diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 36f32b32c6..9145f6043b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 4
 
+[[package]]
+name = "addr2line"
+version = "0.25.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1b5d307320b3181d6d7954e663bd7c774a838b8220fe0593c86d9fb09f498b4b"
+dependencies = [
+ "gimli",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "adler2"
+version = "2.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "320119579fcad9c21884f5c4861d16174d0e06250625266f50fe6898340abefa"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "aho-corasick"
 version = "1.1.4"
@@ -249,6 +264,21 @@ version = "1.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c08606f8c3cbf4ce6ec8e28fb0014a2c086708fe954eaa885384a6165172e7e8"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "backtrace"
+version = "0.3.76"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bb531853791a215d7c62a30daf0dde835f381ab5de4589cfe7c649d2cbe92bd6"
+dependencies = [
+ "addr2line",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "miniz_oxide",
+ "object",
+ "rustc-demangle",
+ "windows-link",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
 version = "0.22.1"
@@ -513,6 +543,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "error-code",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "color-eyre"
+version = "0.6.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e5920befb47832a6d61ee3a3a846565cfa39b331331e68a3b1d1116630f2f26d"
+dependencies = [
+ "backtrace",
+ "color-spantrace",
+ "eyre",
+ "indenter",
+ "once_cell",
+ "owo-colors",
+ "tracing-error",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "color-print"
 version = "0.3.7"
@@ -534,6 +579,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.117",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "color-spantrace"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b8b88ea9df13354b55bc7234ebcce36e6ef896aca2e42a15de9e10edce01b427"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+ "owo-colors",
+ "tracing-core",
+ "tracing-error",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "colorchoice"
 version = "1.0.4"
@@ -1175,9 +1232,9 @@ checksum = "77ce24cb58228fbb8aa041425bb1050850ac19177686ea6e0f41a70416f56fdb"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "frizbee"
-version = "0.11.0"
+version = "0.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a151c9ed9ab8cefc76a76b7a15292fc83575f70cf2076d238e0a3251f69738ba"
+checksum = "cf1203300031cb4fbd90e77833d9b2455f609ba9ab7c1703990d09ebbcd8b5ef"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fs2"
@@ -1337,6 +1394,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "r-efi 6.0.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gimli"
+version = "0.32.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e629b9b98ef3dd8afe6ca2bd0f89306cec16d43d907889945bc5d6687f2f13c7"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "glob"
 version = "0.3.3"
@@ -1841,6 +1904,15 @@ version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "68354c5c6bd36d73ff3feceb05efa59b6acb7626617f4962be322a825e61f79a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "miniz_oxide"
+version = "0.8.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1fa76a2c86f704bdb222d66965fb3d63269ce38518b83cb0575fca855ebb6316"
+dependencies = [
+ "adler2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mio"
 version = "1.2.1"
@@ -2046,6 +2118,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "objc2-core-foundation",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "object"
+version = "0.37.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ff76201f031d8863c38aa7f905eca4f53abbfa15f609db4277d44cd8938f33fe"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
 version = "1.21.4"
@@ -2105,6 +2186,12 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8b2d2086a3a477709f0208181e65857a9c062064ab2b3bb9abaf64f17d148bf3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "owo-colors"
+version = "4.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d211803b9b6b570f68772237e415a029d5a50c65d382910b879fb19d3271f94d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "page_size"
 version = "0.6.0"
@@ -2732,6 +2819,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustc-demangle"
+version = "0.1.28"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b74b56ffa8bb2830709a538c2cbcae9aa062db0d2a42563bfb09bdaae44020eb"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-hash"
 version = "2.1.1"
@@ -3055,16 +3148,16 @@ checksum = "8ee5873ec9cce0195efcb7a4e9507a04cd49aec9c83d0389df45b1ef7ba2e649"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "skim"
-version = "5.3.1"
+version = "5.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "68d9197637da59f90841d92ed2ed764223111b7190a5188fee9cc619ba5eb666"
+checksum = "1c1044cbd6a9ea36b2f19c6ec62520467d0cd90e12f190e40ae8c465aeaf2e97"
 dependencies = [
  "ansi-to-tui",
  "assert_enum_variants",
+ "color-eyre",
  "crossterm",
  "derive_builder",
  "derive_more",
- "eyre",
  "frizbee",
  "futures",
  "indexmap",
@@ -3595,6 +3688,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "valuable",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-error"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8b1581020d7a273442f5b45074a6a57d5757ad0a47dac0e9f0bd57b81936f3db"
+dependencies = [
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-log"
 version = "0.2.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9bc4bcb036..9dce3cfdf5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -276,7 +276,12 @@ wait-timeout = "0.2"
 # API, and earlier 4.x compile against an incompatible ratatui (`-Z
 # minimal-versions` otherwise resolves skim 4.6 against ratatui 0.30.1 and fails
 # to build).
-skim = { version = "5.0", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["frizbee"] }
+# Held at 5.1.0: skim 5.3.1 (bumped in #3526) regresses the picker on the legacy
+# Windows console — every picker PTY test fails with "Keyboard progressive
+# enhancement not implemented for the legacy Windows API", reddening
+# `test (windows)`. 5.1.0 is the last Windows-green release; unpin once the
+# keyboard-enhancement path is guarded for the legacy console.
+skim = { version = "=5.1.0", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["frizbee"] }
 # Pinned to skim's ratatui line so the `Line` type `display()` returns is the
 # same one skim consumes. `ansi-to-tui` parses ANSI SGR codes into ratatui spans.
 # Floor is 0.30.1: 0.30.0 is a broken release (its `#[instability::unstable]`