Crash upon opening two instances #23409

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opened 2026-01-31 08:41:22 +00:00 by claunia · 2 comments
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Originally created by @jca-ave on GitHub (Jul 3, 2025).

Windows Terminal version

1.24.1821.0

Windows build number

10.0.22631.0

Other Software

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Steps to reproduce

  1. Open Windows Terminal by clicking the pinned taskbar icon.
  2. Right click the taskbar icon, click "Terminal Canary" to open another instance.
  3. After 5-10 seconds, existing terminal disappears and a new one is opened. You do not get two open instances.

Expected Behavior

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Actual Behavior

It crashes.

Originally created by @jca-ave on GitHub (Jul 3, 2025). ### Windows Terminal version 1.24.1821.0 ### Windows build number 10.0.22631.0 ### Other Software _No response_ ### Steps to reproduce 1. Open Windows Terminal by clicking the pinned taskbar icon. 2. Right click the taskbar icon, click "Terminal Canary" to open another instance. 3. After 5-10 seconds, existing terminal disappears and a new one is opened. You do not get two open instances. ### Expected Behavior _No response_ ### Actual Behavior It crashes.
claunia added the Needs-TriageIssue-Bug labels 2026-01-31 08:41:22 +00:00
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@jca-ave commented on GitHub (Jul 3, 2025):

I have a WER file of the crash, if you need it and it's safe to share.

@jca-ave commented on GitHub (Jul 3, 2025): I have a WER file of the crash, if you need it and it's safe to share.
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@lhecker commented on GitHub (Jul 3, 2025):

Thankfully this issue is very easy to reproduce and so we can just debug this regularly. I'll close this in favor of #19093 which describes the same issue but came earlier.

@lhecker commented on GitHub (Jul 3, 2025): Thankfully this issue is very easy to reproduce and so we can just debug this regularly. I'll close this in favor of #19093 which describes the same issue but came earlier.
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Reference: starred/terminal#23409