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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
csharp
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start by examining the PSConsoleReadLine rendering path named in the stack trace: InputLoop, Insert, ForceRender, and ReallyRender. Reproduce the failure using the reported PSReadLine, PowerShell, Windows, and console buffer versions; done means the same input no longer raises the console buffer-size exception.

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Report on GitHub: https://github.com/PowerShell/PSReadLine/issues/new
### Environment
PSReadLine: 2.0.0
PowerShell: 5.1.26100.7705
OS: Microsoft Windows 10.0.26200
Last 200 Keys

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### Exception

System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: The value must be greater than or equal to zero and less than the console's buffer size in that dimension.
Parameter name: top
Actual value was 20.
   at System.Console.SetCursorPosition(Int32 left, Int32 top)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.ReallyRender(RenderData renderData, String defaultColor)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.ForceRender()
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.Insert(Char c)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.SelfInsert(Nullable`1 key, Object arg)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.ProcessOneKey(PSKeyInfo key, Dictionary`2 dispatchTable, Boolean ignoreIfNoAction, Object arg)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.InputLoop()
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.ReadLine(Runspace runspace, EngineIntrinsics engineIntrinsics, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
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Environment data
PS Version: 5.1.26100.7705
PS HostName: ConsoleHost
PSReadLine Version: 2.0.0
PSReadLine EditMode: Windows
OS: 10.0.26100.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
BufferWidth: 202
BufferHeight: 35
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