diff --git a/packages/devtools_profiler_core/README.md b/packages/devtools_profiler_core/README.md
index d0ca144..de90dde 100644
--- a/packages/devtools_profiler_core/README.md
+++ b/packages/devtools_profiler_core/README.md
@@ -37,6 +37,24 @@ The core package can:
 It does not contain terminal rendering, MCP transport, Flutter UI code, or web
 UI code.
 
+### Inherited terminal cleanup
+
+When a run inherits stdio, the runner captures Dart's portable stdin controls
+(`echoMode`, `lineMode`, and `echoNewlineMode`) and restores each control that
+the host exposes. Unsupported controls, and failures restoring one control, do
+not prevent the other controls from being restored. Common interactive escape
+state (mouse reporting, bracketed paste, cursor visibility, SGR, margins, and
+the alternate screen) is reset only on stdout or stderr streams reported as
+terminal-backed. Redirected streams receive no escape sequences, and shared
+stdout/stderr sinks are flushed but never closed.
+
+This deliberately uses only `dart:io`; it does not invoke `stty`, open
+`/dev/tty`, or add native dependencies. On Windows, the stdin mode accessors
+are restored where supported. ANSI cleanup depends on the host console already
+having virtual-terminal processing enabled; enabling that Windows native
+console mode is not provided by the Dart standard API. The cleanup does not
+erase the primary screen or its scrollback.
+
 ## Launch And Profile A Command
 
 ```dart
diff --git a/packages/devtools_profiler_core/lib/src/capture/profile_runner.dart b/packages/devtools_profiler_core/lib/src/capture/profile_runner.dart
index c67d4f3..ce1aa57 100644
--- a/packages/devtools_profiler_core/lib/src/capture/profile_runner.dart
+++ b/packages/devtools_profiler_core/lib/src/capture/profile_runner.dart
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import 'runner/interrupt_finalization.dart';
 import 'runner/process_launch.dart';
 import 'runner/profile_runner_shared.dart';
 import 'runner/profile_session_controller.dart';
+import 'runner/terminal_lifecycle.dart';
 
 /// Launches profiled Dart processes and reads stored artifacts.
 ///
@@ -65,11 +66,15 @@ class ProfileRunner {
     LaunchedProcess? launchedProcess;
     _ProfileRunSignalWatcher? interruptWatcher;
     Process? process;
+    TerminalLifecycle? terminalLifecycle;
     Timer? runDurationTimer;
     var processExited = false;
     var terminatedByProfiler = false;
 
     try {
+      if (request.processIoMode == ProfileProcessIoMode.inheritStdio) {
+        terminalLifecycle = await TerminalLifecycle.capture();
+      }
       final vmServiceTimeout =
           request.vmServiceTimeout ??
           defaultVmServiceTimeoutForCommand(command);
@@ -155,10 +160,14 @@ class ProfileRunner {
                 'Failed to finalize profile data at the duration limit: $error',
               );
             } finally {
-              if (process != null && !process.kill()) {
-                sessionController.addWarning(
-                  'Failed to terminate the target process after the profile run duration elapsed.',
-                );
+              if (process != null) {
+                final stopped = await _terminateProcessWithEscalation(process);
+                if (!stopped) {
+                  sessionController.addWarning(
+                    'Failed to terminate the target process after the profile '
+                    'run duration elapsed.',
+                  );
+                }
               }
             }
           }());
@@ -247,19 +256,22 @@ class ProfileRunner {
       await artifactStore.writeSession(result);
       return result;
     } finally {
-      await launchedProcess?.stdoutSubscription?.cancel();
-      await launchedProcess?.stderrSubscription?.cancel();
-      await interruptWatcher?.dispose();
-      runDurationTimer?.cancel();
-      if (process != null && !processExited) {
-        process.kill();
-        try {
-          await process.exitCode.timeout(const Duration(seconds: 2));
-        } on TimeoutException {
-          sessionController.addWarning(
-            'Timed out waiting for target process cleanup after profiling.',
-          );
+      // Keep terminal restoration in an outer finally. A failed subscription
+      // cleanup or process shutdown must not leave an inherited tty unusable.
