diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/texts.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/texts.cljs
index 1fe143dc45..4b533c8fa5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/texts.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/texts.cljs
@@ -449,6 +449,17 @@
         result (if (empty? result) txt/default-text-attrs result)]
     result))
 
+(defn- v2-editor-live?
+  "False for a missing or disposed v2 editor. A component can still hold
+  the instance for one render after closing the editor disposed it, and
+  reading its style then throws."
+  [editor]
+  (and (some? editor)
+       (try
+         (.-currentStyle ^js editor)
+         true
+         (catch :default _ false))))
+
 (defn- styled-runs
   "The text runs of `content` with their styles, without node ids or the
   style keys set to nil."
@@ -481,7 +492,7 @@
   [{:keys [editor-styles editor-state editor-instance attrs shape] :as options}]
   (cond
     (some? editor-styles) (v3-current-text-values options)
-    (some? editor-instance) (v2-current-text-values options)
+    (v2-editor-live? editor-instance) (v2-current-text-values options)
     (some? editor-state) (v1-current-paragraph-values options)
     :else (shape-current-values shape txt/is-paragraph-node? attrs)))
 
@@ -498,7 +509,7 @@
   [{:keys [editor-styles editor-state editor-instance attrs shape] :as options}]
   (cond
     (some? editor-styles) (v3-current-text-values options)
-    (some? editor-instance) (v2-current-text-values options)
+    (v2-editor-live? editor-instance) (v2-current-text-values options)
     (some? editor-state) (v1-current-text-values options)
     :else (shape-current-values shape txt/is-text-node? attrs)))
 
diff --git a/frontend/test/frontend_tests/data/workspace_texts_test.cljs b/frontend/test/frontend_tests/data/workspace_texts_test.cljs
index 82dbb709e8..d2772ebd36 100644
--- a/frontend/test/frontend_tests/data/workspace_texts_test.cljs
+++ b/frontend/test/frontend_tests/data/workspace_texts_test.cljs
@@ -673,6 +673,33 @@
     (t/testing "a copy without geometry gives a payload without it"
       (t/is (not (contains? (#'dwt/copied-shapes->payload data) :geometry))))))
 
+;; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+;; Tests: values read from a disposed v2 editor
+;; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(defn- disposed-v2-editor
+  "A v2 editor after `dispose!`: reading its style throws."
+  []
+  (let [editor #js {}]
+    (js/Object.defineProperty editor "currentStyle"
+                              #js {:get (fn [] (throw (js/TypeError. "Cannot read properties of null (reading 'currentStyle')")))})
+    editor))
+
+;; Scenario: the sidebar renders once more with the editor it saw last,
+;; after closing the text editor disposed it. Proves: the values come from
+;; the shape instead of crashing the workspace.
+(t/deftest current-values-of-a-disposed-v2-editor-come-from-the-shape
+  (let [shape  (make-text-shape)
+        editor (disposed-v2-editor)]
+    (t/is (= (dwt/current-text-values {:shape shape :attrs txt/text-node-attrs})
+             (dwt/current-text-values {:editor-instance editor
+                                       :shape shape
+                                       :attrs txt/text-node-attrs})))
+    (t/is (= (dwt/current-paragraph-values {:shape shape :attrs txt/paragraph-attrs})
+             (dwt/current-paragraph-values {:editor-instance editor
+                                            :shape shape
+                                            :attrs txt/paragraph-attrs})))))
+
 ;; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ;; same-styled-text?
 ;; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------