diff --git a/packages/runtime-tests/integration/lifecycle/test-streams.ts b/packages/runtime-tests/integration/lifecycle/test-streams.ts
index 7aee82f..71c0ceb 100644
--- a/packages/runtime-tests/integration/lifecycle/test-streams.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime-tests/integration/lifecycle/test-streams.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { PassThrough, Writable } from "node:stream";
+import { bsu, esu } from "../../../runtime/src/io/write-synchronized.ts";
 
 export interface FakeWritableOptions {
   columns?: number;
@@ -80,7 +81,5 @@ export function captureWrites(stdout: NodeJS.WriteStream): string[] {
 }
 
 export function getContentWrites(writes: string[]): string[] {
-  return writes.filter(
-    (w) => w !== "" && !w.startsWith("\x1b[?25") && w !== "\x1b[?2026h" && w !== "\x1b[?2026l",
-  );
+  return writes.filter((w) => w !== "" && !w.startsWith("\x1b[?25") && w !== bsu && w !== esu);
 }
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/io/frame-writer.test.ts b/packages/runtime/src/io/frame-writer.test.ts
index 9bfdc4c..2bfa20e 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/io/frame-writer.test.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/io/frame-writer.test.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,31 @@ test("debug mode writes complete frames terminated by newline", () => {
   expect(writes).toEqual(["hello\n", "world\n"]);
 });
 
+test("sync() updates the dedup baseline so a later changed frame is not dropped", () => {
+  // Regression: sync() previously updated log-update's previousOutput but not
+  // the frame-writer's own lastFrame. After a sync() (e.g. the clearTerminal
+  // path), re-rendering the pre-sync frame was silently dropped by the stale
+  // lastFrame dedup even though the terminal showed different content.
+  const writes: string[] = [];
+  const stream = new PassThrough() as unknown as NodeJS.WriteStream;
+  Object.assign(stream, { columns: 80, rows: 24, isTTY: true });
+  stream.on("data", (chunk) => writes.push(chunk.toString()));
+
+  const writer = createFrameWriter(stream, {});
+  writer.write("A\n"); // lastFrame = "A\n"
+  const countAfterA = writes.length;
+
+  // Simulate the shouldClear path: terminal is repainted to "B" out-of-band
+  // and the writer is synced to that new baseline.
+  writer.sync("B\n");
+
+  // Re-render "A": content differs from what the terminal now shows ("B"),
+  // so it MUST be emitted, not skipped by a stale lastFrame === "A\n".
+  writer.write("A\n");
+  expect(writes.length).toBeGreaterThan(countAfterA);
+  expect(writes.some((w) => w.includes("A"))).toBe(true);
+});
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Standard rendering
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/io/frame-writer.ts b/packages/runtime/src/io/frame-writer.ts
index 4e4065f..b2144e6 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/io/frame-writer.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/io/frame-writer.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ export function createFrameWriter(
       if (log) log.clear();
     },
     sync(frame: string) {
+      // Keep this writer's dedup baseline aligned with log-update's internal
+      // previousOutput. Without this, a later write() of `frame` is skipped by
+      // log-update (state synced) while a write() of the *pre-sync* lastFrame
+      // passes this layer's dedup but is dropped by log-update — desyncing the
+      // two dedup layers and dropping a legitimately-changed frame.
+      lastFrame = frame;
       if (log) log.sync(frame);
     },
     setCursorPosition(pos) {
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/render.ts b/packages/runtime/src/render.ts
index b138f7d..41ab2f7 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/render.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/render.ts
@@ -227,6 +227,8 @@ export function createApp(root: Component, rootProps?: RootProps | null): TuiApp
     // so fullscreen apps get clearTerminal on exit.
     scheduledCommit = () => {};
     mountedScheduler?.cancel();
+    // Prevent post-unmount app.clear() from writing to a torn-down stream.
+    mountedClear = null;
     const stdout = mountedAppContext?.stdout;
     const stdoutWritable = stdout && !stdout.destroyed && !stdout.writableEnded;
     if (mountedInteractive && !mountedDebug && mountedCommit && stdoutWritable) {
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/scheduler.ts b/packages/runtime/src/scheduler.ts
index 1c171d2..65b378a 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/scheduler.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/scheduler.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,16 @@ export function createCommitScheduler(
   const immediate = options.immediate ?? false;
   const throttleMs = options.throttleMs ?? DEFAULT_THROTTLE_MS;
   let scheduled = false;
-  let resolveFlush: (() => void) | null = null;
+  // Multiple concurrent flush() callers can be waiting on the same pending
+  // commit; settle all of them rather than overwriting a single resolver.
+  let flushResolvers: (() => void)[] = [];
+
+  function drainFlushResolvers() {
+    if (flushResolvers.length === 0) return;
+    const resolvers = flushResolvers;
+    flushResolvers = [];
+    for (const resolve of resolvers) resolve();
+  }
 
   // Throttle state (production only): leading+trailing pattern.
   // The leading call fires immediately, subsequent calls within the window
@@ -42,9 +51,7 @@ export function createCommitScheduler(
     try {
       commit();
     } finally {
-      const r = resolveFlush;
-      resolveFlush = null;
-      r?.();
+      drainFlushResolvers();
     }
   }
 
@@ -52,6 +59,11 @@ export function createCommitScheduler(
     if (scheduled) return;
     scheduled = true;
     queuePostFlushCb(() => {
+      // cancel() (teardown) may run between scheduling and this callback
+      // firing. The callback is a captured closure, so cancel() can't unqueue
+      // it — bail here so it doesn't commit on a torn-down tree or re-arm a
+      // trailing timer that nothing will cancel.
+      if (!scheduled) return;
       if (immediate) {
         doCommit();
         return;
@@ -83,7 +95,7 @@ export function createCommitScheduler(
   function flush(): Promise<void> {
     if (!scheduled && !hasPendingFlag) return Promise.resolve();
     return new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
-      resolveFlush = resolve;
+      flushResolvers.push(resolve);
     });
   }
 
@@ -98,11 +110,9 @@ export function createCommitScheduler(
     }
     hasPendingFlag = false;
     scheduled = false;
-    // Resolve any waiter blocked on flush() — the pending commit will never
-    // fire now, so leaving resolveFlush unsettled would hang waitUntilRenderFlush.
-    const r = resolveFlush;
-    resolveFlush = null;
-    r?.();
+    // Resolve any waiters blocked on flush() — the pending commit will never
+    // fire now, so leaving them unsettled would hang waitUntilRenderFlush.
+    drainFlushResolvers();
   }
 
   return { schedule, flush, hasPending, cancel };