diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/sysclip.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/sysclip.rs
index 3cbdf2c9e..b68faa3cf 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/sysclip.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/sysclip.rs
@@ -208,15 +208,25 @@ impl VectorcraftApp {
             let formats = r.and_then(|_| made.try_recv().map_err(|e| e.to_string()));
             let written = formats.and_then(|(f, warnings)| {
                 let Some(cb) = app.services.system_clipboard.as_mut() else { return Ok(warnings) };
+                let before_write = Held::now(cb.as_mut());
                 // Nothing copied elsewhere since the Copy or Cut.
-                let current = before.as_ref().is_some_and(|b| *b == Held::now(cb.as_mut()));
+                let current = before.as_ref() == Some(&before_write);
                 if let Err(e) = cb.write(&f) {
                     // Another app may hold the clipboard open. It keeps what it held (or what the
                     // failed write left), and a paste into text takes this copy's text until
                     // something else is copied.
                     let held = Held::now(cb.as_mut());
                     let text = f.iter().find(|t| t.mime == TEXT).map(|t| String::from_utf8_lossy(&t.data).into_owned());
-                    app.clipboard_publishing.unwritten = text.filter(|_| current).map(|text| (held, text));
+                    // A change during the write is the failed write emptying the clipboard and
+                    // writing some of the formats, or another app's copy: the clipboard then holds
+                    // nothing to paste, this copy's text, or no text and one of this copy's
+                    // formats only after the former.
+                    let left_by_write = held == before_write
+                        || match cb.read(&[TEXT]) {
+                            Some(now) => text.as_deref().is_some_and(|ours| now.data == ours.as_bytes()),
+                            None => !cb.has(&PASTE_ORDER) || f.iter().any(|ours| cb.read(&[ours.mime]).is_some_and(|now| now.data == ours.data)),
+                        };
+                    app.clipboard_publishing.unwritten = text.filter(|_| current && left_by_write).map(|text| (held, text));
                     return Err(e);
                 }
                 Ok(warnings)
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests/clipboard.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests/clipboard.rs
index c4f0e3a74..cd28ffe67 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests/clipboard.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests/clipboard.rs
@@ -411,9 +411,17 @@ fn a_copy_elsewhere_before_a_refused_write_wins_the_type_paste() {
 #[test]
 fn type_paste_keeps_a_copy_whose_write_failed_after_emptying_the_clipboard() {
     let _guard = TEST_CLIP_LOCK.lock().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(paste_after_a_write_that_failed_after_emptying(false), "Own: Hello");
+    // The formats other than text were written before the failure.
+    assert_eq!(paste_after_a_write_that_failed_after_emptying(true), "Own: Hello");
+}
+
+/// Copy "Hello" in the Type tool with a write that empties the clipboard and fails (`keep_others`:
+/// after writing the formats other than text), then paste into "Own: ".
+fn paste_after_a_write_that_failed_after_emptying(keep_others: bool) -> String {
     let (mut app, board) = super::sysclip::app();
     super::sysclip::copy_elsewhere(&board, vec![(vectorcraft_engine::cmd::clipboard::TEXT, b"Old".to_vec())]);
-    super::sysclip::fail_writes_after_emptying(&board);
+    super::sysclip::fail_writes_after_emptying(&board, keep_others);
     let source = run(&mut app, "text.create", json!({"x": 20, "y": 40, "text": "Hello", "size": 36, "color": "#ff0000"}))["id"].as_u64().unwrap();
     let destination =
         run(&mut app, "text.create", json!({"x": 20, "y": 60, "text": "Own: ", "size": 12, "color": "#000000"}))["id"].as_u64().unwrap();
@@ -429,7 +437,42 @@ fn type_paste_keeps_a_copy_whose_write_failed_after_emptying_the_clipboard() {
     crate::panels::character::intercept_text_command(&mut app, "edit.paste");
     let node = app.session.doc().unwrap().doc.node(NodeId(destination)).unwrap();
     let vectorcraft_doc::NodeKind::Text(t) = &node.kind else { panic!() };
-    assert_eq!(t.plain_text(), "Own: Hello");
+    t.plain_text()
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_copy_elsewhere_during_a_refused_write_wins_the_type_paste() {
+    let _guard = TEST_CLIP_LOCK.lock().unwrap();
+    use vectorcraft_engine::cmd::clipboard::{PNG, TEXT};
+    assert_eq!(paste_after_a_copy_during_a_refused_write(TEXT, b"Race".to_vec(), false), "Own: Race");
+    // Its other formats may match this copy's; its text still differs.
+    assert_eq!(paste_after_a_copy_during_a_refused_write(TEXT, b"Race".to_vec(), true), "Own: Race");
+    // A picture has no text to paste into type.
+    assert_eq!(paste_after_a_copy_during_a_refused_write(PNG, super::sysclip::blue_png(), false), "Own: ");
+}
+
+/// Copy in the Type tool while another app copies `data` of type `mime` (with `our_formats`, also
+/// the copy's formats other than text) and the write fails, then paste into "Own: ".
+fn paste_after_a_copy_during_a_refused_write(mime: &'static str, data: Vec<u8>, our_formats: bool) -> String {
+    let (mut app, board) = super::sysclip::app();
+    super::sysclip::copy_elsewhere(&board, vec![(vectorcraft_engine::cmd::clipboard::TEXT, b"Old".to_vec())]);
+    super::sysclip::copy_during_next_write(&board, mime, data, our_formats);
+    let source = run(&mut app, "text.create", json!({"x": 20, "y": 40, "text": "Hello", "size": 36, "color": "#ff0000"}))["id"].as_u64().unwrap();
+    let destination =
+        run(&mut app, "text.create", json!({"x": 20, "y": 60, "text": "Own: ", "size": 12, "color": "#000000"}))["id"].as_u64().unwrap();
+    let v = app.view_info();
+    app.session.select_tool("type", v).unwrap();
+    app.session.set_tool_option("textSelection", &json!({"id": source, "start": 0, "end": 5}));
+    crate::panels::character::intercept_text_command(&mut app, "edit.copy");
+    crate::background::wait_all(&mut app);
+
+    app.session.select_tool("selection", v).unwrap();
+    app.session.select_tool("type", v).unwrap();
+    app.session.set_tool_option("textSelection", &json!({"id": destination, "start": 5, "end": 5}));
+    crate::panels::character::intercept_text_command(&mut app, "edit.paste");
+    let node = app.session.doc().unwrap().doc.node(NodeId(destination)).unwrap();
+    let vectorcraft_doc::NodeKind::Text(t) = &node.kind else { panic!() };
+    t.plain_text()
 }
 
