Add /interrupt command
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Dec 15, 2025 by wtlgo Closed Dec 18, 2025
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What feature would you like to see?
Some IDEs and terminals can't pass Esc through to the terminal, or they intercept it and perform an alternative action. As a result, in those environments, it becomes impossible to terminate the task. Please add a /interrupt command as an alternative
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Does Ctrl+C work for you?
It turns out it does, but there are issues with it.
First, the app doesn't communicate that it's an option at all. And it's not intuitive, because when I press Ctrl+C, I normally expect the whole process to shut down, not just a task inside the process. But alright. It's annoying, but I can work with it.
Second, it turns out Ctrl+C is Russian roulette. I don't know how it handles SIGINT internally, but once in a while, it somehow gets through and actually stops the process instead of stopping the task inside the process. And that's not alright at all, I believe.
Ctrl+C is the intended way to stop a command. We don't plan to add a separate (redundant) way to interrupt the agent.
If you're seeing problems with the Ctrl+C, please open a bug report with repro steps and other relevant details.