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The new Windows Terminal and the original Windows console host, all in the same place!

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Forks: 9.6k
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 1.7k
Avg merge: 3d 17h
Merged PRs (30d): 29

Dominant language: C++
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Sep 18, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
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1,676 open issues indexed

Copy link URL from OSC 8 hyperlinks Open

Issue-Feature Needs-Tag-Fix Needs-Triage

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/terminal#20698 · Opened Sep 19, 2026
Add setting to disable resize overlay (COLS × ROWS) Open

Issue-Feature Needs-Tag-Fix Needs-Triage

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 66/100

microsoft/terminal#20694 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 17, 2026
WriteConsoleW hangs forever writing a 2-column glyph to the last column with wrapping disabled Open

Issue-Bug Needs-Triage

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/terminal#20693 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 17, 2026
Agent working in background opens new terminal tab and steals focus Open

Issue-Bug Needs-Triage

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

microsoft/terminal#20692 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 17, 2026
Put a bright yellow (EXPERIMENTAL) badge on a setting Open

Area-UserInterface Issue-Task Needs-Triage Product-Terminal

microsoft/terminal#20687 · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 15, 2026
[Windows 10] Some icons are missing from the Settings UI Open

Area-UserInterface Issue-Bug Needs-Triage Product-Terminal

microsoft/terminal#20686 · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 15, 2026
"Launch at login" setting doesn't display reason when automatically disabled by OS setting Open

Area-UserInterface Issue-Bug Needs-Triage Product-Terminal

microsoft/terminal#20685 · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 15, 2026
SUI items should be more transparent Open

Area-UserInterface Issue-Bug Needs-Triage Product-Terminal

microsoft/terminal#20684 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 15, 2026
Dragging tabs crashes Windows terminal, killing all child processes Open

Issue-Bug Needs-Triage

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/terminal#20674 · Opened Sep 13, 2026
Scrollback commands conflict with common editing shortcuts Open

Issue-Feature Needs-Tag-Fix Needs-Triage

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

microsoft/terminal#20672 · Opened Sep 13, 2026
Terminal freezes when editing the file name in the "Export Text" Save As dialog Open

Issue-Bug Needs-Triage

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

microsoft/terminal#20666 · Opened Sep 11, 2026
Retain tab color when duplicating a tab Open

Issue-Feature Needs-Tag-Fix Needs-Triage

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

microsoft/terminal#20662 · 4 comments · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Expose Windows IME status to terminal applications Open

Issue-Feature Needs-Tag-Fix Needs-Triage

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/terminal#20653 · 4 comments · Opened Sep 8, 2026
Feasibility of not requiring prompt edits in pwsh for Shell Integration features Open

Issue-Feature Needs-Tag-Fix Needs-Triage

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/terminal#20642 · 3 comments · Opened Sep 3, 2026
[Windows 10] Deleting a workspace doesn't remove it from the workspace menu Open

Area-UserInterface Issue-Bug Needs-Triage Product-Terminal

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

microsoft/terminal#20637 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 2, 2026
The workspace menu stays open if I interact with the delete dialog Open

Area-UserInterface Issue-Bug Needs-Triage Product-Terminal

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 65/100

microsoft/terminal#20636 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 2, 2026
Loading a 96-character soft font will also replace a matching 94-character set Open

Area-VT Issue-Bug Priority-3 Product-Conhost Product-Terminal

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

microsoft/terminal#20631 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 1, 2026
Ctrl+click on an OSC 8 hyperlink in VT mouse mode both opens the link and forwards the button-release Open

Area-TerminalControl Issue-Bug Priority-3 Product-Terminal

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/terminal#20630 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 1, 2026
Tamil Language Text Overlaps in Terminal. Open

Issue-Bug Needs-Author-Feedback Needs-Triage

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

microsoft/terminal#20615 · 11 comments · Opened Aug 27, 2026
[Windows Terminal – Settings – Startup]: Voice Access does not display numbers for the collapsed 'Launch size' and 'Launch parameters' controls. Open

A11ySev3 A11yVoiceAccess A11yWCAG Area-Accessibility HCL-E+D HCL-WindowsTerminal Issue-Bug Product-Terminal WindowsTerminal_Win32

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

microsoft/terminal#20604 · Opened Aug 26, 2026
[Windows Terminal - Appearance]: Text is truncated for 'Hide Terminal in the notification area when it is minimized' and 'Display a shield in the title bar when Windows Terminal is running as Administrator' after applying reflow settings. Open

A11ySev3 A11yWCAG Area-Accessibility HCL-E+D HCL-WindowsTerminal Issue-Bug Product-Terminal WindowsTerminal_Win32

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 65/100

microsoft/terminal#20603 · Opened Aug 26, 2026
{Freeway Bug} [Windows Terminal - Settings - Defaults]: Accessible name is not defined for Icon options, causing screen reader to announce only "Icon group collapsed" without the selected icon value. Open