+      try {
+        await launchedProcess?.stdoutSubscription?.cancel();
+        await launchedProcess?.stderrSubscription?.cancel();
+        await interruptWatcher?.dispose();
+        runDurationTimer?.cancel();
+        if (process != null && !processExited) {
+          if (!await _terminateProcessWithEscalation(process)) {
+            sessionController.addWarning(
+              'Timed out waiting for target process cleanup after profiling.',
+            );
+          }
         }
+      } finally {
+        await terminalLifecycle?.restore();
       }
       await sessionController.dispose();
       await dtdSession.dispose();
@@ -677,6 +689,29 @@ bool _killProcess(Process process, ProcessSignal signal) {
   }
 }
 
+/// Terminates [process] with bounded graceful and forced-exit windows.
+Future<bool> _terminateProcessWithEscalation(Process process) async {
+  if (!_killProcess(process, ProcessSignal.sigterm)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  try {
+    await process.exitCode.timeout(const Duration(seconds: 2));
+    return true;
+  } on TimeoutException {
+    // Escalate below.
+  }
+
+  if (!_killProcess(process, ProcessSignal.sigkill)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  try {
+    await process.exitCode.timeout(const Duration(seconds: 1));
+    return true;
+  } on TimeoutException {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
 String _profileSignalName(ProcessSignal signal) {
   if (signal == ProcessSignal.sigint) {
     return 'SIGINT';
diff --git a/packages/devtools_profiler_core/lib/src/capture/runner/terminal_lifecycle.dart b/packages/devtools_profiler_core/lib/src/capture/runner/terminal_lifecycle.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d49fdd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/devtools_profiler_core/lib/src/capture/runner/terminal_lifecycle.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+import 'dart:io';
+
+/// The stdin terminal controls that can be captured without platform code.
+abstract interface class TerminalInput {
+  bool get hasTerminal;
+  bool get echoMode;
+  set echoMode(bool value);
+  bool get lineMode;
+  set lineMode(bool value);
+  bool get echoNewlineMode;
+  set echoNewlineMode(bool value);
+}
+
+/// A terminal-backed output sink used for terminal cleanup.
+abstract interface class TerminalOutput {
+  bool get hasTerminal;
+  void write(String value);
+  Future<void> flush();
+}
+
+final class _StdinTerminalInput implements TerminalInput {
+  const _StdinTerminalInput();
+
+  @override
+  bool get hasTerminal => stdin.hasTerminal;
+  @override
+  bool get echoMode => stdin.echoMode;
+  @override
+  set echoMode(bool value) => stdin.echoMode = value;
+  @override
+  bool get lineMode => stdin.lineMode;
+  @override
+  set lineMode(bool value) => stdin.lineMode = value;
+  @override
+  bool get echoNewlineMode => stdin.echoNewlineMode;
+  @override
+  set echoNewlineMode(bool value) => stdin.echoNewlineMode = value;
+}
+
+final class _IoTerminalOutput implements TerminalOutput {
+  const _IoTerminalOutput(this._sink, this._hasTerminal);
+
+  final IOSink _sink;
+  final bool Function() _hasTerminal;
+
+  @override
+  bool get hasTerminal => _hasTerminal();
+  @override
+  void write(String value) => _sink.write(value);
+  @override
+  Future<void> flush() => _sink.flush();
+}
+
+/// Captures and restores terminal state for an inherited-stdio session.
+final class TerminalLifecycle {
+  TerminalLifecycle._(this._modes, this._outputs);
+
+  final List<_CapturedMode> _modes;
+  final List<TerminalOutput> _outputs;
+
+  /// Captures supported stdin modes and terminal-backed output streams.
