Image preview no longer works in zellij

[Jacky-Lzx]

What system are you running Yazi on?

macOS

What terminal are you running Yazi in?

kitty 0.48.2

ya env output

Yazi
    Version: 26.9.1 (5f901b8 2026-09-01)
    Debug  : false
    Triple : aarch64-apple-darwin (macos-aarch64)
    Rustc  : 1.98.0 (88d9e12a 2026-08-18)
    Backtrace: None

Ya
    Version: 26.9.1 (5f901b8 2026-09-01)
    Debug  : false
    Triple : aarch64-apple-darwin (macos-aarch64)
    Rustc  : 1.98.0 (88d9e12a 2026-08-18)

Config
    Init             : /Users/zexili/.config/yazi/init.lua (No such file or directory (os error 2))
    Yazi             : /Users/zexili/.config/yazi/yazi.toml (No such file or directory (os error 2))
    Keymap           : /Users/zexili/.config/yazi/keymap.toml (No such file or directory (os error 2))
    Theme            : /Users/zexili/.config/yazi/theme.toml (No such file or directory (os error 2))
    VFS              : /Users/zexili/.config/yazi/vfs.toml (No such file or directory (os error 2))
    Package          : /Users/zexili/.config/yazi/package.toml (No such file or directory (os error 2))
    Dark/light flavor: ArcSwapAny("") / ArcSwapAny("")

Emulator
    TERM                : Some("xterm-kitty")
    TERM_PROGRAM        : None
    TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION: None
    Brand.from_env      : Some(Kitty)
    Emulator.probe      : Emulator { brand: Zellij, version: ArcSwapAny("Zellij(4501)"), csi_u: Some(0), kgp: true, kgp_shm: false, sixel: false, background: Some([7710, 7710, 11822]), color_scheme: Some(false), csi_16t: (17, 33), force_16t: false, osc_5522: false, cursor_blink: false, cursor_shape: None, mux: None, probe: Probe { id: Id(0), completed: false }, started: false }

Adapter
    Drivers.matches: KgpOld
    TERM.dimension : Dimension { cols: 213, rows: 57, width: 3621, height: 1881 }

Desktop
    XDG_SESSION_TYPE           : None
    WAYLAND_DISPLAY            : None
    DISPLAY                    : Some("/var/run/com.apple.launchd.iJmPc9H2wB/org.xquartz:0")
    NIRI_SOCKET                : None
    SWAYSOCK                   : None
    HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE: None
    WAYFIRE_SOCKET             : None

SSH
    shared.in_ssh_connection: false

WSL
    WSL: false

Variables
    SHELL              : Some("/bin/zsh")
    EDITOR             : Some("nvim")
    VISUAL             : None
    YAZI_FILE_ONE      : None
    YAZI_CONFIG_HOME   : None
    YAZI_ZOXIDE_OPTS   : None
    SSH_AUTH_SOCK      : Some("/var/run/com.apple.launchd.rgGwNoZ7up/Listeners")
    FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS   : None
    FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND: None

Text Opener
    default     : Some(OpenerRuleArc(OpenerRule { id: Id(3), run: "${EDITOR:-vi} %s", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for: Unix, spread: true }))
    block-create: Some(OpenerRuleArc(OpenerRule { id: Id(3), run: "${EDITOR:-vi} %s", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for: Unix, spread: true }))
    block-rename: Some(OpenerRuleArc(OpenerRule { id: Id(3), run: "${EDITOR:-vi} %s", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for: Unix, spread: true }))

Multiplexers
    tmux version       : tmux 3.7c
    tmux build flags   : enable-sixel=Supported
    ZELLIJ_SESSION_NAME: Some("yazi")
    Zellij version     : 0.45.1

Dependencies
    file          : 5.41
    ueberzugpp    : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    ffmpeg/ffprobe: 9.0.1 / 9.0.1
    pdftoppm      : 26.08.0
    magick        : 7.1.2-30
    fzf           : 0.74.3
    fd/fdfind     : 10.5.0 / No such file or directory (os error 2)
    rg            : 15.2.0
    chafa         : 1.18.2
    zoxide        : 0.10.0
    7zz/7z        : 26.02 / No such file or directory (os error 2)
    resvg         : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    jq            : 1.8.2

Clipboard
    wl-copy/paste: No such file or directory (os error 2) / No such file or directory (os error 2)
    xclip        : 0.13
    xsel         : 1.2.1

Routine
    `file -bL --mime-type`: text/plain

Describe the bug

After v26.9.1 (including the latest nightly build), kitty image preview does not work in zellij.

zellij version: 0.45.1 (homebrew)

Screen-2026-09-02-124520.mp4

Minimal reproducer

1. Download the latest nightly build
2. Remove the config directory (~/.config/yazi)
3. Run zellij
4. Run yazi

Anything else?

No response

Checklist

• I tried the latest nightly build, and the issue is still reproducible
• I updated the environment information (ya env) field to the nightly that I tried
• I can reproduce it after disabling all custom configs/plugins (mv ~/.config/yazi ~/.config/yazi-backup)

[sxyazi]

Thanks for the report, I can reproduce the problem.

Filed an issue upstream zellij-org/zellij#5573, closing in favor of that.