diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/Playground/RNTesterPlayground.js b/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/Playground/RNTesterPlayground.js
index 8e6b10479de7..e94067b5b803 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/Playground/RNTesterPlayground.js
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/Playground/RNTesterPlayground.js
@@ -8,31 +8,161 @@
  * @format
  */
 
+// Reproducer for https://github.com/react/react-native/issues/58445
+// (and the counter half, https://github.com/react/react/issues/37571).
+//
+// After a two-finger gesture on ONE view where the fingers land in separate
+// events and are lifted together, ResponderEventPlugin's trackedTouchCount is
+// left above zero. From then on every keystroke runs a selectionChange
+// responder walk, TextInput claims it unconditionally and becomes the JS
+// responder with no finger down, and the next tap on a Pressable outside the
+// input is dropped. The tap after it works, because the dropped tap's own end
+// released the responder.
+//
+// Physical device required: on the iOS Simulator an Option-pinch lands both
+// fingers in ONE event, which does not trigger the drift.
+
 import type {RNTesterModuleExample} from '../../types/RNTesterTypes';
 
 import RNTesterText from '../../components/RNTesterText';
 import * as React from 'react';
-import {StyleSheet, View} from 'react-native';
+import {Pressable, StyleSheet, Text, TextInput, View} from 'react-native';
+
+// Shadow of ResponderEventPlugin.trackedTouchCount with its exact rule:
+// +1 per touch-start EVENT, -1 per touch-end/cancel EVENT (not per touch).
+let shadow = 0;
 
 function Playground() {
+  const [, force] = React.useState(0);
+  const [presses, setPresses] = React.useState(0);
+  const [lastWalk, setLastWalk] = React.useState<?string>(null);
+  const [log, setLog] = React.useState<Array<string>>([]);
+  const push = (line: string) =>
+    setLog(prev => [...prev.slice(-11), line]);
+
   return (
-    <View style={styles.container}>
+    <View
+      style={styles.root}
+      // Every touch on this screen passes the capture phase here.
+      onStartShouldSetResponderCapture={e => {
+        shadow += 1;
+        push(`START  shadow=${shadow} n=${e.nativeEvent.touches.length}`);
+        force(x => x + 1);
+        return false;
+      }}
+      onTouchEnd={e => {
+        if (shadow >= 0) shadow -= 1;
+        push(`END    shadow=${shadow} n=${e.nativeEvent.touches.length}`);
+        force(x => x + 1);
+      }}
+      onTouchCancel={e => {
+        if (shadow >= 0) shadow -= 1;
+        push(`CANCEL shadow=${shadow} n=${e.nativeEvent.touches.length}`);
+        force(x => x + 1);
+      }}
+      // The selectionChange responder walk only runs while the plugin's
+      // trackedTouchCount is above zero. Seeing it here with zero active
+      // touches is the defect made visible.
+      onSelectionChangeShouldSetResponderCapture={e => {
+        // $FlowFixMe[prop-missing] touchHistory is attached by the plugin
+        const active = e.touchHistory?.numberActiveTouches ?? -1;
+        setLastWalk(`selectionChange walk with ${active} active touches`);
+        return false;
+      }}>
+      <RNTesterText style={styles.h}>
+        Dead first tap after typing (#58445 / #37571)
+      </RNTesterText>
       <RNTesterText>
-        Edit "RNTesterPlayground.js" to change this file
+        1. Put two fingers on the blue box one after the other (a fraction of
+        a second apart), then lift BOTH at the same time.{'\n'}
+        2. Tap the input and type one character.{'\n'}
+        3. Tap "Press me" once.{'\n'}
+        Expected: the counter goes up. Actual: nothing; a second tap works.
+        {'\n'}
+        Control: repeat, but lift the fingers ONE AT A TIME — the first tap
+        works.
+      </RNTesterText>
+
+      <View style={styles.box}>
+        <View pointerEvents="none" style={styles.caption}>
+          <Text style={styles.captionText}>
+            Two fingers here, land separately, lift together
+          </Text>
+        </View>
+      </View>
+
+      <TextInput
+        style={styles.input}
+        placeholder="Tap here, then type one character"
+      />
+
+      <Pressable
+        style={styles.button}
+        onPress={() => setPresses(p => p + 1)}>
+        <Text style={styles.buttonText}>Press me ({presses})</Text>
+      </Pressable>
+
+      <RNTesterText style={shadow > 0 ? styles.bad : styles.ok}>
+        shadow of trackedTouchCount: {shadow} (should be 0 with no finger down)
       </RNTesterText>
+      <RNTesterText
+        style={
+          lastWalk != null && lastWalk.includes('with 0 ') ? styles.bad : styles.ok
+        }>
+        {lastWalk ?? 'no selectionChange responder walk yet'}
+      </RNTesterText>
+
+      <View style={styles.log}>
+        {log.map((l, i) => (
+          <Text key={i} style={styles.mono}>
+            {l}
+          </Text>
+        ))}
+      </View>
     </View>
   );
 }
 
 const styles = StyleSheet.create({
-  container: {
+  root: {flex: 1, padding: 10},
+  h: {fontSize: 16, fontWeight: '600', marginBottom: 6},
+  box: {
+    height: 160,
+    borderRadius: 10,
+    backgroundColor: '#dbeafe',
+    marginVertical: 10,
+  },
+  caption: {position: 'absolute', left: 10, top: 8},
+  captionText: {fontSize: 12, color: '#334'},
+  input: {
+    borderWidth: 1,
+    borderColor: '#999',
+    borderRadius: 6,
     padding: 10,
+    marginBottom: 10,
+  },
+  button: {
+    backgroundColor: '#2563eb',
+    borderRadius: 8,
+    padding: 12,
+    alignItems: 'center',
+    marginBottom: 10,
+  },
+  buttonText: {color: 'white', fontWeight: '600'},
+  ok: {color: '#15803d'},
+  bad: {color: '#b91c1c', fontWeight: '600'},
+  log: {
+    backgroundColor: '#111',
+    borderRadius: 8,
+    padding: 8,
+    marginTop: 8,
   },
+  mono: {fontFamily: 'Menlo', fontSize: 11, color: '#9ef'},
 });
 
 export default {
   title: 'Playground',
   name: 'playground',
-  description: 'Test out new features and ideas.',
+  description: 'Reproducer for react-native#58445 / react#37571.',
   render: (): React.Node => <Playground />,
 } as RNTesterModuleExample;