diff --git a/docs/testing/clipboard-restore-432.md b/docs/testing/clipboard-restore-432.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Manual check: paste restore preserves non-text clipboard content (#432)
+
+`RealClipboardPaster.paste` runs inside `accessibility-helper`, a real Mac
+process reading `NSPasteboard.general`. This sandbox has no GUI clipboard
+to test against, so the fix is compile-verified only (`swift build` is
+clean) - everything below needs a real Mac.
+
+The bug: the paste path only ever saved `pasteboard.string(forType: .string)`
+before borrowing the clipboard for the dictated text. Anything without a
+plain-string representation - a copied image, a Finder file reference -
+came back `nil`, so after the paste the pasteboard was left cleared
+instead of restored. The fix now saves every type on every pasteboard
+item and writes them all back.
+
+## Steps
+
+1. **Build the helper.** `npm run build:accessibility-helper` (or
+   `swift build --package-path native/accessibility-helper`).
+2. **Trigger a paste-path delivery.** Paste-based delivery is rung 2 -
+   it only runs when a direct AX write isn't possible or fails
+   verification. A browser address bar, a terminal, or most Electron
+   apps (Slack, VS Code) are reliable ways to land on it. Check the
+   accessibility-helper's log output to confirm which rung actually ran.
+3. **Copy an image**, e.g. `Cmd+Shift+Ctrl+4` for a screenshot-to-clipboard,
+   or copy an image from Preview/Finder. Then dictate into one of the
+   apps from step 2. After the dictation lands, paste (`Cmd+V`) into
+   Preview or Notes - the original image should still be there, not an
+   empty clipboard.
+4. **Copy a Finder file reference** (select a file in Finder, `Cmd+C`),
+   dictate the same way, then paste into Finder - the file reference
+   should still paste normally.
+5. **Regression: plain text still restores.** Copy some ordinary text,
+   dictate, then paste - the original text should come back exactly as
+   it did before this change.
+6. **Regression: the race guard still holds.** Copy some text, start a
+   dictation, and while it's mid-flight copy something *else* before the
+   restore fires. The dictation's paste should still have landed, and
+   your second copy should survive untouched (console should show
+   "skipped the clipboard restore - the user copied something else while
+   it was borrowed").
diff --git a/native/accessibility-helper/Sources/AccessibilityInjection/RealAdapters.swift b/native/accessibility-helper/Sources/AccessibilityInjection/RealAdapters.swift
index db3f217..f9eb6b6 100644
--- a/native/accessibility-helper/Sources/AccessibilityInjection/RealAdapters.swift
+++ b/native/accessibility-helper/Sources/AccessibilityInjection/RealAdapters.swift
@@ -360,9 +360,21 @@ public final class RealClipboardPaster: ClipboardPasting {
     // the user copies something else while our text is still sitting in
     // the clipboard, changeCount will have moved past what we set, and we
     // leave their copy alone rather than clobbering it.
+    //
+    // #432: saved as the raw data for every type on every item, not just
+    // the plain-string coercion - a copied image or a Finder file reference
+    // has no `.string` representation, so reading only that used to come
+    // back nil and the restore silently dropped the user's real clipboard
+    // content instead of putting it back.
     public func paste(text: String, verifyAgainst: AccessibilityTarget?) -> PasteResult {
         let pasteboard = NSPasteboard.general
-        let saved = pasteboard.string(forType: .string)
+        let savedItems: [[NSPasteboard.PasteboardType: Data]] = (pasteboard.pasteboardItems ?? []).map { item in
+            var data: [NSPasteboard.PasteboardType: Data] = [:]
+            for type in item.types {
+                data[type] = item.data(forType: type)
+            }
+            return data
+        }
 
         pasteboard.clearContents()
         pasteboard.setString(text, forType: .string)
@@ -373,7 +385,16 @@ public final class RealClipboardPaster: ClipboardPasting {
 
         if pasteboard.changeCount == ourChangeCount {
             pasteboard.clearContents()
-            if let saved = saved { pasteboard.setString(saved, forType: .string) }
+            if !savedItems.isEmpty {
+                let restoredItems = savedItems.map { data -> NSPasteboardItem in
+                    let item = NSPasteboardItem()
+                    for (type, value) in data {
+                        item.setData(value, forType: type)
+                    }
+                    return item
+                }
+                pasteboard.writeObjects(restoredItems)
+            }
         } else {
             log("skipped the clipboard restore - the user copied something else while it was borrowed")
         }