From 2d86f7760fb066c47b46e48acad82f845764ea38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Keith Guerin <keithguerin@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2026 00:10:09 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] ui: fix logic regression for 'esc to cancel' hint

---
 packages/cli/src/ui/components/Composer.tsx | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/Composer.tsx b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/Composer.tsx
index 327da3c461..727c270dc4 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/Composer.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/Composer.tsx
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export const Composer = ({ isFocused = true }: { isFocused?: boolean }) => {
   const showRawMarkdownIndicator = !uiState.renderMarkdown;
   const showEscToCancelHint =
     isActivelyStreaming &&
-    !uiState.embeddedShellFocused &&
+    (!uiState.embeddedShellFocused || uiState.isBackgroundShellVisible) &&
     !hasPendingActionRequired &&
     uiState.streamingState !== StreamingState.WaitingForConfirmation;