starred/terminal
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/microsoft/terminal.git synced 2026-09-24 16:05:21 +00:00
Code Issues 19.0k Packages Projects Releases 20 Wiki Activity

OSC 9;9 not working in WSL 2/Ubuntu? #17335

New Issue
Closed
opened 2026-01-31 05:39:30 +00:00 by claunia · 8 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:39:30 +00:00
Owner
Copy Link

Originally created by @dallonf on GitHub (Apr 25, 2022).

Windows Terminal version

1.12.10982.0

Windows build number

10.0.19044.0

Other Software

WSL 2, Ubuntu 20.04.4

Steps to reproduce

  1. Add to .bashrc, as instructed by the documentation:
PROMPT_COMMAND=${PROMPT_COMMAND:+"$PROMPT_COMMAND; "}'printf "\e]9;9;%s\e\\" "$(wslpath -w "$PWD")"'

  1. cd into a directory other than home directory

  2. Right-click the terminal tab and select "Duplicate Tab"

Expected Behavior

I would expect the new tab to open in the directory I navigated to in step 2.
Failing that, I would love to have some tools to troubleshoot what's going on. What does it think the current directory is?

Actual Behavior

The new tab opens in the home directory, as if I had created a brand new tab, seemingly completely ignoring the current directory.

As much as I hate to open a "it doesn't work" issue, I really am at a loss for how to troubleshoot more.

Originally created by @dallonf on GitHub (Apr 25, 2022). ### Windows Terminal version 1.12.10982.0 ### Windows build number 10.0.19044.0 ### Other Software WSL 2, Ubuntu 20.04.4 ### Steps to reproduce 1. Add to `.bashrc`, as instructed by the [documentation](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/tutorials/new-tab-same-directory#bash): ``` PROMPT_COMMAND=${PROMPT_COMMAND:+"$PROMPT_COMMAND; "}'printf "\e]9;9;%s\e\\" "$(wslpath -w "$PWD")"' ``` 2. `cd` into a directory other than home directory 3. Right-click the terminal tab and select "Duplicate Tab" ### Expected Behavior I would expect the new tab to open in the directory I navigated to in step 2. Failing that, I would love to have some tools to troubleshoot what's going on. What does it _think_ the current directory is? ### Actual Behavior The new tab opens in the home directory, as if I had created a brand new tab, seemingly completely ignoring the current directory. As much as I hate to open a "it doesn't work" issue, I really am at a loss for how to troubleshoot more.
claunia added the Issue-BugResolution-Duplicate labels 2026-01-31 05:39:30 +00:00
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:39:31 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Apr 28, 2022):

Did you make sure to restart bash after adding that to your bashrc/? It's weird this isn't working for you, it definitely is locally 😕

You might be able to help troubleshoot using the debug tap. That'll get a trace of all the input and output from the terminal, including (hopefully) the OSC9;9 sequence. Send us a screenshot and we might be able to figure out what the Terminal thinks it's getting here.

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Apr 28, 2022): Did you make sure to restart `bash` after adding that to your bashrc/? It's weird this isn't working for you, it definitely is locally 😕 You might be able to help troubleshoot using the [debug tap](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/wiki/Enabling-the-debug-tap). That'll get a trace of all the input and output from the terminal, including (hopefully) the OSC9;9 sequence. Send us a screenshot and we might be able to figure out what the Terminal thinks it's getting here.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:39:31 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@dallonf commented on GitHub (Apr 28, 2022):

Thanks for the response and instructions to find more info. I have definitely restarted bash several times - it was actually weeks ago I first noticed the issue, and only just now had time to report it.

Here's the debug tap of opening the terminal and cding into my devroot directory. At this point, I would expect duplicating a tab to go into the same directory, but it goes back home.

