fix(windows): resolve interactive shell arrow-key navigation on Windows (#23505)

packages/core/src/utils/shell-utils.test.ts

@@ -488,7 +488,11 @@ describe('getShellConfiguration', () => {
     it('should return PowerShell configuration by default', () => {
       const config = getShellConfiguration();
       expect(config.executable).toBe('powershell.exe');
-      expect(config.argsPrefix).toEqual(['-NoProfile', '-Command']);
+      expect(config.argsPrefix).toEqual([
+        '-NoProfile',
+        '-NonInteractive',
+        '-Command',
+      ]);
       expect(config.shell).toBe('powershell');
     });
 
@@ -513,7 +517,11 @@ describe('getShellConfiguration', () => {
       vi.stubEnv('ComSpec', 'C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\cmd.exe');
       const config = getShellConfiguration();
       expect(config.executable).toBe('powershell.exe');
-      expect(config.argsPrefix).toEqual(['-NoProfile', '-Command']);
+      expect(config.argsPrefix).toEqual([
+        '-NoProfile',
+        '-NonInteractive',
+        '-Command',
+      ]);
       expect(config.shell).toBe('powershell');
     });
 
@@ -523,7 +531,11 @@ describe('getShellConfiguration', () => {
       vi.stubEnv('ComSpec', psPath);
       const config = getShellConfiguration();
       expect(config.executable).toBe(psPath);
-      expect(config.argsPrefix).toEqual(['-NoProfile', '-Command']);
+      expect(config.argsPrefix).toEqual([
+        '-NoProfile',
+        '-NonInteractive',
+        '-Command',
+      ]);
       expect(config.shell).toBe('powershell');
     });
 
@@ -532,7 +544,11 @@ describe('getShellConfiguration', () => {
       vi.stubEnv('ComSpec', pwshPath);
       const config = getShellConfiguration();
       expect(config.executable).toBe(pwshPath);
-      expect(config.argsPrefix).toEqual(['-NoProfile', '-Command']);
+      expect(config.argsPrefix).toEqual([
+        '-NoProfile',
+        '-NonInteractive',
+        '-Command',
+      ]);
       expect(config.shell).toBe('powershell');
     });
 
@@ -540,7 +556,11 @@ describe('getShellConfiguration', () => {
       vi.stubEnv('ComSpec', 'C:\\Path\\To\\POWERSHELL.EXE');
       const config = getShellConfiguration();
       expect(config.executable).toBe('C:\\Path\\To\\POWERSHELL.EXE');
-      expect(config.argsPrefix).toEqual(['-NoProfile', '-Command']);
+      expect(config.argsPrefix).toEqual([
+        '-NoProfile',
+        '-NonInteractive',
+        '-Command',
+      ]);
       expect(config.shell).toBe('powershell');
     });
   });

packages/core/src/utils/shell-utils.ts

@@ -691,6 +691,11 @@ export function parseCommandDetails(
  */
 export function getShellConfiguration(): ShellConfiguration {
   if (isWindows()) {
+    // -NonInteractive prevents PSReadLine from intercepting console input
+    // events inside the ConPTY session, which otherwise causes interactive
+    // TUI tools (e.g. pnpm create vite, vim) to receive malformed key events
+    // and exit when arrow keys are pressed.
+    const powershellArgsPrefix = ['-NoProfile', '-NonInteractive', '-Command'];
     const comSpec = process.env['ComSpec'];
     if (comSpec) {
       const executable = comSpec.toLowerCase();
@@ -700,7 +705,7 @@ export function getShellConfiguration(): ShellConfiguration {
       ) {
         return {
           executable: comSpec,
-          argsPrefix: ['-NoProfile', '-Command'],
+          argsPrefix: powershellArgsPrefix,
           shell: 'powershell',
         };
       }
@@ -718,7 +723,7 @@ export function getShellConfiguration(): ShellConfiguration {
     // Fall back to Windows PowerShell 5.1 when pwsh.exe is not installed.
     return {
       executable: 'powershell.exe',
-      argsPrefix: ['-NoProfile', '-Command'],
+      argsPrefix: powershellArgsPrefix,
       shell: 'powershell',
     };
   }