Interactive shell hangs & Ctrl+O flakiness

[lucharo]

Problem Description

1. Interactive Shell Commands Hang: When running interactive shell commands (like those prompting for passwords or QR codes) via the agent, they hang silently in the background and block the execution flow. (We worked around this by setting enableInteractiveShell: false in ~/.gemini/settings.json, but the default behavior is problematic).
2. Ctrl+O is flaky: The ctrl+o shortcut is extremely flaky and unreliable.

Diagnostic Info

• CLI Version: 0.31.0
• Git Commit: 72c6533
• Session ID: e4046c42-9bc5-4a50-a93e-6d9a30e99a28
• Operating System: darwin v20.19.5
• Sandbox Environment: no sandbox
• Model Version: gemini-3.1-pro-preview
• Auth Type: oauth-personal
• Memory Usage: 694.3 MB
• Terminal Name: ghostty 1.2.3
• Terminal Background: #1e1e2e
• Kitty Keyboard Protocol: Supported

[ACTION REQUIRED] 📎 PLEASE ATTACH THE EXPORTED CHAT HISTORY JSON FILE TO THIS ISSUE IF YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE SHARING IT.
File is located at: /Users/luischavesrodriguez/.gemini/tmp/projects/bug-report-history-1772317697525.json

[gemini-cli]

Found possible duplicate issues:

• Agent hangs on interactive shell prompts (e.g., npx shadcn@latest add button and npm run dev) #10909
• Run blocking/long running shell commands in background #1689

If you believe this is not a duplicate, please remove the status/possible-duplicate label.

[cocosheng-g]

@lucharo, this issue has been inactive for over a month. Could you please try reproducing it with the latest nightly build and let us know if it still occurs?