microsoft / microsoft/terminal

Accessibility is beeing sometimes lost when opening a new windows terminal window

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Since Jul 26, 2023.

Area-Accessibility Issue-Bug Needs-Repro Product-Terminal
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Description

### Windows Terminal version

1.17.11461.0

### Windows build number

Version 22H2 (OS Build 19045.3086)

### Other Software

tested with screenreader nvda 2023.1 release and latest snapshot versions

### Steps to reproduce

Open windows terminal window;
try to enter some characters and navigate through them with arrow keys or NVDA's move by lines numpat7 and numpad9

### Expected Behavior

NVDA should read contents as expected

### Actual Behavior

sometimes nvda is not able to read contents of a windows terminal and it is needed to close and open window multiple times to restore accessibility functionality. When accessibility is lost, nvda says only word pane

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