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Terminal cursor is sometimes positioned near the beginning of the prompt instead of at the end #324914
Expected Result:
The cursor should be positioned at the end of the prompt, after the current working directory, ready for input.
Actual Result:
Occasionally, the cursor is positioned near the beginning of the prompt instead of at the end. Any text that is typed is inserted at that incorrect cursor position, causing the command to appear in the wrong place within the prompt.
Heads up:
A comment was posted immediately after I opened this issue, offering a ZIP file (terminal_fix.zip) as a fix. This appears suspicious, as it was posted so quickly that it may have been generated automatically in response to new issues.
I recommend not downloading or running files from unsolicited comments.
Please wait for guidance from the VS Code maintainers or trusted contributors instead.
Indeed, several very recent issues in this repo have received similarly structured replies from different but brand new GH accounts, each linking to an attachment claimed to fix the issue.
The team seems to be aware of this incident and has been deleting the suspect comments from other issues.
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Mario-Cop commentedon Jul 8, 2026
Heads up:
A comment was posted immediately after I opened this issue, offering a ZIP file (
terminal_fix.zip) as a fix. This appears suspicious, as it was posted so quickly that it may have been generated automatically in response to new issues.I recommend not downloading or running files from unsolicited comments.
Please wait for guidance from the VS Code maintainers or trusted contributors instead.
gjsjohnmurray commentedon Jul 8, 2026
Mario Čop (@Mario-Cop)
Indeed, several very recent issues in this repo have received similarly structured replies from different but brand new GH accounts, each linking to an attachment claimed to fix the issue.
The team seems to be aware of this incident and has been deleting the suspect comments from other issues.