diff --git a/shell/platform/windows/text_input_plugin.cc b/shell/platform/windows/text_input_plugin.cc
index 15e497e512de0..543b0c002337d 100644
--- a/shell/platform/windows/text_input_plugin.cc
+++ b/shell/platform/windows/text_input_plugin.cc
@@ -111,7 +111,29 @@ void TextInputPlugin::ComposeCommitHook() {
     return;
   }
   active_model_->CommitComposing();
-  SendStateUpdate(*active_model_);
+
+  // We do not trigger SendStateUpdate here.
+  //
+  // Until a WM_IME_ENDCOMPOSING event, the user is still composing from the OS
+  // point of view. Commit events are always immediately followed by another
+  // composing event or an end composing event. However, in the brief window
+  // between the commit event and the following event, the composing region is
+  // collapsed. Notifying the framework of this intermediate state will trigger
+  // any framework code designed to execute at the end of composing, such as
+  // input formatters, which may try to update the text and send a message back
+  // to the engine with changes.
+  //
+  // This is a particular problem with Korean IMEs, which build up one
+  // character at a time in their composing region until a keypress that makes
+  // no sense for the in-progress character. At that point, the result
+  // character is committed and a compose event is immedidately received with
+  // the new composing region.
+  //
+  // In the case where this event is immediately followed by a composing event,
+  // the state will be sent in ComposeChangeHook.
+  //
+  // In the case where this event is immediately followed by an end composing
+  // event, the state will be sent in ComposeEndHook.
 }
 
 void TextInputPlugin::ComposeEndHook() {
diff --git a/shell/platform/windows/text_input_plugin_unittest.cc b/shell/platform/windows/text_input_plugin_unittest.cc
index 2da9c77aae3d5..30af07d96e42d 100644
--- a/shell/platform/windows/text_input_plugin_unittest.cc
+++ b/shell/platform/windows/text_input_plugin_unittest.cc
@@ -81,5 +81,61 @@ TEST(TextInputPluginTest, ClearClientResetsComposing) {
   EXPECT_TRUE(delegate.ime_was_reset());
 }
 
+// Verify that the embedder sends state update messages to the framework during
+// IME composing.
+TEST(TextInputPluginTest, VerifyComposingSendStateUpdate) {
+  bool sent_message = false;
+  TestBinaryMessenger messenger(
+      [&sent_message](const std::string& channel, const uint8_t* message,
+                      size_t message_size,
+                      BinaryReply reply) { sent_message = true; });
+  BinaryReply reply_handler = [](const uint8_t* reply, size_t reply_size) {};
+
+  EmptyTextInputPluginDelegate delegate;
+  TextInputPlugin handler(&messenger, &delegate);
+
+  auto& codec = JsonMethodCodec::GetInstance();
+
+  // Call TextInput.setClient to initialize the TextInputModel.
+  auto arguments = std::make_unique<rapidjson::Document>(rapidjson::kArrayType);
+  auto& allocator = arguments->GetAllocator();
+  arguments->PushBack(42, allocator);
+  rapidjson::Value config(rapidjson::kObjectType);
+  config.AddMember("inputAction", "done", allocator);
+  config.AddMember("inputType", "text", allocator);
+  arguments->PushBack(config, allocator);
+  auto message =
+      codec.EncodeMethodCall({"TextInput.setClient", std::move(arguments)});
+  messenger.SimulateEngineMessage("flutter/textinput", message->data(),
+                                  message->size(), reply_handler);
+
+  // ComposeBeginHook should send state update.
+  sent_message = false;
+  handler.ComposeBeginHook();
+  EXPECT_TRUE(sent_message);
+
+  // ComposeChangeHook should send state update.
+  sent_message = false;
+  handler.ComposeChangeHook(u"4", 1);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(sent_message);
+
+  // ComposeCommitHook should NOT send state update.
+  //
+  // Commit messages are always immediately followed by a change message or an
+  // end message, both of which will send an update. Sending intermediate state
+  // with a collapsed composing region will trigger the framework to assume
+  // composing has ended, which is not the case until a WM_IME_ENDCOMPOSING
+  // event is received in the main event loop, which will trigger a call to
+  // ComposeEndHook.
+  sent_message = false;
+  handler.ComposeCommitHook();
+  EXPECT_FALSE(sent_message);
+
+  // ComposeEndHook should send state update.
+  sent_message = false;
+  handler.ComposeEndHook();
+  EXPECT_TRUE(sent_message);
+}
+
 }  // namespace testing
 }  // namespace flutter