Update Spectre.Console to 0.55.0

Directory.Packages.props

@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Pomelo.EntityFrameworkCore.MySql" Version="9.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Qdrant.Client" Version="1.16.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="RabbitMQ.Client" Version="7.2.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Spectre.Console" Version="0.52.1-preview.0.5" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Spectre.Console" Version="0.55.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="StackExchange.Redis" Version="2.11.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.IO.Hashing" Version="10.0.3" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Yarp.ReverseProxy" Version="2.3.0" />

eng/Signing.props

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
     <FileSignInfo Include="ModelContextProtocol.dll" CertificateName="3PartySHA2" />
     <FileSignInfo Include="OpenAI.dll" CertificateName="3PartySHA2" />
     <FileSignInfo Include="Spectre.Console.dll" CertificateName="3PartySHA2" />
+    <FileSignInfo Include="Spectre.Console.Ansi.dll" CertificateName="3PartySHA2" />
     <FileSignInfo Include="OpenTelemetry.dll" CertificateName="3PartySHA2" />
     <FileSignInfo Include="OpenTelemetry.Api.dll" CertificateName="3PartySHA2" />
     <FileSignInfo Include="OpenTelemetry.Api.ProviderBuilderExtensions.dll" CertificateName="3PartySHA2" />

src/Aspire.Cli/Commands/RenderCommand.cs

@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ internal sealed class RenderCommand : BaseCommand
         ["showstatus"] = "Show status spinner (first 5 emojis)",
         ["showstatus-markup"] = "Show status with markup rendered",
         ["showstatus-escaped"] = "Show status with markup escaped",
+        ["choice"] = "Selection prompt with formatted choices",
+        ["choice-simple"] = "Selection prompt without formatter",
         ["mixed"] = "Mixed interaction service methods",
         ["publish-summary-all"] = "Publish summary timeline (stress scenarios)",
         ["exit"] = "Exit",
@@ -145,6 +147,10 @@ private async Task<int> ExecuteChoiceAsync(string choice, int? consoleWidth, Can
                     return await TestShowStatusWithMarkupAsync(cancellationToken);
                 case "showstatus-escaped":
                     return await TestShowStatusEscapedAsync(cancellationToken);
+                case "choice":
+                    return await TestChoiceWithFormatterAsync(cancellationToken);
+                case "choice-simple":
+                    return await TestChoiceSimpleAsync(cancellationToken);
                 case "mixed":
                     await TestMixedMethodsAsync(cancellationToken);
                     return ExitCodeConstants.Success;
@@ -249,6 +255,42 @@ await InteractionService.ShowStatusAsync(
         return ExitCodeConstants.Success;
     }
 
+    private async Task<int> TestChoiceWithFormatterAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        var packages = new[]
+        {
+            ("Aspire.Hosting.Redis", "9.2.0", "[green]stable[/]"),
+            ("Aspire.Hosting.PostgreSQL", "9.2.0", "[green]stable[/]"),
+            ("Aspire.Hosting.RabbitMQ", "9.1.0", "[yellow]preview[/]"),
+            ("Aspire.Hosting.MongoDB [Deprecated]", "9.0.0", "[red]deprecated[/]"),
+            ("Aspire.Hosting.Kafka", "9.2.0", "[green]stable[/]"),
+            ("Aspire.Hosting.MySql [Preview]", "9.1.0", "[yellow]preview[/]"),
+        };
+
+        var selected = await InteractionService.PromptForSelectionAsync(
+            "Select a [bold blue]package[/] to install:",
+            packages,
+            p => $"{p.Item1.EscapeMarkup()} [dim]v{p.Item2}[/] ({p.Item3})",
+            cancellationToken);
+
+        InteractionService.DisplayMessage(KnownEmojis.Package, $"Selected: {selected.Item1} v{selected.Item2}");
+        return ExitCodeConstants.Success;
+    }
+
+    private async Task<int> TestChoiceSimpleAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        var environments = new[] { "Development", "Staging", "Production" };
+
+        var selected = await InteractionService.PromptForSelectionAsync(
+            "Select a target environment:",
+            environments,
+            e => e,
+            cancellationToken);
+
+        InteractionService.DisplayMessage(KnownEmojis.Rocket, $"Deploying to {selected}...");
+        return ExitCodeConstants.Success;
+    }
+
     private async Task TestMixedMethodsAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
         InteractionService.DisplayMessage(KnownEmojis.Rocket, "Starting mixed methods test...");

src/Aspire.Cli/Interaction/ConsoleInteractionService.cs

@@ -197,26 +197,19 @@ public async Task<T> PromptForSelectionAsync<T>(string promptText, IEnumerable<T
             throw new EmptyChoicesException(string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, InteractionServiceStrings.NoItemsAvailableForSelection, promptText));
         }
 
