diff --git a/src/terminal/Screen.zig b/src/terminal/Screen.zig
index 620267ad5..54feb3c69 100644
--- a/src/terminal/Screen.zig
+++ b/src/terminal/Screen.zig
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
 const assert = std.debug.assert;
 const ansi = @import("ansi.zig");
 const charsets = @import("charsets.zig");
+const fastmem = @import("../fastmem.zig");
 const kitty = @import("kitty.zig");
 const sgr = @import("sgr.zig");
 const unicode = @import("../unicode/main.zig");
@@ -741,6 +742,143 @@ pub fn cursorDownScroll(self: *Screen) !void {
     }
 }
 
+/// This scrolls the active area at and above the cursor. The lines below
+/// the cursor are not scrolled.
+pub fn cursorScrollAbove(self: *Screen) !void {
+    // If the cursor is on the bottom of the screen, its faster to use
+    // our specialized function for that case.
+    if (self.cursor.y == self.pages.rows - 1) {
+        return try self.cursorDownScroll();
+    }
+
+    defer self.assertIntegrity();
+
+    // Logic below assumes we always have at least one row that isn't moving
+    assert(self.cursor.y < self.pages.rows - 1);
+
+    const old_pin = self.cursor.page_pin.*;
+    if (try self.pages.grow()) |_| {
+        try self.cursorScrollAboveRotate();
+    } else {
+        // In this case, it means grow() didn't allocate a new page.
+
+        if (self.cursor.page_pin.page == self.pages.pages.last) {
+            // If we're on the last page we can do a very fast path because
+            // all the rows we need to move around are within a single page.
+
+            assert(old_pin.page == self.cursor.page_pin.page);
+            self.cursor.page_pin.* = self.cursor.page_pin.down(1).?;
+
+            const pin = self.cursor.page_pin;
+            const page = &self.cursor.page_pin.page.data;
+
+            // Rotate the rows so that the newly created empty row is at the
+            // beginning. e.g. [ 0 1 2 3 ] in to [ 3 0 1 2 ].
+            var rows = page.rows.ptr(page.memory.ptr);
+            fastmem.rotateOnceR(Row, rows[pin.y..page.size.rows]);
+
+            // Mark all our rotated rows as dirty.
+            var dirty = page.dirtyBitSet();
+            dirty.setRangeValue(.{ .start = pin.y, .end = page.size.rows }, true);
+
+            // Setup our cursor caches after the rotation so it points to the
+            // correct data
+            const page_rac = self.cursor.page_pin.rowAndCell();
+            self.cursor.page_row = page_rac.row;
+            self.cursor.page_cell = page_rac.cell;
+
+            // Note: we don't need to call cursorChangePin here because
+            // the pin page is the same so there is no accounting to do for
+            // styles or any of that.
+        } else {
+            // We didn't grow pages but our cursor isn't on the last page.
+            // In this case we need to do more work because we need to copy
+            // elements between pages.
+            //
+            // An example scenario of this is shown below:
+            //
+            //      +----------+ = PAGE 0
+            //  ... :          :
+            //     +-------------+ ACTIVE
+            // 4302 |1A00000000| | 0
+            // 4303 |2B00000000| | 1
+            //      :^         : : = PIN 0
+            // 4304 |3C00000000| | 2
+            //      +----------+ :
+            //      +----------+ : = PAGE 1
+            //    0 |4D00000000| | 3
+            //    1 |5E00000000| | 4
+            //      +----------+ :
+            //     +-------------+
+            try self.cursorScrollAboveRotate();
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (self.cursor.style_id != style.default_id) {
+        // The newly created line needs to be styled according to
+        // the bg color if it is set.
