No flow control?
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Description
Seems hyper has no flow control in place?
Repro:
- run
cat /dev/zeroin hyper
Result:

Fix:
Implement flow control (see https://xtermjs.org/docs/guides/flowcontrol/).
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the linked xterm.js flow-control guide and reproduce the issue by running cat /dev/zero in Hyper. Trace the terminal output path to determine where flow control belongs; done means sustained output no longer overwhelms the terminal and the reproduction behaves as expected.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100