From 2faceadd0d4fb7b7612b7b1570cccabdb9ad72a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vignesh Natarajan <vigneshnatarajan92@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2026 20:56:32 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] test (tui): cover newline preservation in submit and render
 paths

---
 src/tui/tui-formatters.test.ts     | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 src/tui/tui.submit-handler.test.ts | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/tui/tui-formatters.test.ts b/src/tui/tui-formatters.test.ts
index 00ed92710b3..7e2a0bbf27a 100644
--- a/src/tui/tui-formatters.test.ts
+++ b/src/tui/tui-formatters.test.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,24 @@ describe("extractTextFromMessage", () => {
     expect(text).toBe("first\nsecond");
   });
 
+  it("preserves internal newlines for string content", () => {
+    const text = extractTextFromMessage({
+      role: "assistant",
+      content: "Line 1\nLine 2\nLine 3",
+    });
+
+    expect(text).toBe("Line 1\nLine 2\nLine 3");
+  });
+
+  it("preserves internal newlines for text blocks", () => {
+    const text = extractTextFromMessage({
+      role: "assistant",
+      content: [{ type: "text", text: "Line 1\nLine 2\nLine 3" }],
+    });
+
+    expect(text).toBe("Line 1\nLine 2\nLine 3");
+  });
+
   it("places thinking before content when included", () => {
     const text = extractTextFromMessage(
       {
diff --git a/src/tui/tui.submit-handler.test.ts b/src/tui/tui.submit-handler.test.ts
index a12d9f1145d..3b87cfd770b 100644
--- a/src/tui/tui.submit-handler.test.ts
+++ b/src/tui/tui.submit-handler.test.ts
@@ -93,4 +93,28 @@ describe("createEditorSubmitHandler", () => {
     expect(sendMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith("hello");
     expect(editor.addToHistory).toHaveBeenCalledWith("hello");
   });
+
+  it("preserves internal newlines for multiline messages", () => {
+    const editor = {
+      setText: vi.fn(),
+      addToHistory: vi.fn(),
+    };
+    const handleCommand = vi.fn();
+    const sendMessage = vi.fn();
+    const handleBangLine = vi.fn();
+
+    const onSubmit = createEditorSubmitHandler({
+      editor,
+      handleCommand,
+      sendMessage,
+      handleBangLine,
+    });
+
+    onSubmit("Line 1\nLine 2\nLine 3");
+
+    expect(sendMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Line 1\nLine 2\nLine 3");
+    expect(editor.addToHistory).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Line 1\nLine 2\nLine 3");
+    expect(handleCommand).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(handleBangLine).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
 });