Integrated Terminal displays black blocks obscuring text (GPU acceleration & extensions disabled)

[gaowqspace]

Hi everyone,

I am experiencing a persistent rendering issue in the VS Code integrated terminal. Solid black rectangular blocks randomly cover specific text output (for example, obscuring my command inputs like npm run dev).

I have already tried the standard troubleshooting steps, but the issue persists.

What I have tried so far (None of these worked):

1. Changed terminal.integrated.gpuAcceleration to off and canvas.
2. Disabled global hardware acceleration via argv.json ("disable-hardware-acceleration": true).
3. Disabled terminal.integrated.shellIntegration.enabled.
4. Ran VS Code in safe mode with all extensions disabled (code --disable-extensions).
5. Switched default terminal profiles (tested on both PowerShell and Command Prompt).
6. Switched to default official color themes (e.g., Dark Modern).

Environment:

• OS: Windows 10
• VS Code Version:

Screenshot:

Has anyone encountered a similar bug or knows of a deeper workaround? Any pointers would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.

[alefragnani]

Hi @gaowqspace,

It seems you are facing this issue: microsoft/vscode#312087. I would suggest you to upvote and subscribe, so you will be notified when fixed/workarounds.

BTW, in the future, if you are facing issues with VS Code usage, please report it directly to the VS Code repo https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/, once this discussions repo is intended for extension development only, for now.

Hope this helps

[gaowqspace]

Thanks for your reply, I noticed that vscode/issues.

[Fgerthoffert]

Faced the same issue, disabling Terminal GPU Acceleration fixed it right away: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5643467/my-vs-code-integrated-terminal-is-completely-blank