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kiro-cli-term fails to launch on Ptyxis terminal #3845

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Operating system

Linux 7.0.0-22-generic - Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

Expected behaviour

kiro-cli-term should launch automatically when opening a new terminal session in Ptyxis (the default GNOME terminal on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS), and kiro-cli doctor should pass all checks.

Actual behaviour

kiro-cli-term does not launch. kiro-cli doctor reports:

✘ Kiro CLI terminal integrations: kiro-cli-term is not running in this terminal, please try restarting your terminal

The root cause is that kiro-cli _ should-figterm-launch does not recognize ptyxis-agent as a valid terminal emulator:

❌ ptyxis-agent | ptyxis-agent (334372) <- ✅ zsh (343580)
exit: 1

This causes SHOULD_QTERM_LAUNCH to be hardcoded as "1" (don't launch) in the output of kiro-cli init zsh pre.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Install Kiro CLI (minimal install) on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS with Ptyxis terminal
  2. Run kiro-cli integrations install dotfiles
  3. Open a new terminal session in Ptyxis
  4. Run kiro-cli doctor
  5. Observe the error: "kiro-cli-term is not running in this terminal"
  6. Run kiro-cli _ should-figterm-launch — outputs "❌ ptyxis-agent" with exit code 1

Environment

[q-details]
version = "2.6.1"
hash = "979b991de95e75ddf2318f67c6d196532502cad9"
date = "2026-06-08T21:12:27.520701Z (7d ago)"
variant = "minimal"

[system-info]
chip = "11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1145G7 @ 2.60GHz"
total-cores = 4
memory = "30.51 GB"

[system-info.os.linux]
kernel_version = "7.0.0-22-generic"
id = "ubuntu"
name = "Ubuntu"
pretty_name = "Ubuntu 26.04 LTS"
version_id = "26.04"
version = "26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon)"

[environment]
cwd = "/home/USER"
cli-path = "/home/USER"
os = "Linux"
shell-path = "/usr/bin/zsh"
shell-version = "5.9"
install-method = "unknown"

[env-vars]
DISPLAY = ":0"
PATH = "/home/USER/.local/bin:/home/USER/.sdkman/candidates/java/current/bin:/home/USER/.nvm/versions/node/v24.15.0/bin:/home/USER/.sdkman/candidates/quarkus/current/bin:/home/USER/.sdkman/candidates/maven/current/bin:/home/USER/.sdkman/candidates/java/current/bin:/home/USER/.sdkman/candidates/gradle/current/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:/snap/bin:/home/USER/.local/bin"
QT_IM_MODULE = "ibus"
SHELL = "/usr/bin/zsh"
TERM = "xterm-256color"
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP = "ubuntu:GNOME"
XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP = "ubuntu"
XDG_SESSION_TYPE = "wayland"
XMODIFIERS = "@im=ibus"

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