diff --git a/nanobot/cli/commands.py b/nanobot/cli/commands.py
index df4ed5ce..0f69bf79 100644
--- a/nanobot/cli/commands.py
+++ b/nanobot/cli/commands.py
@@ -319,14 +319,18 @@ def _build_cli_key_bindings() -> KeyBindings:
                        which case Alt+Enter is the fallback.
     """
     # prompt_toolkit has no symbolic Keys.ShiftEnter and @kb.add() rejects raw
-    # escape strings, so register the CSI-u Shift+Enter sequences against a
-    # spare key symbol (ControlJ) and bind that. Terminals that never emit
-    # these sequences simply won't trigger the binding.
+    # escape strings, so register the CSI-u Shift+Enter sequences against
+    # Keys.ControlF3 -- an enum member prompt_toolkit declares but never wires
+    # to a default ANSI sequence or key binding, unlike e.g. Keys.ControlJ,
+    # which is also the literal LF byte ("\x0a") that some terminals (WSL is
+    # the case prompt_toolkit itself calls out) send for a plain Enter
+    # keypress. Aliasing to ControlJ made Enter stop submitting there, since
+    # our handler shadowed prompt_toolkit's own "treat \n as \r" fallback.
     with suppress(Exception):
         from prompt_toolkit.input import ansi_escape_sequences as _aes
 
         for _seq in ("\x1b[13;2u", "\x1b[27;2;13~"):
-            _aes.ANSI_SEQUENCES.setdefault(_seq, Keys.ControlJ)
+            _aes.ANSI_SEQUENCES.setdefault(_seq, Keys.ControlF3)
 
     kb = KeyBindings()
 
@@ -338,7 +342,7 @@ def _build_cli_key_bindings() -> KeyBindings:
     def _(event):
         event.current_buffer.insert_text("\n")
 
-    @kb.add(Keys.ControlJ)  # Shift+Enter on CSI-u capable terminals
+    @kb.add(Keys.ControlF3)  # Shift+Enter on CSI-u capable terminals
     def _(event):
         event.current_buffer.insert_text("\n")
 
diff --git a/tests/cli/test_cli_input.py b/tests/cli/test_cli_input.py
index 977df8c1..b38cd20f 100644
--- a/tests/cli/test_cli_input.py
+++ b/tests/cli/test_cli_input.py
@@ -88,13 +88,36 @@ def test_cli_key_bindings_enter_submits_and_alt_enter_newlines():
     alt_enter.call(MagicMock(current_buffer=buf))
     buf.insert_text.assert_called_once_with("\n")
 
-    # ControlJ (mapped Shift+Enter on CSI-u terminals) -> newline
-    ctrl_j = bound[(Keys.ControlJ.value,)]
+    # ControlF3 (synthetic carrier for the Shift+Enter CSI-u sequence) -> newline.
+    # Not ControlJ: that's also the literal LF byte some terminals (e.g. WSL)
+    # send for a plain Enter keypress, so binding it would break submit there.
+    shift_enter = bound[(Keys.ControlF3.value,)]
     buf = MagicMock()
-    ctrl_j.call(MagicMock(current_buffer=buf))
+    shift_enter.call(MagicMock(current_buffer=buf))
     buf.insert_text.assert_called_once_with("\n")
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_raw_lf_enter_still_submits_like_wsl_terminals():
+    """A raw LF byte (\\x0a) is what some terminals -- e.g. WSL -- send for a
+    plain Enter keypress. It must submit the buffer, not insert a newline;
+    a mock buffer can't catch a key binding shadowing prompt_toolkit's own
+    default \\n-as-\\r handling, so this drives a real PromptSession/parser.
+    """
+    from prompt_toolkit.application import create_app_session
+    from prompt_toolkit.input import create_pipe_input
+    from prompt_toolkit.output import DummyOutput
+
+    with create_pipe_input() as pipe_input:
+        with create_app_session(input=pipe_input, output=DummyOutput()):
+            commands._init_prompt_session()
+            session = commands._PROMPT_SESSION
+            pipe_input.send_text("hello\x0aworld\r")
+            result = await session.prompt_async("> ")
+
+    assert result == "hello"
+
+
 def test_thinking_spinner_pause_stops_and_restarts():
     """Pause should stop the active spinner and restart it afterward."""
     spinner = MagicMock()