aws / aws/amazon-q-developer-cli
Amazon Q defined 'shell integration' check does not always mean it is not setup
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### Checks
- [x] I have searched [github.com/aws/amazon-q-developer-cli/issues](https://github.com/aws/amazon-q-developer-cli/issues?q=) and there are no duplicates of my issue
- [x] I have run `q doctor` in the affected terminal session
- [x] I have run `q restart` and replicated the issue again
### Operating system
macOS 26.0.1 (25A362)
### Expected behaviour
don't always modify my .zshrc
### Actual behaviour
I manage my shell rc files differently. I've extracted what the Q Shell integration does for ZShell and I emulated the way it installs for my setup. Instead of checking for whether the ZSHRC file actually has the script in it, it should check if the command or the process is running in the terminal and it should definitely not always modify the ZSHRC file just for running Q Doctor.
### Steps to reproduce
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### Environment
```yaml
[q-details]
version = "1.17.1"
hash = "52301a3b0f81abff5ecde04a02481734c5c7ecc4"
date = "2025-09-30T22:25:33.521557Z (9d ago)"
variant = "full"
[system-info]
os = "macOS 26.0.1 (25A362)"
chip = "Apple M3"
total-cores = 8
memory = "24.00 GB"
[environment]
cwd = "/Users/USER/projects/adminhub"
cli-path = "/Users/USER/projects/adminhub"
os = "Mac"
shell-path = "/bin/zsh"
shell-version = "5.9"
terminal = "iTerm 2"
install-method = "brew"
[env-vars]
PATH = "/Users/USER/.local/share/mise/installs/ruby/3.3.6/bin:/Users/USER/.local/share/mise/installs/node/22.17.0/bin:/Users/USER/.local/share/mise/installs/python/3.12.3/bin:/opt/homebrew/opt/findutils/libexec/gnubin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/System/Cryptexes/App/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/local/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/appleinternal/bin:/Users/USER/.cargo/bin:/Applications/iTerm.app/Contents/Resources/utilities:/Users/USER/.local/bin:/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/bin"
QTERM_SESSION_ID = "a9a50174df7e4268a8e383d8808f2930"
Q_SET_PARENT_CHECK = "1"
Q_TERM = "1.17.1"
SHELL = "/bin/zsh"
TERM = "xterm-256color"
__CFBundleIdentifier = "com.googlecode.iterm2"
```
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