diff --git a/native/shared/src/renderer/texture_store.rs b/native/shared/src/renderer/texture_store.rs
index 751b0f8..ae5ebc8 100644
--- a/native/shared/src/renderer/texture_store.rs
+++ b/native/shared/src/renderer/texture_store.rs
@@ -362,7 +362,11 @@ impl Renderer {
             mip_level_count: 1, sample_count: 1,
             dimension: wgpu::TextureDimension::D2,
             format: self.surface_config.format,
-            usage: wgpu::TextureUsages::RENDER_ATTACHMENT | wgpu::TextureUsages::TEXTURE_BINDING,
+            // COPY_SRC so render-target contents are readable (tests,
+            // screenshots of offscreen renders).
+            usage: wgpu::TextureUsages::RENDER_ATTACHMENT
+                | wgpu::TextureUsages::TEXTURE_BINDING
+                | wgpu::TextureUsages::COPY_SRC,
             view_formats: &[],
         });
         let tex_view = texture.create_view(&wgpu::TextureViewDescriptor::default());
diff --git a/native/shared/tests/render_targets.rs b/native/shared/tests/render_targets.rs
index 7348f37..f1f7971 100644
--- a/native/shared/tests/render_targets.rs
+++ b/native/shared/tests/render_targets.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 //! whenever a scene-reading translucent material was in view.
 
 use bloom_shared::renderer::Renderer;
+use bloom_shared::scene::SceneGraph;
+use bloom_shared::profiler::Profiler;
 
 fn try_renderer() -> Option<Renderer> {
     let instance = wgpu::Instance::new(wgpu::InstanceDescriptor {
@@ -74,3 +76,112 @@ fn render_targets_track_render_extent_through_changes() {
     r.set_taa_enabled(false);
     assert_eq!(r.render_target_extent(), r.render_extent(), "after set_taa_enabled(false)");
 }
+
+/// The deferred frame path must honor the render-target override — the
+/// regression this pins: until 2026-07-17, `end_frame_with_scene` acquired
+/// the surface unconditionally and ignored `rt_color_view`, so
+/// render-to-texture silently no-oped for every 3D app (the editor's
+/// thumbnails drew as nothing; even a bare clear never reached the texture).
+///
+/// The test shape makes the old behavior impossible to miss: headless there
+/// is no surface, so without the override branch the frame early-returns and
+/// the RT stays all zeros. With the fix, the frame's final passes write the
+/// RT — we read it back and require the clear color to have arrived.
+#[test]
+fn deferred_frame_writes_render_target_override() {
+    let Some(mut r) = try_renderer() else {
+        eprintln!("no GPU adapter — skipping");
+        return;
+    };
+
+    const W: u32 = 64;
+    const H: u32 = 64;
+    let (_bg_idx, tex_idx) = r.create_render_texture(W, H);
+
+    // Arm the override exactly the way bloom_begin_texture_mode does.
+    let color_view = r
+        .get_texture_ref(tex_idx)
+        .expect("render texture registered")
+        .create_view(&wgpu::TextureViewDescriptor::default());
+    let depth_tex = r.device.create_texture(&wgpu::TextureDescriptor {
+        label: Some("test_rt_depth"),
+        size: wgpu::Extent3d { width: W, height: H, depth_or_array_layers: 1 },
+        mip_level_count: 1,
+        sample_count: 1,
+        dimension: wgpu::TextureDimension::D2,
+        format: wgpu::TextureFormat::Depth32Float,
+        usage: wgpu::TextureUsages::RENDER_ATTACHMENT,
+        view_formats: &[],
+    });
+    r.rt_depth_view = Some(depth_tex.create_view(&wgpu::TextureViewDescriptor::default()));
+    r.rt_depth_texture = Some(depth_tex);
+    r.rt_color_view = Some(color_view);
+    r.rt_width = W;
+    r.rt_height = H;
+
+    // A distinctive clear so "the frame arrived" is unambiguous.
+    r.set_clear_color(255.0, 0.0, 255.0, 255.0);
+
+    let mut scene = SceneGraph::new();
+    let mut profiler = Profiler::new();
+    r.begin_frame();
+    r.end_frame_with_scene(&mut scene, &mut profiler);
+
+    // Clear the override (endTextureMode).
+    r.end_texture_mode();
+
+    // Read the RT back and look at the center pixel.
+    let tex = r.get_texture_ref(tex_idx).expect("render texture registered");
+    let bpr = (W * 4 + 255) & !255;
+    let buf = r.device.create_buffer(&wgpu::BufferDescriptor {
+        label: Some("test_rt_readback"),
+        size: (bpr * H) as u64,
+        usage: wgpu::BufferUsages::COPY_DST | wgpu::BufferUsages::MAP_READ,
+        mapped_at_creation: false,
+    });
+    let mut enc = r
+        .device
+        .create_command_encoder(&wgpu::CommandEncoderDescriptor { label: None });
+    enc.copy_texture_to_buffer(
+        wgpu::TexelCopyTextureInfo {
+            texture: tex,
+            mip_level: 0,
+            origin: wgpu::Origin3d::ZERO,
+            aspect: wgpu::TextureAspect::All,
+        },
+        wgpu::TexelCopyBufferInfo {
+            buffer: &buf,
+            layout: wgpu::TexelCopyBufferLayout {
+                offset: 0,
+                bytes_per_row: Some(bpr),
+                rows_per_image: Some(H),
+            },
+        },
+        wgpu::Extent3d { width: W, height: H, depth_or_array_layers: 1 },
+    );
+    r.queue.submit(std::iter::once(enc.finish()));
+
+    let slice = buf.slice(..);
+    let (tx, rx) = std::sync::mpsc::channel();
+    slice.map_async(wgpu::MapMode::Read, move |res| {
+        let _ = tx.send(res);
+    });
+    let _ = r.device.poll(wgpu::PollType::Wait { submission_index: None, timeout: None });
+    rx.recv().expect("map callback").expect("map ok");
+
+    let data = slice.get_mapped_range();
+    let center = ((H / 2) * bpr + (W / 2) * 4) as usize;
+    let px = [data[center], data[center + 1], data[center + 2], data[center + 3]];
+    drop(data);
+
+    // Channel order differs by surface format (RGBA vs BGRA) and the clear
+    // rides through tonemapping — so the contract is deliberately loose:
+    // the pixel must be MAGENTA-ISH (both outer channels well above the
+    // middle one), which an untouched all-zeros texture can never satisfy.
+    assert!(
+        px[0] > 60 && px[2] > 60 && px[1] < px[0] / 2 && px[1] < px[2] / 2,
+        "render target did not receive the deferred frame (center pixel {:?}) — \
+         end_frame_with_scene is ignoring rt_color_view again",
+        px
+    );
+}