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chalk 6.0.0: Make chalk emit colour codes when output is piped instead of silently producing plain text

Verified sample for npm chalk 6.0.0: Make chalk emit colour codes when output is piped instead of silently producing plain text. The contract ran on node 22…

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node 22 · linux alpine/x64 · docker ed25519:a2ec939a4c60e243 PASS compile:SKIPPED · contract:PASS · load:PASS · resolve:PASS
CONTAINER_RUN · node-typescript@1
2026-08-13
node 22 · linux alpine/x64 · docker ed25519:d91480838ac982c9 PASS compile:SKIPPED · contract:PASS · load:PASS · resolve:PASS
CONTAINER_RUN · node-typescript@1
2026-08-17

Case

FIX
Goal
Make chalk emit colour codes when output is piped instead of silently producing plain text
Packages
Symbols
  • Chalk
Environment
node 22
Created
2026-08-13T15:19:23Z

Contract

  1. construct a Chalk instance with an explicit level
  2. assert the styled string contains the expected ANSI escape codes
  3. assert a level 0 instance returns the text unchanged

Files

  • csx.json
  • package-lock.json
  • package.json
  • src/index.mjs
  • test/contract.mjs

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csx.json
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package-lock.json
{
  "name": "csx-sample-chalk-forced-color",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "lockfileVersion": 3,
  "requires": true,
  "packages": {
    "": {
      "name": "csx-sample-chalk-forced-color",
      "version": "1.0.0",
      "license": "MIT-0",
      "dependencies": {
        "chalk": "6.0.0"
      }
    },
    "node_modules/chalk": {
      "version": "6.0.0",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/chalk/-/chalk-6.0.0.tgz",
      "integrity": "sha512-2uNTXIuTTxk7ciZgAU1BQcgnchcG0xXnrs6jzkQfj9SsRa9M2s5zE8WT96hS6KmG4MzWHSrvH43DF1m4XRkrFg==",
      "license": "MIT",
      "engines": {
        "node": ">=22"
      },
      "funding": {
        "url": "https://github.com/chalk/chalk?sponsor=1"
      }
    }
  }
}
package.json
{
  "name": "csx-sample-chalk-forced-color",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "private": true,
  "type": "module",
  "license": "MIT-0",
  "dependencies": {
    "chalk": "6.0.0"
  }
}
src/index.mjs
import { Chalk } from 'chalk';

// chalk auto-detects colour support and turns itself OFF when stdout is not
// a TTY — CI logs, pipes and captured output all fall into that case, so the
// usual "chalk prints no colours" report is not a bug. An explicit Chalk
// instance keeps the decision in your code instead of the environment.
export const forced = new Chalk({ level: 1 });
export const plain = new Chalk({ level: 0 });

export function warn(text) {
  return forced.red(text);
}
test/contract.mjs
import { strict as assert } from 'node:assert';
import { warn, plain } from '../src/index.mjs';

const painted = warn('disk full');
assert.equal(painted, '\u001b[31mdisk full\u001b[39m');
assert.ok(painted.includes('\u001b['));

// Level 0 is the state a piped process normally lands in.
assert.equal(plain.red('disk full'), 'disk full');
console.log('CONTRACT PASS: an explicit chalk level decides colour, not the TTY');

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