diff --git a/components/terminal/GhostTextAddon.test.ts b/components/terminal/GhostTextAddon.test.ts
index 19bbd4428..f06a9419b 100644
--- a/components/terminal/GhostTextAddon.test.ts
+++ b/components/terminal/GhostTextAddon.test.ts
@@ -479,3 +479,217 @@ test("hides the ghost on render when the device echoed untracked input (#1013)",
     restoreDocument();
   }
 });
+
+test("hides the ghost when TopsecOS-style backspace leaves stale text after the cursor (#1060)", () => {
+  const restoreDocument = installFakeDocument();
+  const { term, ghostElement, fireRender } = createFakeTerm();
+  const addon = new GhostTextAddon();
+
+  try {
+    addon.activate(term as never);
+    // The user deleted back from "system..." to "syst", so the tracked
+    // input is shorter and the ghost regrows to "em license show".
+    addon.show("system license show", "syst");
+    assert.equal(addon.isActive(), true);
+
+    // TopsecOS devices shown in #1060 leave the old suffix visible after
+    // the cursor while processing Backspace, so the real buffer looks like:
+    // TopsecOS# syst|em license show
+    const beforeCursor = "TopsecOS# syst";
+    const line = `${beforeCursor}em license show`;
+    const active = term.buffer.active as Record<string, unknown>;
+    active.baseY = 0;
+    active.cursorX = beforeCursor.length;
+    active.getLine = () => ({ translateToString: () => line });
+
+    fireRender();
+
+    assert.equal(addon.isActive(), false);
+    assert.equal(ghostElement()?.style.display, "none");
+  } finally {
+    addon.dispose();
+    restoreDocument();
+  }
+});
+
+test("hides the ghost when only the deleted prefix remains after the cursor (#1060)", () => {
+  const restoreDocument = installFakeDocument();
+  const { term, ghostElement, fireRender } = createFakeTerm();
+  const addon = new GhostTextAddon();
+
+  try {
+    addon.activate(term as never);
+    addon.show("system license show", "syst");
+    assert.equal(addon.isActive(), true);
+
+    const beforeCursor = "TopsecOS# syst";
+    const active = term.buffer.active as Record<string, unknown>;
+    active.baseY = 0;
+    active.cursorX = beforeCursor.length;
+    active.getLine = () => ({ translateToString: () => `${beforeCursor}em` });
+
+    fireRender();
+
+    assert.equal(addon.isActive(), false);
+    assert.equal(ghostElement()?.style.display, "none");
+  } finally {
+    addon.dispose();
+    restoreDocument();
+  }
+});
+
+test("hides the ghost when TopsecOS-style backspace leaves stale text after empty input (#1060)", () => {
+  const restoreDocument = installFakeDocument();
+  const { term, ghostElement, fireRender } = createFakeTerm();
+  const addon = new GhostTextAddon();
+
+  try {
+    addon.activate(term as never);
+    addon.show("system license show", "");
+    assert.equal(addon.isActive(), true);
+
+    const beforeCursor = "TopsecOS# ";
+    const active = term.buffer.active as Record<string, unknown>;
+    active.baseY = 0;
+    active.cursorX = beforeCursor.length;
+    active.getLine = () => ({ translateToString: () => `${beforeCursor}system license show` });
+
+    fireRender();
+
+    assert.equal(addon.isActive(), false);
+    assert.equal(ghostElement()?.style.display, "none");
+  } finally {
+    addon.dispose();
+    restoreDocument();
+  }
+});
+
+test("hides the ghost when stale text is followed by right-side status text (#1060)", () => {
+  const restoreDocument = installFakeDocument();
+  const { term, ghostElement, fireRender } = createFakeTerm();
+  const addon = new GhostTextAddon();
+
+  try {
+    addon.activate(term as never);
+    addon.show("system license show", "syst");
+    assert.equal(addon.isActive(), true);
+
+    const beforeCursor = "TopsecOS# syst";
+    const active = term.buffer.active as Record<string, unknown>;
+    active.baseY = 0;
+    active.cursorX = beforeCursor.length;
