The latest stable release of Windows Terminal 1.25 introduces significant fixes for memory leaks and crashes, alongside advanced customization options and expanded input support, marking a major step in improving user experience and stability.
Microsoft has pushed Windows Terminal 1.25.2733.0 into the stable channel, bringing a cluster of reliability fixes that appear aimed squarely at long-standing stability complaints. According to the release notes on GitHub and reports from Neowin and Windows Forum, the update carries forward changes from the Preview 1.26 branch into production, while adding a refreshed settings search experience and improvements to keyboard handling.
The most important fixes centre on memory behaviour and crash reduction. The release addresses memory leaks, including excessive consumption linked to the Desktop Window Manager, alongside rendering delays that could appear when resuming from sleep. Microsoft has also fixed fatal crashes triggered by Xbox controller command connections, a fault highlighted in several reports on the release.
Windows Terminal 1.25.2733.0 also expands input support with full compatibility for the Kitty keyboard protocol. Microsoft says that this improves the terminal’s handling of repeated key presses, dead keys, the numeric keypad Enter key and AltGr mapping. For users working in East Asian console environments, the update adds a setting to control the width of ambiguous Unicode characters, which can affect how some symbols are rendered across Chinese, Japanese and Korean input workflows.
The new build goes beyond bug fixes. It introduces a more advanced actions editor for terminal customisation, window persistence options with or without scrollback history, and community translations for Serbian Cyrillic and Ukrainian. The stable release also follows a wider multi-channel cadence, with one report noting that Microsoft moved Terminal 1.25 to stable, patched 1.24 and advanced 1.26 into Preview on the same day.
For developers building the project, Microsoft has raised the bar to Visual Studio 2026 and Windows SDK 10.0.26100. The release notes on GitHub also indicate that newer versions of Windows now use faster APIs for app catalogue queries and fragment extension detection. As with previous releases, the update is available from the project’s GitHub assets as an msixbundle, giving users another route beyond the Microsoft Store.
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