Merge pull request #35776 from kshitijk4poor/fix/curses-arrow-key-decode

fix(cli): decode raw arrow-key escape sequences in curses menus
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@ -32,6 +32,78 @@ def flush_stdin() -> None:
pass
# Normalized menu actions returned by ``read_menu_key``. Using sentinels keeps
# every menu's key-handling branch identical and free of raw escape-byte logic.
NAV_UP = "up"
NAV_DOWN = "down"
NAV_SELECT = "select"
NAV_TOGGLE = "toggle"
NAV_CANCEL = "cancel"
NAV_NONE = "none"
def read_menu_key(stdscr) -> str:
"""Read one keypress and normalize it to a menu action.
Decodes raw arrow-key escape sequences in addition to the translated
``curses.KEY_*`` values. Even with ``keypad(True)`` (which
``curses.wrapper`` sets), some terminals/terminfo entries deliver cursor
keys as raw CSI/SS3 byte sequences ``getch()`` then returns ``27`` (ESC)
followed by e.g. ``[`` ``A``. Treating that leading ``27`` as a cancel is
what made the setup wizard's provider/model pickers bail to the numbered
fallback the moment a user pressed up/down.
Returns one of the ``NAV_*`` constants. A lone ESC (no continuation byte
within a short window) is the only thing that maps to ``NAV_CANCEL`` via
the escape path; ``q`` also cancels. Unknown sequences map to
``NAV_NONE`` so the caller simply ignores them rather than misfiring.
"""
import curses
key = stdscr.getch()
if key in (curses.KEY_UP, ord("k")):
return NAV_UP
if key in (curses.KEY_DOWN, ord("j")):
return NAV_DOWN
if key in (curses.KEY_ENTER, 10, 13):
return NAV_SELECT
if key == ord(" "):
return NAV_TOGGLE
if key == ord("q"):
return NAV_CANCEL
if key == 27: # ESC — could be a lone ESC (cancel) or an escape sequence.
# Wait briefly for a continuation byte. On slow PTYs (SSH/tmux) the
# bytes of an arrow key can arrive across separate reads, so a tiny
# timeout avoids misreading a split sequence as a bare ESC.
try:
stdscr.timeout(60)
nxt = stdscr.getch()
finally:
stdscr.timeout(-1) # restore blocking mode
if nxt == -1:
return NAV_CANCEL # genuine lone ESC
if nxt in (ord("["), ord("O")): # CSI / SS3 introducer
final = stdscr.getch()
if final in (ord("A"), ord("k")):
return NAV_UP
if final in (ord("B"), ord("j")):
return NAV_DOWN
# Consume the tail of any other CSI sequence (e.g. ``[3~`` Delete,
# ``[H`` Home) up to its terminator so stray bytes don't leak into
# the next input() and corrupt it.
while 0x20 <= final <= 0x3F: # CSI parameter/intermediate bytes
final = stdscr.getch()
return NAV_NONE
# ESC followed by some other byte we don't handle — swallow it.
return NAV_NONE
return NAV_NONE
def curses_checklist(
title: str,
items: List[str],
@ -137,18 +209,18 @@ def curses_checklist(
pass
stdscr.refresh()
key = stdscr.getch()
action = read_menu_key(stdscr)
if key in {curses.KEY_UP, ord("k")}:
if action == NAV_UP:
cursor = (cursor - 1) % len(items)
elif key in {curses.KEY_DOWN, ord("j")}:
elif action == NAV_DOWN:
cursor = (cursor + 1) % len(items)
elif key == ord(" "):
elif action == NAV_TOGGLE:
chosen.symmetric_difference_update({cursor})
elif key in {curses.KEY_ENTER, 10, 13}:
elif action == NAV_SELECT:
result_holder[0] = set(chosen)
return
elif key in {27, ord("q")}:
elif action == NAV_CANCEL:
result_holder[0] = cancel_returns
return
@ -263,16 +335,16 @@ def curses_radiolist(
pass
stdscr.refresh()
key = stdscr.getch()
action = read_menu_key(stdscr)
if key in {curses.KEY_UP, ord("k")}:
if action == NAV_UP:
cursor = (cursor - 1) % len(items)
elif key in {curses.KEY_DOWN, ord("j")}:
elif action == NAV_DOWN:
cursor = (cursor + 1) % len(items)
elif key in {ord(" "), curses.KEY_ENTER, 10, 13}:
elif action in (NAV_SELECT, NAV_TOGGLE):
result_holder[0] = cursor
return
elif key in {27, ord("q")}:
elif action == NAV_CANCEL:
result_holder[0] = cancel_returns
return
@ -386,16 +458,16 @@ def curses_single_select(
pass
stdscr.refresh()
key = stdscr.getch()
action = read_menu_key(stdscr)
if key in {curses.KEY_UP, ord("k")}:
if action == NAV_UP:
cursor = (cursor - 1) % len(all_items)
elif key in {curses.KEY_DOWN, ord("j")}:
elif action == NAV_DOWN:
cursor = (cursor + 1) % len(all_items)
elif key in {curses.KEY_ENTER, 10, 13}:
elif action == NAV_SELECT:
result_holder[0] = cursor
return
elif key in {27, ord("q")}:
elif action == NAV_CANCEL:
result_holder[0] = None
return

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@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
"""Regression tests for arrow-key decoding in the curses menus.
