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Fixes #3587

wsh termscrollback --start/--end and the term_get_scrollback AI tool count lines from the bottom (0 = most recent line). The bottom was buffer.length, but xterm keeps a full screen of rows, so on a terminal that has not filled its screen yet most rows below the cursor are empty. --start 0 --end 20 then read 20 of those empty rows, bufferLinesToText trimmed them, and the result was 0 lines. That is why the AI panel said it had nothing to read after one failed command.

The bottom is now the cursor row, or the last non-blank row if output was drawn below the cursor (bufferContentLength in termutil.ts). The full export (--start 0 --end 0) gives the same lines as before; the last-command path uses the same bottom, so its linestart stays consistent with the range path.

Tests: termutil.test.ts builds a fake xterm buffer (5 lines of output on a 30-row screen, output below the cursor, scrollback above the viewport) and checks the line ranges. All 3 fail before this change and pass after; npx vitest run passes (54 tests).

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The change adds bufferContentLength to count rows through the cursor or the last nonblank row below it. handle_termgetscrollbacklines uses this count to determine scrollback ranges and returned line positions. Tests cover partially filled screens, output below the cursor, blank rows, empty content, and scrollback rows above the viewport.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 9974a

The change makes terminal scrollback range requests count from the last line with output, so ranges starting at line 0 should return data. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title names the main change: scrollback line counting now uses the last line with output as the bottom boundary. It matches the changeset in termutil.ts and term-wsh.ts, which use bufferContentLen…
Description check		The description states the problem (empty screen rows below the cursor make --start 0 --end 20 return zero lines), the fix (bufferContentLength bottom boundary in termutil.ts), and the new tests in te…
Linked Issues check		[#3587] The issue requires wsh termscrollback and the term_get_scrollback tool to return data for ranges starting at line 0. The reported failure came from the bottom bound buffer.length. On a p…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changed code is limited to three areas. bufferContentLength in termutil.ts defines the new bottom bound. handle_termgetscrollbacklines in term-wsh.tsx uses it for totalLines. `termutil.t…

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The title names the main change: scrollback line counting now uses the last line with output as the bottom boundary. It matches the changeset in termutil.ts and term-wsh.ts, which use bufferContentLength for the bottom bound instead of buffer.length.

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The description states the problem (empty screen rows below the cursor make --start 0 --end 20 return zero lines), the fix (bufferContentLength bottom boundary in termutil.ts), and the new tests in termutil.test.ts. This relates directly to the changeset.

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[#3587] The issue requires wsh termscrollback and the term_get_scrollback tool to return data for ranges starting at line 0. The reported failure came from the bottom bound buffer.length. On a partly filled screen, blank placeholder rows below the cursor made the requested range resolve to empty rows, which bufferLinesToText then trimmed to zero lines.

At head, bufferContentLength in frontend/app/view/term/termutil.ts returns the cursor row (baseY + cursorY + 1), or the row after the last non-blank row below it. TermWshClient.handle_termgetscrollbacklines in term-wsh.tsx uses this value as totalLines. For linestart 0, lineend 20, endLine becomes 20 and startBufferIndex = totalLines - 20, so the range covers the real output rows. The full export (lineend 0) sets endLine = totalLines, so it returns the same content, apart from the trailing-blank trim. The last-command path also uses totalLines, so its linestart matches the range path.

I read the head contents of termutil.ts and term-wsh.tsx. The whole-PR diff could not be read because the changed blobs were missing from the checkout. I did not read termutil.test.ts, so the reported test results (3 new tests, 54 total passing) rest on the PR description. The AI tool path was not traced separately. The issue describes it as using the same wsh handler, and I did not verify that link in code.

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The changed code is limited to three areas. bufferContentLength in termutil.ts defines the new bottom bound. handle_termgetscrollbacklines in term-wsh.tsx uses it for totalLines. termutil.test.ts tests the helper and line selection. Each change supports the bottom-bound fix for #3587. The bufferLinesToText trim now uses the same bound, which the PR describes as keeping full exports consistent. I found no unrelated behavior change in the head contents I read. The whole-PR diff was unavailable, and the test file was not read, so this verdict relies on the head file contents and the PR summary.

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Review comments at @frontend/app/view/term/term-wsh.tsx:
- Line 123: Update bufferLinesToText and its callers so requests ending at the
content bottom trim trailing blank rows even when the buffer contains unused
rows below that boundary; keep trailing blank rows intact for interior ranges.
Ensure full exports of blank or trailing-blank content retain the prior trimmed
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