diff --git a/src/mux-interface.ts b/src/mux-interface.ts
index 8c053c84..390e25fd 100644
--- a/src/mux-interface.ts
+++ b/src/mux-interface.ts
@@ -225,9 +225,16 @@ export interface TerminalMultiplexer extends EventEmitter {
   /** Respawn a dead pane with a fresh command. Returns the new PID or null on failure. */
   respawnPane(options: RespawnPaneOptions): Promise<number | null>;
 
-  /** Capture a pane's current tmux buffer with ANSI escape codes preserved. */
-  capturePaneBuffer?(muxName: string, paneTarget: string): string | null;
+  /**
+   * Capture a pane's current tmux buffer with ANSI escape codes preserved.
+   * Pass `{ fullHistory: true }` to capture the entire scrollback (`-S -`)
+   * as linear text instead of just the visible single-screen frame (COD-47).
+   */
+  capturePaneBuffer?(muxName: string, paneTarget?: string, opts?: { fullHistory?: boolean }): string | null;
 
-  /** Capture the active pane's current tmux buffer with ANSI escape codes preserved. */
-  captureActivePaneBuffer?(muxName: string): string | null;
+  /**
+   * Capture the active pane's current tmux buffer with ANSI escape codes preserved.
+   * Pass `{ fullHistory: true }` to capture the entire scrollback (COD-47).
+   */
+  captureActivePaneBuffer?(muxName: string, opts?: { fullHistory?: boolean }): string | null;
 }
diff --git a/src/tmux-manager.ts b/src/tmux-manager.ts
index 0af5caa8..42106e54 100644
--- a/src/tmux-manager.ts
+++ b/src/tmux-manager.ts
@@ -2191,13 +2191,20 @@ export class TmuxManager extends EventEmitter implements TerminalMultiplexer {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Capture the current visible text and SGR styles of a specific pane.
+   * Capture a pane's text and SGR styles.
    *
-   * `capture-pane -e` is sanitized by `formatPaneSnapshot`: SGR color/style
-   * codes are preserved, while cursor/erase/scroll-region controls are stripped
-   * before rows are repainted at absolute positions in browser xterm.
+   * Two modes:
+   * - Visible (default): `capture-pane -p -e` grabs only the on-screen frame,
+   *   then `formatPaneSnapshot` repaints each row at its absolute position so
+   *   the browser xterm reproduces the live frame. Used for fast tab switches.
+   * - Full history (`opts.fullHistory`): `capture-pane -p -e -S -` grabs the
+   *   ENTIRE tmux scrollback (COD-47), returned as linear scrollback text with
+   *   SGR codes preserved (NOT repositioned — a multi-screen history can't be
+   *   painted into a single visible frame, so the snapshot repaint is skipped).
+   *   Used for full page reloads so the user gets back their scroll history.
+   *   Caveat: lines tmux has already evicted past its history-limit are gone.
    */
-  capturePaneBuffer(muxName: string, paneTarget: string): string | null {
+  capturePaneBuffer(muxName: string, paneTarget?: string, opts?: { fullHistory?: boolean }): string | null {
     if (IS_TEST_MODE) return '';
     if (!isValidMuxName(muxName)) {
       console.error('[TmuxManager] Invalid session name in capturePaneBuffer:', muxName);
@@ -2210,11 +2217,20 @@ export class TmuxManager extends EventEmitter implements TerminalMultiplexer {
 
     const target = paneTarget.startsWith('%') ? `${muxName}.${paneTarget}` : `${muxName}.%${paneTarget}`;
 
+    const fullHistory = opts?.fullHistory === true;
+
     try {
-      const buffer = execSync(`${this.tmux()} capture-pane -p -e -t ${shellescape(target)}`, {
+      // `-S -` extends the capture start to the very top of the scrollback.
+      const captureFlags = fullHistory ? 'capture-pane -p -e -S -' : 'capture-pane -p -e';
+      const buffer = execSync(`${this.tmux()} ${captureFlags} -t ${shellescape(target)}`, {
         encoding: 'utf-8',
         timeout: EXEC_TIMEOUT_MS,
       }).replace(/\n+$/g, '');
+      // Full-history spans many screens — return it as raw linear scrollback
+      // rather than repainting rows at single-screen absolute positions.