+    active.getLine = () => ({ translateToString: () => `${beforeCursor}em     12:34 ok` });
+
+    fireRender();
+
+    assert.equal(addon.isActive(), false);
+    assert.equal(ghostElement()?.style.display, "none");
+  } finally {
+    addon.dispose();
+    restoreDocument();
+  }
+});
+
+test("hides the ghost when a stale argument suffix starts with a space (#1060)", () => {
+  const restoreDocument = installFakeDocument();
+  const { term, ghostElement, fireRender } = createFakeTerm();
+  const addon = new GhostTextAddon();
+
+  try {
+    addon.activate(term as never);
+    addon.show("system license show", "system");
+    assert.equal(addon.isActive(), true);
+
+    const beforeCursor = "TopsecOS# system";
+    const active = term.buffer.active as Record<string, unknown>;
+    active.baseY = 0;
+    active.cursorX = beforeCursor.length;
+    active.getLine = () => ({ translateToString: () => `${beforeCursor} license show` });
+
+    fireRender();
+
+    assert.equal(addon.isActive(), false);
+    assert.equal(ghostElement()?.style.display, "none");
+  } finally {
+    addon.dispose();
+    restoreDocument();
+  }
+});
+
+test("keeps the ghost when unrelated right-side prompt text is visible", () => {
+  const restoreDocument = installFakeDocument();
+  const { term, ghostElement, fireRender } = createFakeTerm();
+  const addon = new GhostTextAddon();
+
+  try {
+    addon.activate(term as never);
+    addon.show("system license show", "syst");
+    assert.equal(addon.isActive(), true);
+
+    const beforeCursor = "host# syst";
+    const active = term.buffer.active as Record<string, unknown>;
+    active.baseY = 0;
+    active.cursorX = beforeCursor.length;
+    active.getLine = () => ({ translateToString: () => `${beforeCursor}     12:34 ok` });
+
+    fireRender();
+
+    assert.equal(addon.isActive(), true);
+    assert.notEqual(ghostElement()?.style.display, "none");
+  } finally {
+    addon.dispose();
+    restoreDocument();
+  }
+});
+
+test("keeps the ghost when only right-side spacing overlaps a space-prefixed suffix", () => {
+  const restoreDocument = installFakeDocument();
+  const { term, ghostElement, fireRender } = createFakeTerm();
+  const addon = new GhostTextAddon();
+
+  try {
+    addon.activate(term as never);
+    addon.show("system license show", "system");
+    assert.equal(addon.isActive(), true);
+
+    const beforeCursor = "host# system";
+    const active = term.buffer.active as Record<string, unknown>;
+    active.baseY = 0;
+    active.cursorX = beforeCursor.length;
+    active.getLine = () => ({ translateToString: () => `${beforeCursor}     12:34 ok` });
+
+    fireRender();
+
+    assert.equal(addon.isActive(), true);
+    assert.notEqual(ghostElement()?.style.display, "none");
+  } finally {
+    addon.dispose();
+    restoreDocument();
+  }
+});
+
+test("keeps the ghost when adjacent right-side text only shares the first character", () => {
+  const restoreDocument = installFakeDocument();
+  const { term, ghostElement, fireRender } = createFakeTerm();
+  const addon = new GhostTextAddon();
+
+  try {
+    addon.activate(term as never);
+    addon.show("system license show", "syst");
+    assert.equal(addon.isActive(), true);
+
+    const beforeCursor = "host# syst";
+    const active = term.buffer.active as Record<string, unknown>;
+    active.baseY = 0;
+    active.cursorX = beforeCursor.length;
+    active.getLine = () => ({ translateToString: () => `${beforeCursor}error` });
+
+    fireRender();
+
+    assert.equal(addon.isActive(), true);
+    assert.notEqual(ghostElement()?.style.display, "none");
+  } finally {
+    addon.dispose();
+    restoreDocument();
+  }
+});
diff --git a/components/terminal/autocomplete/GhostTextAddon.ts b/components/terminal/autocomplete/GhostTextAddon.ts
index a8649402e..a95901d76 100644
--- a/components/terminal/autocomplete/GhostTextAddon.ts
