microsoft / microsoft/terminal
Pause command in a batch file is sometimes skipped if it is preceded by a choice command
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Description
### Windows Terminal version (or Windows build number)
1.8.1032.0
### Other Software
_No response_
### Steps to reproduce
Execute this batch file repeatedly in the terminal:
``` bat
@echo off & setlocal
choice /m "The illusion of choice"
pause
```
### Expected Behavior
After pressing y or n to answer the choice, execution should be paused until another key is pressed
### Actual Behavior
Sometimes the pause command is skipped. "Press any key to continue . . ." is printed, but execution of the batch file is immediately continued, which in this case means it ends because EOL is reached.
This gif shows the behavior. Notice how the first run of the batch pauses until the up arrow key is pressed, but on the second run the pause is skipped and the batch file terminates as soon as y is pressed to answer the choice:

Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by running the supplied batch file repeatedly in Windows Terminal and observe whether the choice response leaves input for pause. Done means that after answering choice, pause consistently waits for another key instead of being skipped.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, shell
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100