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Copying text clears the screen on certain codepages #4391
Description
Describe the bug
When copying selected text on Windows, the screen appears to reset or clear unexpectedly. This happens on my machine with codepage 936 but not when it is 437
Affected version
1.0.79-5
Steps to reproduce the behavior
- Change the default code page on Windows: Region -> Administrative -> Change system locale -> Chinese (Simplified, Mainland China)
- Launch Copilot CLI in a terminal
- Select and copy something
Expected behavior
The screen shouldn't be cleared
Additional context
No response
Activity
xj-ms commentedon Aug 6, 2026
Based on the info from #3534 , this is likely due to copying always changing the codepage to 65001
copilot-cli-bot commentedon Nov 14, 2026
This appears to be resolved as of GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.112. Please update to that release or a newer stable version. We're closing this as completed. If it still happens, please comment with your version and reproduction steps.