"Invalid slug" error after using Control-U to clear input for "What would you like to name your project?" prompt

[bhamiltoncx]

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Summary

When prompted What would you like to name your project?, the project name is pre-filled with expo-project.

If you then use Control-U to clear the input field (this is a standard keyboard shortcut in every shell and most interactive CLI commands), the input is cleared, but the project name ends up with a literal invisible escape character U+0015 / (aka octal \025) at the beginning, which results in an Invalid slug error:

% npx eas-cli@latest new
👋 Welcome to Expo, bhamilton!
✔ What would you like to name your project? … terraformation-subscription-mobile
ℹ Using project name: terraformation-subscription-mobile
ℹ Using project directory: ./terraformation-subscription-mobile
✔ Cloned the project to ./terraformation-subscription-mobile
✔ Installed project dependencies
✖ Creating @bhamilton/terraformation-subscription-mobile
Invalid slug
Request ID: 3d40a845-b7ea-4250-8dbe-a2238893e89a
    Error: GraphQL request failed.
% ls -lbd *terraformation-subscription-mobile*
drwxr-xr-x  15 benhamilton  staff  480 Feb  5 09:56 \025terraformation-subscription-mobile

Expected behavior: Control-U should continue to clear input, but the resulting field should not have an invisible U+0015 / \025 escape character at the beginning.

Managed or bare?

Managed

Environment

% npx exp-env-info
  expo-env-info 2.0.8 environment info:
    System:
      OS: macOS 26.2
      Shell: 5.9 - /bin/zsh
    Binaries:
      Node: 24.11.1 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/bin/node
      Yarn: 1.22.22 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/bin/yarn
      npm: 11.6.2 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/bin/npm
    SDKs:
      iOS SDK:
        Platforms: DriverKit 25.2, iOS 26.2, macOS 26.2, tvOS 26.2, visionOS 26.2, watchOS 26.2
    IDEs:
      Xcode: 26.2/17C52 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild

% npx expo-doctor  

ConfigError: The expected package.json path: /Users/benhamilton/Developer/Source/package.json does not exist

Error output

% EXPO_DEBUG=true npx eas-cli@latest new                               
👋 Welcome to Expo, bhamilton!
✔ What would you like to name your project? … terraformation-subscription-mobile
ℹ Using project name: terraformation-subscription-mobile
ℹ Using project directory: ./terraformation-subscription-mobile
- Cloning the project to ./terraformation-subscription-mobile
✔ Cloned the project to ./terraformation-subscription-mobile
- Installing project dependencies
✔ Installed project dependencies
- Creating @bhamilton/terraformation-subscription-mobile
✖ Creating @bhamilton/terraformation-subscription-mobile
Invalid slug
Request ID: e7c83f4c-1449-4f33-aa2e-8b343df56555
CombinedError: [GraphQL] Invalid slug
    at makeResult (/Users/benhamilton/.npm/_npx/6bc7bae5c2059953/node_modules/@urql/core/dist/urql-core-chunk.js:381:43)
    at fetchOperation (/Users/benhamilton/.npm/_npx/6bc7bae5c2059953/node_modules/@urql/core/dist/urql-core-chunk.js:744:71)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:103:5)
    at async /Users/benhamilton/.npm/_npx/6bc7bae5c2059953/node_modules/wonka/dist/wonka.js:346:20 {
  graphQLErrors: [
    {
      extensions: [Object],
      message: 'Invalid slug',
      locations: [Array],
      path: [Array]
    }
  ],
  networkError: undefined,
  response: Response {
    size: 0,
    timeout: 0,
    Symbol(Body internals): { body: [PassThrough], disturbed: true, error: null },
    Symbol(Response internals): {
      url: 'https://api.expo.dev/graphql',
      status: 200,
      statusText: 'OK',
      headers: [Headers],
      counter: 0
    }
  }
}
    Error: GraphQL request failed.

Reproducible demo or steps to reproduce from a blank project

100% repro steps:

1. npx eas-cli@latest new
2. When prompted What would you like to name your project?, hit Control-U then enter a valid project name
3. Hit enter, wait for project to be generated, get errors Invalid slug and Error: GraphQL request failed.