+      if (fullHistory) {
+        return buffer;
+      }
       try {
         const cursor = execSync(
           `${this.tmux()} display-message -p -t ${shellescape(target)} '#{cursor_x} #{cursor_y} #{pane_width} #{pane_height}'`,
@@ -2252,7 +2268,7 @@ export class TmuxManager extends EventEmitter implements TerminalMultiplexer {
    * Pane ids are not stable across respawns or restores, so callers should not
    * assume the first pane remains `%0`.
    */
-  captureActivePaneBuffer(muxName: string): string | null {
+  captureActivePaneBuffer(muxName: string, opts?: { fullHistory?: boolean }): string | null {
     if (IS_TEST_MODE) return '';
     if (!isValidMuxName(muxName)) {
       console.error('[TmuxManager] Invalid session name in captureActivePaneBuffer:', muxName);
@@ -2265,7 +2281,7 @@ export class TmuxManager extends EventEmitter implements TerminalMultiplexer {
         timeout: EXEC_TIMEOUT_MS,
       }).trim();
       const target = resolveActivePaneTarget(output);
-      return target ? this.capturePaneBuffer(muxName, target) : null;
+      return target ? this.capturePaneBuffer(muxName, target, opts) : null;
     } catch (err) {
       console.error('[TmuxManager] Failed to resolve active pane for capture:', err);
       return null;
diff --git a/src/web/routes/session-routes.ts b/src/web/routes/session-routes.ts
index 659731ad..bc823b43 100644
--- a/src/web/routes/session-routes.ts
+++ b/src/web/routes/session-routes.ts
@@ -985,6 +985,15 @@ export function registerSessionRoutes(
     const query = req.query as { tail?: string };
     const session = findSessionOrFail(ctx, id);
 
+    // A request WITHOUT a `tail` param is a FULL RELOAD (the browser reloaded the
+    // page and needs the whole scroll history back). A request WITH `tail` is a
+    // tab switch — only the recent tail matters and speed wins. On a full reload
+    // we capture the ENTIRE tmux scrollback (`-S -`, COD-47) so the user gets
+    // back history that scrolled off Codeman's byte buffer; on a tab switch we
+    // capture only the visible frame, which stays fast.
+    const tailBytes = query.tail ? parseInt(query.tail, 10) : 0;
+    const isFullReload = tailBytes <= 0;
+
     // Prepend the live tmux pane buffer so tab-switch replay shows the current
     // on-screen frame, not just the accumulated byte history. This matters for
     // TUI modes (codex/opencode) that repaint only their latest frame: the
@@ -995,15 +1004,20 @@ export function registerSessionRoutes(
     const muxName = session.muxName;
     const liveMuxBuffer =
       muxName && typeof ctx.mux.captureActivePaneBuffer === 'function'
-        ? ctx.mux.captureActivePaneBuffer(muxName)
+        ? ctx.mux.captureActivePaneBuffer(muxName, isFullReload ? { fullHistory: true } : undefined)
         : null;
+    const source: 'history' | 'mux-visible' | 'mux-full-history' =
+      liveMuxBuffer !== null && liveMuxBuffer.length > 0
+        ? isFullReload
+          ? 'mux-full-history'
+          : 'mux-visible'
+        : 'history';
     const rawBuffer =
       liveMuxBuffer !== null && liveMuxBuffer.length > 0
         ? session.terminalBufferLength > 0
           ? `${session.terminalBuffer}\x1b[H\x1b[2J${liveMuxBuffer}`
           : liveMuxBuffer
         : session.terminalBuffer;
-    const tailBytes = query.tail ? parseInt(query.tail, 10) : 0;
     const fullSize = rawBuffer.length;
     let truncated = false;
     let cleanBuffer: string;
@@ -1055,11 +1069,26 @@ export function registerSessionRoutes(
     // Remove Ctrl+L and leading whitespace (cheap on tailed subset)
     cleanBuffer = cleanBuffer.replace(CTRL_L_PATTERN, '').replace(LEADING_WHITESPACE_PATTERN, '');
 
+    // Cap the payload at the configured terminal buffer limit. Full-history
+    // tmux capture (`-S -`) can be tens of MB of scrollback; shipping all of it
+    // would freeze the browser xterm. Keep the most RECENT bytes (slice from the
+    // end) and align to a line boundary so we never start mid-ANSI-escape.
