Text.from_ansi exposes OSC 8 payloads with BEL-terminated hyperlinks

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The bug

Text.from_ansi exposes OSC 8 payload text and loses the link when the sequence ends with BEL. The equivalent ST-terminated sequence works.

from rich.text import Text

for terminator in ("\x1b\\", "\x07"):
    source = f"\x1b]8;;https://example.com{terminator}hello\x1b]8;;{terminator}"
    text = Text.from_ansi(source)
    print(repr(text.plain), [(s.start, s.end, str(s.style)) for s in text.spans])

Actual output:

'hello' [(0, 5, 'link https://example.com')]
'8;;https://example.comhello8;;' []

Expected: both inputs produce plain text hello with the same link span. Xterm documents both BEL and ST as OSC terminators: https://invisible-island.net/xterm/ctlseqs/ctlseqs.html#h3-Operating-System-Commands

re_ansi in rich/ansi.py currently recognizes ST for its OSC branch, but not BEL. This is distinct from #3561, which measures raw ANSI strings without converting them first.

Platform

Current main commit 9d8f9a3, Python 3.14.6, macOS arm64. Reproduced from the checkout with markdown-it-py and Pygments installed via uv. No terminal rendering is needed to reproduce this.

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@willmcgugan Would you approve a small fix for this? I propose accepting BEL as well as ST in the OSC branch of re_ansi, with tests showing Text.from_ansi produces the same plain text and link span for both terminators, including adjacent links. No public API change is needed. I would prepare the patch with Codex assistance and follow the AI policy and PR template; I will wait for your approval before opening the PR.

AI assistance (Codex) was used to investigate and prepare this report; the output above was verified locally.

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