Terminal freezes and becomes completely unresponsive if DNS server is unreachable #23042

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opened 2026-01-31 08:30:42 +00:00 by claunia · 2 comments
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Originally created by @kghost on GitHub (Mar 23, 2025).

Windows Terminal version

1.21.10351.0

Windows build number

10.0.26100.3194

Other Software

When DNS server is unreachable, terminal works totally fine.

Steps to reproduce

Edit system network setting, set DNS to a fake address. Open terminal, it will freeze in a few seconds.

Expected Behavior

No response

Actual Behavior

Edit system network setting, set DNS to a fake address. Open terminal, it will freeze in a few seconds.

Originally created by @kghost on GitHub (Mar 23, 2025). ### Windows Terminal version 1.21.10351.0 ### Windows build number 10.0.26100.3194 ### Other Software When DNS server is unreachable, terminal works totally fine. ### Steps to reproduce Edit system network setting, set DNS to a fake address. Open terminal, it will freeze in a few seconds. ### Expected Behavior _No response_ ### Actual Behavior Edit system network setting, set DNS to a fake address. Open terminal, it will freeze in a few seconds.
claunia added the Needs-TriageIssue-BugNeeds-Author-FeedbackNo-Recent-Activity labels 2026-01-31 08:30:42 +00:00
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@DHowett commented on GitHub (Mar 24, 2025):

Are you using any icons which require network reachability/? If so: change those. :)

@DHowett commented on GitHub (Mar 24, 2025): Are you using any icons which require network reachability/? If so: change those. :)
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@microsoft-github-policy-service[bot] commented on GitHub (Mar 28, 2025):

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has been marked as requiring author feedback but has not had any activity for 4 days. It will be closed if no further activity occurs within 3 days of this comment.

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Reference: starred/terminal#23042