diff --git a/docs/harness-subsystems.md b/docs/harness-subsystems.md
index 7c18aa6..3bf8b7a 100644
--- a/docs/harness-subsystems.md
+++ b/docs/harness-subsystems.md
@@ -152,16 +152,48 @@ profile-gated rules only fire under their profile; meta-rules are change-scoped.
 
 ## render / CLI — `src/cli.ts`, `src/render/*`
 
-Spinner, pinned status bar, readline REPL, command palette, plan-mode wiring.
-
-**Invariants** nothing writes to the readline input line mid-turn (no inline `\r` while
-a prompt is attached); the status bar tears down idempotently on exit/resize/clear;
-mid-turn input is queued, not dropped.
+Spinner, pinned status bar (`status-bar.ts`), the multi-line input editor (driven via
+`src/editor/*`, replacing the old readline REPL since PR #52), command palette
+(`command-menu.ts`), `@`-file picker (`file-menu.ts`), setup wizard (`wizard.ts`),
+plan-mode wiring.
+
+**Invariants** the status bar tears down idempotently on exit/resize/clear and never
+leaves a scroll region pinned after exit; the editor block is BOTTOM-anchored and a
+shrink clears its old top rows (no ghost rows) — same for the `@`-picker overlay
+(`buildOverlayFrame`); streamed agent output scrolls in the region ABOVE the pinned
+input, never over it; a terminal resize updates BOTH the bar's scroll region AND the
+editor's wrap/window dimensions (the editor caches its size — `IEditorHandle.resize`
+must be called or the current line is clipped at the stale size); mid-turn input is
+queued, not dropped.
 
 **Risk areas** inline spinner clobbering input on a tiny TTY (the fixed P2b); a scroll
-region left pinned after exit.
-
-**Checklist** spinner inline gate off in the interactive REPL; teardown on `process.on("exit")`.
+region left pinned after exit; **stale editor dimensions after resize** (fixed: PR #54
+— editor cached columns/rows and the resize handler only re-pinned the bar); a render
+function asserted by escape-string substring instead of the rendered grid (use the
+`VirtualScreen` e2e harness — `tests/helpers/virtual-screen.ts` — which is what caught
+the ghost-row / non-ASCII / cursor-clip bugs string assertions missed).
+
+**Checklist** spinner inline gate off in the interactive REPL; teardown on
+`process.on("exit")`; resize handler calls `statusBar.resize` AND `editorHandle.resize`.
+
+## editor — `src/editor/*` (`buffer.ts`, `keys.ts`, `paste.ts`, `view.ts`, `controller.ts`, `segments.ts`)
+
+The multi-line input editor that replaced readline: a grapheme-correct buffer, a key
+decoder (Kitty CSI-u + modifyOtherKeys + legacy), a bracketed-paste scanner, a
+wrap/window view renderer, and a controller wiring stdin → buffer → `setEditor`.
+
+**Invariants** cursor offsets are grapheme indices, never UTF-16 (`segments.ts`); a
+paste NEVER auto-submits — Enter submits, Shift/Alt+Enter and a trailing `\`+Enter
+insert a newline (`controller.ts`); all printable input is accepted, including
+non-ASCII / emoji / CJK — only C0/DEL/C1 controls are rejected (`keys.ts` — a
+`charCodeAt >= 0x7f` guard dropped every non-ASCII char, fixed via `codePointAt`);
+multi-line insert + undo is atomic; the view windows to the editor's visible capacity
+(`rows - EDITOR_RESERVED_ROWS`) so the cursor line is always shown.
+
+**Risk areas** a key guard that drops a valid grapheme; an in-place repaint that ghosts
+on shrink (top- vs bottom-anchored block); stale dims after resize; a paste path that
+auto-submits. **Tested via the `VirtualScreen` e2e harness** (`tests/editor-e2e.test.ts`)
+— assert the rendered grid, not emitted escape strings.
 
 ## mcp — `src/mcp/*`
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/cli.ts b/packages/core/src/cli.ts
index da17102..57ac4fe 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/cli.ts
@@ -1480,6 +1480,11 @@ async function repl(args: ICliArgs): Promise<number> {
   // inactive and `prompt()` falls back to the inline status line (pipes, --log).
   const statusBar = new StatusBar(process.stdout, true, true, useInputRow);
 
+  // Set once the multi-line editor is created (it lives in a nested scope); the
+  // resize handler below calls it so the editor re-wraps/re-windows at the new
+  // size instead of clipping the current line at its pre-resize dimensions.
+  let resizeEditor: ((columns: number, rows: number) => void) | null = null;
+
   // Route streamed agent output through the bar so it scrolls above the pinned
   // input row; cleared on loop exit so later/headless writes go straight to stdout.
   if (useInputRow) {
@@ -1525,9 +1530,18 @@ async function repl(args: ICliArgs): Promise<number> {
     }
   });
 
