Ghostty 1.3.1

Ghostty 1.3.1 includes changes from 15 contributors over 100 commits. This is a patch release focused on fixing regressions introduced in 1.3.0, especially on macOS, along with a handful of targeted improvements.

PRs: #11276

Ghostty 1.3.0 had a very noticeable bug on macOS where phantom mouse events would occur after focus changes, leading to phantom drag, selection, and scroll events.

This issue is now resolved.

Full list of closed issues on GitHub.

In each section, we try to sort improvements before bug fixes.

• New configuration: progress-style controls whether OSC 9;4 progress bars are shown, allowing progress bars to be disabled entirely. #11289
• New binding actions set_surface_title:<title> and set_tab_title:<title> allow direct title setting from keybinds and other action entry points. #11373 #11316
• The working-directory configuration now expands ~/ paths. #11337 #11336
• jump_to_prompt:next now handles multiline prompts correctly when moving forward through prompts. #11331 #11330

• zsh: Improve prompt marking compatibility with dynamic themes and prompt rebuild behavior. #11367
• bash: Multiline PS1 prompts with command substitutions no longer break due to mark insertion behavior. #11369
• bash: Readline vi mode indicator redraws no longer introduce extra newlines. #11377 #10953

• macOS: paste_from_clipboard is now performable: for keybind parity with GTK. #11328 #10751
• macOS: Fix stale mouse state leading to phantom drag/selection behavior after focus changes. #11276 #11319
• macOS: Fix window sizing regressions where opening tabs could unexpectedly resize windows under certain configurations. #11313 #11322 #11380
• macOS: Fix configuration cycle detection when loading config files from App Support paths. #11323 #11326
• macOS: Inline tab title editing now correctly restores keyboard focus after confirming or canceling edits. #11320
• macOS: Fix fullscreen tab title rename hit testing so you can now double-click to rename tabs in native fullscreen. #11353
• macOS: Split drag handles no longer appear in native fullscreen with no splits. #11376
• macOS: Split drag handles only appear when the mouse is somewhat near them. #11379
• macOS: Ghostty keybinds once again override system macOS keybinds, so keys such as super+h are once again bindable. #11396 #11403
• macOS: Automatic one-time code inputs will no longer appear in the terminal. #11351
• macOS: Improve first-window positioning, window cascading, and split drag-to-new-window placement behavior. #11421 #11426 #11429
• macOS: The AppleScript tab selection command no longer activates the application unexpectedly. #11459

• GTK: +new-window now correctly handles inferred --working-directory when used with -e. #11357 #11356
• Snap: Ghostty no longer leaks LD_LIBRARY_PATH from the snap launcher into child processes, avoiding runtime conflicts in launched applications. #11431

No changes for package maintainers in this release.

We're still investigating other 1.3.x regressions and issues, and I do expect a 1.3.2 release at some point. The plan is for that release to be a bit further out than the 1.3.1 release, which focused on critical release-day bugs.