UP arrow does not work in R session #3793

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opened 2026-01-30 23:30:17 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @gcaillaut on GitHub (Sep 9, 2019).

Originally assigned to: @zadjii-msft on GitHub.

Environment

Windows build number: Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.18362.0
Windows Terminal version (if applicable): 0.4.2382.0

Any other software?
Powershell 6.2.1 or Powershell 5.1
R 3.6.1

Steps to reproduce

Open a R session then type any expression and evaluate it. Then the up arrow should retrieve older commands in the history.

Expected behavior

The up arrow should retrieve older commands in the history.

Actual behavior

The up arrow does nothing, even if the R history is in an expected state as showed by the history() function.

This bug occurs only in "Windows based" terminal, such as powershell and cmd, executed by Windows Terminal. This bug does not exist if R is run inside the old terminal. This bug does not exist either if R is running inside a ssh session inside powershell.

Windows Terminal -> Powershell -> R -> Bug
Windows Terminal -> CMD-> R -> Bug
Windows Terminal -> WSL Ubuntu 18.04 -> R -> Bug
Old terminal -> Powershell -> R -> No bug
Old terminal -> CMD -> R -> No bug
Windows Terminal -> Powershell -> SSH into a linux host -> R -> No bug

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Reference: starred/terminal#3793