(upstream gnome-terminal co-developer here, unaffiliated with Ubuntu)

I cannot reproduce the problem.

I can think of three possible causes:

1. As per lp:2049923, a downstream Ubuntu patch is known to cause crash
when detaching a tab. Ubuntu hasn't worked on fixing that known crash
for almost 2 years now, no comment from me on this.

Can you please try if the workaround (disabling scrollbar) solves it for
you? Although I can't see how this could relate to the directory not
being accessible.

2. Ubuntu still carries super legacy Provide-fallback-for-reading-
current-directory-if-OS.patch, rather than making sure that gnome-
terminal's superior solution (report the directory using the OSC 7
escape sequence) is configured to work correctly; despite us upstream
developers clearly having asked Ubuntu to do this. Maybe there's
something wrong with that patch as it tries to access the inaccessible
directory.

Can you please check if OSC 7 directory reporting is working for you? It
should work if you `source /etc/profile.d/vte-2.91.sh` in your
`.bashrc`. One way to verify: what is your $PROMPT_COMMAND? Another way:
cd into a directory which is a symlink, e.g. `cd /bin`, open a new tab,
does it show in your prompt (or the `pwd` command) the same symlinked
location (e.g. `/bin` - good) or the resolved canonical location (e.g.
`/usr/bin` - bad)? If it's the bad one, add source'ing the
aforementioned file in .bashrc, confirm that it switch to the good
behavior; does this eliminate the crash?

3. Could, of course, be an upstream gnome-terminal, but I honestly find
it quite unlikely.

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