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op-mode: 'show interfaces' description wrapping is broken
Closed, ResolvedPublicBUG

Description

NOTE: Occuring on latest rolling and 1.4.3

When wrapping long descriptions in show interfaces, a lot of junk data is added. The below output should only have 3 instances of 'This is a really long descriptions', but it shows much more, and the line doesn't end correctly:

vyos@PE2# show interfaces ethernet eth0 description
 description "This is a really long description This is a really long description This is a really long description"
vyos@PE2# run show interfaces ethernet
Codes: S - State, L - Link, u - Up, D - Down, A - Admin Down
Interface        IP Address                        S/L  Description
---------        ----------                        ---  -----------
eth0             172.16.0.12/28                    u/u  This is a really long description This is a really long description This is a
                                                        This is a really long description This is a really long description This is a
                                                        This is a really long description This is a really long description This is a
                                                        This is a really long description This is a really long description This is a

Details

Version
1.4.3, 1.5
Is it a breaking change?
Unspecified (possibly destroys the router)
Issue type
Bug (incorrect behavior)

Event Timeline

Viacheslav triaged this task as Normal priority.Sep 1 2025, 4:09 PM
Viacheslav moved this task from Open to Finished on the VyOS 1.5 Circinus (1.5-stream-2025-Q3) board.
Viacheslav moved this task from Backlog to Finished on the VyOS 1.4 Sagitta (1.4.3) board.