From ee0f5d72cf00f40d5a311d9760b3d130fecfdaeb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Schmitt <rschmitt@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:27:38 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix Windows hang when stdin is redirected (#907)

---
 lib/reline/io.rb           |  2 +-
 test/reline/test_reline.rb | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/reline/io.rb b/lib/reline/io.rb
index 17c3a3cd12..6a69f91b36 100644
--- a/lib/reline/io.rb
+++ b/lib/reline/io.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def self.decide_io_gate
         when /mswin|msys|mingw|cygwin|bccwin|wince|emc/
           require 'reline/io/windows'
           io = Reline::Windows.new
-          if io.msys_tty?
+          if io.msys_tty? || !STDIN.tty?
             Reline::ANSI.new
           else
             io
diff --git a/test/reline/test_reline.rb b/test/reline/test_reline.rb
index 5b3e6178bd..49c736eb4a 100644
--- a/test/reline/test_reline.rb
+++ b/test/reline/test_reline.rb
@@ -418,6 +418,16 @@ def test_dumb_terminal
     assert_match(/#<Reline::Dumb/, out.chomp)
   end
 
+  def test_readline_reads_piped_stdin
+    out = readline_from_piped_stdin("input\n")
+    assert_include(out, { result: 'input' }.inspect)
+  end
+
+  def test_readline_returns_nil_on_piped_stdin_eof
+    out = readline_from_piped_stdin("")
+    assert_include(out, { result: nil }.inspect)
+  end
+
   def test_read_eof_returns_input
     pend if win?
     lib = File.expand_path("../../lib", __dir__)
@@ -460,6 +470,24 @@ def win?
     /mswin|mingw/.match?(RUBY_PLATFORM)
   end
 
+  def readline_from_piped_stdin(stdin)
+    lib = File.expand_path("../../lib", __dir__)
+    code = <<~'RUBY'
+      require 'timeout'
+      begin
+        p result: Timeout.timeout(3) { Reline.readline('>') }
+      rescue Timeout::Error
+        puts 'timeout'
+      end
+    RUBY
+
+    IO.popen([Reline.test_rubybin, "-I#{lib}", "-rreline", "-e", code], "r+") do |io|
+      io.write stdin
+      io.close_write
+      io.read
+    end
+  end
+
   def test_tty_ambiguous_width
     omit unless defined?(PTY)
     ruby_file = Tempfile.create('rubyfile')