-  process.stdout.on("resize", () => {
+  // Named so it can be detached on loop exit (an anonymous listener on the
+  // global process.stdout would pin the whole REPL closure for the process
+  // lifetime). columns/rows are typed `number` here, so no nullish guard is
+  // needed; the editor's resize ignores non-positive values regardless.
+  const handleResize = (): void => {
     statusBar.resize(statusInfo());
-  });
+    // The editor wraps/windows at the dimensions it was created with; without
+    // this it keeps using the pre-resize size and can clip the current line.
+    resizeEditor?.(process.stdout.columns, process.stdout.rows);
+  };
+
+  process.stdout.on("resize", handleResize);
 
   // Restore the terminal even on an unexpected exit (teardown is idempotent).
   process.on("exit", () => {
@@ -1880,6 +1894,10 @@ async function repl(args: ICliArgs): Promise<number> {
         openFilePicker,
       });
 
+      resizeEditor = (columns, rows): void => {
+        editorHandle?.resize(columns, rows);
+      };
+
       editorHandle.onSubmit(submitLine);
       editorHandle.onInterrupt(() => {
         if (active === null) {
@@ -1917,6 +1935,7 @@ async function repl(args: ICliArgs): Promise<number> {
   });
 
   statusBar.teardown(); // belt-and-suspenders: restore the terminal on loop exit
+  process.stdout.off("resize", handleResize); // don't pin the REPL closure
   interactiveStream = null; // later/headless writes go straight to stdout again
 
   return 0;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/editor/controller.ts b/packages/core/src/editor/controller.ts
index 9573e7d..0b75204 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/editor/controller.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/editor/controller.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ export interface IEditorHandle {
   onInterrupt(cb: () => void): void;
   onExit(cb: () => void): void;
   getBuffer(): EditorBuffer;
+  /** Update the terminal dimensions and repaint. The CLI calls this on a
+   *  terminal resize; without it the editor keeps wrapping/windowing at the
+   *  dimensions captured when it was created, so after a resize the current
+   *  line can be clipped off the (now-shorter) block or wrapped at a stale width. */
+  resize(columns: number, rows: number): void;
   close(): void;
 }
 
@@ -141,12 +146,15 @@ export function startEditor(deps: IStartEditorDeps): IEditorHandle {
     stdin,
     out,
     renderEditor: renderEditorFn,
-    columns = 80,
-    rows = 10,
     openPalette,
     openFilePicker,
   } = deps;
 
+  // Mutable so a terminal resize can update them (see the handle's `resize`);
+  // renderEditor wraps at `columns` and windows at `rows - EDITOR_RESERVED_ROWS`.
+  let columns = deps.columns ?? 80;
+  let rows = deps.rows ?? 10;
+
   const buffer = new EditorBuffer();
   const pasteScanner = createPasteScanner();
   const keyDispatchTable = buildKeyDispatchTable();
@@ -547,6 +555,19 @@ export function startEditor(deps: IStartEditorDeps): IEditorHandle {
       return buffer;
     },
 
+    resize(nextColumns: number, nextRows: number): void {
+      const targetColumns = nextColumns > 0 ? nextColumns : columns;
+      const targetRows = nextRows > 0 ? nextRows : rows;
+
+      // Only repaint when the size actually changed — some terminals emit
+      // duplicate/high-frequency resize events, and a no-op repaint flickers.
+      if (targetColumns !== columns || targetRows !== rows) {
+        columns = targetColumns;
+        rows = targetRows;
+        repaint();
+      }
+    },
+
     close(): void {
       if (!isOpen) {
         return;
diff --git a/packages/core/tests/editor-e2e.test.ts b/packages/core/tests/editor-e2e.test.ts
index 195e89d..1dc5d9b 100644
--- a/packages/core/tests/editor-e2e.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/tests/editor-e2e.test.ts
@@ -592,3 +592,40 @@ describe("editor e2e — wrapped-line cursor math", () => {
     expect(joined).toContain("X0123456789abcdefghijklmno");
   });
 });
+
+describe("editor e2e — terminal resize updates the editor dimensions", () => {
+  test("after the terminal shrinks, the current line stays visible (no stale-dims clip)", () => {
+    const h = buildHarness(24, 80);
+
+    // A buffer that fits a 24-row terminal (maxRows = 21) but NOT a 10-row one.
+    for (let i = 0; i < 11; i += 1) {
+      h.stdin.feed(`line${i}`);
+      h.stdin.feed("\x1b\r");
+    }
+
+    h.stdin.feed("lastline");
+
+    // Shrink the terminal: the bar re-pins AND the editor must be told the new
+    // size (the bug: the editor kept windowing at rows=24 and clipped the cursor).
+    h.term.rows = 10;
+    h.bar.resize(INFO);
+    h.handle.resize(80, 10);
+    h.stdin.feed("!");
+
+    const screen = new VirtualScreen(10, 80);
+
+    screen.feed(h.term.text());
+    expect(screen.rowsContaining("lastline!")).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  test("resize ignores non-positive dimensions (keeps the last good size)", () => {
+    const h = buildHarness(24, 80);
+
+    h.stdin.feed("keepme");
+    // A spurious 0×0 resize (can happen transiently) must not wipe the render.
+    h.handle.resize(0, 0);
+    h.stdin.feed("!");
+
+    expect(h.screen().rowsContaining("keepme!")).toBe(1);
+  });
+});