diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f95ef26..7779165 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,16 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.15.1] - 2026-10-23
+
+### Fixed
+- Ubuntu 26.04 hosts could not be polled (#41). systemd 258's
+  `/etc/profile.d/80-systemd-osc-context.sh` wraps every command of an interactive bash
+  in OSC 3008 sequences, so they ended up in every value read through the shell, the
+  prompt line with them: `os_version` grew past 255 characters. The session now unsets
+  `PS0` and `PROMPT_COMMAND` right after switching the history off and reads its prompt
+  anew, and `_send()` strips terminal codes from what it returns.
+
 ## [0.15.0] - 2026-10-23
 
 The first release on PyPI. It collects everything since 0.4.0, which was the last version recorded here.
diff --git a/napalm_linux/linux.py b/napalm_linux/linux.py
index 4bc0587..e383d36 100644
--- a/napalm_linux/linux.py
+++ b/napalm_linux/linux.py
@@ -165,6 +165,12 @@ _PRIVILEGED_STDIN = (
 #: a shell without ``set -o history`` (dash) only complains, to /dev/null.
 _HISTORY_OFF = " unset HISTFILE; set +o history 2>/dev/null; true"
 
+#: Sent right after ``_HISTORY_OFF`` (#41): systemd 258's
+#: ``/etc/profile.d/80-systemd-osc-context.sh`` wraps every command in OSC 3008
+#: sequences from ``PS0`` and ``PROMPT_COMMAND``, each with a fresh UUID. It appends
+#: to ``PROMPT_COMMAND`` as an array, so only ``unset`` removes its hook.
+_PROMPT_HOOKS_OFF = " unset PS0 PROMPT_COMMAND; true"
+
 #: First in every script ``_sudo`` runs: a sudo that does not prompt (NOPASSWD,
 #: a cached timestamp) leaves the password on stdin, and nothing may read it.
 _NO_STDIN = "exec </dev/null; "
@@ -421,6 +427,17 @@ class LinuxDriver(
                 "Could not switch the shell history off on %s", self.hostname, exc_info=True
             )
 
+        # No systemd OSC 3008 context around every command (#41). netmiko learned
+        # the prompt with those sequences in front, and a prompt carrying a fresh
+        # UUID never matches again, so it reads the prompt anew once they are gone.
+        try:
+            self._device.send_command(_PROMPT_HOOKS_OFF, expect_string=_PROMPT_RE)
+            self._device.set_base_prompt()
+        except Exception:
+            logger.debug(
+                "Could not switch the prompt hooks off on %s", self.hostname, exc_info=True
+            )
+
         # Prevent PTY from wrapping long output lines (e.g. docker JSON).
         try:
             self._device.send_command(
@@ -455,15 +472,16 @@ class LinuxDriver(
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def _send(self, command: str, read_timeout: float = 100) -> str:
-        """Send a command and return stripped output."""
+        """Send a command and return its output without terminal codes, stripped."""
         if not self._device:
             raise ConnectionClosedException("Not connected")
-        return self._device.send_command(
+        output = self._device.send_command(
             command,
             read_timeout=read_timeout,
             cmd_verify=False,
             expect_string=_expect_for(command),
-        ).strip()
+        )
+        return strip_terminal_codes(output).strip()
 
     def _sudo(self, command: str, read_timeout: float = 100) -> str:
         """Run *command* as root and return its output, stdout and stderr together.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2b89c29..40e0a66 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "napalm-linux"
-version = "0.15.0"
+version = "0.15.1"
 description = "NAPALM driver for generic Linux systems via SSH"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
diff --git a/tests/test_sudo_off_the_command_line.py b/tests/test_sudo_off_the_command_line.py
index 321c72d..06aaeee 100644
--- a/tests/test_sudo_off_the_command_line.py
+++ b/tests/test_sudo_off_the_command_line.py
@@ -236,7 +236,8 @@ class TestHistoryOff:
     def test_a_shell_that_refuses_it_does_not_stop_the_connection(self):
         driver = LinuxDriver("h", "admin", "p")
         device = MagicMock()
-        device.send_command.side_effect = [Exception("no prompt"), "", "/usr/bin/apt"]
+        # history off (refused), prompt hooks off (#41), stty, package manager
+        device.send_command.side_effect = [Exception("no prompt"), "", "", "/usr/bin/apt"]
         with patch("napalm_linux.linux.ConnectHandler", return_value=device):
             driver.open()
 