+    const { terminalBufferMaxBytes } = await ctx.getTerminalHistoryConfig();
+    if (terminalBufferMaxBytes > 0 && cleanBuffer.length > terminalBufferMaxBytes) {
+      cleanBuffer = cleanBuffer.slice(-terminalBufferMaxBytes);
+      truncated = true;
+      const firstNewline = cleanBuffer.indexOf('\n');
+      if (firstNewline > 0 && firstNewline < 4096) {
+        cleanBuffer = cleanBuffer.slice(firstNewline + 1);
+      }
+    }
+
     return {
       terminalBuffer: cleanBuffer,
       status: session.status,
       fullSize,
       truncated,
+      source,
     };
   });
 
diff --git a/test/routes/session-routes.test.ts b/test/routes/session-routes.test.ts
index 7f0d8a39..b7569129 100644
--- a/test/routes/session-routes.test.ts
+++ b/test/routes/session-routes.test.ts
@@ -481,6 +481,264 @@ describe('session-routes', () => {
       expect(body.data.terminalBuffer).toBeDefined();
     });
 
+    it('does not strip VPA-like shell scrollback as Ink redraw bloat', async () => {
+      const shellHistory = Array.from(
+        { length: 3000 },
+        (_, index) => `SHELL_SCROLLBACK_${String(index + 1).padStart(6, '0')} payload payload payload \x1b[1d`
+      ).join('\n');
+      harness.ctx._session.terminalBuffer = shellHistory;
+      harness.ctx._session.mode = 'shell';
+      (harness.ctx.mux as { captureActivePaneBuffer?: unknown }).captureActivePaneBuffer = vi.fn(() => null);
+
+      const res = await harness.app.inject({
+        method: 'GET',
+        url: `/api/sessions/${harness.ctx._sessionId}/terminal`,
+      });
+
+      expect(res.statusCode).toBe(200);
+      const body = JSON.parse(res.body);
+      expect(body.data.terminalBuffer).toContain('SHELL_SCROLLBACK_000001');
+      expect(body.data.terminalBuffer).toContain('SHELL_SCROLLBACK_003000');
+    });
+
+    it('preserves accumulated history before the live mux pane snapshot for Codex TUI replay', async () => {
+      harness.ctx._session.terminalBuffer = 'hello world\nlater accumulated history';
+      harness.ctx._session.mode = 'codex';
+      (harness.ctx.mux as { captureActivePaneBuffer?: unknown }).captureActivePaneBuffer = vi.fn(
+        () => 'visible tmux pane only\n› current prompt'
+      );
+
+      const res = await harness.app.inject({
+        method: 'GET',
+        url: `/api/sessions/${harness.ctx._sessionId}/terminal`,
+      });
+
+      expect(res.statusCode).toBe(200);
+      const body = JSON.parse(res.body);
+      expect(body.data.terminalBuffer).toContain('hello world');
+      expect(body.data.terminalBuffer).toContain('later accumulated history');
+      expect(body.data.terminalBuffer).toContain('\x1b[H\x1b[2Jvisible tmux pane only');
+      expect(body.data.terminalBuffer.indexOf('hello world')).toBeLessThan(
+        body.data.terminalBuffer.indexOf('visible tmux pane only')
+      );
+      expect(harness.ctx.mux.captureActivePaneBuffer).toHaveBeenCalledWith(harness.ctx._session.muxName, {
+        fullHistory: true,
+      });
+    });
+
+    // ── COD-47: full tmux scrollback replay on full page reload ──
+    it('full reload (no tail) requests full tmux history and replays boundary markers', async () => {
+      // A realistic scrollback-length capture: ~5000 lines, well past one screen.
+      const firstLine = 'SCROLLBACK_FIRST_LINE_0001';
+      const lastLine = 'SCROLLBACK_LAST_LINE_5000';
+      const lines: string[] = [firstLine];
+      for (let i = 2; i <= 4999; i++) {
+        lines.push(`scrollback line ${String(i).padStart(4, '0')} lorem ipsum payload`);
+      }
+      lines.push(lastLine);
+      const fullHistoryCapture = lines.join('\n');
+
+      harness.ctx._session.mode = 'shell';
+      harness.ctx._session.terminalBuffer = '';
+      const captureSpy = vi.fn((_name: string, opts?: { fullHistory?: boolean }) =>
+        opts?.fullHistory ? fullHistoryCapture : 'only the visible frame'
+      );
+      (harness.ctx.mux as { captureActivePaneBuffer?: unknown }).captureActivePaneBuffer = captureSpy;
+
+      const res = await harness.app.inject({
+        method: 'GET',
+        url: `/api/sessions/${harness.ctx._sessionId}/terminal`,
+      });
+
+      expect(res.statusCode).toBe(200);
+      const body = JSON.parse(res.body);
+      // Full reload asked tmux for the entire scrollback.
