fix(markdown): compute visible width for wrapping by stripping ANSI escape codes and capping wrap width to terminal width; improves rendering accuracy and cleanup. Sets groundwork for future resize handling.

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Co-Authored-By: Codebuff <noreply@codebuff.com>

Author: brandonkachen

npm-app/src/cli-handlers/subagent.ts

@@ -132,8 +132,12 @@ export function exitSubagentBuffer(rl: any) {
     originalKeyHandlers = []
   }
 
-  // Remove resize listener
-  process.stdout.removeAllListeners('resize')
+  // Remove our specific resize listener if it exists
+  process.stdout.listeners('resize').forEach((listener) => {
+    if (listener.name === 'handleResize') {
+      process.stdout.off('resize', listener as (...args: any[]) => void)
+    }
+  })
 
   // Exit alternate screen buffer
   process.stdout.write(SHOW_CURSOR)

npm-app/src/cli-handlers/traces.ts

@@ -137,8 +137,12 @@ export function exitSubagentBuffer(rl: any) {
     originalKeyHandlers = []
   }
 
-  // Remove resize listener
-  process.stdout.removeAllListeners('resize')
+  // Remove our specific resize listener if it exists
+  process.stdout.listeners('resize').forEach((listener) => {
+    if (listener.name === 'handleResize') {
+      process.stdout.off('resize', listener as (...args: any[]) => void)
+    }
+  })
 
   // Exit alternate screen buffer
   process.stdout.write(SHOW_CURSOR)

npm-app/src/display/markdown-renderer.ts

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export class MarkdownStreamRenderer {
     '●•·',
     '•··',
   ]
-  private readonly indicatorThresholdMs = 200
+  private readonly indicatorThresholdMs = 1000
   private readonly indicatorUpdateMs = 150
 
   constructor(opts: MarkdownStreamRendererOptions = {}) {
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ export class MarkdownStreamRenderer {
       this.resizeHandler = () => {
         this.width = process.stdout.columns || this.width
       }
-      process.stdout.on('resize', this.resizeHandler)
+      // Use .once with bound handler tracker to avoid duplication
+      process.stdout.addListener('resize', this.resizeHandler)
     }
   }
 
@@ -486,6 +487,7 @@ export class MarkdownStreamRenderer {
   cleanup() {
     if (this.resizeHandler && process.stdout && 'off' in process.stdout) {
       process.stdout.off('resize', this.resizeHandler)
+      this.resizeHandler = undefined
     }
   }
 
@@ -569,9 +571,19 @@ export class MarkdownStreamRenderer {
         formattedCode = reapplyBg(formattedCode)
 
         const lines = formattedCode.split('\n')
+
+        // Calculate actual width needed based on longest line
+        const maxLineLength = lines.reduce((max: number, line: string) => {
+          // Remove ANSI escape codes to get actual visible length
+          const visibleLength = line.replace(/\x1b\[[^m]*m/g, '').length
+          return Math.max(max, visibleLength)
+        }, 0)
+
+        // Use the actual content width, but cap it at terminal width
+        const availableWidth = this.width - padLeft.length - padRight.length
         const wrapWidth = Math.max(
-          20,
-          Math.min(this.width - padLeft.length - padRight.length, 120),
+          20, // minimum width
+          Math.min(maxLineLength, availableWidth, 120), // cap at available terminal width or 120
         )
         const wrappedLines: string[] = []
 

npm-app/src/utils/xml-stream-parser.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ import { defaultToolCallRenderer } from './tool-renderers'
 import type { ToolCallRenderer } from './tool-renderers'
 import { MarkdownStreamRenderer } from '../display/markdown-renderer'
 
+// Track active renderer instances with reference counting
+let activeRendererCount = 0
+
 /**
  * Creates a transform stream that processes XML tool calls
  * @param renderer Custom renderer for tool calls or a map of renderers per tool
@@ -24,12 +27,33 @@ export function createXMLStreamParser(
   // Create parser with tool schema validation
   const parser = new Saxy({ [toolXmlName]: [] })
 
-  const md = new MarkdownStreamRenderer({
-    width: process.stdout.columns || 80,
-    isTTY: process.stdout.isTTY,
-    syntaxHighlight: true,
-    streamingMode: 'smart', // Use smart content-aware streaming with loading indicators
-  })
+  let md: MarkdownStreamRenderer | null = null
+
+  function ensureRenderer() {
+    if (!md) {
+      md = new MarkdownStreamRenderer({
+        width: process.stdout.columns || 80,
+        isTTY: process.stdout.isTTY,
+        syntaxHighlight: true,
+        streamingMode: 'smart', // Use smart content-aware streaming with loading indicators
+      })
+      activeRendererCount++
+    }
+    return md
+  }
+
+  function safeCleanup() {
+    if (md) {
+      try {
+        md.cleanup()
+      } catch (e) {
+        // swallow errors to guarantee cleanup
+      } finally {
+        md = null
+        activeRendererCount = Math.max(0, activeRendererCount - 1)
+      }
+    }
+  }
 
   // Current state
   let inToolCallTag = false
@@ -62,7 +86,7 @@ export function createXMLStreamParser(
 
   parser.on('text', (data) => {
     if (!inToolCallTag) {
-      const outs = md.write(data.contents)
+      const outs = ensureRenderer().write(data.contents)
       for (const out of outs) {
         parser.push(out)
         if (callback) callback(out)
@@ -228,20 +252,27 @@ export function createXMLStreamParser(
   })
 
   parser._flush = function (done: (error?: Error | null) => void) {
-    const rem = md.end()
-    if (rem) {
-      this.push(rem)
-      if (callback) callback(rem)
+    if (md) {
+      const rem = md.end()
+      if (rem) {
+        this.push(rem)
+        if (callback) callback(rem)
+      }
     }
+    safeCleanup()
     done()
   }
 
   // Override destroy to ensure markdown renderer cleanup
   const originalDestroy = parser.destroy.bind(parser)
   parser.destroy = function (error?: Error) {
-    md.cleanup()
+    safeCleanup()
     return originalDestroy(error)
   }
 
   return parser
 }
+
+export function getActiveRendererCount() {
+  return activeRendererCount
+}