+  ///
+  /// Unsupported mode accessors are skipped independently. ANSI cleanup is
+  /// never sent to redirected streams. Windows hosts without virtual-terminal
+  /// processing enabled cannot interpret ANSI sequences; enabling that native
+  /// console feature is outside the Dart standard API.
+  static Future<TerminalLifecycle> capture({
+    TerminalInput? input,
+    List<TerminalOutput>? outputs,
+  }) async {
+    final actualInput = input ?? const _StdinTerminalInput();
+    final actualOutputs =
+        outputs ??
+        <TerminalOutput>[
+          _IoTerminalOutput(stdout, () => stdout.hasTerminal),
+          _IoTerminalOutput(stderr, () => stderr.hasTerminal),
+        ];
+    final modes = <_CapturedMode>[];
+    try {
+      if (actualInput.hasTerminal) {
+        for (final mode in _terminalModes(actualInput)) {
+          try {
+            modes.add(_CapturedMode(mode, mode.read()));
+          } catch (_) {
+            // Some terminals expose only a subset of the controls.
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    } catch (_) {
+      // A stream which cannot report terminal status is not controllable.
+    }
+    return TerminalLifecycle._(modes, [
+      for (final output in actualOutputs)
+        if (_hasTerminal(output)) output,
+    ]);
+  }
+
+  /// Restores captured modes and common interactive terminal UI state.
+  ///
+  /// Each mode and output is independent. Shared stdout/stderr sinks are
+  /// flushed but never closed.
+  Future<void> restore() async {
+    for (final mode in _modes) {
+      try {
+        mode.write(mode.value);
+      } catch (_) {
+        // One unsupported or failing setter must not block the others.
+      }
+    }
+
+    const cleanupSequences = [
+      '\x1b[?1000l\x1b[?1002l\x1b[?1003l',
+      '\x1b[?1006l\x1b[?1015l\x1b[?1016l',
+      '\x1b[?1004l\x1b[?2004l\x1b[?2026l',
+      '\x1b[?25h\x1b[0m\x1b[r',
+      // Leave the primary screen and its scrollback intact.
+      '\x1b[?1049l\x1b[?1047l\x1b[?47l',
+    ];
+    for (final output in _outputs) {
+      for (final sequence in cleanupSequences) {
+        try {
+          output.write(sequence);
+          await output.flush();
+        } catch (_) {
+          // A broken output must not prevent another output being cleaned.
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+bool _hasTerminal(TerminalOutput output) {
+  try {
+    return output.hasTerminal;
+  } catch (_) {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+Iterable<_TerminalMode> _terminalModes(TerminalInput input) sync* {
+  yield _TerminalMode(() => input.echoMode, (value) {
+    input.echoMode = value;
+  });
+  yield _TerminalMode(() => input.lineMode, (value) {
+    input.lineMode = value;
+  });
+  yield _TerminalMode(() => input.echoNewlineMode, (value) {
+    input.echoNewlineMode = value;
+  });
+}
+
+final class _TerminalMode {
+  const _TerminalMode(this.read, this.write);
+
+  final bool Function() read;
+  final void Function(bool value) write;
+}
+
+final class _CapturedMode {
+  const _CapturedMode(this.mode, this.value);
+
+  final _TerminalMode mode;
+  final bool value;
+
+  void write(bool value) => mode.write(value);
+  bool read() => mode.read();
+}
diff --git a/packages/devtools_profiler_core/test/terminal_lifecycle_test.dart b/packages/devtools_profiler_core/test/terminal_lifecycle_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..881a324
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/devtools_profiler_core/test/terminal_lifecycle_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+import 'dart:async';
+
+import 'package:devtools_profiler_core/src/capture/runner/terminal_lifecycle.dart';
+import 'package:test/test.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  test('restores supported stdin modes independently', () async {