-        // Wrap the caller's formatter to produce safe plain text for Spectre.Console.
-        // Spectre's SelectionPrompt treats converter output as markup and its search
-        // highlighting manipulates the markup string directly, which breaks escaped
-        // bracket sequences like [[Prod]]. Stripping markup after formatting ensures
-        // the text is safe for both rendering and search highlighting.
-        var safeFormatter = MakeSafeFormatter(choiceFormatter);
-
         MessageLogger.LogInformation("Selection prompt: {PromptText}", promptText);
 
         var prompt = new SelectionPrompt<T>()
             .Title(promptText)
-            .UseConverter(safeFormatter)
+            .UseConverter(choiceFormatter)
             .AddChoices(choices)
             .PageSize(10)
             .EnableSearch();
 
         prompt.SearchHighlightStyle = s_searchHighlightStyle;
 
         var result = await MessageConsole.PromptAsync(prompt, cancellationToken);
-        MessageLogger.LogInformation("Selection result: {Result}", safeFormatter(result));
+        MessageLogger.LogInformation("Selection result: {Result}", choiceFormatter(result));
         return result;
     }
 
@@ -240,13 +233,11 @@ public async Task<IReadOnlyList<T>> PromptForSelectionsAsync<T>(string promptTex
 
         var preSelectedSet = preSelected is not null ? new HashSet<T>(preSelected) : null;
 
-        var safeFormatter = MakeSafeFormatter(choiceFormatter);
-
         MessageLogger.LogInformation("Selection prompt: {PromptText}", promptText);
 
         var prompt = new MultiSelectionPrompt<T>()
             .Title(promptText)
-            .UseConverter(safeFormatter)
+            .UseConverter(choiceFormatter)
             .PageSize(10);
 
         prompt.Required = !optional;
@@ -261,49 +252,10 @@ public async Task<IReadOnlyList<T>> PromptForSelectionsAsync<T>(string promptTex
         }
 
         var result = await MessageConsole.PromptAsync(prompt, cancellationToken);
-        MessageLogger.LogInformation("Selection results: {Results}", string.Join(", ", result.Select(safeFormatter)));
+        MessageLogger.LogInformation("Selection results: {Results}", string.Join(", ", result.Select(choiceFormatter)));
         return result;
     }
 
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Wraps a choice formatter to produce output that is safe for Spectre.Console's
-    /// SelectionPrompt and MultiSelectionPrompt with search enabled. Spectre's search
-    /// highlighting manipulates the markup string directly, which breaks escaped bracket
-    /// sequences like <c>[[Prod]]</c>. This method strips all markup from the formatted
-    /// text and then replaces square brackets with parentheses so that Spectre never
-    /// encounters bracket characters in the display text.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <remarks>
-    /// This is a workaround for https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/issues/2054.
-    /// Once the upstream fix is available, this method should be removed and callers should
-    /// use EscapeMarkup() directly. See https://github.com/microsoft/aspire/issues/15309.
-    /// </remarks>
-    internal static Func<T, string> MakeSafeFormatter<T>(Func<T, string> choiceFormatter)
-    {
-        return item =>
-        {
-            var formatted = choiceFormatter(item);
-
-            // Try to strip Spectre markup to get the intended display text.
-            // Markup.Remove() can throw if the formatted text contains unescaped
-            // brackets (e.g. raw "[Prod]"), so fall back to using the text as-is.
-            string plainText;
-            try
-            {
-                plainText = Markup.Remove(formatted);
-            }
-            catch (Exception)
-            {
-                plainText = formatted;
-            }
-
-            // Replace square brackets with parentheses. EscapeMarkup() alone is not
-            // sufficient because Spectre's search highlighting splits the escaped
-            // sequences [[...]] when inserting highlight tags, producing invalid markup.
-            return plainText.Replace('[', '(').Replace(']', ')');
-        };
-    }
-
     public int DisplayIncompatibleVersionError(AppHostIncompatibleException ex, string appHostHostingVersion)
     {
         var cliInformationalVersion = VersionHelper.GetDefaultTemplateVersion();

src/Aspire.Cli/Utils/CliHostEnvironment.cs

@@ -97,17 +97,8 @@ private static bool DetectAnsiSupport(IConfiguration configuration)
         {
             // If there is no explicit configuration to enable or disable ANSI support, attempt to detect it.
             // This is required because some terminals don't support ANSI output, e.g. https://github.com/microsoft/aspire/issues/13737
-
-            // TODO: Creating a fake console here is a hack to run ANSI detection logic.
-            // Update this to use AnsiCapabilities once it's available in Spectre.Console 0.60+ instead of creating a full AnsiConsole instance.
-            var ansiConsole = AnsiConsole.Create(new AnsiConsoleSettings
-            {
-                Out = new AnsiConsoleOutput(TextWriter.Null),
-                Ansi = AnsiSupport.Detect,
-                ColorSystem = ColorSystemSupport.Detect
-            });
-
-            supportsAnsi = ansiConsole.Profile.Capabilities.Ansi;
+            var capabilities = AnsiCapabilities.Create(TextWriter.Null);
+            supportsAnsi = capabilities.Ansi;
         }
 
         return supportsAnsi;