Windows subprocess console flash suppression fixes
Cluster 54220 · agent/transports. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #69850 on 23 Jul 2026. Check it covers your case.
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- Known?
- Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
- Fix event
- A fix was merged to main in PR #69850. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
- Tracker
- The maintainers' tracker marks this
unresolved. That is separate from the fix event. - Still open
- Nothing open on GitHub.
Multiple fixes and a tracking issue addressing unwanted console/terminal window flashes on Windows when the desktop app spawns background subprocesses (git, gh, ffmpeg, wmic, bash, etc.). Approaches include adding CREATE_NO_WINDOW flags and adjusting how the backend process itself is launched.
Open issues0
Open PRs0
Fixes on record
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#69850 fix(windows): hide console flashes in GUI-reachable exec paths and provider transports (#56747)
files:
agent/copilot_acp_client.py,agent/transports/codex_app_server.py,cli.py,tests/test_windows_subprocess_no_window_flags.py,tui_gateway/server.py
1 PR closed without merging
From the close comments: merged via another change 1
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#56877 fix(windows): hide console flashes in GUI-reachable exec paths and provider transports · merged via another change →
#69850,#54220
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#54220[Tracking] Windows Desktop GUI: console windows (cmd/conhost/git/gh/powershell) flash on subprocess spawns
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- agent/transports
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- #69850
- Closed issues
- 1
- Attempts
- 1 PR closed without merging
- Fix link checked
- 23 Jul 2026