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Fix agent terminal in headless eval sandbox (#59969)
# Objective

Fix the agent `terminal` tool in headless eval environments. In the eval
sandbox, terminal commands failed before the shell ran with `IOError:
Not a tty (os error 25)` because PTY setup attempted to acquire a
controlling terminal.

## Solution

- Add a `terminal::HeadlessTerminal` global that is set by `eval_cli`
only.
- When headless mode is enabled, run terminal task commands as plain
subprocesses with piped stdout/stderr instead of opening a PTY.
- Pump subprocess output through the existing terminal emulator/event
channel so output capture, completion, and task killing keep working.
- Build ACP terminal commands non-interactively in headless mode.
- Keep the normal editor terminal path unchanged when the global is
unset.
- Handle non-PTY output edge cases by preserving split CRLF sequences
and avoiding an indefinite wait if subprocess exit-status polling
errors.

## Testing

- `cargo fmt --all`
- `cargo test -p util non_interactive_omits_interactive_flag`
- `cargo test -p terminal test_no_pty_task_terminal_captures_output`
- `cargo test -p terminal test_convert_lf_to_crlf_preserves_split_crlf`
- `cargo test -p terminal test_write_output`
- `cargo check -p eval_cli`
- `git --no-pager diff --check`

## Self-Review Checklist:

- [x] I've reviewed my own diff for quality, security, and reliability
- [x] Unsafe blocks (if any) have justifying comments
- [x] The content adheres to Zed's UI standards
([UX/UI](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#uiux-checklist)
and
[icon](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/crates/icons/README.md)
guidelines)
- [x] Tests cover the new/changed behavior
- [x] Performance impact has been considered and is acceptable

Release Notes:

- Fixed the agent terminal tool failing with "Not a tty" in
headless/eval environments
2026-06-29 15:58:53 +00:00
.agents/skills Add zed-cherry-pick agent skill (#57833) 2026-05-27 19:46:15 +00:00
.cargo livekit: Use our build of libwebrtc.a (#51433) 2026-03-16 10:47:36 +01:00
.cloudflare Staged docs releases (#50136) 2026-04-30 11:10:14 +00:00
.config Increase timeout for test_random_blocks (#50724) 2026-03-04 12:25:12 -05:00
.factory Add humanizer skill for AI writing pattern detection (#50021) 2026-02-24 14:58:52 -06:00
.github ci: Bump setup-node and use Node v24 (#59947) 2026-06-27 16:37:15 +00:00
.zed agent: Remove old edit file tool (#55612) 2026-05-04 09:54:39 +00:00
assets Add llama.cpp as a language model provider (#59964) 2026-06-29 13:24:33 +00:00
ci Move Nightly release to gh-workflow (#41349) 2025-10-28 13:57:23 -06:00
crates Fix agent terminal in headless eval sandbox (#59969) 2026-06-29 15:58:53 +00:00
docs Add llama.cpp as a language model provider (#59964) 2026-06-29 13:24:33 +00:00
extensions glsl: Bump to v0.2.4 (#58704) 2026-06-05 23:12:31 +00:00
legal Document provider safety retention for designated Zed-hosted models (#58967) 2026-06-09 21:54:48 +00:00
nix sandbox: Linux domain filtering and some more cleanup (#59790) 2026-06-24 01:42:52 +00:00
script Update bundled JSON schemas (2026-04-29) (#58948) 2026-06-25 17:30:12 +00:00
tooling ci: Bump setup-node and use Node v24 (#59947) 2026-06-27 16:37:15 +00:00
.git-blame-ignore-revs Add PR 50413 to .git-blame-ignore-revs (#50421) 2026-03-01 00:50:33 +01:00
.gitattributes windows: Make sure zed.sh using the correct line ending (#37650) 2025-09-05 16:25:55 +00:00
.gitignore gpui: Accesskit support (#56065) 2026-05-27 18:17:59 +00:00
.mailmap Update .mailmap (#47413) 2026-01-22 23:57:26 +05:30
.prettierrc
.rules Update AI rules to reflect that AsyncApp updates are now infallible (#54818) 2026-04-24 19:04:32 +00:00
AGENTS.md ai: Symlink an AGENTS.md file to .rules (#45939) 2026-01-19 15:29:42 +01:00
Cargo.lock Add llama.cpp as a language model provider (#59964) 2026-06-29 13:24:33 +00:00
Cargo.toml Add llama.cpp as a language model provider (#59964) 2026-06-29 13:24:33 +00:00
CLAUDE.md
clippy.toml Revert "Revert scheduler update (#46659)" (#46671) 2026-01-14 07:19:13 +00:00
CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
compose.yml Remove Postgres and stripe-mock from Docker Compose (#48313) 2026-02-04 03:42:58 +00:00
CONTRIBUTING.md Re-add section about extension API to CONTRIBUTING.md (#59702) 2026-06-22 12:55:51 +00:00
debug.plist
default.nix nix: Use flake-parts, partitions, and treefmt-nix (#45321) 2026-02-02 14:26:42 +00:00
Dockerfile-collab Bump Rust version to 1.94 (#51086) 2026-03-30 09:06:59 +00:00
Dockerfile-collab.dockerignore
Dockerfile-cross.dockerignore
Dockerfile-distros Removal of mold/wild scripts and mentions in docs (#53078) 2026-04-08 21:20:02 +03:00
Dockerfile-distros.dockerignore
flake.lock Rust 1.95 (#55104) 2026-04-29 10:27:47 +00:00
flake.nix ci: Remove garnix substitutor (#58033) 2026-05-29 05:56:42 +00:00
GEMINI.md Add missing GEMINI.md rule file for gemini-cli (#38885) 2025-10-02 09:47:29 -04:00
LICENSE-APACHE
LICENSE-GPL
livekit.yaml
lychee.toml ci: Check for broken links (#30844) 2025-06-06 09:39:35 +00:00
Procfile Update instructions for local collaboration (#35689) 2025-08-06 11:10:28 -07:00
Procfile.web Remove PostgREST (#41299) 2025-10-27 13:27:59 -04:00
README.md docs: Remove readme junk (#60008) 2026-06-27 15:06:29 +00:00
renovate.json Remove workspace-hack (#40216) 2025-10-17 18:58:14 +00:00
REVIEWERS.conl Remove past reviewer (#51767) 2026-03-17 16:34:35 +00:00
rust-toolchain.toml Rust 1.95 (#55104) 2026-04-29 10:27:47 +00:00
rustfmt.toml nix: Use flake-parts, partitions, and treefmt-nix (#45321) 2026-02-02 14:26:42 +00:00
shell.nix nix: Use flake-parts, partitions, and treefmt-nix (#45321) 2026-02-02 14:26:42 +00:00
typos.toml Update bundled JSON schemas (2026-04-29) (#58948) 2026-06-25 17:30:12 +00:00

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