use_pty should be off for root
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Read the code or default sudoers configuration that sets the use_pty option, then check how defaults are applied when the target user is root. The issue suggests adding Defaults>root !use_pty; confirm the behavior with an interactive sudo command that reproduces the typeahead break. Done when root commands no longer use a PTY by default and typeahead works.
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Description
The use_pty option was recently turned on by default (cf. #358). While this makes sense when for non-root target users, it does not make sense for root, and it breaks typeahead in the extremely common case of using sudo to run adminstrative commands interactively in a terminal. Please turn it off for root, either in code or by adding the following line to the default sudoers file:
Defaults>root !use_pty
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