diff --git a/src/nvim/channel.c b/src/nvim/channel.c
index 56c31135ed..b090f47f0a 100644
--- a/src/nvim/channel.c
+++ b/src/nvim/channel.c
@@ -406,6 +406,7 @@ Channel *channel_job_start(char **argv, const char *exepath, CallbackReader on_s
   proc->cwd = cwd;
   proc->env = env;
   proc->overlapped = overlapped;
+  proc->stdio_noinherit = true;
 
   char *cmd = xstrdup(proc_get_exepath(proc));
   bool has_out, has_err;
diff --git a/src/nvim/event/defs.h b/src/nvim/event/defs.h
index e3d9d15684..f57a038803 100644
--- a/src/nvim/event/defs.h
+++ b/src/nvim/event/defs.h
@@ -170,5 +170,6 @@ struct proc {
   proc_state_cb state_cb;
   internal_proc_cb internal_exit_cb, internal_close_cb;
   bool closed, detach, overlapped, fwd_err;
+  bool stdio_noinherit;  ///< MSWIN: channel jobs don't inherit stdio, to prevent CON leaking to TUI
   MultiQueue *events;
 };
diff --git a/src/nvim/event/libuv_proc.c b/src/nvim/event/libuv_proc.c
index 7405892af7..c77f11d9a1 100644
--- a/src/nvim/event/libuv_proc.c
+++ b/src/nvim/event/libuv_proc.c
@@ -63,23 +63,39 @@ int libuv_proc_spawn(LibuvProc *uvproc)
   int to_close[3] = { -1, -1, -1 };
 
   if (!proc->in.closed) {
-    uv_file pipe_pair[2];
-    int client_flags = 0;
 #ifdef MSWIN
-    client_flags |= proc->overlapped ? UV_NONBLOCK_PIPE : 0;
-#endif
+    if (proc->stdio_noinherit) {
+      // Let channel jobs use CREATE_NO_WINDOW so CON writes do not leak.
+      uvproc->uvstdio[0].flags = UV_CREATE_PIPE | UV_READABLE_PIPE;
+      uvproc->uvstdio[0].flags |= proc->overlapped ? UV_OVERLAPPED_PIPE : 0;
+      uvproc->uvstdio[0].data.stream = (uv_stream_t *)(&proc->in.uv.pipe);
+    } else {
+      uv_file pipe_pair[2];
+      int client_flags = proc->overlapped ? UV_NONBLOCK_PIPE : 0;
+
+      uv_pipe(pipe_pair, client_flags, UV_NONBLOCK_PIPE);
+
+      uvproc->uvstdio[0].flags = UV_INHERIT_FD;
+      uvproc->uvstdio[0].data.fd = pipe_pair[0];
+      to_close[0] = pipe_pair[0];
+
+      uv_pipe_open(&proc->in.uv.pipe, pipe_pair[1]);
+    }
+#else
+    uv_file pipe_pair[2];
 
     // As of libuv 1.51, UV_CREATE_PIPE can only create pipes
     // using socketpair(), not pipe(). We want the latter on linux
     // as socket pairs behave different in some confusing ways, like
     // breaking /proc/0/fd/0 which is disowned by the linux socket maintainer.
-    uv_pipe(pipe_pair, client_flags, UV_NONBLOCK_PIPE);
+    uv_pipe(pipe_pair, 0, UV_NONBLOCK_PIPE);
 
     uvproc->uvstdio[0].flags = UV_INHERIT_FD;
     uvproc->uvstdio[0].data.fd = pipe_pair[0];
     to_close[0] = pipe_pair[0];
 
     uv_pipe_open(&proc->in.uv.pipe, pipe_pair[1]);
+#endif
   }
 
   if (!proc->out.s.closed) {
@@ -104,6 +120,24 @@ int libuv_proc_spawn(LibuvProc *uvproc)
   }
 
   if (!proc->err.s.closed) {
+#ifdef MSWIN
+    if (proc->stdio_noinherit) {
+      uvproc->uvstdio[2].flags = UV_CREATE_PIPE | UV_WRITABLE_PIPE;
+      // pipe must be readable for IOCP to work on Windows.
+      uvproc->uvstdio[2].flags |= proc->overlapped
+                                  ? (UV_READABLE_PIPE | UV_OVERLAPPED_PIPE) : 0;
+      uvproc->uvstdio[2].data.stream = (uv_stream_t *)(&proc->err.s.uv.pipe);
+    } else {
+      uv_file pipe_pair[2];
+      uv_pipe(pipe_pair, UV_NONBLOCK_PIPE, 0);
+
+      uvproc->uvstdio[2].flags = UV_INHERIT_FD;
+      uvproc->uvstdio[2].data.fd = pipe_pair[1];
+      to_close[2] = pipe_pair[1];
+
+      uv_pipe_open(&proc->err.s.uv.pipe, pipe_pair[0]);
+    }
+#else
     uv_file pipe_pair[2];
     uv_pipe(pipe_pair, UV_NONBLOCK_PIPE, 0);
 
@@ -112,6 +146,7 @@ int libuv_proc_spawn(LibuvProc *uvproc)
     to_close[2] = pipe_pair[1];
 
     uv_pipe_open(&proc->err.s.uv.pipe, pipe_pair[0]);
+#endif
   } else if (proc->fwd_err) {
     uvproc->uvstdio[2].flags = UV_INHERIT_FD;
     uvproc->uvstdio[2].data.fd = STDERR_FILENO;
diff --git a/src/nvim/event/proc.h b/src/nvim/event/proc.h
index 94efaf3a4c..bbd76adb18 100644
--- a/src/nvim/event/proc.h
+++ b/src/nvim/event/proc.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ static inline Proc proc_init(Loop *loop, ProcType type, void *data)
     .internal_exit_cb = NULL,
     .detach = false,
     .fwd_err = false,
+    .stdio_noinherit = false,
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/test/functional/terminal/tui_spec.lua b/test/functional/terminal/tui_spec.lua
index 70da97a63d..27d6374626 100644
--- a/test/functional/terminal/tui_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/terminal/tui_spec.lua
@@ -111,6 +111,41 @@ describe('TUI', function()
     feed_data(':')
     screen:expect(s1)
   end)
+
+  it('jobstart child writing to CON does not leak to screen', function()
+    -- A child job that writes to CON must not leak onto the TUI screen. The
+    -- embedded server AttachConsole()'s the parent terminal (so server io.stdout
+    -- e.g. SIXEL works), but jobs must get their own (windowless) console so
+    -- writes to CON go nowhere visible.
+    t.skip(not is_os('win'), 'N/A Windows only')
+    n.clear()
+    finally(function()
+      n.check_close()
+    end)
+
+    local screen = tt.setup_child_nvim({
+      '--clean',
+      '--cmd',
+      'colorscheme vim',
+      '--cmd',
+      nvim_set .. ' laststatus=2 background=dark',
+    }, { env = env_notermguicolors })
+    tt.override_screen_expect_for_conpty(screen)
+
+    feed_data('iZZZSENTINEL')
+
+    -- Leave insert mode and run a job that writes directly to CON, blocking
+    -- until it finishes. The CON output must not appear anywhere on screen.
+    feed_data("\027\027:call jobwait([jobstart(['cmd', '/c', 'echo LEAKEDXYZ > CON'])])\013")
+
+    screen:expect([[
+      ZZZSENTINE^L                                       |
+      {100:~                                                 }|*3
+      {3:[No Name] [+]                                     }|
+                                                        |
+      {5:-- TERMINAL --}                                    |
+    ]])
+  end)
 end)
 
 describe('TUI :detach', function()