diff --git a/packages/runtime-tests/integration/components/box-in-text-validation.test.tsx b/packages/runtime-tests/integration/components/box-in-text-validation.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c3487f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/runtime-tests/integration/components/box-in-text-validation.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { defineComponent } from "vue";
+import { expect, test, vi } from "vite-plus/test";
+import { render } from "@vue-tui/testing";
+import { Box, Text } from "@vue-tui/runtime";
+
+test("<Box> inside <Text> emits a dev warning", async () => {
+  const warnSpy = vi.spyOn(console, "warn").mockImplementation(() => {});
+
+  await render(
+    defineComponent(() => () => (
+      <Text>
+        <Box>invalid</Box>
+      </Text>
+    )),
+  );
+
+  expect(warnSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("<Box>"));
+
+  warnSpy.mockRestore();
+});
diff --git a/packages/runtime-tests/integration/lifecycle/error-handling.test.tsx b/packages/runtime-tests/integration/lifecycle/error-handling.test.tsx
index ea00065..5416988 100644
--- a/packages/runtime-tests/integration/lifecycle/error-handling.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/runtime-tests/integration/lifecycle/error-handling.test.tsx
@@ -94,6 +94,5 @@ test.todo(
   "fail when text node is not within <Text> component — vue-tui silently allows text-leaf inside box; validation not yet implemented",
 );
 
-test.todo(
-  "fail when <Box> is inside <Text> component — causes WASM table index out of bounds crash; yoga does not safely reject this nesting",
-);
+// Resolved: <Box> inside <Text> now emits a dev warning and skips insertion
+// to prevent WASM crash. See box-in-text-validation.test.tsx.
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/host/node-ops.ts b/packages/runtime/src/host/node-ops.ts
index a54e463..2cf2b85 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/host/node-ops.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/host/node-ops.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,16 @@ const STYLE_PROPS = new Set([
   "overflowY",
 ]);
 
+/** Walk up the DOM tree to check if we're inside a text or virtual-text context. */
+function isInsideTextContext(node: TuiContainer): boolean {
+  let current: TuiContainer | null = node;
+  while (current) {
+    if (current.type === "text" || current.type === "virtual-text") return true;
+    current = current.parent;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
 export function buildNodeOps(options: TtyRendererOptions): RendererOptions<TuiNode, TuiNode> {
   const { onCommit } = options;
 
@@ -132,6 +142,21 @@ export function buildNodeOps(options: TtyRendererOptions): RendererOptions<TuiNo
     }
     const parentC = parent as TuiContainer;
 
+    // Dev warning: <Box> inside <Text> is invalid (matches Ink's validation).
+    // Inserting a box into a text context corrupts the yoga WASM layout engine.
+    if (
+      process.env["NODE_ENV"] !== "production" &&
+      child.type === "box" &&
+      isInsideTextContext(parentC)
+    ) {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+      console.warn(
+        "[vue-tui] A <Box> cannot be nested inside a <Text> component. " +
+          "Wrap it in a sibling <Box> instead.",
+      );
+      return; // Skip insertion to prevent WASM crash
+    }
+
     // Move semantics: if the child is already mounted (Vue's keyed reorder
     // emits insert(existingChild, parent, newAnchor) without a prior remove),
     // detach it from its current DOM and yoga positions before re-inserting.