SSH terminal randomly gets stuck in Alt/Meta state on RDM Linux 2026.3.0.5

SSH terminal randomly gets stuck in Alt/Meta state on RDM Linux 2026.3.0.5

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Environment

  • OS: Fedora Linux 44
  • Desktop environment: KDE Plasma
  • Remote Desktop Manager: 2026.3.0.5
  • Connection type: SSH
  • Remote host: Linux
  • RDM terminal: built-in SSH terminal


While using an SSH session in RDM, the terminal works normally for some time and then suddenly starts behaving as if the Alt/Meta key is still pressed.
Normal keyboard input is replaced by sequences such as:
^[i
^[n
^[d
^[j
^[s
^[kFor example, typing normal characters results in ESC + character being sent to the remote shell.
At the same time, Ctrl+C stops working correctly. The remote shell continues to behave abnormally and pressing Ctrl+C does not interrupt the current input/process as expected.

Workaround
Pressing the Alt key once immediately restores normal keyboard input.
After pressing Alt, the SSH terminal works normally again without reconnecting the session.
Reproduction / observed behavior

  1. Open an SSH session in RDM.
  2. Use the terminal normally.
  3. After some time, the keyboard input may become corrupted.
  4. The terminal starts receiving ESC + character sequences (^[x).
  5. Ctrl+C no longer works correctly.
  6. Pressing Alt once immediately fixes the problem.


This seems to indicate that RDM is incorrectly retaining or restoring the Alt/Meta modifier state in the SSH terminal.
Please investigate whether this is a regression or a known issue in the 2026.3.x terminal/keyboard handling on Linux.

All Comments (2)

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Same for me. If you click another connection then back to the one you want, that seems to fix it for me. Your solution of the ALT key also fixes it. Thank you!

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Hello,

Thank you for contacting us on this matter!

We have provided all the information to our QA Team to see if they can reproduce the issue. Once we have more information, we will let you know.

In the meantime, If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to let us know.

Best regards,

Maxim Robert