Clipboard not working properly with Windows Terminal Preview #21465

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opened 2026-01-31 07:45:28 +00:00 by claunia · 3 comments
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Originally created by @kvietmeier on GitHub (Apr 2, 2024).

Windows Terminal version

1.20.10822.0

Windows build number

Win32NT 10.0.22631.0 Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.22631.0

Other Software

Any text based utility or application.

Steps to reproduce

Open Windows terminal, run commands, then try to copy text output of commands to another application.

It works the first couple of times then stops.

For example - as soon as I run:

ssh -vvv user@host
I can't copy any of the debug out from the terminal window.

Expected Behavior

To be able to seamlessly cut and paste to-from a W T session.

Actual Behavior

You can't. Selected text isn't placed in the clipboard.

Originally created by @kvietmeier on GitHub (Apr 2, 2024). ### Windows Terminal version 1.20.10822.0 ### Windows build number Win32NT 10.0.22631.0 Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.22631.0 ### Other Software Any text based utility or application. ### Steps to reproduce Open Windows terminal, run commands, then try to copy text output of commands to another application. It works the first couple of times then stops. For example - as soon as I run: > ssh -vvv user@host I can't copy any of the debug out from the terminal window. ### Expected Behavior To be able to seamlessly cut and paste to-from a W T session. ### Actual Behavior You can't. Selected text isn't placed in the clipboard.
claunia added the Issue-BugResolution-Duplicate labels 2026-01-31 07:45:29 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Apr 2, 2024):

Looks like #16982 is a pretty active thread about the same recent regression - let's use that to track this issue. Thanks!

/dup #16982

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Apr 2, 2024): Looks like #16982 is a pretty active thread about the same recent regression - let's use that to track this issue. Thanks! /dup #16982
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Reference: starred/terminal#21465