+        if (self.cursor.style.bgCell()) |blank_cell| {
+            const cell_current: [*]pagepkg.Cell = @ptrCast(self.cursor.page_cell);
+            const cells = cell_current - self.cursor.x;
+            @memset(cells[0..self.pages.cols], blank_cell);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn cursorScrollAboveRotate(self: *Screen) !void {
+    self.cursor.page_pin.* = self.cursor.page_pin.down(1).?;
+
+    // Go through each of the pages following our pin, shift all rows
+    // down by one, and copy the last row of the previous page.
+    var current = self.pages.pages.last.?;
+    while (current != self.cursor.page_pin.page) : (current = current.prev.?) {
+        const prev = current.prev.?;
+        const prev_page = &prev.data;
+        const cur_page = &current.data;
+        const prev_rows = prev_page.rows.ptr(prev_page.memory.ptr);
+        const cur_rows = cur_page.rows.ptr(cur_page.memory.ptr);
+
+        // Rotate the pages down: [ 0 1 2 3 ] => [ 3 0 1 2 ]
+        fastmem.rotateOnceR(Row, cur_rows[0..cur_page.size.rows]);
+
+        // Copy the last row of the previous page to the top of current.
+        try cur_page.cloneRowFrom(
+            prev_page,
+            &cur_rows[0],
+            &prev_rows[prev_page.size.rows - 1],
+        );
+
+        // All rows we rotated are dirty
+        var dirty = cur_page.dirtyBitSet();
+        dirty.setRangeValue(.{ .start = 0, .end = cur_page.size.rows }, true);
+    }
+
+    // Our current is our cursor page, we need to rotate down from
+    // our cursor and clear our row.
+    assert(current == self.cursor.page_pin.page);
+    const cur_page = &current.data;
+    const cur_rows = cur_page.rows.ptr(cur_page.memory.ptr);
+    fastmem.rotateOnceR(Row, cur_rows[self.cursor.page_pin.y..cur_page.size.rows]);
+    self.clearCells(
+        cur_page,
+        &cur_rows[0],
+        cur_page.getCells(&cur_rows[0]),
+    );
+
+    // Set all the rows we rotated and cleared dirty
+    var dirty = cur_page.dirtyBitSet();
+    dirty.setRangeValue(
+        .{ .start = self.cursor.page_pin.y, .end = cur_page.size.rows },
+        true,
+    );
+
+    // Setup cursor cache data after all the rotations so our
+    // row is valid.
+    const page_rac = self.cursor.page_pin.rowAndCell();
+    self.cursor.page_row = page_rac.row;
+    self.cursor.page_cell = page_rac.cell;
+}
+
 /// Move the cursor down if we're not at the bottom of the screen. Otherwise
 /// scroll. Currently only used for testing.
 fn cursorDownOrScroll(self: *Screen) !void {
@@ -3817,6 +3955,255 @@ test "Screen: scroll and clear ignore blank lines" {
     }
 }
 
+test "Screen: scroll above same page" {
+    const testing = std.testing;
+    const alloc = testing.allocator;
+
+    var s = try init(alloc, 10, 3, 10);
+    defer s.deinit();
+    try s.setAttribute(.{ .direct_color_bg = .{ .r = 155 } });
+    try s.testWriteString("1ABCD\n2EFGH\n3IJKL");
+    s.cursorAbsolute(0, 1);
+    s.pages.clearDirty();
+    try s.cursorScrollAbove();
+
+    {
+        const contents = try s.dumpStringAlloc(alloc, .{ .viewport = .{} });
+        defer alloc.free(contents);
+        try testing.expectEqualStrings("2EFGH\n\n3IJKL", contents);
+    }
+    {
+        const list_cell = s.pages.getCell(.{ .active = .{ .x = 0, .y = 1 } }).?;
+        const cell = list_cell.cell;
+        try testing.expect(cell.content_tag == .bg_color_rgb);
+        try testing.expectEqual(Cell.RGB{
+            .r = 155,
+            .g = 0,
+            .b = 0,
+        }, cell.content.color_rgb);
+    }
+
+    // Only y=1,2 are dirty because they are the ones that CHANGED contents
+    // (not just scroll).
