diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/AskUserDialog.test.tsx b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/AskUserDialog.test.tsx
index 1bd29241db..cade23a918 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/AskUserDialog.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/AskUserDialog.test.tsx
@@ -1347,4 +1347,79 @@ describe('AskUserDialog', () => {
       });
     });
   });
+
+  describe('Paste placeholder expansion', () => {
+    const largePasteText = 'line1\nline2\nline3\nline4\nline5\nline6';
+
+    it('expands paste placeholders in text question submission', async () => {
+      const textQuestion: Question[] = [
+        {
+          question: 'Describe the issue',
+          header: 'Description',
+          type: QuestionType.TEXT,
+        },
+      ];
+
+      const onSubmit = vi.fn();
+      const { stdin } = renderWithProviders(
+        <AskUserDialog
+          questions={textQuestion}
+          onSubmit={onSubmit}
+          onCancel={vi.fn()}
+          width={120}
+        />,
+        { width: 120 },
+      );
+
+      // Simulate a bracketed paste of large text (>5 lines triggers placeholder)
+      writeKey(stdin, `\x1B[200~${largePasteText}\x1B[201~`);
+
+      // Submit with Enter
+      writeKey(stdin, '\r');
+
+      await waitFor(async () => {
+        expect(onSubmit).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ '0': largePasteText });
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('expands paste placeholders in choice question custom "Other" input', async () => {
+      const choiceQuestion: Question[] = [
+        {
+          question: 'Which option?',
+          header: 'Option',
+          type: QuestionType.CHOICE,
+          options: [
+            { label: 'Option A', description: 'First option' },
+            { label: 'Option B', description: 'Second option' },
+          ],
+          multiSelect: false,
+        },
+      ];
+
+      const onSubmit = vi.fn();
+      const { stdin } = renderWithProviders(
+        <AskUserDialog
+          questions={choiceQuestion}
+          onSubmit={onSubmit}
+          onCancel={vi.fn()}
+          width={120}
+        />,
+        { width: 120 },
+      );
+
+      // Navigate down past options to the "Other" custom option
+      writeKey(stdin, '\x1b[B'); // Down past Option A
+      writeKey(stdin, '\x1b[B'); // Down past Option B to "Other"
+
+      // Simulate a bracketed paste of large text
+      writeKey(stdin, `\x1B[200~${largePasteText}\x1B[201~`);
+
+      // Submit with Enter
+      writeKey(stdin, '\r');
+
+      await waitFor(async () => {
+        expect(onSubmit).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ '0': largePasteText });
+      });
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/AskUserDialog.tsx b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/AskUserDialog.tsx
index 9606513510..83f9b18b45 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/AskUserDialog.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/AskUserDialog.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ import { useKeypress, type Key } from '../hooks/useKeypress.js';
 import { keyMatchers, Command } from '../keyMatchers.js';
 import { checkExhaustive } from '@google/gemini-cli-core';
 import { TextInput } from './shared/TextInput.js';
-import { useTextBuffer } from './shared/text-buffer.js';
+import {
+  useTextBuffer,
+  PASTED_TEXT_PLACEHOLDER_REGEX,
+} from './shared/text-buffer.js';
 import { getCachedStringWidth } from '../utils/textUtils.js';
 import { useTabbedNavigation } from '../hooks/useTabbedNavigation.js';
 import { DialogFooter } from './shared/DialogFooter.js';
@@ -81,6 +84,21 @@ function autoBoldIfPlain(text: string): string {
   return text;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Expands paste placeholders like [Pasted Text: 6 lines] with the actual
+ * pasted content stored in the buffer's pastedContent map.
+ */
+function expandPastePlaceholders(
+  text: string,
+  pastedContent: Record<string, string>,
+): string {
+  if (!pastedContent || Object.keys(pastedContent).length === 0) return text;
+  return text.replace(
+    PASTED_TEXT_PLACEHOLDER_REGEX,
+    (match) => pastedContent[match] || match,
+  );
+}
+
 interface AskUserDialogState {
   answers: { [key: string]: string };
   isEditingCustomOption: boolean;
@@ -302,10 +320,11 @@ const TextQuestionView: React.FC<TextQuestionViewProps> = ({
   const lastTextValueRef = useRef(textValue);
   useEffect(() => {
     if (textValue !== lastTextValueRef.current) {
-      onSelectionChange?.(textValue);
+      const expanded = expandPastePlaceholders(textValue, buffer.pastedContent);
+      onSelectionChange?.(expanded);
       lastTextValueRef.current = textValue;
     }
-  }, [textValue, onSelectionChange]);
+  }, [textValue, onSelectionChange, buffer.pastedContent]);
 
   // Handle Ctrl+C to clear all text
   const handleExtraKeys = useCallback(
@@ -588,11 +607,15 @@ const ChoiceQuestionView: React.FC<ChoiceQuestionViewProps> = ({
         }
       });
       if (includeCustomOption && customOption.trim()) {
-        answers.push(customOption.trim());
+        const expanded = expandPastePlaceholders(
+          customOption.trim(),
+          customBuffer.pastedContent,
+        );
+        answers.push(expanded);
       }
       return answers.join(', ');
     },
-    [questionOptions],
+    [questionOptions, customBuffer.pastedContent],
   );
 
