diff --git a/packages/lexical-rich-text/src/__tests__/unit/RichTextBlockCursorRootBoundary.test.ts b/packages/lexical-rich-text/src/__tests__/unit/RichTextBlockCursorRootBoundary.test.ts
index 7c5112009ee..da48aec79bb 100644
--- a/packages/lexical-rich-text/src/__tests__/unit/RichTextBlockCursorRootBoundary.test.ts
+++ b/packages/lexical-rich-text/src/__tests__/unit/RichTextBlockCursorRootBoundary.test.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,12 @@ import {
   $createTextNode,
   $getRoot,
   $getSelection,
+  $isNodeSelection,
   $isRangeSelection,
   $setSelection,
   KEY_ARROW_DOWN_COMMAND,
+  KEY_ARROW_LEFT_COMMAND,
+  KEY_ARROW_RIGHT_COMMAND,
   KEY_ARROW_UP_COMMAND,
   type LexicalEditor,
 } from 'lexical';
@@ -119,3 +122,60 @@ describe('block cursor root boundary navigation (#8886)', () => {
     expectBlockCursorAt(editor, 3);
   });
 });
+
+describe('block cursor root boundary navigation (#7999)', () => {
+  test('ArrowRight at the block cursor after the last block stays put', () => {
+    using editor = createBoundaryEditor();
+
+    editor.update(() => $getRoot().select(3, 3), {discrete: true});
+    expectBlockCursorAt(editor, 3);
+
+    const event = makeArrowEvent('ArrowRight');
+    const handled = editor.dispatchCommand(KEY_ARROW_RIGHT_COMMAND, event);
+    expect(handled).toBe(true);
+    expect(event.defaultPrevented).toBe(true);
+    expectBlockCursorAt(editor, 3);
+  });
+
+  test('ArrowLeft at the block cursor before the first block stays put', () => {
+    using editor = createBoundaryEditor();
+
+    editor.update(() => $getRoot().select(0, 0), {discrete: true});
+    expectBlockCursorAt(editor, 0);
+
+    const event = makeArrowEvent('ArrowLeft');
+    const handled = editor.dispatchCommand(KEY_ARROW_LEFT_COMMAND, event);
+    expect(handled).toBe(true);
+    expect(event.defaultPrevented).toBe(true);
+    expectBlockCursorAt(editor, 0);
+  });
+
+  test('ArrowRight at the block cursor before the last block is not consumed', () => {
+    using editor = createBoundaryEditor();
+
+    // root:2 sits between the paragraph and the trailing decorator, so there
+    // is still a block to move into.
+    editor.update(() => $getRoot().select(2, 2), {discrete: true});
+
+    const event = makeArrowEvent('ArrowRight');
+    editor.dispatchCommand(KEY_ARROW_RIGHT_COMMAND, event);
+    // The pre-existing decorator navigation still runs and selects the
+    // trailing decorator rather than leaving the caret at the root.
+    editor.read(() => {
+      const s = $getSelection();
+      assert($isNodeSelection(s));
+      expect(s.getNodes()).toEqual([$getRoot().getChildAtIndex(2)]);
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('ArrowRight with a non-collapsed selection at the root edge is not consumed', () => {
+    using editor = createBoundaryEditor();
+
+    editor.update(() => $getRoot().select(0, 3), {discrete: true});
+
+    const event = makeArrowEvent('ArrowRight');
+    const handled = editor.dispatchCommand(KEY_ARROW_RIGHT_COMMAND, event);
+    expect(handled).toBe(false);
+    expect(event.defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/lexical-rich-text/src/index.ts b/packages/lexical-rich-text/src/index.ts
index 2f18b7cfb12..f1b62652b6a 100644
--- a/packages/lexical-rich-text/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/lexical-rich-text/src/index.ts
@@ -584,6 +584,35 @@ function $isSelectionAtStartOfRoot(selection: RangeSelection) {
   return focus.key === 'root' && focus.offset === 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * True when the selection is a collapsed element point at the very start or
+ * end of the root, beside a child that renders a block cursor (a decorator, a
+ * table or another shadow root). There is nothing past the block cursor to
+ * move to, so horizontal arrow navigation in that direction has to be a no-op.
+ * Left to the browser, the native caret escapes to the other side of the block
+ * instead and the caret appears to cycle around it. See #7999.
