Right Alt key leaves visible `[25~` escape sequence residue in input

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Bug Description

When using voice dictation software (e.g., Typeless) that binds the Right Alt key as a push-to-talk hotkey, each dictated sentence is prefixed with [25~ in Claude Code's input field.

This happens because pressing/releasing the Right Alt key generates the ANSI escape sequence \e[25~ in the terminal. The ESC byte (0x1B) is consumed by the input handler, but the remaining [25~ is not recognized as part of an escape sequence and leaks into the input as literal text.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Install a voice dictation tool (e.g., Typeless) and set Right Alt as the push-to-talk hotkey
2. Open Claude Code in a terminal
3. Press and hold Right Alt, speak a sentence, then release
4. The transcribed text appears with [25~ prepended

Expected Behavior

The escape sequence should be fully consumed/discarded, and only the dictated text should appear in the input.

Actual Behavior

Every dictated sentence is prefixed with [25~:

[25~This is my first sentence.
[25~This is my second sentence.

Additional Context

• OS: Windows 10 Pro
• Terminal: Windows Terminal (Git Bash)
• OpenAI Codex CLI running in the same terminal does NOT have this issue — it properly handles the escape sequence. This indicates the problem is specific to Claude Code's input handling, not the terminal itself.

[github-actions]

Found 3 possible duplicate issues:

1. [BUG] Focus reporting escape sequences ([I[O) appear in input when using mouse/modifiers #10375
2. [BUG] Numpad keys display as raw CSI u escape sequences in iTerm2 #16843
3. [BUG] Arrow keys produce [57319u in Ghostty terminal on Linux (Kitty keyboard protocol) #22739

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