image

␛[?9001h␛[2J␛[m␛[H␛]0;Ubuntu␇␛[?25h␛[?25lTo␣run␣a␣command␣as␣administrator␣(user␣"root"),␣use␣"sudo␣<command>".␍␊See␣"man␣sudo_root"␣for␣details.␛[5;1H␛[?25h␛]9;9;\\wsl$\Ubuntu\home\dallonf␛\␛[32m␛[1mdallonf@Theseus-Desktop␛[m:␛[34m␛[1m~␛[m$␣␛]0;dallonf@Theseus-Desktop:␣~␇␛[67;46;99;1;0;1_␛[67;46;99;0;0;1_c␛[68;32;100;1;0;1_␛[68;32;100;0;0;1_d␛[32;57;32;1;0;1_␛[32;57;32;0;0;1_␣␛[68;32;100;1;0;1_␛[68;32;100;0;0;1_d␛[69;18;101;1;0;1_␛[69;18;101;0;0;1_e␛[86;47;118;1;0;1_␛[86;47;118;0;0;1_v␛[82;19;114;1;0;1_␛[82;19;114;0;0;1_r␛[9;15;9;1;0;1_oot/␛[9;15;9;0;0;1_␛[13;28;13;1;0;1_␛[13;28;13;0;0;1_␍␊␛]9;9;\\wsl$\Ubuntu\home\dallonf\devroot␛\␛[32m␛[1mdallonf@Theseus-Desktop␛[m:␛[34m␛[1m~/devroot␛[m$␣␛]0;dallonf@Theseus-Desktop:␣~/devroot␇
@dallonf commented on GitHub (Apr 28, 2022): Thanks for the response and instructions to find more info. I have definitely restarted bash several times - it was actually weeks ago I first noticed the issue, and only just now had time to report it. Here's the debug tap of opening the terminal and `cd`ing into my `devroot` directory. At this point, I would expect duplicating a tab to go into the same directory, but it goes back home. ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/346300/165746190-6127a46f-74cd-4724-8781-4b83c60d4d45.png) ``` ␛[?9001h␛[2J␛[m␛[H␛]0;Ubuntu␇␛[?25h␛[?25lTo␣run␣a␣command␣as␣administrator␣(user␣"root"),␣use␣"sudo␣<command>".␍␊See␣"man␣sudo_root"␣for␣details.␛[5;1H␛[?25h␛]9;9;\\wsl$\Ubuntu\home\dallonf␛\␛[32m␛[1mdallonf@Theseus-Desktop␛[m:␛[34m␛[1m~␛[m$␣␛]0;dallonf@Theseus-Desktop:␣~␇␛[67;46;99;1;0;1_␛[67;46;99;0;0;1_c␛[68;32;100;1;0;1_␛[68;32;100;0;0;1_d␛[32;57;32;1;0;1_␛[32;57;32;0;0;1_␣␛[68;32;100;1;0;1_␛[68;32;100;0;0;1_d␛[69;18;101;1;0;1_␛[69;18;101;0;0;1_e␛[86;47;118;1;0;1_␛[86;47;118;0;0;1_v␛[82;19;114;1;0;1_␛[82;19;114;0;0;1_r␛[9;15;9;1;0;1_oot/␛[9;15;9;0;0;1_␛[13;28;13;1;0;1_␛[13;28;13;0;0;1_␍␊␛]9;9;\\wsl$\Ubuntu\home\dallonf\devroot␛\␛[32m␛[1mdallonf@Theseus-Desktop␛[m:␛[34m␛[1m~/devroot␛[m$␣␛]0;dallonf@Theseus-Desktop:␣~/devroot␇ ```
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:39:31 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Apr 28, 2022):

Okay this might sound dumb, but what does running

wsl --cd \\wsl$\Ubuntu\home\dallonf\devroot

from the run dialog (win+r) get you/?

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Apr 28, 2022): Okay this might sound dumb, but what does running ``` wsl --cd \\wsl$\Ubuntu\home\dallonf\devroot ``` from the run dialog (`win+r`) get you/?
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:39:31 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@dallonf commented on GitHub (Apr 28, 2022):

Interesting question! That opens a shell (not Windows Terminal) of Ubuntu in the devroot directory - which I believe is expected behavior.

@dallonf commented on GitHub (Apr 28, 2022): Interesting question! That opens a shell (not Windows Terminal) of Ubuntu in the `devroot` directory - which I believe is expected behavior.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:39:32 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Apr 28, 2022):

There was something else recently about starting WSL.exe in WSL paths that was weird. IIRC it was an OS-side bug in WSL.exe, lemme see if I can't dig that one up. That might explain what we're seeing here...

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Apr 28, 2022): There was something else recently about starting WSL.exe in WSL paths that was weird. IIRC it was an OS-side bug in WSL.exe, lemme see if I can't dig that one up. That might explain what we're seeing here...
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:39:32 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@dallonf commented on GitHub (May 18, 2022):

Found a workaround, thanks to this comment: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/3158#issuecomment-1129340025

Using a profile that targets wsl.exe -d Ubuntu seems to work properly, while a profile that targets Ubuntu.exe has the behavior I described in this issue (for lack of a better summary, "not working").

