Content and history of a terminal tab is lost when DPI of the system/display changes. #12221

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opened 2026-01-31 03:09:26 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @michkot on GitHub (Jan 27, 2021).

Environment

Windows build number: 10.0.18363.1256
Windows Terminal version : 1.4.3243.0

Steps to reproduce

Have a running WT instance with output in it.
Disconnect/connect a display (where different displays have differently set DPIs), which triggers "desktop reconfiguration".
Focus the WT window.

Expected behavior

You will see a (now DPI-rescaled) WT windows with an active tab with the previous content and you can scroll to history.

Actual behavior

There is no content in the tab, you don't see newly rendered content. You have to resize the WT window to resume functionality, but the last content is lost and so is the scroll history for that tab!

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Reference: starred/terminal#12221