From 6965e3e2ecb1cd40c8a8baa999f1f1cf3dc1daf2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "CanbiZ (MickLesk)" <47820557+MickLesk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 13:47:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: use safe arithmetic to avoid exit code 1 from
 ((attempts++)) when attempts=0

---
 misc/core.func | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/misc/core.func b/misc/core.func
index 36356ca52..e14ba3c22 100644
--- a/misc/core.func
+++ b/misc/core.func
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ prompt_input_required() {
   # Interactive prompt - loop until non-empty input or use fallback on timeout
   local attempts=0
   while [[ -z "$response" ]]; do
-    ((attempts++))
+    attempts=$((attempts + 1))
 
     if [[ $attempts -gt 3 ]]; then
       echo -e "${YW}Too many empty inputs - using fallback: ${fallback}${CL}" >&2