[Bug] Backgrounded processes via `cmd &` silently die when shell exits

Status Open
Reported on v2.1.276
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Activity 0 comments · opened Sep 23, 2026

Bug Description
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│ ✻ Bug report drafted: Backgrounding a long-lived process via cmd & inside a Bash call silently dies with the shell │
│ │ What happened: Twice in this session the model launched a long-running harness kernel process by appending & (with output to /dev/null) inside a single Ba… │
│ 1 to review · 2 to send · 0 to dismiss │
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Environment Info

  • Platform: win32
  • Terminal: windows-terminal
  • Version: 2.1.276
  • Feedback ID: e57a06bd-3159-4c69-aa0e-62cfcec9f2be

Errors

[{"error":"TelemetrySafeError: VirtualMessageList: itemKeys/messages length desync (keys=184 messages=182 range=[123,184))\n    at cZt (B:/~BUN/root/chunk-j41eq7es.js:37:31015)\n    at Fve (B:/~BUN/root/chunk-j41eq7es.js:37:21914)\n    at Xs (B:/~BUN/root/chunk-cg0jytez.js:18:20036)\n    at fu (B:/~BUN/root/chunk-cg0jytez.js:18:38202)\n    at pm (B:/~BUN/root/chunk-cg0jytez.js:18:84284)\n    at Eb (B:/~BUN/root/chunk-cg0jytez.js:18:83284)\n    at wu (B:/~BUN/root/chunk-cg0jytez.js:18:83113)\n    at sm (B:/~BUN/root/chunk-cg0jytez.js:18:79637)\n    at ft (B:/~BUN/root/chunk-cg0jytez.js:18:6261)\n    at Jn (B:/~BUN/root/chunk-cg0jytez.js:18:4792)","timestamp":"2026-09-20T17:24:21.628Z"}]

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