Open New External Terminal command opens an extra one too

[aderchox]

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

• VS Code Version: 1.78.2 (user setup)
• OS Version: Windows 10 x64 10.0.19045.2965

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Open VSCode
2. Either trigger the command workbench.action.terminal.openNativeConsole, or use its hotkey Ctrl + Shift + C (in my case).
3. Opens both the terminal I had last time restoring its layout (e.g., if it was vertically split, it's kept that layout) which is what I expect and is fine and very helpful indeed, however, opens up another (extra) bare instance of the terminal as well, which I don't want, and I always have to close it manually.
   Here's a GIF screenshot of the issue:
   

[meganrogge]

Am I correct in understanding from your gif that the new terminal is opening in your external terminal window? If so, I don't believe we can impact how that program works.

[aderchox]

Am I correct in understanding from your gif that the new terminal is opening in your external terminal window? If so, I don't believe we can impact how that program works.

Sorry your question is not quite clear to me. I'm running the command to open a new external terminal, so yes, the new terminal "is in an external terminal window", but the main issue isn't that. The main thing here is, I expect a single external terminal window to open, but it opens two windows instead (in the gif example, there's one that has no splits, and one that has splits in it. I only need the one with splits).

[meganrogge]

Your external terminal is responsible this, not VS Code