OSC 7501

Mitchell Hashimoto, co-founder of HashiCorp, has published a proposal for OSC 7501, a new terminal escape sequence protocol that would let command-line programs report structured status information back to the terminal. The idea is to give developers a standard way for long-running tools to communicate progress or state, and the proposal is drawing attention and debate among terminal and developer-tools enthusiasts.

Mitchell Hashimoto has published a proposal for OSC 7501, a new terminal escape sequence protocol designed to let command-line programs report structured status information to terminals. The piece, shared widely on developer forums, is drawing discussion about how terminals and programs could exchange progress, state and status updates in a standardized way rather than through ad hoc conventions.

Mitchell Hashimoto has published a proposal for OSC 7501, a new terminal escape sequence protocol that would let programs report status information like progress and running state directly to the terminal. The write-up explains the design and motivation, and developers are discussing the idea on forums like Lobsters, debating how terminals and command-line tools should communicate program state.