diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 15d9645..5003f58 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
-project(fcitx5-skey VERSION 0.8.10)
+project(fcitx5-skey VERSION 0.8.11)
 
 # Version compiled into the settings GUI / updater.  Dev builds append a
 # suffix (e.g. 0.7.5~dev.123) — project() VERSION must stay purely numeric,
diff --git a/src/engine.cpp b/src/engine.cpp
index 8926440..02ee062 100644
--- a/src/engine.cpp
+++ b/src/engine.cpp
@@ -4915,11 +4915,18 @@ void SKeyState::keyEvent(KeyEvent &keyEvent) {
         unsigned int selEnd =
             std::max(surrounding.anchor(), surrounding.cursor());
         unsigned int deleteSize = selEnd - selStart;
-        const bool chromiumWaylandSelection = isWayland() && isChromiumCached();
+        // GTK's GNOME Text Editor has the same Wayland behaviour as
+        // Chromium here: a forwarded Backspace first collapses Ctrl+A's
+        // selection, requiring a second physical Backspace to delete it.
+        // Send the exact selected range through the surrounding-text API so
+        // one user Backspace performs one atomic deletion.
+        const bool nativeWaylandSelection =
+            isWayland() &&
+            (isChromiumCached() || appProgram() == "gnome-text-editor");
         SKEY_DEBUG() << "SurrBS: delete selection size=" << deleteSize
-                     << (chromiumWaylandSelection ? " via surrounding text"
-                                                   : " via forwardKey");
-        if (chromiumWaylandSelection) {
+                     << (nativeWaylandSelection ? " via surrounding text"
+                                                : " via forwardKey");
+        if (nativeWaylandSelection) {
           // Chromium Wayland may consume a forwarded Backspace without
           // applying it to a DOM selection.  The surrounding-text request
           // carries the exact selected range and is handled by the same text
@@ -4952,8 +4959,18 @@ void SKeyState::keyEvent(KeyEvent &keyEvent) {
       // character and cannot clear a multi-character selection.
       if ((!surrounding.isValid() || surrounding.cursor() == 0) &&
           committedLen_ <= 0) {
-        SKEY_DEBUG() << "SurrBS: forwardKey (valid=" << surrounding.isValid()
-                     << " cursor=" << surrounding.cursor() << ")";
+        // Native Wayland clients can expose the SurroundingText capability
+        // while publishing no usable snapshot (GTK does this after Ctrl+A).
+        // forwardKey() is a synthetic fcitx event and is ignored by this
+        // path, so accepting the event would swallow the user's Backspace.
+        // Leave it unaccepted and let the compositor deliver the original
+        // key, preserving application selection deletion.
+        SKEY_DEBUG() << "SurrBS: pass-through (valid=" << surrounding.isValid()
+                     << " cursor=" << surrounding.cursor()
+                     << (isWayland() ? " wayland" : "") << ")";
+        if (isWayland()) {
+          return;
+        }
         ic_->forwardKey(Key(FcitxKey_BackSpace));
         keyEvent.filterAndAccept();
         return;
diff --git a/src/native_injector.cpp b/src/native_injector.cpp
index f397b52..13b70dd 100644
--- a/src/native_injector.cpp
+++ b/src/native_injector.cpp
@@ -59,11 +59,16 @@ struct NativeInjector::Impl {
         const auto path = tokenPath();
         std::error_code ec;
         std::filesystem::create_directories(path.parent_path(), ec);
-        std::ofstream out(path, std::ios::trunc);
+        // Write replacement token atomically; a killed Fcitx must not leave a
+        // zero-length token that looks like a valid restore state.
+        const auto tmp = path.string() + ".tmp-" + std::to_string(getpid());
+        std::ofstream out(tmp, std::ios::trunc);
         if (out) {
             out << token << '\n';
             out.close();
-            chmod(path.c_str(), 0600);
+            chmod(tmp.c_str(), 0600);
+            std::filesystem::rename(tmp, path, ec);
+            if (ec) std::filesystem::remove(tmp, ec);
         }
         g_free(token);
     }
@@ -206,7 +211,20 @@ struct NativeInjector::Impl {
         if (wakeSource) { g_source_destroy(wakeSource); g_source_unref(wakeSource); }
         if (keyboard) keyboard = ei_device_unref(keyboard);
         if (connection) connection = ei_unref(connection);
-        if (session) { xdp_session_close(session); g_object_unref(session); }
+        if (session) {
+            // The portal consumes a restore token before starting a restored
+            // session and writes it back only when Close is delivered. The
+            // close call is asynchronous; give GLib time to flush it before
+            // tearing down the portal connection during Fcitx shutdown.
+            xdp_session_close(session);
+            const gint64 deadline = g_get_monotonic_time() + 250000;
+            while (g_get_monotonic_time() < deadline) {
+                while (g_main_context_pending(context))
+                    g_main_context_iteration(context, FALSE);
+                g_usleep(10000);
+            }
+            g_object_unref(session);
+        }
         if (portal) g_object_unref(portal);
         g_object_unref(cancellable);
         g_main_context_pop_thread_default(context);