Backspacing a tab character in conpty causes visual corruption #5577

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opened 2026-01-31 00:16:27 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @getkirill on GitHub (Dec 15, 2019).

Environment

Windows build number: 18362.476
Windows Terminal version (if applicable): 0.7.3451.0

Python 3.5>>> 3.8

Steps to reproduce

Add to config file:

{
            // Make changes here to the python.exe profile
            "guid": "{0cab0dad-35be-5f56-a8ff-afceeeaa6101}",
            "name": "Python",
            "commandline": "C:\\Program Files\\Python35\\python.exe",
            "hidden": false,
	    "backgroundImage": "C:\\Users\\noncyrilicusername\\Documents\\DDLC\\extract\\src\\images.rpa\\images\\cg\\credits\\1.png",
            "backgroundImageOpacity": 0.5,
	    "icon": "C:\\Program Files\\Python35\\icon.png"
        }

Launch new tab, try to write text, press Enter, press Up Arrow, try to edit

Expected behavior

Normal text

Actual behavior

image

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Reference: starred/terminal#5577