+++ b/components/terminal/autocomplete/GhostTextAddon.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,26 @@ function stringCellWidth(s: string): number {
   return w;
 }
 
+function commonPrefixLength(a: string, b: string): number {
+  const max = Math.min(a.length, b.length);
+  let i = 0;
+  while (i < max && a[i] === b[i]) i += 1;
+  return i;
+}
+
+function hasVisibleGhostPrefix(ghostText: string, afterCursor: string): boolean {
+  if (!ghostText || !afterCursor) return false;
+  const visibleAfterCursor = afterCursor.trimEnd();
+  const overlap = commonPrefixLength(ghostText, visibleAfterCursor);
+  if (overlap <= 0) return false;
+  if (ghostText.slice(0, overlap).trim().length === 0) return false;
+  return (
+    overlap === ghostText.length ||
+    overlap === visibleAfterCursor.length ||
+    afterCursor[overlap] === " "
+  );
+}
+
 export class GhostTextAddon implements IDisposable {
   private term: XTerm | null = null;
   private ghostElement: HTMLSpanElement | null = null;
@@ -135,9 +155,9 @@ export class GhostTextAddon implements IDisposable {
         if (this.hintActive) this.updateHintPosition();
         if (!this.isVisible()) return;
         // Fail-safe: if the device echoed input we didn't track (some bastion
-        // hosts / network OS, #1013), hide rather than draw the ghost over
-        // already-typed text. Done here (post-echo render) rather than in
-        // show()/adjustToInput so it never fights the keystroke-time path.
+        // hosts / network OS, #1013/#1060), hide rather than draw the ghost
+        // over already-visible text. Done here (post-echo render) rather than
+        // in show()/adjustToInput so it never fights the keystroke-time path.
         if (this.realLineHasUntrackedInput()) {
           this.hide();
           return;
@@ -331,7 +351,7 @@ export class GhostTextAddon implements IDisposable {
   }
 
   getGhostText(): string {
-    if (!this.currentSuggestion || !this.currentInput) return "";
+    if (!this.currentSuggestion) return "";
     return this.currentSuggestion.startsWith(this.currentInput)
       ? this.currentSuggestion.substring(this.currentInput.length)
       : "";
@@ -355,19 +375,24 @@ export class GhostTextAddon implements IDisposable {
   }
 
   /**
-   * True when the real terminal line has more input than we tracked, so
-   * rendering the ghost would paint over already-typed characters. See
-   * ./ghostTextConsistency and issue #1013. Returns false on hosts/inputs
-   * we can't judge (non-ASCII, echo still catching up), so the ghost only
-   * gets suppressed when corruption is actually imminent.
+   * True when the real terminal line has input we did not track, or already
+   * visible text exactly matches the ghost we are about to paint. See
+   * ./ghostTextConsistency and issues #1013 and #1060. Returns false on
+   * hosts/inputs we can't judge (non-ASCII, echo still catching up), so the
+   * ghost only gets suppressed when corruption is actually imminent.
    */
   private realLineHasUntrackedInput(): boolean {
-    if (!this.term || !this.currentInput) return false;
+    if (!this.term) return false;
     const buf = this.term.buffer.active;
     if (typeof buf?.getLine !== "function") return false;
     const line = buf.getLine(buf.baseY + buf.cursorY);
     if (!line || typeof line.translateToString !== "function") return false;
-    const beforeCursor = line.translateToString(false).slice(0, buf.cursorX);
+    const lineText = line.translateToString(false);
+    const beforeCursor = lineText.slice(0, buf.cursorX);
+    const afterCursor = lineText.slice(buf.cursorX);
+    const ghostText = this.getGhostText();
+    if (hasVisibleGhostPrefix(ghostText, afterCursor)) return true;
+    if (!this.currentInput) return false;
     return lineHasUntrackedTrailingInput(this.currentInput, beforeCursor);
   }