diff --git a/.lane/memory/native2/Sources/DesktopMac/Paste.swift/01M5D5AB34JDWZ565DVTAB86HD-the-receiver-check-comes-bef.md b/.lane/attic/native2/Sources/DesktopMac/Paste.swift/01M5D5AB34JDWZ565DVTAB86HD-the-receiver-check-comes-bef.md
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rename from .lane/memory/native2/Sources/DesktopMac/Paste.swift/01M5D5AB34JDWZ565DVTAB86HD-the-receiver-check-comes-bef.md
rename to .lane/attic/native2/Sources/DesktopMac/Paste.swift/01M5D5AB34JDWZ565DVTAB86HD-the-receiver-check-comes-bef.md
diff --git a/.lane/memory/native2/Sources/DesktopMac/Paste.swift/01M78N6R3R77484F4KP21TYPXX-pasteattachment-the-receiver.md b/.lane/memory/native2/Sources/DesktopMac/Paste.swift/01M78N6R3R77484F4KP21TYPXX-pasteattachment-the-receiver.md
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+++ b/.lane/memory/native2/Sources/DesktopMac/Paste.swift/01M78N6R3R77484F4KP21TYPXX-pasteattachment-the-receiver.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+id: 01M78N6R3R77484F4KP21TYPXX
+anchor: '@file'
+created: 2026-11-12T19:54:24Z
+norm: '1'
+sig: 27abcba5e975f16e
+body_hash: d23058b9832794d1
+raw_hash: cf982114ea9b7925
+lines: 1-595
+supersedes: 01M5D5AB34JDWZ565DVTAB86HD
+---
+
+pasteAttachment: the receiver check comes before requireKeyboardFocus so a background web field gets PASTE_UNVERIFIABLE_RECEIVER, as on Node, not a focus refusal. pasteText instead prepares the window first, since a web field's text paste can be read back (#5)
diff --git a/native2/Sources/DesktopMac/Paste.swift b/native2/Sources/DesktopMac/Paste.swift
index 17572c7..5fe265a 100644
--- a/native2/Sources/DesktopMac/Paste.swift
+++ b/native2/Sources/DesktopMac/Paste.swift
@@ -217,8 +217,11 @@ private struct ReceiverState {
 		func focusedValue() -> String? {
 			let app = AXUIElementCreateApplication(window.pid)
 			AXUIElementSetMessagingTimeout(app, 0.2)
+			// A WKWebView app names no focused element; its page field reports AXFocused itself (#5).
 			guard Mac.generation(window.pid) == window.generation,
-			      let focused = AX.element(AX.value(app, kAXFocusedUIElementAttribute)), CFEqual(focused, element),
+			      let focused = AX.element(AX.value(app, kAXFocusedUIElementAttribute))
+				?? AX.element(AX.value(app, kAXFocusedWindowAttribute)).flatMap(Mac.focusedWebElement),
+			      CFEqual(focused, element),
 			      let frame = AX.frame(element), window.bounds.contains(CGPoint(x: frame.midX, y: frame.midY))
 			else { return nil }
 			return AX.string(element, kAXValueAttribute)
@@ -307,6 +310,9 @@ extension Mac {
 			throw pasteRefusal("Literal insertion requires 1–8192 UTF-16 units and an exact focused receiver.")
 		}
 		return try ClipboardGate.exclusive { transaction in
+			// An inactive app's window must be key before its focus can be checked and the paste read back, as typing
+			// does (#226): a WKWebView window that isn't key reports no focused field (#5).
+			_ = try prepareKeys(target)
 			let focused = try requireKeyboardFocus(target)
 			if secureFocus(focused) { throw secureFocusRefusal }
 			guard let baseline = ReceiverState.read(focused, target: target),