+      expect(captureSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(harness.ctx._session.muxName, { fullHistory: true });
+      // Both boundary markers survived the capture → route pipeline.
+      expect(body.data.terminalBuffer).toContain(firstLine);
+      expect(body.data.terminalBuffer).toContain(lastLine);
+      expect(body.data.source).toBe('mux-full-history');
+      expect(typeof body.data.fullSize).toBe('number');
+    });
+
+    it('tab switch (with tail) uses the visible frame, not full history', async () => {
+      harness.ctx._session.mode = 'codex';
+      harness.ctx._session.terminalBuffer = 'accumulated history';
+      const captureSpy = vi.fn((_name: string, opts?: { fullHistory?: boolean }) =>
+        opts?.fullHistory ? 'FULL_HISTORY_SHOULD_NOT_APPEAR' : 'visible frame only\n› prompt'
+      );
+      (harness.ctx.mux as { captureActivePaneBuffer?: unknown }).captureActivePaneBuffer = captureSpy;
+
+      const res = await harness.app.inject({
+        method: 'GET',
+        url: `/api/sessions/${harness.ctx._sessionId}/terminal?tail=65536`,
+      });
+
+      expect(res.statusCode).toBe(200);
+      const body = JSON.parse(res.body);
+      // Tail/tab-switch must NOT request fullHistory (undefined opts).
+      expect(captureSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(harness.ctx._session.muxName, undefined);
+      expect(body.data.terminalBuffer).toContain('visible frame only');
+      expect(body.data.terminalBuffer).not.toContain('FULL_HISTORY_SHOULD_NOT_APPEAR');
+      expect(body.data.source).toBe('mux-visible');
+    });
+
+    it('caps huge full-history at the configured terminal buffer limit and marks truncated', async () => {
+      // Shrink the cap so the test can exceed it without allocating 32MB.
+      harness.ctx.getTerminalHistoryConfig = vi.fn(async () => ({
+        terminalScrollbackLines: 100_000,
+        tmuxHistoryLimit: 100_000,
+        terminalBufferMaxBytes: 4096,
+        terminalBufferTrimBytes: 4096,
+      }));
+      harness.ctx._session.mode = 'shell';
+      harness.ctx._session.terminalBuffer = '';
+      const oldestMarker = 'OLDEST_EVICTED_MARKER';
+      const newestMarker = 'NEWEST_KEPT_MARKER';
+      const filler = Array.from({ length: 400 }, (_, i) => `line ${i} ${'x'.repeat(30)}`).join('\n');
+      const huge = `${oldestMarker}\n${filler}\n${newestMarker}`;
+      (harness.ctx.mux as { captureActivePaneBuffer?: unknown }).captureActivePaneBuffer = vi.fn(
+        (_name: string, opts?: { fullHistory?: boolean }) => (opts?.fullHistory ? huge : 'visible')
+      );
+
+      const res = await harness.app.inject({
+        method: 'GET',
+        url: `/api/sessions/${harness.ctx._sessionId}/terminal`,
+      });
+
+      expect(res.statusCode).toBe(200);
+      const body = JSON.parse(res.body);
+      expect(body.data.truncated).toBe(true);
+      expect(body.data.fullSize).toBeGreaterThan(4096);
+      expect(body.data.terminalBuffer.length).toBeLessThanOrEqual(4096);
+      // Cap keeps the most RECENT bytes: newest marker survives, oldest is dropped.