+    final input = _FakeInput(echo: true, line: false, newline: true);
+    final output = _FakeOutput(terminal: true);
+    final lifecycle = await TerminalLifecycle.capture(
+      input: input,
+      outputs: [output],
+    );
+    input.echoMode = false;
+    input.lineMode = true;
+    input.echoNewlineMode = false;
+
+    await lifecycle.restore();
+
+    expect(input.echoMode, isTrue);
+    expect(input.lineMode, isFalse);
+    expect(input.echoNewlineMode, isTrue);
+    expect(output.writes, hasLength(5));
+    expect(output.closed, isFalse);
+  });
+
+  test('skips unsupported modes while restoring the others', () async {
+    final input = _FakeInput(echo: true, line: false, newline: true)
+      ..unsupportedEchoNewline = true;
+    final lifecycle = await TerminalLifecycle.capture(
+      input: input,
+      outputs: [_FakeOutput(terminal: true)],
+    );
+    input.echoMode = false;
+    input.lineMode = true;
+    await lifecycle.restore();
+
+    expect(input.echoMode, isTrue);
+    expect(input.lineMode, isFalse);
+  });
+
+  test('does not write cleanup to redirected output', () async {
+    final input = _FakeInput(echo: true, line: true, newline: true);
+    final output = _FakeOutput(terminal: false);
+    final lifecycle = await TerminalLifecycle.capture(
+      input: input,
+      outputs: [output],
+    );
+    await lifecycle.restore();
+
+    expect(output.writes, isEmpty);
+    expect(input.echoMode, isTrue);
+  });
+
+  test('continues after mode and output failures', () async {
+    final input = _FakeInput(echo: true, line: true, newline: true)
+      ..failEchoRestore = true;
+    final goodOutput = _FakeOutput(terminal: true);
+    final badOutput = _FakeOutput(terminal: true)..failWrites = true;
+    final lifecycle = await TerminalLifecycle.capture(
+      input: input,
+      outputs: [badOutput, goodOutput],
+    );
+
+    await expectLater(lifecycle.restore(), completes);
+    expect(input.lineMode, isTrue);
+    expect(goodOutput.writes, isNotEmpty);
+  });
+
+  test('capture and restore are safe without an inherited tty', () async {
+    final lifecycle = await TerminalLifecycle.capture(
+      input: _FakeInput(terminal: false),
+      outputs: [_FakeOutput(terminal: false)],
+    );
+    await expectLater(lifecycle.restore(), completes);
+  });
+}
+
+final class _FakeInput implements TerminalInput {
+  _FakeInput({
+    this.terminal = true,
+    bool echo = false,
+    bool line = false,
+    bool newline = false,
+  }) : _echo = echo,
+       _line = line,
+       _newline = newline;
+
+  final bool terminal;
+  bool _echo;
+  bool _line;
+  bool _newline;
+  bool unsupportedEchoNewline = false;
+  bool failEchoRestore = false;
+
+  @override
+  bool get hasTerminal => terminal;
+  @override
+  bool get echoMode => _echo;
+  @override
+  set echoMode(bool value) {
+    if (failEchoRestore && value) throw StateError('echo failure');
+    _echo = value;
+  }
+
+  @override
+  bool get lineMode => _line;
+  @override
+  set lineMode(bool value) => _line = value;
+  @override
+  bool get echoNewlineMode {
+    if (unsupportedEchoNewline) throw UnsupportedError('not available');
+    return _newline;
+  }
+
+  @override
+  set echoNewlineMode(bool value) {
+    if (unsupportedEchoNewline) throw UnsupportedError('not available');
+    _newline = value;
+  }
+}
+
+final class _FakeOutput implements TerminalOutput {
+  _FakeOutput({required this.terminal});
+
+  final bool terminal;
+  final writes = <String>[];
+  bool closed = false;
+  bool failWrites = false;
+
+  @override
+  bool get hasTerminal => terminal;
+  @override
+  void write(String value) {
+    if (failWrites) throw StateError('write failure');
+    writes.add(value);
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Future<void> flush() async {
+    if (failWrites) throw StateError('flush failure');
+    await Future<void>.value();
+  }
+}