rendering terminal

[gato-72]

Type: Bug

there is not steps the rendering of the text in the terminal
is very bad for the last 4 days

VS Code version: Code 1.120.0 (Universal) (0958016, 2026-05-12T20:17:22Z)
OS version: Darwin arm64 24.6.0
Modes:

System Info

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Memory (System)	36.00GB (1.46GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id c7cab60a-f702-4311-a768-c2f7249aaf7a
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

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remote-containers	ms-	0.459.0
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ngrok-for-vscode	phi	1.10.1
vscode-yaml	red	1.23.0
LiveServer	rit	5.7.10
pdf	tom	1.2.2

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[gato-72]

this is constant , when you re arrange window re renders the text correctly but is a pain

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[gato-72]

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: yes

VS Code Version: 1.116.0
OS Version: OSX 15.7.4 (Sequoia)
Steps to Reproduce:
Open VS Code.
write anything in the terminal
randomly will render or not the text like in the ss attached