@dallonf commented on GitHub (May 18, 2022): Found a workaround, thanks to this comment: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/3158#issuecomment-1129340025 Using a profile that targets `wsl.exe -d Ubuntu` seems to work properly, while a profile that targets `Ubuntu.exe` has the behavior I described in this issue (for lack of a better summary, "not working").
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:39:32 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Aug 1, 2022):

Oh you know what, I know what this is. This is that thing going around where ubuntu.exe just ignores the startingDirectory, including via duplicating the CWD. I'm pretty sure we're tracking this in /dup #12961. Sorry about that!

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Aug 1, 2022): Oh you know what, I know what this is. This is that thing going around where `ubuntu.exe` just ignores the `startingDirectory`, including via duplicating the CWD. I'm pretty sure we're tracking this in /dup #12961. Sorry about that!
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:39:32 +00:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@ghost commented on GitHub (Aug 1, 2022):

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

@ghost commented on GitHub (Aug 1, 2022): Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!
Sign in to join this conversation.
No Branch/Tag Specified
Branches Tags
Labels
Clear labels
⛺ Reserved
A11yCO
A11yMAS
A11ySev1
A11ySev2
A11ySev3
A11yTTValidated
A11yUsable
A11yVoiceAccess
A11yWCAG
Area-Accessibility
Area-AtlasEngine
Area-AzureShell
Area-Build
Area-Build
Area-Chat
Area-CmdPal
Area-CodeHealth
Area-Commandline
Area-CookedRead
Area-DefApp
Area-Extensibility
Area-Fonts
Area-GroupPolicy
Area-i18n
Area-Input
Area-Interaction
Area-Interop
Area-Localization
Area-Output
Area-Performance
Area-Portable
Area-Quality
Area-Remoting
Area-Rendering
Area-Schema
Area-Server
Area-Settings
Area-SettingsUI
Area-ShellExtension
Area-ShellExtension
Area-ShellExtension
Area-Suggestions
Area-Suggestions
Area-TerminalConnection
Area-TerminalControl
Area-Theming
Area-UserInterface
Area-VT
Area-Windowing
Area-WPFControl
AutoMerge
Blocking-Ingestion
Culprit-Centennial
Culprit-WinUI
Disability-All
Disability-Blind
Disability-LowVision
Disability-Mobility
External-Blocked-WinUI3
Fixed
Gathering-Data
good first issue
HCL-E+D
HCL-WindowsTerminal
Help Wanted
Impact-Compatibility
Impact-Compliance
Impact-Correctness
Impact-Visual
In-PR
InclusionBacklog
InclusionBacklog-Windows TerminalWin32
InclusionCommitted-202206
Issue-Bug
Issue-Docs
Issue-Feature
Issue-Feature
Issue-Question
Issue-Samples
Issue-Scenario
Issue-Task
Needs-Attention
Needs-Author-Feedback
Needs-Bisect
Needs-Discussion
Needs-Repro
Needs-Tag-Fix
Needs-Tag-Fix
Needs-Triage
No-Recent-Activity
Priority-0
Priority-1
Priority-2
Priority-3
Product-Cmd.exe
Product-Colortool
Product-Colortool
Product-Colortool
Product-Conhost
Product-Conpty
Product-Meta
Product-Powershell
Product-Terminal
Product-WSL
pull-request
Mirrored from GitHub Pull Request
 Resolution-Answered
Resolution-By-Design
Resolution-Duplicate
Resolution-External
Resolution-Fix-Available
Resolution-Fix-Committed
Resolution-No-Repro
Resolution-Won't-Fix
Severity-Blocking
Severity-Crash
Severity-DataLoss
spam
this-will-be-a-breaking-change
Tracking-External
WindowsTerminal_Win32
Work-Item
zAskModeBug
zInbox-Bug
No Label Issue-Bug Resolution-Duplicate
Milestone
No items
No Milestone
Projects
Clear projects
No project
Assignees
Clear assignees
claunia
No Assignees
1 Participants
Notifications
Due Date
No due date set.
Dependencies

No dependencies set.

Reference: starred/terminal#17335
Delete Branch "%!s()"

Deleting a branch is permanent. Although the deleted branch may continue to exist for a short time before it actually gets removed, it CANNOT be undone in most cases. Continue?