Under remote (ssh) GNU screen and tmux sessions large output causes horrible performance #10016

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opened 2026-01-31 02:10:16 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @jblaine on GitHub (Aug 5, 2020).

Environment

Windows build number: Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18363.959]
Windows Terminal version (if applicable): 1.1.2021.0

Windows 10 native ssh client
Remote Linux host running either tmux or GNU screen, multiple versions all work to reproduce issue

Steps to reproduce

ssh to a host
run screen or tmux or attach to an existing session of either
run cat on a large text file, such as one with 3000+ lines

Expected behavior

Terminal should display a somewhat consistent stream of text, like PuTTY, Powershell on its own, CMD.EXE on its own, and other tools do.

Actual behavior

Terminal displays a little, pauses for several seconds, displays some more, pauses, etc

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claunia added the Needs-TriageNeeds-Tag-FixNeeds-AttentionArea-Performance labels 2026-01-31 02:10:16 +00:00
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Reference: starred/terminal#10016