From d54858071b85a7178f3b2bbfd13199b18f1b3168 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johnny Winn <jwinn@salesforce.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 16:20:22 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix: pass empty string to rl.write in repl finally block
 (W-22295448)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 src/lib/repl.ts                 |  2 +-
 test/unit/lib/repl.unit.test.ts | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/lib/repl.ts b/src/lib/repl.ts
index 2dadb905a6..61fa8b28d9 100644
--- a/src/lib/repl.ts
+++ b/src/lib/repl.ts
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ export class HerokuRepl {
       this.createInterface()
       this.start()
       // Force readline to refresh the current line
-      this.rl.write(null, {ctrl: true, name: 'u'})
+      this.rl.write('', {ctrl: true, name: 'u'})
     }
   }
   /**
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/repl.unit.test.ts b/test/unit/lib/repl.unit.test.ts
index c1bef82bdb..41016cd189 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/repl.unit.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/lib/repl.unit.test.ts
@@ -172,6 +172,41 @@ describe('HerokuRepl', function () {
     })
   })
 
+  describe('processLine', function () {
+    it('passes an empty string to rl.write when clearing the line after command execution', async function () {
+      const writeSpy = stub()
+      const mockRl = {
+        close: stub(),
+        history: [],
+        off: stub(),
+        on: stub(),
+        once: stub(),
+        prompt: stub(),
+        setPrompt: stub(),
+        write: writeSpy,
+      }
+
+      stub(HerokuRepl.prototype, 'createInterface' as any).callsFake(function (this: any) {
+        this.rl = mockRl
+      })
+
+      config = {
+        commands: [],
+        findCommand: stub().returns({flags: {}, id: 'apps:info'}),
+        root: '/fake/root',
+        runCommand: stub().resolves(),
+      } as any
+
+      repl = new HerokuRepl(config)
+
+      await (repl as any).processLine('apps:info')
+
+      const writeCall = writeSpy.args.find((args: any[]) => args[1]?.ctrl === true && args[1]?.name === 'u')
+      expect(writeCall, 'rl.write should be called for ctrl+u line clear').to.exist
+      expect(writeCall![0]).to.equal('')
+    })
+  })
+
   describe('readline interface creation', function () {
     it('should create readline interface with correct configuration', function () {
       stub(HerokuRepl.prototype, 'fsExistsSync' as any).returns(false)