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Problem

The setup terminal is spawned with NO_COLOR=1, FORCE_COLOR=0 and an empty COLORTERM (#11843) so tools like Vite+ skip color probes that no client can answer yet. That shell outlives the script and becomes the first terminal the user opens in a new worktree thread, so everything run there afterwards loses color. #11843 intended that "ordinary terminals keep their existing environment", but the setup shell is one the user ends up typing into.

The successful-setup idle close (#13673) does not save it: async prompt themes such as Tide fork a helper shell that runs git, pyenv and similar right after every command, so the close check at sentinel time sees a busy shell and leaves it open until the thread settles.

Repro: fish with Tide, a project setup script, start a thread in a new worktree, open the setup terminal after it finishes, run lazygit. Output is monochrome until the user types exit and opens a fresh terminal.

Change

The color opt-outs now apply only to the typed script instead of the shell's spawn environment:

• posix: export inside the subshell the wrapper already uses
• fish: set -lx inside the existing begin ... end block
• PowerShell: save and set before the script block, restore after the exit code is captured (same statement order as before, so a failing script still reports its code)
• cmd: no block scope, so the opt-outs stay shell-wide as today

Runs that do not observe completion (PR worktree and MCP paths) previously typed the raw command, so the opt-outs only reached them through the shell env. They now go through the same wrapper without the sentinel for sh, bash, zsh, dash, ksh, fish and PowerShell, so posix scripts on those paths also run in a subshell like observed runs already do. Other shells, such as Nushell, keep the raw command there because they cannot parse the posix wrapper.

Scope and approval

No prior issue. This qualifies as a small, focused fix of an obvious bug: #11843 explicitly meant to leave user terminals' environment alone, and this restores that while keeping its probe protection for the setup command. No product default or UI changes. It touches the same wrapper as open #25472 and #24428, so whichever lands second needs a small rebase.

Verification

• New ProjectSetupScriptRunner.test.ts case per shell (zsh, fish, pwsh) asserts the terminal opens without NO_COLOR/FORCE_COLOR/COLORTERM and the typed script carries scoped opt-outs. All three fail on main and pass here. A second table covers unobserved runs: zsh gets the scoped wrapper without a sentinel, Nushell gets the raw command. vp run check:changed passes (format, lint, knip, typecheck, 13 tests).
• Real shells (bash, zsh, fish 4.8.1) running the generated wrappers with a failing script: inside the script NO_COLOR=1 FORCE_COLOR=0 COLORTERM=; afterwards the shell is back to NO_COLOR unset and COLORTERM=truecolor; the sentinel still reports exit 1.
• Runtime check in vp run dev (macOS, fish + Tide) with a worktree setup script: on main the leftover setup shell's environment has NO_COLOR=1 FORCE_COLOR=0 COLORTERM=; with this change it has COLORTERM=truecolor and no opt-outs.
• Not run: the PowerShell and cmd wrappers in a real shell (no Windows or pwsh available here). PowerShell is covered by the unit test only; its error handling keeps the original statement order (& {...}, then the exit-code check, then the restore and sentinel) rather than being exercised at runtime.

lazygit in the setup terminal after setup finishes, before (main):

After:

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🟠 High project/ProjectSetupScriptRunner.ts:190

A statement-terminating PowerShell error skips the $__t3c assignment, so the wrapper emits a sentinel without a numeric exit code and observeTerminalCompletion never completes; synchronous setup then hangs before agent launch. Add a catch that sets $__t3c to a failure code before finally restores the environment.

+      const catchError = sentinel ? " catch { $__t3c = 1 }" : "";
-      return `$__t3color = $env:NO_COLOR, $env:FORCE_COLOR, $env:COLORTERM; $env:NO_COLOR = '1'; $env:FORCE_COLOR = '0'; $env:COLORTERM = $null; $global:LASTEXITCODE = $null; try { & {\r${body}\r}${exitCode} } finally { $env:NO_COLOR = $__t3color[0]; $env:FORCE_COLOR = $__t3color[1]; $env:COLORTERM = $__t3color[2] }${report}`;
+      return `$__t3color = $env:NO_COLOR, $env:FORCE_COLOR, $env:COLORTERM; $env:NO_COLOR = '1'; $env:FORCE_COLOR = '0'; $env:COLORTERM = $null; $global:LASTEXITCODE = $null; try { & {\r${body}\r}${exitCode}${catchError} finally { $env:NO_COLOR = $__t3color[0]; $env:FORCE_COLOR = $__t3color[1]; $env:COLORTERM = $__t3color[2] }${report}`;

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In file @apps/server/src/project/ProjectSetupScriptRunner.ts around lines 190-194:

A statement-terminating PowerShell error skips the `$__t3c` assignment, so the wrapper emits a sentinel without a numeric exit code and `observeTerminalCompletion` never completes; synchronous setup then hangs before agent launch. Add a `catch` that sets `$__t3c` to a failure code before `finally` restores the environment.

[5knnbdwm]

Fixed in 7868189. The try/finally is gone: the restore now runs as plain statements after the exit-code check, the same statement order as before this PR, so a statement-terminating error in the script block still sets $__t3c and the sentinel reports it.

