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Fix garbled ANSI codes in deferred update notice

Cluster 83969 · hermes cli. Data as of 2026-10-23 11:54 UTC

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A bug report and two fix attempts addressing garbled ANSI escape codes appearing in the deferred update notice that shows when the repo is behind. The fixes explore routing the output through different rendering mechanisms to avoid the corruption.

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#104181 fix(banner): route the deferred update notice through prompt_toolkit so it is not garbled under patch_stdout

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files: contributors/emails/[redacted:email], evals/cli_deferred_notice.py, hermes_cli/banner.py, tests/tools/test_startup_latency_regressions.py

3 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 1 · duplicate 1 · other 1

#83972 fix: route deferred update notice through cprint to avoid ANSI garbling · other → #83969
#86074 fix: render deferred update notice through prompt_toolkit, not raw stdout · duplicate → #83972
#91492 fix(banner,config): route deferred prints through ANSI-aware path · done elsewhere → 0804222, #104181, #83972, #104154

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Closed#83969[Bug]: Garbled ANSI escape codes in deferred update notice ("N commits behind")

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Subsystem: hermes cli
Merged PRs: #104181
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 3 PRs closed without merging
Fix link checked: 6 Sep 2026

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