A11ySev2 A11yWCAG Area-Accessibility HCL-E+D HCL-WindowsTerminal Issue-Bug Product-Terminal WindowsTerminal_Win32

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

microsoft/terminal#20602 · Opened Aug 26, 2026
{Freeway Bug} [Windows Terminal - Settings - New/Edit Action]: Accessible name is missing for 'Delete action' button, causing screen reader to announce only "button". Open

A11ySev1 A11yWCAG Area-Accessibility HCL-E+D HCL-WindowsTerminal Issue-Bug Product-Terminal WindowsTerminal_Win32

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

microsoft/terminal#20601 · Opened Aug 26, 2026
{Freeway Bug} [Windows Terminal - Settings - New/Edit Action]: 'Delete action' button text truncates at 200% Text Scaling (Resize Text mode). Open

A11ySev2 A11yWCAG Area-Accessibility HCL-E+D HCL-WindowsTerminal Issue-Bug Product-Terminal WindowsTerminal_Win32

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 65/100

microsoft/terminal#20600 · Opened Aug 26, 2026
Windows Terminal text renders less sharply than Alacritty with identical font, size, AA and colors Open

Issue-Bug Needs-Attention Needs-Triage

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/terminal#20599 · 4 comments · Opened Aug 25, 2026
[Windows Terminal – Settings - Startup]: Screen reader announces comma and negative value incorrectly in 'Launch parameters' field. Open

A11ySev2 A11yWCAG Area-Accessibility HCL-E+D HCL-WindowsTerminal Issue-Bug Product-Terminal WindowsTerminal_Win32

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

microsoft/terminal#20598 · Opened Aug 25, 2026
[Windows Terminal – Settings – Startup]: 'Search for settings' text is slightly truncated after applying resize settings. Open

A11ySev3 A11yWCAG Area-Accessibility HCL-E+D HCL-WindowsTerminal Issue-Bug Product-Terminal WindowsTerminal_Win32

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

microsoft/terminal#20597 · Opened Aug 25, 2026
[Windows Terminal - Find]: 'Close' button is not visible after applying reflow settings. Open

A11ySev3 A11yWCAG Area-Accessibility HCL-E+D HCL-WindowsTerminal Issue-Bug Product-Terminal WindowsTerminal_Win32

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

microsoft/terminal#20596 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 25, 2026
[Windows Terminal - Command Palette]: 'Command Palette' text and keyboard shortcut are truncated after applying reflow settings. Open

A11ySev3 A11yWCAG Area-Accessibility HCL-E+D HCL-WindowsTerminal Issue-Bug Product-Terminal WindowsTerminal_Win32

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

microsoft/terminal#20595 · Opened Aug 25, 2026
[Windows Terminal - Help]: No keyboard shortcut is provided for the 'About' option. Open

A11yUsable Area-Accessibility HCL-E+D HCL-WindowsTerminal Issue-Bug Product-Terminal WindowsTerminal_Win32

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 64/100

microsoft/terminal#20594 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 25, 2026
[Windows Terminal - Context Menu]: Keyboard focus remains on the dismissed menu item after closing the context menu with the 'Esc' key. Open

A11ySev3 A11yWCAG Area-Accessibility HCL-E+D HCL-WindowsTerminal Issue-Bug Product-Terminal WindowsTerminal_Win32

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

microsoft/terminal#20593 · Opened Aug 25, 2026
{Freeway Bug} [Windows Terminal - Settings - New Tab Menu]: Screen reader does not announce confirmation or status updates when profiles are moved or deleted. Open

A11ySev3 A11yWCAG Area-Accessibility HCL-E+D HCL-WindowsTerminal Issue-Bug Product-Terminal WindowsTerminal_Win32

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

microsoft/terminal#20592 · Opened Aug 25, 2026
{Freeway Bug} [Windows Terminal - Settings - New Tab Menu]: Screen reader does not announce availability of Move Up, Move Down, and Delete actions for menu entries. Open

A11ySev3 A11yWCAG Area-Accessibility HCL-E+D HCL-WindowsTerminal Issue-Bug Product-Terminal WindowsTerminal_Win32

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

microsoft/terminal#20591 · Opened Aug 25, 2026
Windows Terminal on Intel-driven high-refresh monitor causes DWM to halve refresh rate across all monitors after prolonged Codex CLI usage Open

Issue-Bug Needs-Attention Needs-Triage

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/terminal#20589 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 25, 2026
{Freeway - Bug} [Windows Terminal - Settings - New Tab Menu]: Application closes unexpectedly when activating "Add profile matcher" button in Profile Matcher section. Open

A11yUsable Area-Accessibility HCL-E+D HCL-WindowsTerminal Issue-Bug Product-Terminal WindowsTerminal_Win32