   // Synchronize selection changes with parent - only when it actually changes
@@ -757,7 +780,11 @@ const ChoiceQuestionView: React.FC<ChoiceQuestionViewProps> = ({
         } else if (itemValue.type === 'other') {
           // In single select, selecting other submits it if it has text
           if (customOptionText.trim()) {
-            onAnswer(customOptionText.trim());
+            const expanded = expandPastePlaceholders(
+              customOptionText.trim(),
+              customBuffer.pastedContent,
+            );
+            onAnswer(expanded);
           }
         }
       }
@@ -767,6 +794,7 @@ const ChoiceQuestionView: React.FC<ChoiceQuestionViewProps> = ({
       selectedIndices,
       isCustomOptionSelected,
       customOptionText,
+      customBuffer.pastedContent,
       onAnswer,
       buildAnswerString,
     ],
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/shared/TextInput.test.tsx b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/shared/TextInput.test.tsx
index f12714e288..0868e70497 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/shared/TextInput.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/shared/TextInput.test.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ vi.mock('../../hooks/useKeypress.js', () => ({
   useKeypress: vi.fn(),
 }));
 
-vi.mock('./text-buffer.js', () => {
+vi.mock(import('./text-buffer.js'), async (importOriginal) => {
+  const actual = await importOriginal();
   const mockTextBuffer = {
     text: '',
     lines: [''],
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ vi.mock('./text-buffer.js', () => {
   };
 
   return {
+    ...actual,
     useTextBuffer: vi.fn(() => mockTextBuffer as unknown as TextBuffer),
     TextBuffer: vi.fn(() => mockTextBuffer as unknown as TextBuffer),
   };
@@ -366,4 +368,65 @@ describe('TextInput', () => {
     expect(lastFrame()).toContain('line2');
     unmount();
   });
+
+  it('expands paste placeholders on submit', async () => {
+    const placeholder = '[Pasted Text: 6 lines]';
+    const actualContent = 'line1\nline2\nline3\nline4\nline5\nline6';
+    mockBuffer.text = placeholder;
+    mockBuffer.viewportVisualLines = [placeholder];
+    (
+      mockBuffer as unknown as { pastedContent: Record<string, string> }
+    ).pastedContent = {
+      [placeholder]: actualContent,
+    };
+
+    const { waitUntilReady, unmount } = render(
+      <TextInput buffer={mockBuffer} onSubmit={onSubmit} onCancel={onCancel} />,
+    );
+    await waitUntilReady();
+    const keypressHandler = mockedUseKeypress.mock.calls[0][0];
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      keypressHandler({
+        name: 'return',
+        shift: false,
+        alt: false,
+        ctrl: false,
+        cmd: false,
+        sequence: '',
+      });
+    });
+    await waitUntilReady();
+
+    expect(onSubmit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(actualContent);
+    unmount();
+  });
+
+  it('passes text through unchanged on submit when no paste placeholders exist', async () => {
+    mockBuffer.setText('regular text');
+    (
+      mockBuffer as unknown as { pastedContent: Record<string, string> }
+    ).pastedContent = {};
+
+    const { waitUntilReady, unmount } = render(
+      <TextInput buffer={mockBuffer} onSubmit={onSubmit} onCancel={onCancel} />,
+    );
+    await waitUntilReady();
+    const keypressHandler = mockedUseKeypress.mock.calls[0][0];
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      keypressHandler({
+        name: 'return',
+        shift: false,
+        alt: false,
+        ctrl: false,
+        cmd: false,
+        sequence: '',
+      });
+    });
+    await waitUntilReady();
+
+    expect(onSubmit).toHaveBeenCalledWith('regular text');
+    unmount();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/shared/TextInput.tsx b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/shared/TextInput.tsx
index 40f44cda53..1d6dbf2fad 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/shared/TextInput.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/shared/TextInput.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ import { Text, Box } from 'ink';
 import { useKeypress } from '../../hooks/useKeypress.js';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import { theme } from '../../semantic-colors.js';
-import type { TextBuffer } from './text-buffer.js';
+import {
+  type TextBuffer,
+  PASTED_TEXT_PLACEHOLDER_REGEX,
+} from './text-buffer.js';
 import { cpSlice, cpIndexToOffset } from '../../utils/textUtils.js';
 import { keyMatchers, Command } from '../../keyMatchers.js';
 
@@ -47,14 +50,23 @@ export function TextInput({
       }
 
       if (keyMatchers[Command.SUBMIT](key) && onSubmit) {
-        onSubmit(text);
+        // Expand paste placeholders so consumers receive actual content
+        let expandedText = text;
+        const { pastedContent } = buffer;
+        if (pastedContent && Object.keys(pastedContent).length > 0) {
+          expandedText = text.replace(
+            PASTED_TEXT_PLACEHOLDER_REGEX,
+            (match) => pastedContent[match] || match,
+          );
+        }
+        onSubmit(expandedText);
         return true;
       }
 
       const handled = handleInput(key);
       return handled;
     },
-    [handleInput, onCancel, onSubmit, text],
+    [handleInput, onCancel, onSubmit, text, buffer],
   );
 
   useKeypress(handleKeyPress, { isActive: focus, priority: true });