[Bug]: can't run codex inside a container

[mwotton]

What happened?

by default, codex uses ANSI scroll escapes.

this can be replicated by running

printf '\033c\033[2;3r\033[2;1HAB\nCD\n\033[999S\033[r'

inside a "cu terminal" session.

it crashes out of the terminal with a midterm error.

can get around it by telling codex not to use ANSI but it's not a great experience.

➜ cat .container-use/environment.json
{
  "workdir": "/workdir",
  "base_image": "node:20-bookworm",
  "setup_commands": [
    "apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y ripgrep"
  ],
  "install_commands": [
    "npm install -g @openai/codex"
  ],
  "env": [
    "CI=1",
    "NO_COLOR=1",
    "FORCE_COLOR=0",
    "TERM=dumb",
    "PAGER=cat",
    "GIT_PAGER=cat"
  ],
  "secrets": [
    "OPENAI_API_KEY=env://OPENAI_API_KEY"
  ]
}

Version

container-use version dev (d03dc1c)

Logs

nothing interesting in logs - is a midterm bug, really, but it affects your users.