--- a/packages/desktop/src/main/ipc.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/main/ipc.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { execFile } from "node:child_process"
 import { stat } from "node:fs/promises"
 import { basename, join } from "node:path"
-import { app, BrowserWindow, clipboard, dialog, ipcMain, shell } from "electron"
+import { app, BrowserWindow, clipboard, ClipboardItem, dialog, ipcMain, shell } from "electron"
 import type { IpcMainEvent, IpcMainInvokeEvent } from "electron"
 import type { DesktopMenuAction } from "@opencode-ai/app/desktop-menu"
 import { parseDesktopNativeBundle, type DesktopNativeBundle } from "@opencode-ai/app/i18n/desktop-native"
@@ -25,6 +25,32 @@
 import { createDesktopDraftStore } from "./draft-store"
 import { nativeT } from "./native-translations"
 
+// Electron 44 removed the legacy clipboard surface (readImage, readBuffer,
+// writeBuffer, and the object-argument write(data)). Some bundled
+// dependencies (electron-context-menu) still call the legacy
+// write({ bookmark, text }) shape, so translate it to a ClipboardItem.
+function installLegacyClipboardCompat() {
+  const target = clipboard as {
+    readImage?: unknown
+    write: (...args: unknown[]) => unknown
+  }
+  if (typeof target.readImage === "function") return
+  const write = target.write.bind(clipboard)
+  target.write = (arg: unknown) => {
+    if (arg && typeof arg === "object" && !Array.isArray(arg)) {
+      const data = arg as { text?: string; html?: string }
+      const item = new ClipboardItem({
+        ...(data.text ? { "text/plain": data.text } : {}),
+        ...(data.html ? { "text/html": new Blob([data.html]) } : {}),
+      })
+      return write([item])
+    }
+    return write(arg)
+  }
+}
+
+installLegacyClipboardCompat()
+
 const pickerFilters = (ext?: string[]) => {
   if (!ext || ext.length === 0) return undefined
   return [{ name: nativeT("desktop.dialog.files"), extensions: ext }]
@@ -235,12 +261,36 @@
     return true
   })
 
-  ipcMain.handle("read-clipboard-image", () => {
-    const image = clipboard.readImage()
-    if (image.isEmpty()) return null
-    const buffer = image.toPNG().buffer
-    const size = image.getSize()
-    return { buffer, width: size.width, height: size.height }
+  ipcMain.handle("read-clipboard-image", async () => {
+    const target = clipboard as {
+      readImage?: () => {
+        isEmpty: () => boolean
+        toPNG: () => Buffer
+        getSize: () => { width: number; height: number }
+      }
+      read?: () => Promise<{ types: string[]; getType: (type: string) => Promise<Blob> }[]>
+    }
+    if (typeof target.readImage === "function") {
+      const image = target.readImage()
+      if (image.isEmpty()) return null
+      const buffer = image.toPNG().buffer
+      const size = image.getSize()
+      return { buffer, width: size.width, height: size.height }
+    }
+    const items = (await target.read?.()) ?? []
+    for (const item of items) {
+      const imageType = item.types.find((type: string) => type.startsWith("image/"))
+      if (!imageType) continue
+      const buffer = Buffer.from(await (await item.getType(imageType)).arrayBuffer())
+      let width = 0
+      let height = 0
+      if (buffer.length > 24 && buffer.subarray(12, 16).toString("ascii") === "IHDR") {
+        width = buffer.readUInt32BE(16)
+        height = buffer.readUInt32BE(20)
+      }
+      return { buffer, width, height }
+    }
+    return null
   })
 
   ipcMain.handle("get-window-id", (event: IpcMainInvokeEvent) => {