crashes on start

[tcurdt]

Describe the bug

I am starting k9s and get a crash with exit 1

k9s
Error: exit status 1
Usage:
  k9s [flags]
  k9s [command]

Available Commands:
  completion  Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
  help        Help about any command
  info        List K9s configurations info
  version     Print version/build info

Flags:
  -A, --all-namespaces                 Launch K9s in all namespaces
      --as string                      Username to impersonate for the operation
      --as-group stringArray           Group to impersonate for the operation
      --certificate-authority string   Path to a cert file for the certificate authority
      --client-certificate string      Path to a client certificate file for TLS
      --client-key string              Path to a client key file for TLS
      --cluster string                 The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
  -c, --command string                 Overrides the default resource to load when the application launches
      --context string                 The name of the kubeconfig context to use
      --crumbsless                     Turn K9s crumbs off
      --headless                       Turn K9s header off
  -h, --help                           help for k9s
      --insecure-skip-tls-verify       If true, the server's caCertFile will not be checked for validity
      --kubeconfig string              Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests
      --logFile string                 Specify the log file (default "/home/ops/.local/state/k9s/k9s.log")
  -l, --logLevel string                Specify a log level (info, warn, debug, trace, error) (default "info")
      --logoless                       Turn K9s logo off
  -n, --namespace string               If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request
      --readonly                       Sets readOnly mode by overriding readOnly configuration setting
  -r, --refresh int                    Specify the default refresh rate as an integer (sec) (default 2)
      --request-timeout string         The length of time to wait before giving up on a single server request
      --screen-dump-dir string         Sets a path to a dir for a screen dumps
      --token string                   Bearer token for authentication to the API server
      --user string                    The name of the kubeconfig user to use
      --write                          Sets write mode by overriding the readOnly configuration setting

Use "k9s [command] --help" for more information about a command.

panic: exit status 1

goroutine 1 [running]:
github.com/derailed/k9s/cmd.Execute()
        github.com/derailed/k9s/cmd/root.go:72 +0x77
main.main()
        github.com/derailed/k9s/main.go:32 +0xf

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. install via nix stable
2. run k9s

Expected behavior
It should not crash. (Used to work fine before)

Versions (please complete the following information):

• OS: nixOS
• K9s: 0.32.5
• K8s: k3s version v1.30.4+k3s1 (98262b5d)

[tcurdt]

I found the issue. It's related the to TERM variable.
I recently switched to ghostty. When I switch ssh over to

  SetEnv TERM=xterm-256color

for the ssh connection k9s works again.

But it should not panic like this with a "wrong" TERM setting.