Ctrl+D to close a tab when profile has exited with error #17176

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opened 2026-01-31 05:34:23 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @NewtonChutney on GitHub (Apr 7, 2022).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

Currently, in a Terminal tab, when a process doesn't exit cleanly, i.e., exits with an error code, the terminal profile can either be set to close anyway, or exit if only there isn't any error [error code 0]..
I would like to see a behaviour wherein the error code is shown, and later on a press of Ctrl+D, the tab closes..

This, would be similar to the behaviour in some Linux terminal apps, wherein a terminal exits to the exit code on Ctrl+D, and on another press of Ctrl+D, it exits.

This implementation would make the process of closing WSL profiles quicker and easier.. wherein users logout with Ctrl+D, and then can close the tab on another Ctrl+D, if the process exited with an error code.

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

-Enhance the existing "Close only when process exits successfully" behaviour,
-or add a new behaviour option,
-or better yet, add a toggle for closing anyways upon Ctrl+D, which will enable it to work for the "Never close automatically" behaviour too! So that a user who might want to see the exit code 0, can please himself and then close the tab..😂

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Reference: starred/terminal#17176