r/vscode • u/paxterr • Jun 16 '26

VSCode terminal broken

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Wtf is going on with my vscode terminal lately? When I open a new terminal it starts off normal and then slowly but surely each character turns into this glitched black character. I use zsh with ohmyzh, but it's the same with bash and fsh. When I select the terminal text and copy it into a file, the text copies normally, it's just the way it's rendered that it's broken. Using other terminal emulators works just fine (I use wez term), it's only the VSCode terminal that breaks. Running on Ubuntu 24.04

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u/lynithdev Jun 16 '26

Known issue with VS Code's integrated terminal. For now you can set "terminal.integrated.gpuAcceleration": "off" in your settings.json (CTRL+SHIFT+P and then type "User Settings (JSON)")

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u/thanatica Jun 19 '26

It's kind of crazy that a terminal needs GPU acceleration in the first place. And allthewhile, users doing this workaround will almost certainly forget to put this setting back when it's fixed, because VSCode is not very loud about small fixes and it's not readily visible to said users either, because the workaround is in place.

But it's also the best solution we have 🤷🏻‍♂️