{"version":"2.1.301","anchor":"terminal-startup-query-vte-before-053-treated-as-unsettled","canonical_anchor":"terminal-startup-query-vte-before-053-treated-as-unsettled","heading":"Startup terminal check allows for older VTE terminals that show queries as text","tier":"notice","area":"Terminal UI","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.301\/e\/terminal-startup-query-vte-before-053-treated-as-unsettled","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.301","markdown":"### Startup terminal check allows for older VTE terminals that show queries as text\n\nClaude Code no longer treats its startup terminal check as settled on VTE before 0.53, which prints the check as text\n\n**What**\n\nWhen Claude Code starts, it sends your terminal a hidden question to find out what it supports. Terminals built on VTE versions older than 0.53 have a bug that prints questions they do not understand as visible text. Claude Code now reports its check as not settled on those terminals.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis helps avoid stray characters appearing on screen when Claude Code starts in older VTE terminals.\n\n- Area: Terminal UI\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}