Bash terminal cannot be closed or activated through task menu

[ulfllorenz]

Existing issues matching what you're seeing

• I was not able to find an open or closed issue matching what I'm seeing

Git for Windows version

git version 2.51.2.windows.1
cpu: x86_64
built from commit: bd2ecbae58213046a468256b95fc4864de25bdf5
sizeof-long: 4
sizeof-size_t: 8
shell-path: D:/git-sdk-64-build-installers/usr/bin/sh
feature: fsmonitor--daemon
libcurl: 8.16.0
OpenSSL: OpenSSL 3.5.4 30 Sep 2025
zlib: 1.3.1
SHA-1: SHA1_DC
SHA-256: SHA256_BLK
default-ref-format: files
default-hash: sha1

Windows version

Windows 11

Windows CPU architecture

x86_64 (64-bit)

Additional Windows version information

23H2

Options set during installation

Editor Option: VIM
Custom Editor Path:
Default Branch Option:
Path Option: Cmd
SSH Option: OpenSSH
Tortoise Option: false
CURL Option: WinSSL
CRLF Option: CRLFCommitAsIs
Bash Terminal Option: MinTTY
Git Pull Behavior Option: FFOnly
Use Credential Manager: Enabled
Performance Tweaks FSCache: Enabled
Enable Symlinks: Disabled
Enable FSMonitor: Disabled

Other interesting things

AdminByRequest. I never noticed this problem, at it may therefore be low priority, because you, well, open a bash to type something into it. AdminByRequest pushes an (admin) git bash behind all other windows, and only then are you tempted to access it through the task bar.

Terminal/shell

bash

Commands that trigger the issue

I executed the following procedure:

* Start a git bash play around with it, all well.
* Start a second git bash through the start menu. Do _not_ click on the appearing Window.
* Optionally, put some other Windows in front of git bash
* Go to the task bar with all the started programs, select the second git bash window, and close it. Or click on it for highlighting.

Expected behaviour

Clicking on close through the task bar should close the git bash.
Clicking on the git bash in the task bar should bring it to the foreground and give focus.

Actual behaviour

Clicking on close in the task bar preview Window does nothing.
Hovering over the bash in this preview Window brings it to the foreground, but clicking on it does nothing.

As soon as I click on the actual window of git bash once, I get the expected behavior.

Repository

No response

[ulfllorenz]

Forgot to mention: AdminByRequest seems not to be the cause of the problem, its behavior only caused me to use the seemingly defective workflow.