diff --git a/src/lib/init/ui/factory.ts b/src/lib/init/ui/factory.ts
index eb436cb6b..e17face5c 100644
--- a/src/lib/init/ui/factory.ts
+++ b/src/lib/init/ui/factory.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
  *     companions add a fraction of that and use no native code.
  */
 
+import { addBreadcrumb } from "@sentry/node-core/light";
 import { LoggingUI } from "./logging-ui.js";
 import type { WelcomeOptions, WizardUI } from "./types.js";
 
@@ -102,10 +103,22 @@ export async function getUIAsync(opts: UIFactoryOptions): Promise<WizardUI> {
   try {
     const { createInkUI } = await import("./ink-ui.js");
     return await createInkUI({ initialWelcome: opts.initialWelcome });
-  } catch {
+  } catch (err) {
     // Fall through to LoggingUI so a missing/broken sidecar
     // doesn't take down the wizard. Unreachable on a correctly
     // built package — safety net for corrupted installs.
+    //
+    // Breadcrumb so the actual throw is visible in Sentry — otherwise
+    // only the downstream LoggingUIPromptError appears with no context.
+    addBreadcrumb({
+      category: "init.ui",
+      message: "InkUI creation failed, falling back to LoggingUI",
+      data: {
+        error: String(err),
+        stack: err instanceof Error ? err.stack : undefined,
+      },
+      level: "warning",
+    });
     return new LoggingUI();
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/init/ui/ink-ui.ts b/src/lib/init/ui/ink-ui.ts
index 0de16171f..7e173c858 100644
--- a/src/lib/init/ui/ink-ui.ts
+++ b/src/lib/init/ui/ink-ui.ts
@@ -190,17 +190,40 @@ function severityForStopCode(code: SpinnerExitCode): LogSeverity {
 import inkAppPath from "./ink-app.tsx" with { type: "file" };
 
