`react-doctor/ink-use-suspend-terminal`

Interactive child process bypasses Ink suspension

Category: Bugs
Severity: error
Source: oxlint-plugin-react-doctor
Framework: global
Enabled when: Ink >= 7.1.0
Tags: ink
Default: Enabled

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Confirm the reported code matches react-doctor/ink-use-suspend-terminal. Compare it with the Before example and verify the same API, framework, and execution context. Treat it as a false positive only when one of those conditions differs.

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Reported pattern

import { useInput } from "ink";
import { spawn } from "node:child_process";

const App = () => {
  useInput(() => {
    spawn("vim", [], { stdio: "inherit" });
  });
  return null;
};

Corrected pattern

import { useApp, useInput } from "ink";
import { spawn } from "node:child_process";

const App = () => {
  const { suspendTerminal } = useApp();
  useInput(() => {
    suspendTerminal(() => {
      spawn("vim", [], { stdio: "inherit" });
    });
  });
  return null;
};

How to fix

Use the corrected pattern as a reference. Preserve behavior that the rule does not require you to change.

Copyable fix prompt

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Fix every confirmed react-doctor/ink-use-suspend-terminal diagnostic in the current repository. Required change: - Run inherited-TTY child processes inside useApp().suspendTerminal().

Reference transformation:Before:

import { useInput } from "ink";
import { spawn } from "node:child_process";

const App = () => {
  useInput(() => {
    spawn("vim", [], { stdio: "inherit" });
  });
  return null;
};

After:

import { useApp, useInput } from "ink";
import { spawn } from "node:child_process";

const App = () => {
  const { suspendTerminal } = useApp();
  useInput(() => {
    suspendTerminal(() => {
      spawn("vim", [], { stdio: "inherit" });
    });
  });
  return null;
};

Constraints: - Confirm the reported code matches the Before pattern. - Make the smallest change that fixes the root cause. - Preserve behavior and interfaces unrelated to this diagnostic. - Reuse existing project components, utilities, and conventions. - Do not introduce render-phase side effects, render-phase state updates, or Hooks rule violations. - Adapt identifiers and framework details instead of copying blindly. - Do not disable the rule or suppress matching code. - Confirm this rule is enabled for the project: Ink >= 7.1.0. Verification: - Run focused tests for the changed behavior. - Run React Doctor and confirm this diagnostic no longer appears. - Report the files changed and any checks you could not run.

More Bugs rules from the rules reference:

react-doctor/jotai-derived-atom-returns-fresh-object: Split the derivation into per-field primitive derived atoms, or wrap with selectAtom(source, fn, shallow) from jotai/utils when a wrapper object is required.
react-doctor/jotai-select-atom-in-render-body: Lift selectAtom to module scope, or wrap it: const a = useMemo(() => selectAtom(base, fn), [deps])
react-doctor/jotai-tq-use-raw-query-atom: Derive the field once, then subscribe to the derived atom: const dataAtom = atom((get) => get(queryAtom).data)
react-doctor/jsx-key: Require a stable key on elements rendered from arrays or iterators so React can reconcile list items correctly.
react-doctor/jsx-no-comment-textnodes: Wrap JSX comments in `{/* … */}` so they're parsed as comments, not rendered as literal child text.

react-doctor/ink-use-suspend-terminal