Unable to enter text after first prompt

[jcv8-dev]

After the first prompt has been sent, the input becomes unresponsive and i am unable to type any further prompts. I am using the latest version from npm.

[corcken]

Same here. The first prompt executes perfectly, but right after that, the TUI completely freezes. No chance to type, use any slash commands, and even Ctrl+C is ignored (though the cursor keeps blinking).

Additional context that might help:
I checked htop during the freeze, and the smallcode process is pinning exactly one CPU core at 100%. It looks like it gets caught in an infinite loop, possibly the parser choking on a specific model output format?

Environment:
OS: Ubuntu (accessed via SSH from Windows)
Model: Local qwen/qwen3.5-9b via LM Studio

[corcken]

Regarding the issue where the terminal interface completely freezes and pins one CPU core to 100% after the first prompt executes (specifically under SSH/specific terminal emulators):

Using the classic readline mode completely bypasses this crash:
```bash
smallcode --classic

By switching to --classic mode, the agent runs flawlessly, can process multiple prompts in sequence, and does not hang. This suggests that the infinite loop/100% CPU bug is tied to the blessed alternate screen rendering engine (or terminal refresh/key-listening events over certain terminal wrappers) rather than a parser failure or LLM response parsing issue. ( AI Generated response)