diff --git a/Packages/Models/Sources/Models/Alias/HTMLString.swift b/Packages/Models/Sources/Models/Alias/HTMLString.swift
index f085be027..26f729a20 100644
--- a/Packages/Models/Sources/Models/Alias/HTMLString.swift
+++ b/Packages/Models/Sources/Models/Alias/HTMLString.swift
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public struct HTMLString: Codable, Equatable, Hashable, @unchecked Sendable {
 
       asMarkdown = ""
       do {
-        let document: Document = try SwiftSoup.parse(htmlValue)
+        let document: SwiftSoup.Document = try SwiftSoup.parse(htmlValue)
         var listCounters: [Int] = []
         handleNode(node: document, listCounters: &listCounters)
 
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ public struct HTMLString: Codable, Equatable, Hashable, @unchecked Sendable {
     try container.encode(hadTrailingTags, forKey: .hadTrailingTags)
   }
 
-  private mutating func removeTrailingTags(doc: Document) {
+  private mutating func removeTrailingTags(doc: SwiftSoup.Document) {
     // Fast bail-outs
     if !asMarkdown.contains("#") { return }
 
diff --git a/Packages/StatusKit/Sources/StatusKit/Editor/UITextView/Representable.swift b/Packages/StatusKit/Sources/StatusKit/Editor/UITextView/Representable.swift
index 08c1e4270..fb78a12b5 100644
--- a/Packages/StatusKit/Sources/StatusKit/Editor/UITextView/Representable.swift
+++ b/Packages/StatusKit/Sources/StatusKit/Editor/UITextView/Representable.swift
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import SwiftUI
 
 extension TextView {
-  struct Representable: UIViewRepresentable {
+  struct Representable: UIViewControllerRepresentable {
     @Binding var text: NSMutableAttributedString
     @Binding var calculatedHeight: CGFloat
     @Environment(\.sizeCategory) var sizeCategory
@@ -9,16 +9,17 @@ extension TextView {
     let keyboard: UIKeyboardType
     var getTextView: ((UITextView) -> Void)?
 
-    func makeUIView(context: Context) -> UIKitTextView {
-      context.coordinator.textView
+    func makeUIViewController(context: Context) -> TextViewController {
+      TextViewController(textView: context.coordinator.textView)
     }
 
-    func updateUIView(_: UIKitTextView, context: Context) {
+    func updateUIViewController(_: TextViewController, context: Context) {
       context.coordinator.update(representable: self)
-      if !context.coordinator.didBecomeFirstResponder {
-        context.coordinator.textView.becomeFirstResponder()
-        context.coordinator.didBecomeFirstResponder = true
-      }
+      // Deliberately no automatic becomeFirstResponder here: on iOS 26/27 a
+      // focused UITextView in this sheet deadlocks SwiftUI's AttributeGraph
+      // when the device rotates ("cycle detected" spam until the system kills
+      // the app). Tap the field to start typing; TextViewController drops focus
+      // in viewWillTransition, *before* the rotation begins.
     }
 
     @discardableResult func makeCoordinator() -> Coordinator {
diff --git a/Packages/StatusKit/Sources/StatusKit/Editor/UITextView/TextView.swift b/Packages/StatusKit/Sources/StatusKit/Editor/UITextView/TextView.swift
index 72d0065aa..3dd746924 100644
--- a/Packages/StatusKit/Sources/StatusKit/Editor/UITextView/TextView.swift
+++ b/Packages/StatusKit/Sources/StatusKit/Editor/UITextView/TextView.swift
@@ -60,7 +60,62 @@ public struct TextView: View {
   }
 }
 
+/// Hosts the editor's `UIKitTextView` so the editor gets a `viewWillTransition`
+/// hook on the owning view controller.
+///
+/// iOS 26/27: a focused `UITextView` inside the compose sheet deadlocks
+/// SwiftUI's AttributeGraph when the interface rotates ("cycle detected" spam
+/// until the watchdog kills the app). `viewWillTransition(to:with:)` fires
+/// *before* the rotation animation begins, so resigning first responder here
+/// dismisses the keyboard in time to prevent the cycle from ever forming — the
+/// device-orientation observer in `UIKitTextView` only lands afterwards and so
+/// can't. It stays as a post-rotation backstop.
+final class TextViewController: UIViewController {
+  private let textView: UIKitTextView
+
+  init(textView: UIKitTextView) {
+    self.textView = textView
+    super.init(nibName: nil, bundle: nil)
+  }
+
+  @available(*, unavailable)
+  required init?(coder _: NSCoder) {
+    fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
+  }
+
+  override func loadView() {
+    // The text view *is* the controller's view, so SwiftUI sizes it exactly as
+    // it did when the representable vended the UITextView directly.
+    view = textView
+  }
+
+  override func viewWillTransition(
+    to size: CGSize, with coordinator: UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinator
+  ) {
+    if textView.isFirstResponder {
+      textView.resignFirstResponder()
+    }
+    super.viewWillTransition(to: size, with: coordinator)
+  }
+}
+
 final class UIKitTextView: UITextView {
+  override init(frame: CGRect, textContainer: NSTextContainer?) {
+    super.init(frame: frame, textContainer: textContainer)
+    // iOS 26/27 backstop: dropping focus before rotation happens in
+    // TextViewController.viewWillTransition. This post-rotation observer only
+    // helps settle layout if a transition was left half-finished.
+    UIDevice.current.beginGeneratingDeviceOrientationNotifications()
+    NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(
+      self, selector: #selector(deviceOrientationDidChange),
+      name: UIDevice.orientationDidChangeNotification, object: nil)
+  }
+
+  @available(*, unavailable)
+  required init?(coder _: NSCoder) {
+    fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
+  }
+
   override var keyCommands: [UIKeyCommand]? {
     (super.keyCommands ?? []) + [
       UIKeyCommand(
@@ -71,4 +126,15 @@ final class UIKitTextView: UITextView {
   @objc private func escape(_: Any) {
     resignFirstResponder()
   }
+
+  @objc private func deviceOrientationDidChange() {
+    // This lands only after the interface has already switched orientation, so
+    // it can't prevent the iOS 26 rotation deadlock — but if we were focused
+    // through a rotation and the transition was left half-finished, dropping
+    // focus here lets UIKit settle the layout and resume touch delivery.
+    guard isFirstResponder,
+      UIDevice.current.orientation.isValidInterfaceOrientation
+    else { return }
+    resignFirstResponder()
+  }
 }