Terminal hangs or crashes after opening a tab #7999

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opened 2026-01-31 01:18:10 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @VentyCZ on GitHub (May 7, 2020).

This happens randomly - does not depend on the number of opened/closed tabs before happening.
Sometimes it just crashes after 3 tabs are open after launch, but then other times it never happens.
Usually happens, when connected to a remote machine through SSH and then opening another tab - crash.

Feedback hub link: https://aka.ms/AA8dewb

Environment

Windows build number: 10.0.19041.208
Windows Terminal version (if applicable): 0.11.1251.0
Using Ubuntu 18.04 and WSL2 (this terminal is set as default in my config).
No other changes to Terminal settings (default, auto-generated) except the "defaultProfile" setting.

Steps to reproduce

Keep opening and closing WSL tabs.

Expected behavior

Does not hang or crash.

Actual behavior

Either hangs or crashes with no error message.

Originally created by @VentyCZ on GitHub (May 7, 2020). This happens randomly - does not depend on the number of opened/closed tabs before happening. Sometimes it just crashes after 3 tabs are open after launch, but then other times it never happens. Usually happens, when connected to a remote machine through SSH and then opening another tab - crash. Feedback hub link: https://aka.ms/AA8dewb # Environment ```none Windows build number: 10.0.19041.208 Windows Terminal version (if applicable): 0.11.1251.0 Using Ubuntu 18.04 and WSL2 (this terminal is set as default in my config). No other changes to Terminal settings (default, auto-generated) except the "defaultProfile" setting. ``` # Steps to reproduce Keep opening and closing WSL tabs. # Expected behavior Does not hang or crash. # Actual behavior Either hangs or crashes with no error message.
claunia added the Needs-Tag-FixNeeds-Attention labels 2026-01-31 01:18:10 +00:00
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Reference: starred/terminal#7999