microsoft / microsoft/terminal

"Launch at login" setting doesn't display reason when automatically disabled by OS setting

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Since Sep 15, 2026.

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

Windows Terminal version

main @ 0319ece2192129e74edf27afb6bf8b25b157d111

Windows build number

N/A

Other Software

N/A

Steps to reproduce
  1. Open the settings UI
  2. Navigate to the Startup page
  3. Observe the "Launch at login" setting
Expected Behavior

There should be a described reason when it's disabled. The localized text should already exist. The PR that introduced this bug was #20200

Actual Behavior
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