From 38d2c7a409d678ec2a640e7056c6c355aa4ebe9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hadi Minooei <minooei@google.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:12:58 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(cli): compress multiple empty lines in simulator screen
 output

---
 packages/cli/src/services/UserSimulator.ts | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/services/UserSimulator.ts b/packages/cli/src/services/UserSimulator.ts
index 43771337fe..efc8aa5e87 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/services/UserSimulator.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/services/UserSimulator.ts
@@ -53,11 +53,13 @@ export class UserSimulator {
       const screen = this.getScreen();
       if (!screen) return;
 
-      const strippedScreen = screen.replace(
-        // eslint-disable-next-line no-control-regex
-        /[\u001b\u009b][[()#;?]*(?:[0-9]{1,4}(?:;[0-9]{0,4})*)?[0-9A-ORZcf-nqry=><]/g,
-        '',
-      );
+      const strippedScreen = screen
+        .replace(
+          // eslint-disable-next-line no-control-regex
+          /[\u001b\u009b][[()#;?]*(?:[0-9]{1,4}(?:;[0-9]{0,4})*)?[0-9A-ORZcf-nqry=><]/g,
+          '',
+        )
+        .replace(/\n([ \t]*\n)+/g, '\n\n');
 
       const normalizedScreen = strippedScreen
         .replace(/[⠋⠙⠹⠸⠼⠴⠦⠧⠇⠏]/g, '')