Memory leak on window resize #6995

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opened 2026-01-31 00:52:33 +00:00 by claunia · 2 comments
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Originally created by @seanhelling on GitHub (Mar 19, 2020).

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Windows build number: 10.0.19555.0
Windows Terminal version (if applicable): 0.10.761.0

Any other software?
zsh on WSL, oh-my-zsh

Steps to reproduce

  1. Open Terminal
  2. Resize window

Expected behavior

A resized window that continues to function properly

Actual behavior

Window is resized, Terminal consumes entirety of system memory and stops responding
terminal-leak

This issue is novel to the Windows Store update that was pushed to me this morning.

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claunia added the Resolution-Duplicate label 2026-01-31 00:52:33 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Mar 19, 2020):

Thanks for the report! This is actually tracked buy a bunch of other issues on this repo already: #4972, #4978, and the root cause #2815. In fact, this one's already fixed too, see PR #4964, which should be getting pushed out later today.

/dupe #4972 #4978 #2815

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Mar 19, 2020): Thanks for the report! This is actually tracked buy a bunch of other issues on this repo already: #4972, #4978, and the root cause #2815. In fact, this one's already fixed too, see PR #4964, which should be getting pushed out later today. /dupe #4972 #4978 #2815
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Mar 19, 2020):

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

@ghost commented on GitHub (Mar 19, 2020): Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!
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Reference: starred/terminal#6995