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

microsoft/terminal#20587 · Opened Aug 25, 2026
{Freeway Bug} [Windows Terminal - Settings - Left Navigation Pane]: Long navigation items are truncated after applying 200% text scaling. Open

A11ySev2 A11yWCAG Area-Accessibility HCL-E+D HCL-WindowsTerminal Issue-Bug Product-Terminal WindowsTerminal_Win32

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

microsoft/terminal#20586 · Opened Aug 25, 2026
{Freeway Bug} [Windows Terminal - Settings - Extensions - Added Profiles]: Text in "Added Profiles" section truncates and overlaps when Reflow settings are applied. Open

A11ySev2 A11yWCAG Area-Accessibility HCL-E+D HCL-WindowsTerminal Issue-Bug Product-Terminal WindowsTerminal_Win32

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

microsoft/terminal#20585 · Opened Aug 25, 2026
{Freeway Bug} [Windows Terminal - Settings - Extensions]: Text in 'Added Profiles' section truncates and appears as vertical ellipsis at 200% Text Scaling. Open

A11ySev3 A11yWCAG Area-Accessibility HCL-E+D HCL-WindowsTerminal Issue-Bug Product-Terminal WindowsTerminal_Win32

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

microsoft/terminal#20584 · Opened Aug 25, 2026
{Freeway Bug} [Windows Terminal - Settings - Profile - Appearance]: Screen reader does not announce navigation hint for list items in 'Variable font axes' and 'Font features' sections, causing associated Edit/Delete actions to be undiscoverable. Open

A11ySev2 A11yWCAG Area-Accessibility HCL-E+D HCL-WindowsTerminal Issue-Bug Product-Terminal WindowsTerminal_Win32

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

microsoft/terminal#20579 · Opened Aug 24, 2026
{Freeway Bug} [Windows Terminal - Defaults - Appearance]: Screen reader does not announce associated section names (Text, Cursor, Background Image, Text Formatting, Transparency, Window, etc.) when navigating controls within sections. Open

A11ySev3 A11yWCAG Area-Accessibility HCL-E+D HCL-WindowsTerminal Issue-Bug Product-Terminal WindowsTerminal_Win32

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

microsoft/terminal#20578 · Opened Aug 24, 2026
{Freeway Bug} [Windows Terminal - Delete Profile Dialog]: Dialog content becomes inaccessible to keyboard users at 200% text scaling because horizontal scrolling is not keyboard accessible. Open

A11ySev2 A11yWCAG Area-Accessibility HCL-E+D HCL-WindowsTerminal Issue-Bug Product-Terminal WindowsTerminal_Win32

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

microsoft/terminal#20577 · Opened Aug 24, 2026
Mouse pointer flickers/disappears and selection/copy hangs in plain PowerShell Open

Area-UserInterface Issue-Bug Needs-Attention Product-Terminal

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/terminal#20571 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 21, 2026
The show/hide toggle button from the context menu freezes and crashes the whole terminal (all tabs, all windows) Open

Area-UserInterface Issue-Bug Priority-1 Product-Terminal Severity-Crash

microsoft/terminal#20570 · 3 comments · 2 assignees · Opened Aug 21, 2026
Holding Alt+Shift+Left/Right to resize panes stalls the UI (4+ panes) Open

Area-UserInterface Help Wanted Issue-Bug Priority-3 Product-Terminal

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/terminal#20562 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 20, 2026
AddASetting.md does not appear to be up-to-date Open

Area-Settings Issue-Docs Product-Terminal

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

microsoft/terminal#20550 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 15, 2026
bug: tab drag over terminal content can fail-fast in XAML due to DataView COM reentrancy under UI load Open

Needs-Repro Needs-Tag-Fix npc 🤖 Severity-Crash

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

microsoft/terminal#20512 · 8 comments · Opened Aug 5, 2026
SystemMenu is always light theme colored Open

Area-UserInterface Issue-Bug Priority-3 Product-Terminal Tracking-External

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 65/100

microsoft/terminal#20507 · 8 comments · Opened Aug 4, 2026
Microsoft Pinyin IME can't switch to Chinese in WT 1.24 on Win11 25H2 Build 26200 Open

Area-i18n Help Wanted Issue-Bug Needs-Repro Priority-3 Product-Terminal

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/terminal#20481 · 3 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Jul 29, 2026
Crash: null `IControlInteractivity` dereferenced in `TermControl::_PointerMovedHandler` (AV read @ 0x0) Open

Area-TerminalControl Issue-Bug Priority-3 Product-Terminal Severity-Crash

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/terminal#20477 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 28, 2026
Clear{Dark,Light}ColorSchemeName() does not clear a value inherited from a fragment parent Open

Area-Settings Issue-Bug Priority-3 Product-Terminal

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 56/100

microsoft/terminal#20462 · Opened Jul 23, 2026

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