From a5e8d6c216e2c449407c857abb28fbf797b7e12c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: William Valentin <william.valentin.info@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 11:36:14 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix(tui): cancel prompts on raw Esc input in minimal mode

---
 src/frontends/tui/minimal.ts | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/frontends/tui/minimal.ts b/src/frontends/tui/minimal.ts
index 4b632b0..eba565e 100644
--- a/src/frontends/tui/minimal.ts
+++ b/src/frontends/tui/minimal.ts
@@ -217,11 +217,31 @@ export class MinimalTui {
       }
 
       let settled = false;
+      const stdin = process.stdin as NodeJS.ReadStream & {
+        isRaw?: boolean;
+        setRawMode?: (mode: boolean) => void;
+      };
+      const wasRaw = Boolean(stdin.isRaw);
+      let enabledRawForPrompt = false;
+      let dataListener: ((chunk: Buffer) => void) | null = null;
+
+      if (stdin.isTTY && stdin.setRawMode && !wasRaw) {
+        stdin.setRawMode(true);
+        enabledRawForPrompt = true;
+      }
+
       const finish = (answer: string) => {
         if (settled) {
           return;
         }
         settled = true;
+        if (dataListener) {
+          stdin.removeListener('data', dataListener);
+          dataListener = null;
+        }
+        if (enabledRawForPrompt && stdin.setRawMode) {
+          stdin.setRawMode(false);
+        }
         this.activePromptCancel = null;
         this.rl?.removeListener('close', onClose);
         resolve(answer);
@@ -229,6 +249,12 @@ export class MinimalTui {
 
       const onClose = () => finish('');
       this.rl.once('close', onClose);
+      dataListener = (chunk: Buffer) => {
+        if (chunk.length === 1 && chunk[0] === 0x1b) {
+          this.activePromptCancel?.();
+        }
+      };
+      stdin.on('data', dataListener);
       this.activePromptCancel = () => {
         if (!this.rl) {
           finish('');