@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ import {
 
 export type ComposerEditorProps = NativeComposerEditorProps & {
   readonly draftKey?: string | null;
+  /** iOS destroys a hidden native editor, so it remounts; the import lifecycle here survives. */
+  readonly hidden?: boolean;
   readonly environmentId?: EnvironmentId;
   readonly onOpenMention?: (path: string) => void;
   readonly onOpenAttachment?: (attachment: ComposerDocumentAttachment) => void;
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ export type ComposerEditorProps = NativeComposerEditorProps & {
 
 export function ComposerEditor({
   draftKey,
+  hidden,
   environmentId,
   onOpenMention,
   onOpenAttachment,
@@ -160,6 +163,7 @@ export function ComposerEditor({
   return (
     <>
       <NativeComposerEditor
+        key={hidden ? "hidden" : "visible"}
         {...props}
         enterBehavior={props.enterBehavior ?? preferredEnterBehavior}
         onChangeText={changeText}
 
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ export const ThreadComposer = memo(function ThreadComposer(props: ThreadComposer
               layout={COMPOSER_LAYOUT_TRANSITION}
             >
               <ComposerEditor
-                key={props.hidden ? "hidden" : "visible"}
+                hidden={props.hidden}
                 draftKey={composerDraftKey}
                 environmentId={props.environmentId}
                 onOpenMention={(path) => {
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`@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ export const ThreadComposer = memo(function ThreadComposer(props: ThreadComposer`
`855`	`855`	`layout={COMPOSER_LAYOUT_TRANSITION}`
`856`	`856`	`>`
`857`	`857`	`<ComposerEditor`
`858`		`- key={props.hidden ? "hidden" : "visible"}`
	`858`	`+ hidden={props.hidden}`
`859`	`859`	`draftKey={composerDraftKey}`
`860`	`860`	`environmentId={props.environmentId}`
`861`	`861`	`onOpenMention={(path) => {`