Ghostty is extremely slow when change directories using cd command
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Issue DescriptionWhen using Ghostty as my terminal emulator, changing directories with the cd command is noticeably and unacceptably slow. Instead of being instantaneous, there's a distinct delay ranging before the new prompt appears and the terminal is ready for the next command. Screen Recording 2025-11-17 at 3.20.42 PM.mov Expected BehaviorChanging directories using cd should be virtually instantaneous, similar to how it behaves in other terminals. Screen.Recording.2025-11-17.at.3.26.36.PM.movActual BehaviorAfter typing cd and pressing Enter, there is a distinct delay Reproduction Steps
Ghostty LogsGhostty VersionOS Version InformationmacOS 26.1 (25B78) (Linux only) Display ServerNone (Linux only) Desktop Environment/Window ManagerNo response Minimal Ghostty Configurationfont-size = 20
window-width = 84
window-height = 28
auto-update-channel = tipAdditional Relevant ConfigurationNo response I acknowledge that:
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It looks like you have secure keyboard entry permanently enabled. Does anything change if you turn this off? Go to the menubar and click Ghostty -> Secure Keyboard Entry. Note that with the default config, Ghostty enables secure input automatically when you're typing a password, but disables it otherwise. |
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When I opened ghostty in the video uploaded, I did not have to type my password, neither did I use |
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Yes, that's the point. For you, Secure Keyboard Entry was always enabled. That is why you see the padlock icon in the upper right corner in your video. Now that you have disabled it via the menu, it will only be active when you are asked to type a password. Otherwise, it will be disabled. This is what you want. |
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I'm also seeing this with secure entry for passwords (not turned on all the time). Any password entry waits perhaps 10-20 seconds after pressing Enter. MacOS 26.2. As a workaround turning off secure entry entirely fixes it. The issue doesn't occur with iTerm2 either. |
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Since this discussion wasn't originally about secure input and was considered solved and closed, I suggest you open an new discussion specifically about secure input being more laggy than it should (some lag is expected, I think, but it should obviously not be 10-20 seconds). Do try |
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I've been using ghostty for about a year and I think Secure Keyboard was always on since it became available. Yet in the past month or so I noticed that sometimes ghostty became super laggy. Is it some kind of new problem in recent MacOS updates? Everything used to work fast. Now I turned Secure Keyboard Entry off and terminal became snappy again. |
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Are you sure it was always on? (The Menubar -> Ghostty -> Secure Keyboard Entry setting I mean, not the |
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It's always on for me. Yesterday I was browsing through issues and found one where slowdown was traced down to icon rendering. I set macos-secure-input-indicator = false in settings and now ghostty is snappy again even with always on Secure Keyboard Entry Yet I probably don't need to have that option always enabled. |
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Huh, so the lag is caused by the indicator and not actually by the secure input mechanism? |
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Looks like so. Weird, right?! |
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It looks like you have secure keyboard entry permanently enabled. Does anything change if you turn this off? Go to the menubar and click Ghostty -> Secure Keyboard Entry.
Note that with the default config, Ghostty enables secure input automatically when you're typing a password, but disables it otherwise.