diff --git a/lib/ve b/lib/ve
index 89ce43b137..90cbd62c7e 160000
--- a/lib/ve
+++ b/lib/ve
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 89ce43b137d6f02c3341815e143bf3ae3d68c440
+Subproject commit 90cbd62c7e9f2dbc5df457f894ec243a39b8595e
diff --git a/modules/ve-mw/init/ve.init.mw.Platform.js b/modules/ve-mw/init/ve.init.mw.Platform.js
index c293dd1d3d..97c157aeac 100644
--- a/modules/ve-mw/init/ve.init.mw.Platform.js
+++ b/modules/ve-mw/init/ve.init.mw.Platform.js
@@ -47,6 +47,17 @@ ve.init.mw.Platform.prototype.getUnanchoredExternalLinkUrlProtocolsRegExp = func
 	return this.unanchoredExternalLinkUrlProtocolsRegExp;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Regular expression matching RESTBase IDs
+ *
+ * This isn't perfect, see T147607
+ *
+ * @inheritdoc
+ */
+ve.init.mw.Platform.prototype.getMetadataIdRegExp = function () {
+	return /^mw[a-zA-Z0-9\-_]{2,6}$/;
+};
+
 /** @inheritdoc */
 ve.init.mw.Platform.prototype.addMessages = function ( messages ) {
 	return mw.messages.set( messages );
diff --git a/modules/ve-mw/tests/ce/ve.ce.Surface.test.js b/modules/ve-mw/tests/ce/ve.ce.Surface.test.js
index de2704dd83..28ae61fc9c 100644
--- a/modules/ve-mw/tests/ce/ve.ce.Surface.test.js
+++ b/modules/ve-mw/tests/ce/ve.ce.Surface.test.js
@@ -62,3 +62,41 @@ QUnit.test( 'handleLinearDelete', function ( assert ) {
 		);
 	}
 } );
+
+QUnit.test( 'beforePaste/afterPaste', function ( assert ) {
+	var i, expected = 0,
+		cases = [
+			{
+				documentHtml: '<p></p>',
+				rangeOrSelection: new ve.Range( 1 ),
+				pasteHtml: '<span typeof="mw:Entity" id="mwAB">-</span><span typeof="mw:Entity" id="mw-reference-cite">-</span>',
+				fromVe: true,
+				expectedRangeOrSelection: new ve.Range( 5 ),
+				expectedHtml: '<p><span typeof="mw:Entity">-</span><span typeof="mw:Entity" id="mw-reference-cite">-</span></p>',
+				msg: 'RESTBase IDs stripped'
+			}
+		];
+
+	for ( i = 0; i < cases.length; i++ ) {
+		if ( cases[ i ].expectedOps ) {
+			expected++;
+		}
+		if ( cases[ i ].expectedRangeOrSelection ) {
+			expected++;
+		}
+		if ( cases[ i ].expectedHtml ) {
+			expected++;
+		}
+	}
+	QUnit.expect( expected );
+
+	for ( i = 0; i < cases.length; i++ ) {
+		ve.test.utils.runSurfacePasteTest(
+			assert, cases[ i ].documentHtml,
+			cases[ i ].pasteHtml, cases[ i ].internalSourceRangeOrSelection, cases[ i ].fromVe, cases[ i ].useClipboardData,
+			cases[ i ].pasteTargetHtml, cases[ i ].rangeOrSelection, cases[ i ].pasteSpecial,
+			cases[ i ].expectedOps, cases[ i ].expectedRangeOrSelection, cases[ i ].expectedHtml,
+			cases[ i ].store, false, cases[ i ].msg
+		);
+	}
+} );
diff --git a/modules/ve-mw/tests/ve.test.utils.js b/modules/ve-mw/tests/ve.test.utils.js
index 6b9c27a997..dad625bacd 100644
--- a/modules/ve-mw/tests/ve.test.utils.js
+++ b/modules/ve-mw/tests/ve.test.utils.js
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ ve.dm.modelRegistry.register( ve.dm.InlineImageNode );
 ve.dm.modelRegistry.register( ve.dm.BlockImageNode );
 
 ve.test.utils.mwEnvironment = ( function () {
-	var overrides = [
+	var mwPlatform, corePlatform,
+		overrides = [
 			ve.dm.MWHeadingNode,
 			ve.dm.MWPreformattedNode,
 			ve.dm.MWTableNode,
@@ -47,6 +48,13 @@ ve.test.utils.mwEnvironment = ( function () {
 			ve.dm.BlockImageNode
 		];
 
+	corePlatform = ve.init.platform;
+	mwPlatform = new ve.init.mw.Platform();
+	// Disable some API requests from platform
+	mwPlatform.imageInfoCache = null;
+	// Unregister mwPlatform
+	ve.init.platform = corePlatform;
+
 	function setupOverrides() {
 		var i;
 		for ( i = 0; i < overrides.length; i++ ) {
@@ -55,6 +63,7 @@ ve.test.utils.mwEnvironment = ( function () {
 		for ( i = 0; i < overridden.length; i++ ) {
 			ve.dm.modelRegistry.unregister( overridden[ i ] );
 		}
+		ve.init.platform = mwPlatform;
 	}
 
 	function teardownOverrides() {
@@ -65,6 +74,7 @@ ve.test.utils.mwEnvironment = ( function () {
 		for ( i = 0; i < overridden.length; i++ ) {
 			ve.dm.modelRegistry.register( overridden[ i ] );
 		}
+		ve.init.platform = corePlatform;
 	}
 
 	// On load, teardown overrides so the first core tests run correctly