+    try testing.expect(!s.pages.isDirty(.{ .active = .{ .x = 0, .y = 0 } }));
+    try testing.expect(s.pages.isDirty(.{ .active = .{ .x = 0, .y = 1 } }));
+    try testing.expect(s.pages.isDirty(.{ .active = .{ .x = 0, .y = 2 } }));
+}
+
+test "Screen: scroll above same page but cursor on previous page" {
+    const testing = std.testing;
+    const alloc = testing.allocator;
+
+    var s = try init(alloc, 10, 5, 10);
+    defer s.deinit();
+
+    // We need to get the cursor to a new page
+    const first_page_size = s.pages.pages.first.?.data.capacity.rows;
+    for (0..first_page_size - 3) |_| try s.testWriteString("\n");
+
+    try s.setAttribute(.{ .direct_color_bg = .{ .r = 155 } });
+    try s.testWriteString("1A\n2B\n3C\n4D\n5E");
+    s.cursorAbsolute(0, 1);
+    s.pages.clearDirty();
+
+    // Ensure we're still on the first page and have a second
+    try testing.expect(s.cursor.page_pin.page == s.pages.pages.first.?);
+    try testing.expect(s.pages.pages.first.?.next != null);
+
+    // At this point:
+    //      +----------+ = PAGE 0
+    //  ... :          :
+    //     +-------------+ ACTIVE
+    // 4303 |1A00000000| | 0
+    // 4304 |2B00000000| | 1
+    //      :^         : : = PIN 0
+    //      +----------+ :
+    //      +----------+ : = PAGE 1
+    //    0 |3C00000000| | 2
+    //    1 |4D00000000| | 3
+    //    2 |5E00000000| | 4
+    //      +----------+ :
+    //     +-------------+
+
+    try s.cursorScrollAbove();
+
+    {
+        const contents = try s.dumpStringAlloc(alloc, .{ .viewport = .{} });
+        defer alloc.free(contents);
+        try testing.expectEqualStrings("2B\n\n3C\n4D\n5E", contents);
+    }
+    {
+        const list_cell = s.pages.getCell(.{ .active = .{ .x = 0, .y = 1 } }).?;
+        const cell = list_cell.cell;
+        try testing.expect(cell.content_tag == .bg_color_rgb);
+        try testing.expectEqual(Cell.RGB{
+            .r = 155,
+            .g = 0,
+            .b = 0,
+        }, cell.content.color_rgb);
+    }
+
+    try testing.expect(!s.pages.isDirty(.{ .active = .{ .x = 0, .y = 0 } }));
+    try testing.expect(s.pages.isDirty(.{ .active = .{ .x = 0, .y = 1 } }));
+    try testing.expect(s.pages.isDirty(.{ .active = .{ .x = 0, .y = 2 } }));
+}
+
+test "Screen: scroll above same page but cursor on previous page last row" {
+    const testing = std.testing;
+    const alloc = testing.allocator;
+
+    var s = try init(alloc, 10, 5, 10);
+    defer s.deinit();
+
+    // We need to get the cursor to a new page
+    const first_page_size = s.pages.pages.first.?.data.capacity.rows;
+    for (0..first_page_size - 2) |_| try s.testWriteString("\n");
+
+    try s.setAttribute(.{ .direct_color_bg = .{ .r = 155 } });
+    try s.testWriteString("1A\n2B\n3C\n4D\n5E");
+    s.cursorAbsolute(0, 1);
+    s.pages.clearDirty();
+
+    // Ensure we're still on the first page and have a second
+    try testing.expect(s.cursor.page_pin.page == s.pages.pages.first.?);
+    try testing.expect(s.pages.pages.first.?.next != null);
+
+    // At this point:
+    //      +----------+ = PAGE 0
+    //  ... :          :
+    //     +-------------+ ACTIVE
+    // 4303 |1A00000000| | 0
+    // 4304 |2B00000000| | 1
+    //      :^         : : = PIN 0
+    //      +----------+ :
+    //      +----------+ : = PAGE 1
+    //    0 |3C00000000| | 2
+    //    1 |4D00000000| | 3
+    //    2 |5E00000000| | 4
