Terminal Crashes when Reopening closed settings window #22843

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opened 2026-01-31 08:24:59 +00:00 by claunia · 3 comments
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Originally created by @Mujtaba0150 on GitHub (Feb 5, 2025).

Windows Terminal version

1.21.10351.0

Windows build number

10.0.26100 Build 26100

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Steps to reproduce

Open the settings pane and then close it, reopen it using the "Restore the last closed pane or tab" shortcut, then close it again and reopen it. Upon trying to reopen the tab the second time, the terminal crashes

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/dfdd595f-2318-4ac3-a89e-c48db6a3d7c6

Expected Behavior

The settings pane should open again instead of crashing

Actual Behavior

Windows Terminal Crashes on reopening the closed settings pane the second time

Originally created by @Mujtaba0150 on GitHub (Feb 5, 2025). ### Windows Terminal version 1.21.10351.0 ### Windows build number 10.0.26100 Build 26100 ### Other Software _No response_ ### Steps to reproduce Open the settings pane and then close it, reopen it using the "Restore the last closed pane or tab" shortcut, then close it again and reopen it. Upon trying to reopen the tab the second time, the terminal crashes https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/dfdd595f-2318-4ac3-a89e-c48db6a3d7c6 ### Expected Behavior The settings pane should open again instead of crashing ### Actual Behavior Windows Terminal Crashes on reopening the closed settings pane the second time
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@carlos-zamora commented on GitHub (Feb 5, 2025):

Thanks for filing! Looks like a real bug 🐛

@carlos-zamora commented on GitHub (Feb 5, 2025): Thanks for filing! Looks like a real bug 🐛
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@carlos-zamora commented on GitHub (Feb 5, 2025):

Can you share your settings.json please /? We don't currently fully support opening settings as a pane(?!), so we're curious how you want about it

@carlos-zamora commented on GitHub (Feb 5, 2025): Can you share your settings.json please /? We don't currently fully support opening settings as a pane(?!), so we're curious how you want about it
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@Mujtaba0150 commented on GitHub (Feb 6, 2025):

Can you share your settings.json please /? We don't currently fully support opening settings as a pane(?!), so we're curious how you want about it

settings.json

I used the "restoreLastClosed" shortcut to reopen the terminal again after I had closed it.

Here are the crash dump files:

WindowsTerminal.exe(1).9032.dmp
WindowsTerminal.exe.9032.dmp

@Mujtaba0150 commented on GitHub (Feb 6, 2025): > Can you share your settings.json please /? We don't currently fully support opening settings as a pane(?!), so we're curious how you want about it [settings.json](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/18687367/settings.json) I used the "restoreLastClosed" shortcut to reopen the terminal again after I had closed it. Here are the crash dump files: [WindowsTerminal.exe(1).9032.dmp](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/18687476/WindowsTerminal.exe.1.9032.dmp) [WindowsTerminal.exe.9032.dmp](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/18687477/WindowsTerminal.exe.9032.dmp)
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Reference: starred/terminal#22843