can't type multiline prompts in macos terminal

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Jan 23, 2026 by jonh-oai Closed Jan 23, 2026

What version of Codex is running?

codex-cli 0.90.0-alpha.2

What subscription do you have?

whatever openai employees get

Which model were you using?

irrelevant

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 25.2.0 arm64 arm

What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?

Terminal.app

What issue are you seeing?

No keystroke I can find allows me to insert a line break in the prompt without sending it to codex.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Uploaded thread: 019becc8-ddfe-7b81-b3c4

What is the expected behavior?

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Additional information

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