+      expect(body.data.terminalBuffer).toContain(newestMarker);
+      expect(body.data.terminalBuffer).not.toContain(oldestMarker);
+    });
+
+    it('treats stale Codex scrollback config as TUI replay', async () => {
+      harness.ctx._session.terminalBuffer = 'hello world\nlater accumulated history';
+      harness.ctx._session.mode = 'codex';
+      harness.ctx._session.codexConfig = { renderMode: 'scrollback' } as any;
+      (harness.ctx.mux as { captureActivePaneBuffer?: unknown }).captureActivePaneBuffer = vi.fn(
+        () => 'visible tmux pane only\n› current prompt'
+      );
+
+      const res = await harness.app.inject({
+        method: 'GET',
+        url: `/api/sessions/${harness.ctx._sessionId}/terminal`,
+      });
+
+      expect(res.statusCode).toBe(200);
+      const body = JSON.parse(res.body);
+      expect(body.data.terminalBuffer).toContain('hello world');
+      expect(body.data.terminalBuffer).toContain('later accumulated history');
+      expect(body.data.terminalBuffer).toContain('\x1b[H\x1b[2Jvisible tmux pane only');
+      expect(body.data.terminalBuffer.indexOf('hello world')).toBeLessThan(
+        body.data.terminalBuffer.indexOf('visible tmux pane only')
+      );
+      expect(harness.ctx.mux.captureActivePaneBuffer).toHaveBeenCalledWith(harness.ctx._session.muxName, {
+        fullHistory: true,
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('preserves one-time OAuth authorization URLs in Codex TUI replay history', async () => {
+      const authUrl =
+        'https://auth.atlassian.com/authorize?response_type=code&client_id=abc&redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2F127.0.0.1%3A35547%2Fcallback%2Fxyz';
+      harness.ctx._session.terminalBuffer =
+        'Authorize `atlassian` by opening this URL in your browser:\n' +
+        authUrl +
+        '\n(Browser launch failed; please copy the URL above manually.)\n';
+      harness.ctx._session.mode = 'codex';
+      (harness.ctx.mux as { captureActivePaneBuffer?: unknown }).captureActivePaneBuffer = vi.fn(
+        () => 'visible tmux pane only\n› current prompt'
+      );
+
+      const res = await harness.app.inject({
+        method: 'GET',
+        url: `/api/sessions/${harness.ctx._sessionId}/terminal`,
+      });
+
+      expect(res.statusCode).toBe(200);
+      const body = JSON.parse(res.body);
+      expect(body.data.terminalBuffer).toContain(authUrl);
+      expect(body.data.terminalBuffer).toContain('visible tmux pane only');
+      expect(body.data.terminalBuffer.indexOf(authUrl)).toBeLessThan(
+        body.data.terminalBuffer.indexOf('visible tmux pane only')
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('preserves incidental OAuth URL mentions as ordinary Codex TUI history', async () => {
+      const authUrl =
+        'https://auth.atlassian.com/authorize?response_type=code&client_id=abc&redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2F127.0.0.1%3A35547%2Fcallback%2Fxyz';
+      harness.ctx._session.terminalBuffer =
+        'Root cause: URLs like ' +
+        authUrl +
+        ' could be present in history but missing from browser-rendered terminal replay.\n' +
+        "+        'Authorize `atlassian` by opening this URL in your browser:\\n' +\n";
+      harness.ctx._session.mode = 'codex';
+      (harness.ctx.mux as { captureActivePaneBuffer?: unknown }).captureActivePaneBuffer = vi.fn(
+        () => 'visible tmux pane only\n› current prompt'
+      );
+
+      const res = await harness.app.inject({
+        method: 'GET',
+        url: `/api/sessions/${harness.ctx._sessionId}/terminal`,
+      });
+
+      expect(res.statusCode).toBe(200);
+      const body = JSON.parse(res.body);
+      expect(body.data.terminalBuffer).toContain(authUrl);
+      expect(body.data.terminalBuffer).toContain('visible tmux pane only');
+    });
+
+    it('preserves accumulated history before a live mux pane snapshot for non-Codex sessions', async () => {
+      harness.ctx._session.terminalBuffer = 'hello world\nlater accumulated history';
+      harness.ctx._session.mode = 'claude';
+      (harness.ctx.mux as { captureActivePaneBuffer?: unknown }).captureActivePaneBuffer = vi.fn(
+        () => 'visible tmux pane only\n› current prompt'
+      );
+
+      const res = await harness.app.inject({
+        method: 'GET',
+        url: `/api/sessions/${harness.ctx._sessionId}/terminal`,
+      });
+
+      expect(res.statusCode).toBe(200);
+      const body = JSON.parse(res.body);
+      expect(body.data.terminalBuffer).toContain('hello world');
+      expect(body.data.terminalBuffer).toContain('later accumulated history');
+      expect(body.data.terminalBuffer).toContain('visible tmux pane only');
