RooCode creates what appears to be a shadow file system

[InTEGr8or]

App Version

Version: 3.25.17 (7f1e6cb)

API Provider

Google Gemini

Model Used

gemini-2.5-flash-preview-05-20:thinking

Roo Code Task Links (Optional)

Your shared task link on this form, https://app.roocode.com/share/task-id, returns HTTP 404. I would like to know how to do that.

Ok, I found it: https://app.roocode.com/share/task-id.

Nope. That's the task shared from the chat header button.

In any case, Roo-Code creates a shadow file system, or something. It has a shadow terminal. I tried to turn it of because I want a record of every command to go into my terminal, the shared terminal.

I can still see Roo-Code executing commands and streaming results in some little tiny pane inside the chat.

In my current chat, I could see the LLM pretend to write the file, mark the TODO that the file had been written, and cat out the full contents of the file into the fake terminal, all while I was trying to get it to use the real terminal. I have the fake terminal setting turned OFF.

To be clear, I have "Disable terminal shell integration" off, in the unchecked state.

According to the docs: "Keep this checkbox CHECKED (recommended): Roo Code will execute commands using its built-in inline terminal, displaying output directly within the chat interface."

I have it off, because I don't want it doing what it is doing. I don't want it to execute commands in the "inline terminal" that I do not have access to or any record of.

Even though I have it of, the LLM is executing commands, or pretending to execute commands, in some kind of sidereal terminal that doesn't affect the OS file system.

🔁 Steps to Reproduce

OS: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS on Windows 10 x86_64
Shell: bash 5.2.21

💥 Outcome Summary

I can provide any additional info that will help anyone or for curious people.

📄 Relevant Logs or Errors (Optional)

[daniel-lxs]

Hey @author, thank you for the detailed report. Are you seeing any errors regarding the integrated terminal? On some occasions Roo Code isn’t able to access the integrated terminal, and in those cases it falls back to the inline terminal regardless of the setting. That might explain the behavior you’re seeing.

If possible, could you share any logs or screenshots from when this happens? That would help us narrow down what’s going on.

[InTEGr8or]

I was seeing an integrated terminal error. Often, actually.

Roo-Code does not seem to be able to open one terminal in "watch" or "follow" streaming mode and then move to another terminal for commands. I've got it to do that once or twice but it usually executes a long-running or streaming command and then just sits there doing nothing while the terminal doesn't return control.

I'm running another command right now that requires me to log in in the terminal, and it doesn't timeout for that, but sometimes it tries to write to a file, or my system is running slow, and it times out or errors on menial tasks.

I will see if I can get back into the chat, but it was one of those long ones that I might have compressed.