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Autocomplete not working in Kiro IDE, but it does work outside of the IDE, such as in Ghostty

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### Checks

- [x] I have searched [github.com/aws/amazon-q-developer-cli/issues](https://github.com/aws/amazon-q-developer-cli/issues?q=) and there are no duplicates of my issue
- [x] I have run `q doctor` in the affected terminal session
- [x] I have run `q restart` and replicated the issue again

### Operating system

macOS 26.3.0 (25D125)

### Expected behaviour

When using Terminal or ghostty, autocomplete works without issue.

However, when in Kiro IDE, autocomplete does not work. Running `q doctor` returns the following:

```shell
$ kiro-cli doctor

● Inline is disabled, to re-enable run: kiro-cli inline enable
✘ Terminal support: Unsupported terminal, if you believe this is a mistake or would like to see support for your terminal, run kiro-cli issue

__CFBundleIdentifier: dev.kiro.desktop

✘ Doctor found errors. Please fix them and try again.

If you are not sure how to fix it, please open an issue with kiro-cli issue to let us know!
```

### Actual behaviour

In Kiro IDE's terminal, typing a command like `cd ` or `git ` does not trigger autocomplete.

`kiro-cli settings autocomplete.disable` is set to `false`

### Steps to reproduce

In Kiro IDE, press CMD+J to open the terminal.

Type `cd ` or any command and see that no autocomplete is shown.

Open an external terminal and type `cd `, and the autocomplete is shown.

### Environment

```yaml

[q-details]
version = "1.26.2"
hash = "a8687141fdf1e599719c4da99f88f338aba93537"
date = "2026-02-18T03:22:58.712286Z (7d ago)"
variant = "full"

[system-info]
os = "macOS 26.3.0 (25D125)"
chip = "Apple M4 Pro"
total-cores = 14
memory = "24.00 GB"

[environment]
cwd = "/Users/USER/git/foundation_infra/tnt-terraform"
cli-path = "/Users/USER/git/foundation_infra/tnt-terraform"
os = "Mac"
shell-path = "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/zsh/5.9/bin/zsh"
shell-version = "5.9"
install-method = "unknown"

[env-vars]
PATH = "/Users/USER/.pyenv/shims:/Users/USER/.nvm/versions/node/v22.16.0/bin:/Users/USER/.local/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/System/Cryptexes/App/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/local/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/appleinternal/bin:/opt/pmk/env/global/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:/Users/USER/.nvm/versions/node/v22.16.0/bin:/Users/USER/.local/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/bin:/Users/USER/.kiro/extensions/ms-python.debugpy-2025.18.0-darwin-arm64/bundled/scripts/noConfigScripts"
QTERM_SESSION_ID = "4d0ee9b79bd2465687863b903b06e10c"
Q_SET_PARENT_CHECK = "1"
Q_TERM = "1.26.2"
SHELL = "/bin/zsh"
TERM = "xterm-256color"
ZDOTDIR = "/Users/USER"
__CFBundleIdentifier = "dev.kiro.desktop"
```

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