diff --git a/src/lib/vendor/codemirror/custom-extensions.test.ts b/src/lib/vendor/codemirror/custom-extensions.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23d332ecaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/vendor/codemirror/custom-extensions.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import { EditorState } from '@codemirror/state';
+import { EditorView } from '@codemirror/view';
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import { getLineBreakExtension } from './custom-extensions';
+
+describe('getLineBreakExtension', () => {
+  let view: EditorView;
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    view?.destroy();
+  });
+
+  it('should not mutate document content containing \\n escape sequences', async () => {
+    const content = '{"key":"Hello\\nworld"}';
+
+    view = new EditorView({
+      state: EditorState.create({
+        doc: content,
+        extensions: [getLineBreakExtension(false)],
+      }),
+    });
+
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 50));
+
+    expect(view.state.doc.toString()).toBe(content);
+  });
+
+  it('should not mutate document content with multiple \\n sequences', async () => {
+    const content = '{"key":"line1\\nline2\\nline3"}';
+
+    view = new EditorView({
+      state: EditorState.create({
+        doc: content,
+        extensions: [getLineBreakExtension(false)],
+      }),
+    });
+
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 50));
+
+    expect(view.state.doc.toString()).toBe(content);
+  });
+
+  it('should not mutate document content with even backslashes before n', async () => {
+    const content = '{"key":"Hello\\\\nworld"}';
+
+    view = new EditorView({
+      state: EditorState.create({
+        doc: content,
+        extensions: [getLineBreakExtension(false)],
+      }),
+    });
+
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 50));
+
+    expect(view.state.doc.toString()).toBe(content);
+  });
+
+  it('should preserve valid JSON after extension processes content', async () => {
+    const content = '{"message":"Hello\\nworld","count":1}';
+
+    view = new EditorView({
+      state: EditorState.create({
+        doc: content,
+        extensions: [getLineBreakExtension(false)],
+      }),
+    });
+
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 50));
+
+    expect(() => JSON.parse(view.state.doc.toString())).not.toThrow();
+  });
+
+  it('should return empty array when editable is true', () => {
+    const result = getLineBreakExtension(true);
+
+    expect(result).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/vendor/codemirror/custom-extensions.ts b/src/lib/vendor/codemirror/custom-extensions.ts
index d69e0d1b42..565395de17 100644
--- a/src/lib/vendor/codemirror/custom-extensions.ts
+++ b/src/lib/vendor/codemirror/custom-extensions.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,14 @@ import { typescript } from '@codemirror/legacy-modes/mode/javascript';
 import { python } from '@codemirror/legacy-modes/mode/python';
 import { ruby } from '@codemirror/legacy-modes/mode/ruby';
 import { shell } from '@codemirror/legacy-modes/mode/shell';
-import { EditorView } from '@codemirror/view';
+import type { DecorationSet, ViewUpdate } from '@codemirror/view';
+import {
+  Decoration,
+  EditorView,
+  MatchDecorator,
+  ViewPlugin,
+  WidgetType,
+} from '@codemirror/view';
 import { tags } from '@lezer/highlight';
 import colors from 'tailwindcss/colors';
 
@@ -135,17 +142,36 @@ export const highlightStyles = HighlightStyle.define(
   { themeType: 'light' },
 );
 
-export const getLineBreakExtension = (editable: boolean) =>
-  EditorView.updateListener.of((update) => {
-    if (editable) return;
+class LineBreakWidget extends WidgetType {
+  toDOM() {
+    return document.createElement('br');
+  }
+}
 
-    const newText = update.state.doc.toString().replace(/\\n/g, '\n');
-    if (newText !== update.state.doc.toString()) {
-      update.view.dispatch({
-        changes: { from: 0, to: update.state.doc.length, insert: newText },
-      });
-    }
-  });
+const lineBreakDecorator = new MatchDecorator({
+  regexp: /\\n/g,
+  decoration: Decoration.replace({ widget: new LineBreakWidget() }),
+});
+
+export const getLineBreakExtension = (editable: boolean) => {
+  if (editable) return [];
+
+  return ViewPlugin.fromClass(
+    class {
+      decorations: DecorationSet;
+      constructor(view: EditorView) {
+        this.decorations = lineBreakDecorator.createDeco(view);
+      }
+      update(update: ViewUpdate) {
+        this.decorations = lineBreakDecorator.updateDeco(
+          update,
+          this.decorations,
+        );
+      }
+    },
+    { decorations: (v) => v.decorations },
+  );
+};
 
 export const getLanguageExtension = (language: EditorLanguage) =>
   ({