Ctrl-c Ambiguous Actions Cause Data Loss

What version of Codex CLI is running?

codex-cli 0.147.0

What subscription do you have?

Plus

Which model were you using?

Luna various

What platform is your computer?

Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64

What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?

Windows Terminal (WSL / PowerShell)

Codex doctor report

$ codex doctor --json
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      "summary": "config loaded",
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}

What issue are you seeing?

Ctrl-c has conflicting actions:

• clear query box from insertion-point to end
• quit codex

As a result, i'm repeatedly quitting codex when i only meant to clear the query box from insertion-point to end. This causes lost work.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

1. enter a query.
2. place insertion point midway through text.
3. do Ctrl-c
4. do Ctrl-c again
5. do Ctrl-c once more

What is the expected behavior?

• clear query box from insertion-point to end
• do NOT quit codex

Additional information

clearing query from insertion-point to end vs quitting codex are TWO VERY DIFFERENT ACTIONS, and too easy to quit by accident, causing lost work.

there should be separate keystrokes for each action

No source file or test is named. Start by reproducing the Ctrl-C sequence in Codex CLI 0.147.0 using Windows Terminal through WSL or PowerShell, with the reported environment and codex doctor --json output as context. Done means ambiguous actions no longer cause data loss and the behavior is covered by a regression test.