Windows Terminal v1.18.3181.0

[DHowett]

Welcome to the mid-November servicing release for Windows Terminal!

This release includes the following bug fixes:

Bug Fixes

Usability

• Environment variables will no longer spontaneously disappear if one happens to have a NUL in it (env: properly handle nulls in REG_SZ strings #16190)
• The "Azure Cloud Shell" connector has been updated to support the new cloud shell protocol (Update Azure Cloud Shell for their new URI format #16247)
• The regression where "Cascadia Mono" (or "... Code") would not be found on upgrade has been un-regressed (Fix the fix for the fix of nearby font loading #16196)
• The light color schemes now include a selection background that is actually visible (Added selectionBackground to light color schemes #16243) (thanks @TahaHaksal!)
  • You may need to delete the light color schemes from your settings to see this change.
• With the new rendering engine, some pixel shaders should no longer cause characters to have a black background (AtlasEngine: Minor bug fixes #16219)

Reliability

• Terminal no longer leaks nigh-unto infinite amounts of memory when it's out of focus (Fix leak in buffering text for UIA when unfocused #16251)
• When you close a window on Windows 10, there's a much lower chance of Terminal blowing up spontaneously (Another theoretical fix for a crash #16267)
• (newly backported from 1.19) A rare crash seen on Windows 10 when creating a new window has been obliterated (Theoretical fix for some crashes #16047)

Miscellaneous

• The issue where stable-branded binaries contained a -preview moniker has been fixed (build: pass branding into the nuget variable template #16122)
• The system menu no longer grows hundreds of copies of the Settings... menu item when you close and reopen a window (Clear the system menu when we refrigerate a window #16225)

Binary files inside the unpackaged distribution archive bear the version number 1.18.231114001.

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Asset Hashes

• Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.18.3181.0_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle_Windows10_PreinstallKit.zip
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• Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.18.3181.0_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle
  • SHA256 1C5B383F79E5E5535AB1ADC8DEBF38E5AA4851450E6209FA25BFE81909B8E20D
• Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.18.3181.0_arm64.zip
  • SHA256 FBB2FB7FF4B16561EFFB03A952CDCC3DAC2FB1DDFC44A3A2BAF276E35319437F
• Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.18.3181.0_x64.zip
  • SHA256 8BB41F8552A8AB50F9AD0317EE2D7007CF42EE9780C62F9B5A15C1CBD3E4D71A
• Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.18.3181.0_x86.zip
  • SHA256 5A34110D68559EC83589D1F2D43538D00C4F34B72A538B7ED37D0717CE378F34

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This discussion was created from the release Windows Terminal v1.18.3181.0.

[Almighty188]

When will this version be on Microsoft Store?

[BurgundyDev]

Bumping the question by the user above, when's the update coming to MS Store?

[DHowett]

It looks like this version failed store certification for publishing to retail. Thanks!

[Almighty188]

Thanks, looks like mines actually updated via Microsoft Store on November 21, 2023, a day after I wrote the original comment above while others did not receive it until earlier today. Does being in Windows 11 Beta Insiders make a difference?

[DHowett]

Yep! We publish to the Beta channel a little faster than we publish to GA/Retail. Just to be on the safe side!

[robsmi-msfte]

We build custom images for customers, where we don't have Internet access during the build process. Therefore, we can't automatically update the inbox UWP apps.
Is there a way to update Terminal without connecting to the Store?
(I checked Store for Business and you can install Terminal, but I am not able to find a way to download the .MSIXbundle)

[jacktose]

Is there a plan to enable shell integration in the non-preview version?

[zadjii-msft]

Yep, we're tracking that in #15057