From 1ed55d053b7c02371a8716cef37b8c2cb058fd74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: 7ttp <117663341+7ttp@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 11:40:35 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix: write interactive prompts to stderr when stdout is
 redirected

---
 internal/utils/flags/project_ref.go | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/internal/utils/flags/project_ref.go b/internal/utils/flags/project_ref.go
index fab292001..0e47b96ec 100644
--- a/internal/utils/flags/project_ref.go
+++ b/internal/utils/flags/project_ref.go
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ func ParseProjectRef(ctx context.Context, fsys afero.Fs) error {
 	}
 	// Prompt as the last resort
 	if term.IsTerminal(int(os.Stdin.Fd())) {
-		return PromptProjectRef(ctx, "Select a project:")
+		// Interactive prompts should always be written to stderr
+		opts := []tea.ProgramOption{tea.WithOutput(os.Stderr)}
+		return PromptProjectRef(ctx, "Select a project:", opts...)
 	}
 	return errors.New(utils.ErrNotLinked)
 }

From f8833977de090e16152cabf46a2489bf58d7272f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Qiao Han <qiao@supabase.io>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 22:12:42 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix: always use stderr when prompt choice

---
 internal/utils/flags/project_ref.go | 4 +---
 internal/utils/prompt.go            | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/internal/utils/flags/project_ref.go b/internal/utils/flags/project_ref.go
index 0e47b96ec..fab292001 100644
--- a/internal/utils/flags/project_ref.go
+++ b/internal/utils/flags/project_ref.go
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@ func ParseProjectRef(ctx context.Context, fsys afero.Fs) error {
 	}
 	// Prompt as the last resort
 	if term.IsTerminal(int(os.Stdin.Fd())) {
-		// Interactive prompts should always be written to stderr
-		opts := []tea.ProgramOption{tea.WithOutput(os.Stderr)}
-		return PromptProjectRef(ctx, "Select a project:", opts...)
+		return PromptProjectRef(ctx, "Select a project:")
 	}
 	return errors.New(utils.ErrNotLinked)
 }
diff --git a/internal/utils/prompt.go b/internal/utils/prompt.go
index 3e121f092..ae2dedf2a 100644
--- a/internal/utils/prompt.go
+++ b/internal/utils/prompt.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/list"
@@ -123,6 +124,8 @@ func PromptChoice(ctx context.Context, title string, items []PromptItem, opts ..
 	// Create our model
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
 	initial := model{cancel: cancel, list: l}
+	// Interactive prompts should always be written to stderr
+	opts = append(opts, tea.WithOutput(os.Stderr))
 	prog := tea.NewProgram(initial, opts...)
 	state, err := prog.Run()
 	if err != nil {