Root cause these guard against: on many terminals/terminfo entries, cursor
keys are delivered to ``getch()`` as raw CSI/SS3 escape byte sequences
(``27, 91, 66`` for arrow-down) even when ``keypad(True)`` is set. The menus
used to treat the leading ``27`` as ESC/cancel, which dumped the setup wizard's
provider/model picker into its numbered "Select [1-N]" fallback the instant a
user pressed up or down.
"""
import curses
from hermes_cli.curses_ui import (
NAV_CANCEL,
NAV_DOWN,
NAV_NONE,
NAV_SELECT,
NAV_UP,
read_menu_key,
)
class FakeStdscr:
"""Minimal stdscr stand-in that replays a queue of getch() byte returns.
``getch`` pops from ``keys``; an empty queue yields ``-1`` (matching curses
non-blocking behavior). ``timeout`` is recorded but otherwise inert.
"""
def __init__(self, keys):
self.keys = list(keys)
self.timeouts = []
def getch(self):
return self.keys.pop(0) if self.keys else -1
def timeout(self, ms):
self.timeouts.append(ms)
def test_raw_csi_arrow_down_decodes_to_down():
# ESC [ B -> down, NOT cancel
assert read_menu_key(FakeStdscr([27, ord("["), ord("B")])) == NAV_DOWN
def test_raw_csi_arrow_up_decodes_to_up():
# ESC [ A -> up
assert read_menu_key(FakeStdscr([27, ord("["), ord("A")])) == NAV_UP
def test_raw_ss3_arrow_keys_decode():
# Application cursor mode: ESC O B / ESC O A
assert read_menu_key(FakeStdscr([27, ord("O"), ord("B")])) == NAV_DOWN
assert read_menu_key(FakeStdscr([27, ord("O"), ord("A")])) == NAV_UP
def test_translated_key_constants_still_work():
assert read_menu_key(FakeStdscr([curses.KEY_DOWN])) == NAV_DOWN
assert read_menu_key(FakeStdscr([curses.KEY_UP])) == NAV_UP
def test_vim_keys():
assert read_menu_key(FakeStdscr([ord("j")])) == NAV_DOWN
assert read_menu_key(FakeStdscr([ord("k")])) == NAV_UP
def test_lone_escape_is_cancel():
# ESC with no continuation byte (getch returns -1) -> genuine cancel.
assert read_menu_key(FakeStdscr([27])) == NAV_CANCEL
def test_q_is_cancel():
assert read_menu_key(FakeStdscr([ord("q")])) == NAV_CANCEL
def test_enter_variants_select():
assert read_menu_key(FakeStdscr([10])) == NAV_SELECT
assert read_menu_key(FakeStdscr([13])) == NAV_SELECT
assert read_menu_key(FakeStdscr([curses.KEY_ENTER])) == NAV_SELECT
def test_unhandled_csi_sequence_is_consumed_and_ignored():
# Delete key (ESC [ 3 ~): must be swallowed whole and map to NAV_NONE so
# its tail bytes don't leak into a subsequent input() call.
fake = FakeStdscr([27, ord("["), ord("3"), ord("~"), ord("X")])
assert read_menu_key(fake) == NAV_NONE
# The trailing 'X' (a genuinely separate keypress) must remain unconsumed.
assert fake.keys == [ord("X")]
def test_home_end_csi_sequences_ignored():
# ESC [ H (Home) and ESC [ F (End) -> NAV_NONE, fully consumed.
assert read_menu_key(FakeStdscr([27, ord("["), ord("H")])) == NAV_NONE
assert read_menu_key(FakeStdscr([27, ord("["), ord("F")])) == NAV_NONE
def test_escape_uses_short_timeout_then_restores_blocking():
fake = FakeStdscr([27, ord("["), ord("B")])
read_menu_key(fake)
# A short positive timeout is set to wait for the continuation byte, then
# blocking mode (-1) is restored.
assert fake.timeouts[0] > 0
assert fake.timeouts[-1] == -1