+    //      +----------+ :
+    //     +-------------+
+
+    try s.cursorScrollAbove();
+
+    //      +----------+ = PAGE 0
+    //  ... :          :
+    // 4303 |1A00000000|
+    //     +-------------+ ACTIVE
+    // 4304 |2B00000000| | 0
+    //      +----------+ :
+    //      +----------+ : = PAGE 1
+    //    0 |          | | 1
+    //      :^         : : = PIN 0
+    //    1 |3C00000000| | 2
+    //    2 |4D00000000| | 3
+    //    3 |5E00000000| | 4
+    //      +----------+ :
+    //     +-------------+
+
+    // try s.pages.diagram(std.io.getStdErr().writer());
+
+    {
+        const contents = try s.dumpStringAlloc(alloc, .{ .viewport = .{} });
+        defer alloc.free(contents);
+        try testing.expectEqualStrings("2B\n\n3C\n4D\n5E", contents);
+    }
+    {
+        const list_cell = s.pages.getCell(.{ .active = .{ .x = 0, .y = 1 } }).?;
+        const cell = list_cell.cell;
+        try testing.expect(cell.content_tag == .bg_color_rgb);
+        try testing.expectEqual(Cell.RGB{
+            .r = 155,
+            .g = 0,
+            .b = 0,
+        }, cell.content.color_rgb);
+    }
+
+    try testing.expect(!s.pages.isDirty(.{ .active = .{ .x = 0, .y = 0 } }));
+    try testing.expect(s.pages.isDirty(.{ .active = .{ .x = 0, .y = 1 } }));
+    try testing.expect(s.pages.isDirty(.{ .active = .{ .x = 0, .y = 2 } }));
+}
+
+test "Screen: scroll above creates new page" {
+    const testing = std.testing;
+    const alloc = testing.allocator;
+
+    var s = try init(alloc, 10, 3, 10);
+    defer s.deinit();
+
+    // We need to get the cursor to a new page
+    const first_page_size = s.pages.pages.first.?.data.capacity.rows;
+    for (0..first_page_size - 3) |_| try s.testWriteString("\n");
+
+    try s.setAttribute(.{ .direct_color_bg = .{ .r = 155 } });
+    try s.testWriteString("1ABCD\n2EFGH\n3IJKL");
+    s.cursorAbsolute(0, 1);
+    s.pages.clearDirty();
+
+    // Ensure we're still on the first page
+    try testing.expect(s.cursor.page_pin.page == s.pages.pages.first.?);
+    try s.cursorScrollAbove();
+
+    {
+        const contents = try s.dumpStringAlloc(alloc, .{ .viewport = .{} });
+        defer alloc.free(contents);
+        try testing.expectEqualStrings("2EFGH\n\n3IJKL", contents);
+    }
+    {
+        const list_cell = s.pages.getCell(.{ .active = .{ .x = 0, .y = 1 } }).?;
+        const cell = list_cell.cell;
+        try testing.expect(cell.content_tag == .bg_color_rgb);
+        try testing.expectEqual(Cell.RGB{
+            .r = 155,
+            .g = 0,
+            .b = 0,
+        }, cell.content.color_rgb);
+    }
+
+    // Only y=1 is dirty because they are the ones that CHANGED contents
+    try testing.expect(!s.pages.isDirty(.{ .active = .{ .x = 0, .y = 0 } }));
+    try testing.expect(s.pages.isDirty(.{ .active = .{ .x = 0, .y = 1 } }));
+    try testing.expect(s.pages.isDirty(.{ .active = .{ .x = 0, .y = 2 } }));
+}
+
+test "Screen: scroll above no scrollback bottom of page" {
+    const testing = std.testing;
+    const alloc = testing.allocator;
+
+    var s = try init(alloc, 10, 3, 0);
+    defer s.deinit();
+
+    const first_page_size = s.pages.pages.first.?.data.capacity.rows;
+    for (0..first_page_size - 3) |_| try s.testWriteString("\n");
+
+    try s.setAttribute(.{ .direct_color_bg = .{ .r = 155 } });
+    try s.testWriteString("1ABCD\n2EFGH\n3IJKL");
+    s.cursorAbsolute(0, 1);
