terminal rendering issue
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area:input-keyboard
area:terminal-rendering
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Description
Describe the bug
agency copilot periodically has screen rendering issue where the terminal cli shows empty screen. Also the backspace has erratic behavior, and directly select is not functional (eg selecting a line of text to copy).
Affected version
GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.78-0.
Steps to reproduce the behavior
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Expected behavior
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the empty-screen, erratic backspace, and text-selection problems in GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.78-0. Inspect the terminal rendering and input-handling entry points after establishing reliable reproduction steps; done means these behaviors no longer occur and the regression is covered by verification.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- shell
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100