+ */
+function $isBlockCursorAtRootEdge(
+  selection: RangeSelection,
+  direction: CaretDirection,
+): boolean {
+  if (!selection.isCollapsed()) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  const isNext = direction === 'next';
+  if (
+    !(isNext
+      ? $isSelectionAtEndOfRoot(selection)
+      : $isSelectionAtStartOfRoot(selection))
+  ) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  const offset = selection.focus.offset;
+  return $needsBlockCursorBeside(
+    $getRoot().getChildAtIndex(isNext ? offset - 1 : offset),
+  );
+}
+
 function $isSelectionCollapsedAtFrontOfIndentedBlock(
   selection: RangeSelection,
 ): boolean {
@@ -1491,12 +1520,16 @@ export function registerRichText(
         if (!$isRangeSelection(selection)) {
           return false;
         }
+        const leftDirection = $isParentRTL(selection.anchor.getNode())
+          ? 'next'
+          : 'previous';
+        if ($isBlockCursorAtRootEdge(selection, leftDirection)) {
+          event.preventDefault();
+          return true;
+        }
         if (
           !event.shiftKey &&
-          $tryBlockCursorShadowRootNavigation(
-            selection,
-            $isParentRTL(selection.anchor.getNode()) ? 'next' : 'previous',
-          )
+          $tryBlockCursorShadowRootNavigation(selection, leftDirection)
         ) {
           event.preventDefault();
           return true;
@@ -1539,12 +1572,16 @@ export function registerRichText(
         if (!$isRangeSelection(selection)) {
           return false;
         }
+        const rightDirection = $isParentRTL(selection.anchor.getNode())
+          ? 'previous'
+          : 'next';
+        if ($isBlockCursorAtRootEdge(selection, rightDirection)) {
+          event.preventDefault();
+          return true;
+        }
         if (
           !event.shiftKey &&
-          $tryBlockCursorShadowRootNavigation(
-            selection,
-            $isParentRTL(selection.anchor.getNode()) ? 'previous' : 'next',
-          )
+          $tryBlockCursorShadowRootNavigation(selection, rightDirection)
         ) {
           event.preventDefault();
           return true;
diff --git a/packages/lexical-table/src/__tests__/browser/TableTrailingCaret.test.ts b/packages/lexical-table/src/__tests__/browser/TableTrailingCaret.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..34eb0c93b67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/lexical-table/src/__tests__/browser/TableTrailingCaret.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ */
+
+import {buildEditorFromExtensions, defineExtension} from '@lexical/extension';
+import {RichTextExtension} from '@lexical/rich-text';
+import {$createTableNodeWithDimensions, TableExtension} from '@lexical/table';
+import {
+  $createParagraphNode,
+  $createTextNode,
+  $getRoot,
+  $getSelection,
+  $isRangeSelection,
+  type LexicalEditor,
+} from 'lexical';
+import {assert, expect, onTestFinished, test} from 'vitest';
+import {userEvent} from 'vitest/browser';
+
+// Regression tests for #7999.
+//
+// With a table as the last node of the document, the caret used to cycle
+// around it: right arrow out of the last cell reached the block cursor
+// beneath the table, the next right arrow jumped back to the root offset
+// *before* the table (where Enter inserts a paragraph above it), and the one
+// after that dropped back into the last cell.
+//
+// Nothing in the Lexical model moves on that second key press - the native
+// caret walks around the block cursor element and the selectionchange
+// listener imports the result - so this only reproduces in a real browser.
+// See the `browser` project in vitest.config.mts.
+
+function mount($initialEditorState: () => void): {
+  editor: LexicalEditor;
+  contentEditable: HTMLElement;
+} {
+  const container = document.createElement('div');
+  document.body.appendChild(container);
+  const contentEditable = document.createElement('div');
+  contentEditable.contentEditable = 'true';
+  container.appendChild(contentEditable);
+  const editor = buildEditorFromExtensions(
+    defineExtension({
+      $initialEditorState,
+      dependencies: [RichTextExtension, TableExtension],
+      name: 'issue-7999',
+      onError: (error: Error) => {
+        throw error;
+      },
+    }),
+  );
+  editor.setRootElement(contentEditable);
+  onTestFinished(() => {
+    editor.setRootElement(null);
+    document.body.removeChild(container);
+  });
+  contentEditable.focus();
+  return {contentEditable, editor};
+}
+
+function expectCaretAfterTable(editor: LexicalEditor): void {
+  editor.read(() => {
+    const selection = $getSelection();
+    assert($isRangeSelection(selection), 'Expected RangeSelection');
+    expect(selection.isCollapsed()).toBe(true);
+    expect(selection.anchor.type).toBe('element');
+    expect(selection.anchor.key).toBe($getRoot().getKey());
+    expect(selection.anchor.offset).toBe($getRoot().getChildrenSize());
+  });
+}
+
+test('the caret stops beneath a trailing table instead of cycling around it', async () => {
+  const {editor} = mount(() => {
+    $getRoot()
+      .clear()
+      .append($createTableNodeWithDimensions(2, 2, false));
+  });
+  editor.update(() => $getRoot().getLastChildOrThrow().selectEnd(), {
+    discrete: true,
+  });
+
+  // Leaves the last cell and lands on the block cursor beneath the table.
+  await userEvent.keyboard('{ArrowRight}');
+  expectCaretAfterTable(editor);
+
+  // Further presses have nowhere to go and must leave the caret alone.
+  await userEvent.keyboard('{ArrowRight}');
+  expectCaretAfterTable(editor);
+  await userEvent.keyboard('{ArrowRight}');
+  expectCaretAfterTable(editor);
+
+  // Enter at that caret adds the paragraph after the table, not before it.
+  await userEvent.keyboard('{Enter}');
+  expect(
+    editor.read(() =>
+      $getRoot()
+        .getChildren()
+        .map(node => node.getType()),
+    ),
+  ).toEqual(['table', 'paragraph']);
+});
+
+test('the caret still moves past a table that is followed by a paragraph', async () => {
+  const {editor} = mount(() => {
+    $getRoot()
+      .clear()
+      .append(
+        $createTableNodeWithDimensions(2, 2, false),
+        $createParagraphNode().append($createTextNode('after')),
+      );
+  });
+  editor.update(() => $getRoot().getFirstChildOrThrow().selectEnd(), {
+    discrete: true,
+  });
+
+  await userEvent.keyboard('{ArrowRight}');
+  await userEvent.keyboard('{ArrowRight}');
+
+  editor.read(() => {
+    const selection = $getSelection();
+    assert($isRangeSelection(selection), 'Expected RangeSelection');
+    expect(selection.anchor.getNode().getTextContent()).toBe('after');
+  });
+});