Excessive key presses caused Exception: System.InvalidOperationException: Cannot locate the offset in the rendered text that was pointed by the original cursor

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
csharp, powershell
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start with the exception path through RecomputeInitialCoords, ReallyRender, ForceRender, and Insert, using the reported key sequence and buffer dimensions as the investigation context. Determine a reproducible input or rendering state, then verify that equivalent excessive key presses complete without the InvalidOperationException.

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### Environment
PSReadLine: 2.4.5
PowerShell: 7.6.2
OS: Microsoft Windows 10.0.26200
BufferWidth: 110
BufferHeight: 27

Last 200 Keys:

 l - A z M o d u l e Enter
 c l e a r Enter
 n p m Spacebar - g Spacebar o u t d a t e d Enter
 n p m Spacebar i n s t a l l Spacebar - g Spacebar n p m @ 1 1 . 1 6 . 0 Enter
 s RightArrow Enter
 j n h s d 1 4 5 2 Spacebar Ctrl+Alt+@ Ctrl+Alt+? M Spacebar RightArrow Insert End m p l Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+o Ctrl+Spacebar Ctrl+m Insert DownArrow DownArrow DownArrow DownArrow DownArrow DownArrow n

### Exception

System.InvalidOperationException: Cannot locate the offset in the rendered text that was pointed by the original cursor. Initial Coord: (21, 27) Buffer: (120, 30) Cursor: (14, 29)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.RecomputeInitialCoords(Boolean isTextBufferUnchanged)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.ReallyRender(RenderData renderData, String defaultColor)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.ForceRender()
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.Insert(Char c)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.ProcessOneKey(PSKeyInfo key, Dictionary`2 dispatchTable, Boolean ignoreIfNoAction, Object arg)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.InputLoop()
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.ReadLine(Runspace runspace, EngineIntrinsics engineIntrinsics, CancellationToken cancellationToken, Nullable`1 lastRunStatus)
Screenshot

My cat walked over my laptop keyboard and sat on it while looking at me innocently, asking for biscuits. After he moved away I saw this exception in my terminal. I asked him to try to reproduce it, but he was uncooperative.

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/60a802c2-8db6-46cf-bd90-dbd7b7a871b5

Environment data
PS Version: 7.6.2
PS HostName: ConsoleHost (Windows Terminal)
PSReadLine Version: 2.4.5
PSReadLine EditMode: Windows
OS: 10.0.26100.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
BufferWidth: 120
BufferHeight: 30
Steps to reproduce

As it was my cat sitting on the keyboard that caused the crash, it's difficult to reproduce

Expected behavior

No exception

Actual behavior

The above exception occurs

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