+      expect(body.data.terminalBuffer).toContain('\x1b[H\x1b[2Jvisible tmux pane only');
+      expect(body.data.terminalBuffer.indexOf('hello world')).toBeLessThan(
+        body.data.terminalBuffer.indexOf('visible tmux pane only')
+      );
+      expect(harness.ctx.mux.captureActivePaneBuffer).toHaveBeenCalledWith(harness.ctx._session.muxName, {
+        fullHistory: true,
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('uses live mux pane capture only when the accumulated buffer is empty', async () => {
+      harness.ctx._session.terminalBuffer = '';
+      harness.ctx._session.mode = 'codex';
+      (harness.ctx.mux as { captureActivePaneBuffer?: unknown }).captureActivePaneBuffer = vi.fn(
+        () => 'visible restored tmux pane\n› current prompt'
+      );
+
+      const res = await harness.app.inject({
+        method: 'GET',
+        url: `/api/sessions/${harness.ctx._sessionId}/terminal`,
+      });
+
+      expect(res.statusCode).toBe(200);
+      const body = JSON.parse(res.body);
+      expect(body.data.terminalBuffer).toContain('visible restored tmux pane');
+      expect(body.data.terminalBuffer).toContain('› current prompt');
+      expect(harness.ctx.mux.captureActivePaneBuffer).toHaveBeenCalledWith(harness.ctx._session.muxName, {
+        fullHistory: true,
+      });
+    });
+
     it('returns error for unknown session', async () => {
       const res = await harness.app.inject({
         method: 'GET',
@@ -506,7 +764,9 @@ describe('session-routes', () => {
       expect(buf).toContain('\x1b[H\x1b[2J');
       expect(buf).toContain('LIVE-PANE-FRAME');
       expect(buf.indexOf('history-bytes')).toBeLessThan(buf.indexOf('LIVE-PANE-FRAME'));
-      expect(harness.ctx.mux.captureActivePaneBuffer).toHaveBeenCalledWith(harness.ctx._session.muxName);
+      expect(harness.ctx.mux.captureActivePaneBuffer).toHaveBeenCalledWith(harness.ctx._session.muxName, {
+        fullHistory: true,
+      });
     });
 
     it('falls back to the byte history when no live pane buffer is available', async () => {
diff --git a/test/tmux-capture-full-history.test.ts b/test/tmux-capture-full-history.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5c4567ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tmux-capture-full-history.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/**
+ * COD-47: full tmux scrollback replay on reload.
+ *
+ * Under VITEST, TmuxManager no-ops execSync (IS_TEST_MODE), so we can't drive
+ * real tmux. Instead we assert the capture-arg construction directly from
+ * source (same approach as tmux-capture-color.test.ts): a full-history capture
+ * must use `capture-pane -p -e -S -` and skip the single-screen snapshot
+ * repaint, while the visible capture keeps `capture-pane -p -e`.
+ */
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { resolve } from 'node:path';
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+describe('tmux full-history pane capture (COD-47)', () => {
+  const source = readFileSync(resolve(import.meta.dirname, '../src/tmux-manager.ts'), 'utf8');
+
+  it('capturePaneBuffer accepts a fullHistory option', () => {
+    const sig = source.indexOf('capturePaneBuffer(muxName: string');
+    expect(sig).toBeGreaterThan(-1);
+    // The method signature must carry the opts.fullHistory channel.
+    expect(source.slice(sig, sig + 160)).toContain('fullHistory');
+  });
+
+  it('full-history mode requests the entire scrollback with -S -', () => {
+    expect(source).toContain('capture-pane -p -e -S -');
+  });
+
+  it('still offers the visible single-screen capture for fast tab switches', () => {
+    expect(source).toContain("'capture-pane -p -e'");
+  });
+
+  it('returns full-history capture as raw scrollback (skips the single-screen repaint)', () => {
+    const sig = source.indexOf('capturePaneBuffer(muxName: string');
+    const body = source.slice(sig, sig + 2400);
+    // When fullHistory, return the raw buffer BEFORE the formatPaneSnapshot
+    // repaint (which is single-screen and would clip a multi-screen history).
+    const earlyReturn = body.indexOf('if (fullHistory)');
+    const snapshot = body.indexOf('formatPaneSnapshot(');
+    expect(earlyReturn).toBeGreaterThan(-1);
+    expect(snapshot).toBeGreaterThan(-1);
+    expect(earlyReturn).toBeLessThan(snapshot);
+  });
+
+  it('captureActivePaneBuffer forwards the fullHistory option', () => {
+    const sig = source.indexOf('captureActivePaneBuffer(muxName: string');
+    expect(sig).toBeGreaterThan(-1);
+    const body = source.slice(sig, sig + 800);
+    expect(body).toContain('opts');
+    expect(body).toContain('this.capturePaneBuffer(muxName, target, opts)');
+  });
+});