diff --git a/.changeset/fix-ctrl-c-compaction.md b/.changeset/fix-ctrl-c-compaction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..58fd932505
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fix-ctrl-c-compaction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@moonshot-ai/kimi-code": patch
+---
+
+Fix Ctrl-C during compaction so it clears a pending editor draft first instead of cancelling immediately.
diff --git a/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/controllers/editor-keyboard.ts b/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/controllers/editor-keyboard.ts
index bc5b922b0e..42871d5dce 100644
--- a/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/controllers/editor-keyboard.ts
+++ b/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/controllers/editor-keyboard.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ export class EditorKeyboardController {
 
       if (host.state.appState.isCompacting) {
         this.clearPendingExit();
+
+        if (this.clearEditorTextIfPresent()) return;
+
         this.cancelCurrentCompaction();
         return;
       }
@@ -88,10 +91,7 @@ export class EditorKeyboardController {
       if (host.state.appState.streamingPhase !== 'idle') {
         this.clearPendingExit();
 
-        if (editor.getText().length > 0) {
-          editor.setText('');
-          return;
-        }
+        if (this.clearEditorTextIfPresent()) return;
 
         this.cancelCurrentStream();
         return;
@@ -254,6 +254,13 @@ export class EditorKeyboardController {
     this.host.state.ui.requestRender();
   }
 
+  private clearEditorTextIfPresent(): boolean {
+    const editor = this.host.state.editor;
+    if (editor.getText().length === 0) return false;
+    editor.setText('');
+    return true;
+  }
+
   private cancelCurrentStream(): void {
     void this.host.session?.cancel();
   }
diff --git a/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/kimi-tui-message-flow.test.ts b/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/kimi-tui-message-flow.test.ts
index 0d6c498dc5..621f11653e 100644
--- a/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/kimi-tui-message-flow.test.ts
+++ b/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/kimi-tui-message-flow.test.ts
@@ -1423,6 +1423,30 @@ command = "vim"
     expect(session.cancelCompaction).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
   });
 
+  it('clears editor text before cancelling compaction on Ctrl-C', async () => {
+    const { driver, session } = await makeDriver();
+    driver.sessionEventHandler.handleEvent(
+      {
+        type: 'compaction.started',
+        agentId: 'main',
+        sessionId: 'ses-1',
+        trigger: 'manual',
+      } as Event,
+      vi.fn(),
+    );
+    driver.state.editor.setText('draft while compacting');
+
+    driver.state.editor.onCtrlC?.();
+
+    expect(driver.state.editor.getText()).toBe('');
+    expect(session.cancelCompaction).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(driver.state.appState.isCompacting).toBe(true);
+
+    driver.state.editor.onCtrlC?.();
+
+    expect(session.cancelCompaction).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
   it('dispatches the next queued message after compaction is cancelled', async () => {
     vi.useFakeTimers();
     try {