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Approvability

Verdict: Would Approve

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Color-probe overrides now apply to project scripts rather than the terminal left open afterward. The reported PowerShell completion hang remains subject to the separate correctness blocking gate.

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Walkthrough

Setup commands now apply color opt-outs within shell-specific command scopes. Completion sentinels are optional. The terminal receives the runtime environment directly.

Changes: Setup Script Color Environment

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Wrap setup commands with color opt-outs apps/server/src/project/ProjectSetupScriptRunner.ts, apps/server/src/project/ProjectSetupScriptRunner.test.ts	Shell-specific wrappers apply color settings within command scopes. Supported wrappers add completion reports only when observation is enabled. Tests check wrapper commands and scoped settings.
Select commands and terminal environment apps/server/src/project/ProjectSetupScriptRunner.ts, apps/server/src/project/ProjectSetupScriptRunner.test.ts	The runner passes the runtime environment directly to the terminal. It selects raw commands or wrappers based on observation and shell name. Tests check terminal environments and verify that POSIX color settings do not persist after the setup script.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: aforno, maria-rcks, t3dotgg

Merge Risk: Low · up to a5205

Setup scripts now keep color opt-outs scoped to the script, so the shell left open afterward keeps its colors. Setup runs in Nushell, csh, or elvish that nothing waits on no longer get the color opt-outs, which could stall a color-probing script. This is a narrow, bounded risk. The PowerShell and cmd wrappers have not been run in real shells.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title names the main change: setup shells keep their colors after the setup script. It matches the changeset, which scopes the NO_COLOR/FORCE_COLOR/COLORTERM opt-outs to the typed script instead o…
Description check		The description follows the template. It has Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification sections. The Problem section gives the cause, the reproduction steps, and the expected behavior. The Change secti…
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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The title names the main change: setup shells keep their colors after the setup script. It matches the changeset, which scopes the NO_COLOR/FORCE_COLOR/COLORTERM opt-outs to the typed script instead of the shell's spawn environment. The title uses the conventional commit form the template asks for.

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The description follows the template. It has Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification sections. The Problem section gives the cause, the reproduction steps, and the expected behavior. The Change section lists each shell's fix and explains why the cmd behavior differs. The Scope section says there is no prior issue, explains why the change qualifies as a small fix, and notes the overlap with open PRs #25472 and #24428. The Verification section lists focused unit tests, real-shell checks, a runtime check on macOS, and the shells that were not tested. It also includes before and after screenshots. The author also notes the agent used for the work, as the template asks.

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Cover unobserved setup runs in the runner test.

130-154: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Cover unobserved setup runs in the runner test.

makeHarness always passes observeCompletion, so the current cases cover only the sentinel path. Production callers in WorktreeMcpService and GitManager omit it. Extend the harness and an existing wrapper case to run without observeCompletion, then assert that the written command keeps the scoped color settings and contains no completion sentinel.

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around lines 130 - 154:
Update makeHarness and an existing wrapper case in the ProjectSetupScriptRunner
tests to run without observeCompletion. Verify the written command retains the
scoped color settings and contains no completion sentinel, while preserving the
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Keep the scoped color opt-outs for shells that take the raw command.

Before this change, the setup terminal received NO_COLOR=1, FORCE_COLOR=0, and COLORTERM="" for every shell. Unobserved runs in Nushell, tcsh, csh, and elvish now receive the raw command, and the terminal no longer sets these variables. Color probes in those setup scripts can therefore stall before a client attaches. Add a scoped wrapper for these shells. In Nushell, with-env can set the three variables for the script block only. Keep the raw command only where no scoped form is available.

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/project/ProjectSetupScriptRunner.ts around
lines 518 - 519:
Update the command selection around `POSIX_SHELL_NAMES` and `shellName(shell)`
to use a scoped color-variable wrapper for shells that support one, including
Nushell via `with-env` around the script block. Preserve raw commands only for
shells without an available scoped form, and keep the opt-outs limited to the
setup script’s execution.

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[5knnbdwm]

Declining for this PR. This only affects shells the runner has no wrapper syntax for (Nushell, csh, elvish) on unobserved runs, which nothing waits on. Observed Nushell setup is already broken on main (#24423), and a Nushell wrapper belongs with that work in #24428 rather than here.

[coderabbitai]

@5knnbdwm Understood. The raw-command fallback applies only to unobserved runs, so no completion observer waits on those scripts. I accept deferring Nushell wrapper support to #24428 alongside #24423. I will not press for that change in this PR.

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Learnings used

Learnt from: juliusmarminge
Repo: pingdotgg/t3code PR: 11843
File: apps/server/src/project/ProjectSetupScriptRunner.ts:364-368
Timestamp: 2026-09-15T03:29:16.468Z
Learning: For setup terminals in `apps/server/src/project/ProjectSetupScriptRunner.ts`, `NO_COLOR="1"` and `FORCE_COLOR="0"` are both required to prevent the reproduced Vite+ color-probe hang. Do not treat the absence of server-side terminal-query replies as a regression unless the final diff changes the main-base behavior. Programs that unconditionally request device attributes without an attached client remain a pre-existing terminal-emulation limitation outside this setup-color fix.

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