microsoft / microsoft/terminal
Setting font crashes Terminal on startup
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Since Jan 14, 2026.
Area-Fonts
Issue-Bug
Needs-Repro
Priority-3
Product-Terminal
Severity-Crash
- Dominant language
- C++
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Description
Windows Terminal version
1.23.13503.0 (presumably)
Windows build number
No response
Other Software
CaskaydiaCove Nerd Font Mono
Steps to reproduce
Set defaults.font.face to CaskaydiaCove Nerd Font Mono
Expected Behavior
New font should be used. No crash.
Actual Behavior
Crash on startup. If added at runtime, the font renders, but then if I close and reopen terminal, it crashes.
Reported to me by @shanselman via Teams
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