Fix escape sequence display in stopped VM SSH message

GitHub issue #197 Feature Shipped realamivia discord May 5, 2026 View Discord message View GitHub mirror

Author: realami Channel: #feedback Link: https://discord.com/channels/1405685085923049482/1405686161791516873/1501058596908171414


Description

When attempting to SSH into a stopped VM (ssh <vm>.exe.xyz), the system displays a helpful message about the VM not running and advises checking vm-logs. However, the message contains escape sequences that are being displayed as the literal string "\033" instead of being interpreted as actual ESC (0x1B) characters.

This causes the message formatting/colors to not render correctly.

Expected Behavior

Escape sequences in the error message should be properly interpreted and rendered, allowing any intended text formatting or colors to display correctly.

Additional Context

A related suggestion was also made: ssh'ing to a stopped VM from the lobby could usefully give the same vm-logs hint.

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1 Comment

josharianvia github May 5, 2026

This should be fixed next deployment, i.e. soon.