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[BUG REPORT] Git Bash for Windows Freezes When Receiving User Input

From
YLYuxuan Liao <homins2307@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 19, 2026, 00:11 UTC
Message-ID
<CAN3BLoV20U7HBXpSM=9aze-Pj_1y_Um6d1LodSeyPXDAp=sPPQ@mail.gmail.com>
Hi Git Community,

I encountered a Git Bash problem where it freezes when receiving user input. Below is the detailed bug report. Thank you so much for your time reading this.

Thank you for filling out a Git bug report! Please answer the following questions to help us understand your issue.

What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue)
1. Right click in a directory (e.g. "D:\") and select "Git Bash here"
to boot the git bash installation.
2. Switch my keyboard (Chinese(Simplified) Keyboard included in
Window's Chinese language package) to English mode by pressing Ctrl +
Space.
3. type english letters (e.g."git") in git bash. The program freezes.
It does not display the typed in letters. It cannot be shut down by
clicking the "X" at the top right of the git bash window. It cannot be
shut down by Task Manager as well.

What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior) Git Bash responds to my keyboard and displays what I type.

What happened instead? (Actual behavior) Git Bash freezes. Does not show what I type (e.g. "git"). It cannot be shut down by clicking the "X" at the top right of the git bash window. It cannot be shut down by Task Manager as well.

What's different between what you expected and what actually happened? Expected to show what the user types in. Actually user input freezes the program.

Anything else you want to add:
1. I can reproduce this problem on multiple machines.
2. The problem also occur if launched from Start Menu.

Please review the rest of the bug report below. You can delete any lines you don't wish to share.

[System Info]
git version:
git version 2.53.0.windows.1
cpu: x86_64
built from commit: a5512bdee37ed7142c233d21e2d347ffc4860ff3
sizeof-long: 4
sizeof-size_t: 8
shell-path: D:/git-sdk-64-build-installers/usr/bin/sh
rust: disabled
feature: fsmonitor--daemon
gettext: enabled
libcurl: 8.18.0
OpenSSL: OpenSSL 3.5.5 27 Jan 2026
zlib: 1.3.1
SHA-1: SHA1_DC
SHA-256: SHA256_BLK
default-ref-format: files
default-hash: sha1
uname: Windows 10.0 26200
compiler info: gnuc: 15.2
libc info: no libc information available
$SHELL (typically, interactive shell): C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\bash.exe

[Enabled Hooks] not run from a git repository - no hooks to show

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  1. Yuxuan LiaoFeb 19, 2026
  2. brian m. carlsonFeb 19, 2026

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