false
+  let disposed = false
+  const repaint = (): void => {
+    scheduled = false
+    if (disposed || terminal.rows < 1) {
+      return
+    }
+    try {
+      const end = terminal.rows - 1
+      if (typeof terminal._core?.refresh === 'function') {
+        terminal._core.refresh(0, end, true)
+      } else {
+        terminal.refresh(0, end)
+      }
+    } catch {
+      // A pane torn down between the image and this microtask has nothing to paint.
+    }
+  }
+  const subscription = addon.onImageAdded(() => {
+    if (scheduled || disposed) {
+      return
+    }
+    // Why a microtask: one repaint per decoded burst, outside the addon's addImage call.
+    scheduled = true
+    queueMicrotask(repaint)
+  })
+  return {
+    dispose: () => {
+      disposed = true
+      subscription.dispose()
+    }
+  }
+}