[BUG] `/terminal-setup` failes for Ghostty nix os config files
Resolved 💬 5 comments Opened Dec 25, 2025 by jpmcb Closed Feb 24, 2026
Preflight Checklist
- [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
- [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
- [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code
What's Wrong?
When running /terminal-setup in Ghostty, I always get the following failure with an uncaught error:
This error originated either by throwing inside of an async function without a catch block, or by rejecting a promise which was not handled with .catch(). The promise rejected with the reason:
Error: Failed to install Ghostty Shift+Enter key binding
at _MD (/$bunfs/root/claude:357:310)
at _MD (/$bunfs/root/claude:354:754)
at wtR (/$bunfs/root/claude:335:91870)
at wtR (/$bunfs/root/claude:335:92449)
If I had to guess, I _believe_ this is because I have my Ghostty config built from my Nix home-manager configs:
❯ ll ~/.config/ghostty/config
lrwxr-xr-x@ 1 jpmcb staff 85B Dec 22 08:44 /Users/jpmcb/.config/ghostty/config@ -> /nix/store/l04mf07crnxfcb5zlgn85qgnpdccqhlx-home-manager-files/.config/ghostty/config
and Claude code isn't following the link appropriately. At the least, a more helpful error message would help.
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Possibly related:
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/6344
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/1282
Steps to Reproduce
- Use a nixOS linked file for the ghotty config. For me, this lives in my MacOS home manager config and gets rebuilt during
darwin-rebuild -- switch - Run claude code
- Run
/terminal-setup
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- Ghostty:
1.2.3 - Claude Code:
2.0.76 (Claude Code) - MacOS: 15.6.1
- Nix: (if you're really curious, my configs are here: https://github.com/jpmcb/configs)
- Unstable packages
- Darwing nix
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