diff --git a/packages/core/src/editor.ts b/packages/core/src/editor.ts
index 4d356ea2..b9bd3762 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/editor.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/editor.ts
@@ -436,6 +436,9 @@ export function createEditor(config: EditorConfig): EditorAPI {
     if (tableEditFlushed) flushScheduledChangeNow();
     const beforeSelection = view.state.selection.main;
     const silent = opts?.silent === true;
+    // Host-driven silent loads must not leave a debounced user edit pending — the
+    // timer would emit stale Markdown against the newly loaded document.
+    if (silent) flushScheduledChangeNow();
     const selection = resolveDocumentSelection(
       { anchor: beforeSelection.anchor, head: beforeSelection.head },
       next.length,
@@ -879,6 +882,7 @@ export function createEditor(config: EditorConfig): EditorAPI {
     replaceRange(from, to, insert, selection, opts) {
       if (destroyed) return;
       const silent = opts?.silent === true;
+      if (silent) flushScheduledChangeNow();
       view.dispatch({
         changes: { from, to, insert },
         selection: selection
diff --git a/packages/core/test/editor.test.ts b/packages/core/test/editor.test.ts
index 85505eba..cffcc0a6 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/editor.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/editor.test.ts
@@ -275,6 +275,60 @@ describe("createEditor", () => {
     editor.destroy();
   });
 
+  it("flushes a pending user change before a silent setDocument", () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+
+    const container = document.createElement("div");
+    const docs: string[] = [];
+    const editor = createEditor({
+      container,
+      initialValue: "",
+      parseDelayMs: 20,
+      onChange(doc) {
+        docs.push(doc);
+      }
+    });
+
+    editor.setDocument("before-load");
+    expect(docs).toEqual([]);
+
+    editor.setDocument("after-load", { silent: true });
+    expect(docs).toEqual(["before-load"]);
+    expect(editor.getDocument()).toBe("after-load");
+
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(20);
+    expect(docs).toEqual(["before-load"]);
+
+    editor.destroy();
+  });
+
+  it("flushes a pending user change before a silent replaceRange", () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+
+    const container = document.createElement("div");
+    const docs: string[] = [];
+    const editor = createEditor({
+      container,
+      initialValue: "abc",
+      parseDelayMs: 20,
+      onChange(doc) {
+        docs.push(doc);
+      }
+    });
+
+    editor.setDocument("abcdef");
+    expect(docs).toEqual([]);
+
+    editor.replaceRange(0, 6, "synced", undefined, { silent: true });
+    expect(docs).toEqual(["abcdef"]);
+    expect(editor.getDocument()).toBe("synced");
+
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(20);
+    expect(docs).toEqual(["abcdef"]);
+
+    editor.destroy();
+  });
+
   it("defers change emission until IME composition ends", async () => {
     const container = document.createElement("div");
     const docs: string[] = [];