 /// https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/format-text.html
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests/sysclip.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests/sysclip.rs
index 40d81c4e8..e5eca1e8d 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests/sysclip.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests/sysclip.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ pub(super) struct Board {
     uncounted: bool,
     /// The app's writes empty the clipboard and then fail.
     partial: bool,
+    /// With `partial`, the formats other than text are written before the failure.
+    partial_keeps_others: bool,
+    /// Another app copies this while the app's write tries to open the clipboard, and the write
+    /// fails.
+    race: Option<Flavour>,
+    /// With `race`, the other app's copy also carries the app's formats other than text.
+    race_with_our_formats: bool,
 }
 
 struct Fake(Rc<RefCell<Board>>);
@@ -52,8 +59,17 @@ impl SystemClipboard for Fake {
         if b.locked {
             return Err("another app has the clipboard open".into());
         }
+        if let Some(copied) = b.race.take() {
+            b.flavours = vec![copied];
+            if b.race_with_our_formats {
+                b.flavours.extend(flavours.iter().filter(|f| f.mime != TEXT).cloned());
+            }
+            b.ours = false;
+            b.changes += 1;
+            return Err("another app has the clipboard open".into());
+        }
         if b.partial {
-            b.flavours.clear();
+            b.flavours = if b.partial_keeps_others { flavours.iter().filter(|f| f.mime != TEXT).cloned().collect() } else { vec![] };
             b.changes += 1;
             return Err("a format could not be written".into());
         }
@@ -103,9 +119,21 @@ pub(super) fn without_change_count(board: &Rc<RefCell<Board>>) {
     board.borrow_mut().uncounted = true;
 }
 
-/// The app's writes empty the clipboard and then fail, as when one format can't be written.
-pub(super) fn fail_writes_after_emptying(board: &Rc<RefCell<Board>>) {
-    board.borrow_mut().partial = true;
+/// The app's writes empty the clipboard and then fail, as when one format can't be written; with
+/// `keep_others`, the formats other than text are written.
+pub(super) fn fail_writes_after_emptying(board: &Rc<RefCell<Board>>, keep_others: bool) {
+    let mut b = board.borrow_mut();
+    b.partial = true;
+    b.partial_keeps_others = keep_others;
+}
+
+/// Another app copies `data` of type `mime` while the app's next write tries to open the
+/// clipboard, and that write fails. With `our_formats`, its copy also carries the app's formats
+/// other than text.
+pub(super) fn copy_during_next_write(board: &Rc<RefCell<Board>>, mime: &'static str, data: Vec<u8>, our_formats: bool) {
+    let mut b = board.borrow_mut();
+    b.race = Some(Flavour { mime, data });
+    b.race_with_our_formats = our_formats;
 }
 
 pub(super) fn run(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, id: &str, p: Value) -> Value {