+    s.pages.clearDirty();
+    try s.cursorScrollAbove();
+
+    {
+        const contents = try s.dumpStringAlloc(alloc, .{ .viewport = .{} });
+        defer alloc.free(contents);
+        try testing.expectEqualStrings("2EFGH\n\n3IJKL", contents);
+    }
+    {
+        const list_cell = s.pages.getCell(.{ .active = .{ .x = 0, .y = 1 } }).?;
+        const cell = list_cell.cell;
+        try testing.expect(cell.content_tag == .bg_color_rgb);
+        try testing.expectEqual(Cell.RGB{
+            .r = 155,
+            .g = 0,
+            .b = 0,
+        }, cell.content.color_rgb);
+    }
+
+    // Only y=1,2 are dirty because they are the ones that CHANGED contents
+    // (not just scroll).
+    try testing.expect(!s.pages.isDirty(.{ .active = .{ .x = 0, .y = 0 } }));
+    try testing.expect(s.pages.isDirty(.{ .active = .{ .x = 0, .y = 1 } }));
+    try testing.expect(s.pages.isDirty(.{ .active = .{ .x = 0, .y = 2 } }));
+}
+
 test "Screen: clone" {
     const testing = std.testing;
     const alloc = testing.allocator;
diff --git a/src/terminal/Terminal.zig b/src/terminal/Terminal.zig
index bfe288d00..667e28650 100644
--- a/src/terminal/Terminal.zig
+++ b/src/terminal/Terminal.zig
@@ -1109,63 +1109,62 @@ pub fn index(self: *Terminal) !void {
         // Scrolling dirties the images because it updates their placements pins.
         self.screen.kitty_images.dirty = true;
 
-        // If our scrolling region is the full screen, we create scrollback.
-        // Otherwise, we simply scroll the region.
+        // If our scrolling region is at the top, we create scrollback.
         if (self.scrolling_region.top == 0 and
-            self.scrolling_region.bottom == self.rows - 1 and
             self.scrolling_region.left == 0 and
             self.scrolling_region.right == self.cols - 1)
         {
-            try self.screen.cursorDownScroll();
-        } else {
-            // Slow path for left and right scrolling region margins.
-            if (self.scrolling_region.left != 0 or
-                self.scrolling_region.right != self.cols - 1 or
-
-                // PERF(mitchellh): If we have an SGR background set then
-                // we need to preserve that background in our erased rows.
-                // scrollUp does that but eraseRowBounded below does not.
-                // However, scrollUp is WAY slower. We should optimize this
-                // case to work in the eraseRowBounded codepath and remove
-                // this check.
-                !self.screen.blankCell().isZero())
-            {
-                self.scrollUp(1);
-                return;
-            }
-
-            // Otherwise use a fast path function from PageList to efficiently
-            // scroll the contents of the scrolling region.
-
-            // Preserve old cursor just for assertions
-            const old_cursor = self.screen.cursor;
-
-            try self.screen.pages.eraseRowBounded(
-                .{ .active = .{ .y = self.scrolling_region.top } },
-                self.scrolling_region.bottom - self.scrolling_region.top,
-            );
-
-            // eraseRow and eraseRowBounded will end up moving the cursor pin
-            // up by 1, so we need to move it back down. A `cursorReload`
-            // would be better option but this is more efficient and this is
-            // a super hot path so we do this instead.