diff --git a/tests/test_systemd_osc_context.py b/tests/test_systemd_osc_context.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ed9bb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_systemd_osc_context.py
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+"""systemd's shell context sequences stay out of every command's output (#41).
+
+systemd 258 (Ubuntu 26.04) ships ``/etc/profile.d/80-systemd-osc-context.sh``.
+An interactive bash then wraps every command in OSC 3008 sequences, from ``PS0``
+before it runs and from ``PROMPT_COMMAND`` before the next prompt, each with a
+fresh UUID. netmiko's interactive shell is such a bash: the sequences ended up in
+every parsed value, and since the prompt never looked the same twice, netmiko
+left the prompt line in the output as well. ``os_version`` grew past 255
+characters and netOrk could not store the poll.
+"""
+
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+
+from napalm_linux.linux import _HISTORY_OFF, _PROMPT_HOOKS_OFF, LinuxDriver
+
+#: What ``cat /etc/os-release | grep PRETTY_NAME ...`` returned through netmiko on
+#: an Ubuntu 26.04.1 host (2026-10-23), the prompt line already gone.
+_UBUNTU_2604_OS_RELEASE = (
+    "\x1b]3008;end=87c2e1c5-f850-4429-9f06-749e9be783e6;exit=success\x1b\\"
+    "\x1b]3008;start=bc3bc23b-2652-4826-8192-be447f97dd6f;type=command;"
+    "machineid=35cf42f3beb446bbb9aa95b937a0cf48;user=netork;hostname=ubuntu;"
+    "bootid=d32bd88c-dfce-40fe-9869-257bf50ef0e0;pid=20059;cwd=/home/netork\x1b\\"
+    "Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS\n"
+)
+
+
+def _opened(device: MagicMock) -> LinuxDriver:
+    driver = LinuxDriver("h", "admin", "p")
+    with patch("napalm_linux.linux.ConnectHandler", return_value=device):
+        driver.open()
+    return driver
+
+
+class TestPromptHooksOff:
+    def test_the_session_drops_the_hooks_right_after_the_history(self):
+        device = MagicMock()
+        device.send_command.return_value = "/usr/bin/apt"
+
+        _opened(device)
+
+        sent = [c.args[0] for c in device.send_command.call_args_list]
+        assert sent[:2] == [_HISTORY_OFF, _PROMPT_HOOKS_OFF]
+
+    def test_it_unsets_both_hooks_including_an_array_prompt_command(self):
+        # The script appends to PROMPT_COMMAND as an array; assigning the empty
+        # string would only clear element 0 and leave systemd's hook running.
+        assert _PROMPT_HOOKS_OFF.startswith(" ")
+        assert "unset PS0 PROMPT_COMMAND" in _PROMPT_HOOKS_OFF
+
+    def test_the_prompt_is_read_again_once_the_hooks_are_gone(self):
+        # netmiko learned the prompt with the sequences in front of it; a prompt
+        # carrying a UUID never matches again, so strip_prompt would keep failing.
+        device = MagicMock()
+        device.send_command.return_value = "/usr/bin/apt"
+
+        _opened(device)
+
+        calls = [(c[0], c.args[0] if c.args else None) for c in device.mock_calls]
+        hooks_off = calls.index(("send_command", _PROMPT_HOOKS_OFF))
+        assert "set_base_prompt" in [name for name, _ in calls[hooks_off + 1 :]]
+
+    def test_a_shell_that_refuses_it_does_not_stop_the_connection(self):
+        device = MagicMock()
+        device.send_command.side_effect = ["", Exception("no prompt"), "", "/usr/bin/apt"]
+
+        driver = _opened(device)
+
+        assert driver._device is device
+
+
+class TestSendStripsTerminalCodes:
+    def test_os_version_comes_back_without_the_context_sequences(self):
+        device = MagicMock()
+        device.send_command.return_value = _UBUNTU_2604_OS_RELEASE
+        driver = LinuxDriver("h", "admin", "p")
+        driver._device = device
+
+        assert driver._send("cat /etc/os-release") == "Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS"