fix(hush): clear no-TTY error for the interactive TUI

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Problem

Running bare hush (the interactive TUI) from any non-interactive context — an agent harness, a script, a piped command — exits 1 with crossterm's cryptic error:

Error: failed to enable terminal input mode
Caused by: Device not configured (os error 6)

Nothing in the message explains the cause or the way out. The script-friendly subcommands (list, get, exec) work fine in the same context; only the TUI entry path fails. Tracked in #57.

Fix

tui::run() now checks TTY availability before touching terminal state and, when neither stdin nor stdout is a terminal, returns an actionable error naming the subcommands to use instead:

Error: hush's interactive TUI needs a terminal session (no TTY found). Run `hush` from an interactive terminal, or use the script-friendly subcommands: `hush list`, `hush get --key <KEY>`, `hush exec --key <KEY> -- <cmd>`

stdout alone satisfies the gate because crossterm opens /dev/tty directly for input when stdin is piped, so hush < /dev/null from a real terminal still launches the TUI.

Validation

• bun run check:bws-tui (cargo fmt --check, cargo test, cargo clippy -D warnings): 19 tests pass, including the new tui_gate_accepts_a_tty_on_either_side unit test.
• Built the binary and probed behavior directly: no-TTY run prints the new actionable message (exit 1, unchanged code); a real-pty run via tmux still renders the TUI normally.
• Before: old binary exits 1 with "Device not configured". After: new binary exits 1 with the guidance message. The exit code stays 1 because there is no TUI without a TTY; the fix is the message, not a silent success.

Live steps remaining

None; the local hush binary can be refreshed with cargo install bws-tui or cargo install --path bws-tui after merge, and the published crates.io version will pick it up on the next release.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Replaced an unclear terminal error with a helpful message when no interactive terminal is available, including guidance to use an interactive terminal or script-friendly subcommands.

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Walkthrough

The TUI now checks whether stdin or stdout is attached to a terminal before initializing terminal state. If neither stream is a TTY, it returns an error with interactive-use and script-friendly subcommand guidance.

Changes

TUI terminal validation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Interactive terminal gate bws-tui/src/tui/terminal.rs, bws-tui/src/tui/tests.rs, CHANGELOG.md	run checks terminal availability before setup and returns guidance if neither stdin nor stdout is a TTY. The test covers TTY combinations, and the changelog records the error behavior.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

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The change adds a clear error with guidance when the interactive TUI runs without a terminal. No merge-blocking risk is identified; confirm CI passes on the updated head.

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The change affects 2 systems.

Changed systems: bws-tui, CHANGELOG.md

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• observed — bws-tui (service) was modified; 2 changed files map to changed impact.
• observed — CHANGELOG.md (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

• observed — Modified behavior in CHANGELOG.md: Adds a Fixed entry stating that hush now reports a clear no-TTY error with subcommand guidance instead of crossterm’s “Device not configured” failure.
• observed — Modified behavior in bws-tui/src/tui/terminal.rs: The imports add bail for the headless-session error and IsTerminal for checking whether stdin and stdout are terminals.
• observed — Modified behavior in bws-tui/src/tui/terminal.rs: run now checks terminal availability before initializing terminal state and returns an error with interactive-use and script-friendly command guidance when neither stdin nor stdout is a TTY.
• observed — Modified behavior in bws-tui/src/tui/terminal.rs: Adds is_interactive, which returns true when either stream is a TTY, and revises the documentation to state that finish_terminal preserves event-loop and restoration failures.

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[AojdevStudio]

Updated head b64c5eb32945a09e570841959191ea1651c329cb merges current main after #56 and resolves the CHANGELOG.md conflict by retaining both Fixed entries. The implementation is unchanged.

Fresh crate rebuild: 19 Rust tests passed; cargo fmt and clippy -D warnings passed. Full npm run check, package dry run, isolated Pi extension startup, and commit hooks passed. A synthetic bws fixture verifies no-TTY exit 1 with actionable subcommand guidance and empty stdout. A real PTY probe verifies TUI startup, clean exit, and alternate-screen restoration. Waiting for updated-head CI and independent approval before merge.