q doctor is giving Q_TERM error. Also while trying to ssh localhost, getting Q_PARENT error

[brajaz]

Checks

• I have searched github.com/aws/amazon-q-developer-cli/issues and there are no duplicates of my issue
• I have run q doctor in the affected terminal session
• I have run q restart and replicated the issue again

Operating system

Linux 5.10.244-220.970.amzn2int.x86_64 - Amazon Linux 2

Expected behaviour

While running q doctor, keep getting error as below. Even after restarting terminal, getting the same error. I am running it from devdesktop by connecting to it from visual studio code.

% q doctor

✘ Amazon Q terminal integrations: qterm is not running in this terminal, please try restarting your terminal

  Q_TERM=


✘ Doctor found errors. Please fix them and try again.

If you are not sure how to fix it, please open an issue with q issue to let us know!


(25-10-26 19:24:12) <0> [~]

Also while trying to SSH, getting below error about Q_PARENT.

% ssh localhost

error: Q_PARENT env variable not set

%

Actual behaviour

Steps to reproduce

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Environment

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[q-details]
version = "1.19.0"
hash = "018fd3ce90193a546de1219163c48a495d4f0ee6"
date = "2025-10-23T22:24:42.193332Z (3d ago)"
variant = "minimal"

[system-info]
chip = "AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor"
total-cores = 4
memory = "15.26 GB"

[system-info.os.linux]
kernel_version = "5.10.244-220.970.amzn2int.x86_64"
id = "amzn"
name = "Amazon Linux"
pretty_name = "Amazon Linux 2"
version_id = "2"
version = "2"
variant = "internal"

[environment]
cwd = "/local/home/USER"
cli-path = "/local/home/USER"
os = "Linux"
shell-path = "/local/home/USER/.toolbox/tools/toolbox/1.1.2244.0/toolbox-exec"
shell-version = "5.8"
install-method = "toolbox"
in-ssh = true

[env-vars]
PATH = "/home/USER/.local/share/mise/installs/node/18.20.2/bin:/home/USER/.local/share/mise/installs/python/3.12.10/bin:/home/USER/.local/share/mise/installs/python/3.11.12/bin:/home/USER/.local/share/mise/installs/python/3.10.17/bin:/home/USER/.local/share/mise/installs/python/3.9.22/bin:/home/USER/.local/share/mise/installs/python/3.8.20/bin:/home/USER/.toolbox/bin:/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin:/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/sbin:/home/USER/.cargo/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/home/USER/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/home/USER/.local/bin"
Q_SET_PARENT_CHECK = "1"
SHELL = "/bin/zsh"
TERM = "xterm-256color"