 /**
- * Open a fresh `/dev/tty` `ReadStream` for Ink to consume. Returns
- * `null` when `/dev/tty` isn't available (non-TTY environment, or
- * platforms that don't expose it — Windows). The caller falls back
- * to `process.stdin` in that case, which works on Node but is
- * broken in Bun-compiled binaries (see module docstring).
+ * Open a fresh TTY `ReadStream` for Ink to consume. Returns `null`
+ * when no TTY device can be opened (non-TTY environment, sandboxed
+ * container, etc.). The caller falls back to `process.stdin` in that
+ * case, which works on Node but is broken in Bun-compiled binaries
+ * (see module docstring).
+ *
+ * On Windows, `/dev/tty` does not exist in native terminals
+ * (CMD.exe, PowerShell, Windows Terminal). The Windows console device
+ * `\\.\CON` is the equivalent — a freshly-opened handle is not fd 0
+ * and should deliver `readable` events correctly, sidestepping the
+ * same Bun inherited-stdin bug (oven-sh/bun#6862) that the `/dev/tty`
+ * workaround addresses on Unix. Git Bash / MSYS2 / Cygwin users already
+ * have `/dev/tty` mapped via their POSIX emulation layer, so they are
+ * unaffected by this branch.
+ *
+ * After opening, `setRawMode(true)` is probed immediately and the
+ * stream is returned to canonical mode. This verifies the handle
+ * actually supports raw mode before we hand it to Ink — on Windows
+ * a read-only `\\.\CON` fd may open successfully but fail `SetConsoleMode`,
+ * which would otherwise surface as a throw inside `mountApp` rather
+ * than here. A failed probe destroys the stream and returns `null` so
+ * the caller falls back gracefully.
  */
 function openFreshTtyForInk(): ReadStream | null {
+  const ttyPath = process.platform === "win32" ? "\\\\.\\CON" : "/dev/tty";
+  let stream: ReadStream | undefined;
   try {
-    const fd = openSync("/dev/tty", "r");
-    return new ReadStream(fd);
+    const fd = openSync(ttyPath, "r");
+    stream = new ReadStream(fd);
+    stream.setRawMode(true);
+    stream.setRawMode(false);
+    return stream;
   } catch {
+    stream?.destroy();
     return null;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/init/wizard-runner.ts b/src/lib/init/wizard-runner.ts
index f2c812ae1..58e53fb42 100644
--- a/src/lib/init/wizard-runner.ts
+++ b/src/lib/init/wizard-runner.ts
@@ -401,10 +401,12 @@ async function preamble(
       return false;
     }
     if (err instanceof LoggingUIPromptError) {
-      throw new WizardError(
-        "The interactive UI failed to load. Run with --yes for non-interactive mode.",
-        { rendered: false }
-      );
+      // isTTY=true means the user expected interactive mode but the TUI
+      // failed internally — point them to --no-tui rather than just --yes.
+      const hint = process.stdin.isTTY
+        ? "The interactive UI failed to load. Try running with --no-tui --yes."
+        : "The interactive UI failed to load. Run with --yes for non-interactive mode.";
+      throw new WizardError(hint, { rendered: false });
     }
     throw err;
   }
diff --git a/test/lib/init/ui/factory.mocked.test.ts b/test/lib/init/ui/factory.mocked.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b06072c28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/lib/init/ui/factory.mocked.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+/**
+ * Tests for getUIAsync() — InkUI creation failure path.
+ *
+ * Uses mock.module() to simulate createInkUI() failing so we can verify
+ * getUIAsync() falls back to LoggingUI on any throw. This covers the
+ * catch block added for CLI-1NT (Windows InkUI regression).
+ *
+ * addBreadcrumb() is called in the catch block but cannot be spied on here:
+ * @sentry/node-core exports via CJS, so the binding in factory.ts is
+ * captured at module load time and is not reachable through mock.module().
+ * Coverage of that line is provided by the tests below (the catch block
+ * executes; the breadcrumb call runs against the real SDK).
+ *
+ * Kept separate from factory.test.ts: mock.module() state is file-scoped,
+ * bun test --isolate gives each file a fresh module graph.
+ */
+
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, mock, test } from "bun:test";
+
+// ── Mock setup — must precede all imports of the modules under test ────────
+// Bun processes mock.module() before resolving static imports in this file,
+// so factory.ts picks up the mocked ink-ui.js at load time.
+
+/** Swappable per-test — lets us exercise different failure modes. */
+let createInkUIImpl: () => Promise<never> = async () => {
+  throw new Error("mountApp failed: SetConsoleMode error");
+};
+
+mock.module("../../../../src/lib/init/ui/ink-ui.js", () => ({
+  createInkUI: () => createInkUIImpl(),
+}));
+
+// ── Imports after mock setup ───────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+import { getUIAsync } from "../../../../src/lib/init/ui/factory.js";
+import { LoggingUI } from "../../../../src/lib/init/ui/logging-ui.js";
+
+// ── TTY helpers — mirrors factory.test.ts ─────────────────────────────────
+
+type TerminalSnapshot = {
+  stdinTTY: boolean | undefined;
+  stdoutTTY: boolean | undefined;
+};
+
+function snapshot(): TerminalSnapshot {
+  return { stdinTTY: process.stdin.isTTY, stdoutTTY: process.stdout.isTTY };
+}
+
+function restore(snap: TerminalSnapshot): void {
+  (process.stdin as { isTTY: boolean | undefined }).isTTY = snap.stdinTTY;
+  (process.stdout as { isTTY: boolean | undefined }).isTTY = snap.stdoutTTY;
+}
+
+let saved: TerminalSnapshot;
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  saved = snapshot();
+  // Both TTYs must be true so shouldUseLogging() returns false and
+  // getUIAsync() reaches the createInkUI() call.
+  (process.stdin as { isTTY: boolean }).isTTY = true;
+  (process.stdout as { isTTY: boolean }).isTTY = true;
+  // Reset to the default Error-throwing impl.
+  createInkUIImpl = async () => {
+    throw new Error("mountApp failed: SetConsoleMode error");
+  };
+});
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  restore(saved);
+});
+
+// ── Tests ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe("getUIAsync — InkUI creation failure", () => {
+  test("falls back to LoggingUI when createInkUI throws an Error", async () => {
+    const ui = await getUIAsync({ yes: false });
+    expect(ui).toBeInstanceOf(LoggingUI);
+  });
+
+  test("falls back to LoggingUI when createInkUI rejects with a non-Error", async () => {
+    // Exercises the `err instanceof Error ? err.stack : undefined` branch
+    // in the breadcrumb — err.stack is undefined for non-Error rejects.
+    createInkUIImpl = async () => {
+      // biome-ignore lint/style/useThrowOnlyError: deliberately testing non-Error rejection
+      throw "WASM init failed";
+    };
+    const ui = await getUIAsync({ yes: false });
+    expect(ui).toBeInstanceOf(LoggingUI);
+  });
+
+  test("falls back to LoggingUI when the ink-ui import itself throws", async () => {
+    // Simulates a corrupted sidecar or missing $bunfs embed — the dynamic
+    // import throws before createInkUI is ever called.
+    createInkUIImpl = mock(() =>
+      Promise.reject(new Error("Cannot find module"))
+    );
+    const ui = await getUIAsync({ yes: false });
+    expect(ui).toBeInstanceOf(LoggingUI);
+  });
+
+  test("fallback is stateless — consecutive failures each return a fresh LoggingUI", async () => {
+    const first = await getUIAsync({ yes: false });
+    const second = await getUIAsync({ yes: false });
+    expect(first).toBeInstanceOf(LoggingUI);
+    expect(second).toBeInstanceOf(LoggingUI);
+    expect(first).not.toBe(second);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/lib/init/wizard-runner.test.ts b/test/lib/init/wizard-runner.test.ts
index 36a91066c..06386771f 100644
--- a/test/lib/init/wizard-runner.test.ts
+++ b/test/lib/init/wizard-runner.test.ts
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ describe("runWizard", () => {
     expect(spinnerMock.stop).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Using existing project");
   });
 
-  test("shows --yes hint when LoggingUI prompt fails", async () => {
+  test("shows --no-tui --yes hint when LoggingUI prompt fails on an interactive TTY", async () => {
     const { LoggingUIPromptError } = await import(
       "../../../src/lib/init/ui/logging-ui.js"
     );
@@ -806,8 +806,9 @@ describe("runWizard", () => {
 
     await expect(
       forceStdinTty(() => runWizard(makeOptions({ yes: false })))
-    ).rejects.toThrow("Run with --yes for non-interactive mode.");
+    ).rejects.toThrow("Try running with --no-tui --yes.");
   });
+
 });
 
 describe("runWizard — MastraClient lifecycle", () => {