Exception on Linux when pasting with `CTRL+SHIFT+V`

[Q-DavidStein]

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### Environment                                                                                                                                                                                                  
PSReadLine: 2.3.6+d2e770f93b7a53d8660a6402eb29d1ae1c35e767
PowerShell: 7.5.0
OS: Linux Mint 22.1
BufferWidth: 209
BufferHeight: 29

Last 200 Keys:

 l Backspace Backspace Backspace Backspace Backspace Backspace Backspace Backspace 3 5 1 . x m l Enter
 UpArrow Spacebar - Tab Tab l o Tab Spacebar Tab c o m Tab Enter
 UpArrow Backspace Backspace Backspace Backspace Backspace Backspace Backspace Backspace Backspace Tab Tab b a d Tab Enter
 UpArrow Spacebar - Tab Tab J S Tab Backspace Backspace Backspace Backspace e x Tab Enter
 UpArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow LeftArrow RightArrow 9 Delete RightArrow RightArrow RightArrow RightArrow RightArrow Delete Delete Delete Delete Delete Delete Delete Delete Delete Delete Delete Delete Delete Delete Delete Delete Delete Delete Delete Delete Delete Delete Delete Spacebar Enter
 c a p l i s t Enter
 r e s t a r t - r e q u e s t Spacebar 7 f 1 5 6 a a e - 8 4 a f - 4 1 0 0 - 8 9 9 d - 5 f e a 1 0 f 5 9 b c 7

### Exception

System.InvalidOperationException: Cannot locate the offset in the rendered text that was pointed by the original cursor. Initial Coord: (38, 31) Buffer: (209, 32) Cursor: (85, 28)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.RecomputeInitialCoords(Boolean isTextBufferUnchanged)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.ReallyRender(RenderData renderData, String defaultColor)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.ForceRender()
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.SelfInsert(Nullable`1 key, Object arg)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.ProcessOneKey(PSKeyInfo key, Dictionary`2 dispatchTable, Boolean ignoreIfNoAction, Object arg)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.InputLoop()
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.ReadLine(Runspace runspace, EngineIntrinsics engineIntrinsics, CancellationToken cancellationToken, Nullable`1 lastRunStatus)

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Environment data

PS Version: 7.5.0
PS HostName: ConsoleHost
PSReadLine Version: 2.3.6
PSReadLine EditMode: Emacs
OS: Linux p50 6.8.0-56-generic #58-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Feb 14 15:33:28 UTC 2025 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
BufferWidth: 209
BufferHeight: 32

Steps to reproduce

Run a local module function and paste in a value using CTRL+SHIFT+V for the input parameter. It's never done this before.

Expected behavior

No exceptions/errors.

Actual behavior

Displayed the error shown above.

[settdigger]

I got a similar crash today: Exception:
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: The value must be greater than or
equal to zero and less than the console's buffer size in that dimension.
Parameter name: left
Actual value was -2.
at System.Console.SetCursorPosition(Int32 left, Int32 top)
at Microsoft.PowerShell.Internal.VirtualTerminal.set_CursorLeft(Int32 value)
at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.ReallyRender(RenderData renderData, String defaultColor)
at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.ForceRender()
at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.Insert(Char c)
at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.SelfInsert(Nullable1 key, Object arg) at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.ProcessOneKey(ConsoleKeyInfo key, Dictionary2 dispatchTable, Boolean ignoreIfNoAction, Object
arg)
at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.InputLoop()
at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.ReadLine(Runspace runspace, EngineIntrinsics engineIntrinsics)

[darthwalsh]

I get this same crash constantly from macOS Cursor IDE's AI Chat terminal. If I switch to zsh as the default shell, the problem goes away -- this bug makes it hard to vive code!

Environment

PSReadLine: 2.3.6+d2e770f93b7a53d8660a6402eb29d1ae1c35e767
PowerShell: 7.5.1
OS: Darwin 24.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 24.5.0: Tue Apr 22 19:54:29 PDT 2025; root:xnu-11417.121.6~2/RELEASE
_ARM64_T6030
BufferWidth: 108
BufferHeight: 1

Last 185 Keys:

. Spacebar " / A p p l i c a t i o n s / C u r s o r . a p p / C o n t e n t s / R e s o u r c e s / a p p
/ o u t / v s / w o r k b e n c h / c o n t r i b / t e r m i n a l / c o m m o n / s c r i p t s / s h e l
l I n t e g r a t i o n . p s 1 " Enter Ctrl+l Enter u v Spacebar t r e e Spacebar r e a d c h a r Enter u v
Spacebar p i p Spacebar i n s t a l l Spacebar r e a d c h a r Spacebar & & Spacebar u v Spacebar t r e e S
pacebar r e a d c h a r Enter

2 ~/code/bin main ≡

System.InvalidOperationException: Cannot locate the offset in the rendered text that was pointed by the orig
inal cursor. Initial Coord: (21, 7) Buffer: (108, 8) Cursor: (22, 0)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.RecomputeInitialCoords(Boolean isTextBufferUnchanged)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.ReallyRender(RenderData renderData, String defaultColor)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.ForceRender()
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.Render()
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.Insert(Char c)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.SelfInsert(Nullable`1 key, Object arg)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.ProcessOneKey(PSKeyInfo key, Dictionary`2 dispatchTable, Boolea
n ignoreIfNoAction, Object arg)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.InputLoop()
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.ReadLine(Runspace runspace, EngineIntrinsics engineIntrinsics, 
CancellationToken cancellationToken, Nullable`1 lastRunStatus)