fix(core): add tmux/screen passthrough and timeout guard to clipboard functions

[pixeltannu]

What does this fix?

While working on #3746, I found useClipboard/writeClipboard/readClipboard
already implemented and tested on main. This PR extends the existing OSC 52
clipboard implementation with two fixes for gaps I found while verifying it:

1. tmux/GNU screen passthrough: OSC 52 sequences are silently dropped by
   tmux and GNU screen unless wrapped for passthrough. writeClipboard and
   readClipboard now detect TMUX/STY env vars and wrap the sequence
   accordingly, so clipboard copy/read works correctly inside multiplexers.

2. readClipboard timeout: previously, if the terminal didn't respond to
   the OSC 52 query (e.g. terminal doesn't support it), the returned Promise
   would hang indefinitely and the stdin listener would never be cleaned up.
   readClipboard now accepts an optional timeoutMs (default 1000ms) and
   rejects with a clear error if no response arrives in time.

Testing

• All existing ansi.test.ts tests pass (29/29)
• Full test suite run: 51/51 passed, no regressions
• Manually verified writeClipboard/readClipboard signatures remain
  backward-compatible (new options param is optional)

Related

Relates to #3746

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Added clipboard support when running inside tmux and GNU screen.
  • Added configurable clipboard read timeouts.
• Bug Fixes
  • Clipboard requests now handle terminal multiplexer escaping correctly.
  • Clipboard reads clean up resources and fail promptly when no response is received.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Clipboard OSC 52 operations now support tmux and GNU screen passthrough. readClipboard accepts an optional timeout, cleans up after completion, and rejects when no terminal response arrives.

Changes

Clipboard support

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Multiplexer-aware clipboard I/O packages/core/src/utils/ansi.ts	OSC 52 writes and queries now use tmux or GNU screen passthrough. tmux ESC characters are escaped.
Timed clipboard reads packages/core/src/utils/ansi.ts	ReadClipboardOptions adds timeoutMs. readClipboard now uses a 1000 ms default, cleans up listeners and timers, ignores late data, and rejects on timeout. The exported clipboard object exposes the updated functions.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 40870

readClipboard can fail to return valid clipboard data and instead time out when terminal responses are split, empty, or use a standard alternate terminator. The response parser should be corrected and covered by tests before merging.

Suggested reviewers: karanjot786, anshika1179

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ClipboardAPI
  participant Multiplexer
  participant TerminalClipboard
  ClipboardAPI->>Multiplexer: wrap OSC 52 query
  Multiplexer->>TerminalClipboard: send query
  TerminalClipboard-->>ClipboardAPI: return clipboard response
  ClipboardAPI->>ClipboardAPI: decode response and settle
  ClipboardAPI->>ClipboardAPI: clear timeout and remove listener

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🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Description check	⚠️ Warning	The description explains the implementation and testing, but it omits required template sections and uses “Relates to” instead of “Closes #”.	Complete the template sections, add the package and change type, complete the checklist, and link the issue with the required “Closes #3746” format.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the main changes: multiplexer passthrough support and timeout handling for clipboard functions.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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• Resolve merge conflict in branch feature/use-clipboard-hook

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• Create PR with unit tests

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Inline comments:
In `@packages/core/src/utils/ansi.ts`:
- Around line 239-242: Update the OSC 52 handling in the data handler to buffer
incomplete chunks, recognize complete responses with either BEL or ESC-backslash
terminators, and allow empty payloads. Decode and resolve only after a complete
response is assembled, preserving timeout behavior for genuinely incomplete
responses; add tests covering fragmented, empty, and ST-terminated clipboard
responses.

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[pixeltannu]

@Karanjot786 kindly mearge my pr