-            if (comptime std.debug.runtime_safety) {
-                assert(self.screen.cursor.x == old_cursor.x);
-                assert(self.screen.cursor.y == old_cursor.y);
-            }
-            self.screen.cursor.y -= 1;
-            self.screen.cursorDown(1);
-
-            // The operations above can prune our cursor style so we need to
-            // update. This should never fail because the above can only FREE
-            // memory.
-            self.screen.manualStyleUpdate() catch |err| {
-                std.log.warn("deleteLines manualStyleUpdate err={}", .{err});
-                self.screen.cursor.style = .{};
-                self.screen.manualStyleUpdate() catch unreachable;
-            };
+            try self.screen.cursorScrollAbove();
+            return;
         }
 
+        // Slow path for left and right scrolling region margins.
+        if (self.scrolling_region.left != 0 or
+            self.scrolling_region.right != self.cols - 1 or
+
+            // PERF(mitchellh): If we have an SGR background set then
+            // we need to preserve that background in our erased rows.
+            // scrollUp does that but eraseRowBounded below does not.
+            // However, scrollUp is WAY slower. We should optimize this
+            // case to work in the eraseRowBounded codepath and remove
+            // this check.
+            !self.screen.blankCell().isZero())
+        {
+            self.scrollUp(1);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Otherwise use a fast path function from PageList to efficiently
+        // scroll the contents of the scrolling region.
+
+        // Preserve old cursor just for assertions
+        const old_cursor = self.screen.cursor;
+
+        try self.screen.pages.eraseRowBounded(
+            .{ .active = .{ .y = self.scrolling_region.top } },
+            self.scrolling_region.bottom - self.scrolling_region.top,
+        );
+
+        // eraseRow and eraseRowBounded will end up moving the cursor pin
+        // up by 1, so we need to move it back down. A `cursorReload`
+        // would be better option but this is more efficient and this is
+        // a super hot path so we do this instead.
+        if (comptime std.debug.runtime_safety) {
+            assert(self.screen.cursor.x == old_cursor.x);
+            assert(self.screen.cursor.y == old_cursor.y);
+        }
+        self.screen.cursor.y -= 1;
+        self.screen.cursorDown(1);
+
+        // The operations above can prune our cursor style so we need to
+        // update. This should never fail because the above can only FREE
+        // memory.
+        self.screen.manualStyleUpdate() catch |err| {
+            std.log.warn("deleteLines manualStyleUpdate err={}", .{err});
+            self.screen.cursor.style = .{};
+            self.screen.manualStyleUpdate() catch unreachable;
+        };
+
         return;
     }
 
@@ -6438,10 +6437,11 @@ test "Terminal: index bottom of scroll region with hyperlinks" {
 
 test "Terminal: index bottom of scroll region clear hyperlinks" {
     const alloc = testing.allocator;
-    var t = try init(alloc, .{ .rows = 5, .cols = 5 });
+    var t = try init(alloc, .{ .rows = 5, .cols = 5, .max_scrollback = 0 });
     defer t.deinit(alloc);
 
-    t.setTopAndBottomMargin(1, 2);
+    t.setTopAndBottomMargin(2, 3);
+    t.setCursorPos(2, 1);
     try t.screen.startHyperlink("http://example.com", null);
     try t.print('A');
     t.screen.endHyperlink();
@@ -6455,10 +6455,10 @@ test "Terminal: index bottom of scroll region clear hyperlinks" {
     {
