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 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
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+- Fixed the in-process `grep` builtin treating GNU basic-regex `\|` as a literal pipe, so default and `-G` searches now accept escaped alternation while `-E`, `-F`, and `-P` retain their selected regex dialects.
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 ## [16.5.2] - 2026-07-14
 
 ### Fixed