diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/utils/clipboard.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/utils/clipboard.ts
index 9bb10d5c9..b991636a8 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/utils/clipboard.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/utils/clipboard.ts
@@ -104,15 +104,25 @@ export async function copyToClipboard(text: string): Promise<void> {
 						try {
 							// Verify wl-copy exists (spawn errors are async and won't be caught)
 							execSync("which wl-copy", { stdio: "ignore" });
-							// wl-copy with execSync hangs due to fork behavior; use spawn instead
-							const proc = spawn("wl-copy", [], { stdio: ["pipe", "ignore", "ignore"] });
-							proc.stdin.on("error", () => {
-								// Ignore EPIPE errors if wl-copy exits early
+							// wl-copy with execSync hangs due to fork behavior; use spawn instead.
+							// Await the exit code and only claim success on a clean exit, so a
+							// failed wl-copy falls through to the xclip/OSC 52 fallbacks.
+							const wlCopyExit = await new Promise<number>((resolve) => {
+								const proc = spawn("wl-copy", [], { stdio: ["pipe", "ignore", "ignore"] });
+								proc.on("error", () => resolve(1));
+								proc.on("close", (code) => resolve(code ?? 1));
+								proc.stdin.on("error", () => {
+									// Ignore EPIPE errors if wl-copy exits early
+								});
+								proc.stdin.write(text);
+								proc.stdin.end();
 							});
-							proc.stdin.write(text);
-							proc.stdin.end();
-							proc.unref();
-							copied = true;
+							if (wlCopyExit === 0) {
+								copied = true;
+							} else if (hasX11Display) {
+								copyToX11Clipboard(options);
+								copied = true;
+							}
 						} catch {
 							if (hasX11Display) {
 								copyToX11Clipboard(options);