         const str = try t.plainString(testing.allocator);
         defer testing.allocator.free(str);
-        try testing.expectEqualStrings("B\nC", str);
+        try testing.expectEqualStrings("\nB\nC", str);
     }
 
-    for (0..2) |y| {
+    for (1..3) |y| {
         const list_cell = t.screen.pages.getCell(.{ .viewport = .{
             .x = 0,
             .y = @intCast(y),
@@ -6597,11 +6597,36 @@ test "Terminal: index inside left/right margin" {
     }
 }
 
-test "Terminal: index bottom of scroll region" {
+test "Terminal: index bottom of scroll region creates scrollback" {
     const alloc = testing.allocator;
     var t = try init(alloc, .{ .rows = 5, .cols = 5 });
     defer t.deinit(alloc);
 
+    t.setTopAndBottomMargin(1, 3);
+    try t.printString("1\n2\n3");
+    t.setCursorPos(4, 1);
+    try t.print('X');
+    t.setCursorPos(3, 1);
+    try t.index();
+    try t.print('Y');
+
+    {
+        const str = try t.screen.dumpStringAlloc(alloc, .{ .viewport = .{} });
+        defer testing.allocator.free(str);
+        try testing.expectEqualStrings("2\n3\nY\nX", str);
+    }
+    {
+        const str = try t.screen.dumpStringAlloc(alloc, .{ .screen = .{} });
+        defer testing.allocator.free(str);
+        try testing.expectEqualStrings("1\n2\n3\nY\nX", str);
+    }
+}
+
+test "Terminal: index bottom of scroll region no scrollback" {
+    const alloc = testing.allocator;
+    var t = try init(alloc, .{ .rows = 5, .cols = 5, .max_scrollback = 0 });
+    defer t.deinit(alloc);
+
     t.setTopAndBottomMargin(1, 3);
     t.setCursorPos(4, 1);
     try t.print('B');
@@ -6611,11 +6636,6 @@ test "Terminal: index bottom of scroll region" {
     try t.index();
     try t.print('X');
 
-    try testing.expect(t.isDirty(.{ .active = .{ .x = 0, .y = 0 } }));
-    try testing.expect(t.isDirty(.{ .active = .{ .x = 0, .y = 1 } }));
-    try testing.expect(t.isDirty(.{ .active = .{ .x = 0, .y = 2 } }));
-    try testing.expect(!t.isDirty(.{ .active = .{ .x = 0, .y = 3 } }));
-
     {
         const str = try t.plainString(testing.allocator);
         defer testing.allocator.free(str);
@@ -6623,6 +6643,47 @@ test "Terminal: index bottom of scroll region" {
     }
 }
 
+test "Terminal: index bottom of scroll region blank line preserves SGR" {
+    const alloc = testing.allocator;
+    var t = try init(alloc, .{ .rows = 5, .cols = 5 });
+    defer t.deinit(alloc);
+
+    t.setTopAndBottomMargin(1, 3);
+    try t.printString("1\n2\n3");
+    t.setCursorPos(4, 1);
+    try t.print('X');
+    t.setCursorPos(3, 1);
+    try t.setAttribute(.{ .direct_color_bg = .{
+        .r = 0xFF,
+        .g = 0,
+        .b = 0,
+    } });
+    try t.index();
+
+    {
+        const str = try t.screen.dumpStringAlloc(alloc, .{ .viewport = .{} });
+        defer testing.allocator.free(str);
+        try testing.expectEqualStrings("2\n3\n\nX", str);
+    }
+    {
+        const str = try t.screen.dumpStringAlloc(alloc, .{ .screen = .{} });
+        defer testing.allocator.free(str);
+        try testing.expectEqualStrings("1\n2\n3\n\nX", str);
+    }
+    for (0..t.cols) |x| {
+        const list_cell = t.screen.pages.getCell(.{ .active = .{
+            .x = @intCast(x),
+            .y = 2,
+        } }).?;
+        try testing.expect(list_cell.cell.content_tag == .bg_color_rgb);
+        try testing.expectEqual(Cell.RGB{
+            .r = 0xFF,
+            .g = 0,
+            .b = 0,
+        }, list_cell.cell.content.color_rgb);
+    }
+}
+
 test "Terminal: cursorUp basic" {
     const alloc = testing.allocator;
     var t = try init(alloc, .{ .rows = 5, .cols = 5 });