Ink (React CLI framework) clears its output using repeated EL2+CUU1
sequences, one per previously-drawn line. When /clear resets Ink's
internal line counter, the next frame only erases a few lines instead
of the full previous output. In a real terminal the old content is in
scrollback and invisible, but pyte's fixed-size screen retains it,
producing ghost content (e.g. duplicated prompts) in SVG screenshots.
Added AltScreen.expand_clear_sequences() which detects runs of 3+
EL2+CUU1 pairs that don't reach row 0 and extends them to erase all
lines up to the top of the screen. Both DockerExecSession and
TerminalSession call this before feeding data to pyte.
Also made on_session_end() idempotent (contextlib.suppress KeyError)
to prevent a race when close_session() and natural session exit both
call it.
Added docs/ink-clear-fix.md with root cause analysis, byte-level
explanation, and reproduction script.
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