From 1ac44afcc091ef70890ebcb5ff409ae6dc0eef53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JJ Liebig <jonathan.liebig@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:49:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(windows): strip elevated terminal title decoration
 (#2632)

---
 src/platform/mod.rs     |  5 +++++
 src/platform/windows.rs |  5 +++++
 src/terminal/title.rs   | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/platform/mod.rs b/src/platform/mod.rs
index d8613be4..e3f9c7f4 100644
--- a/src/platform/mod.rs
+++ b/src/platform/mod.rs
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ pub(crate) fn apply_pane_runtime_marker(command: &mut portable_pty::CommandBuild
     apply_pane_runtime_marker_platform(command);
 }
 
+#[cfg(not(windows))]
+pub(crate) fn terminal_title_for_presentation(title: &str) -> &str {
+    title
+}
+
 #[cfg(not(windows))]
 fn apply_pane_runtime_marker_platform(_command: &mut portable_pty::CommandBuilder) {}
 
diff --git a/src/platform/windows.rs b/src/platform/windows.rs
index aef528e5..05fdfe72 100644
--- a/src/platform/windows.rs
+++ b/src/platform/windows.rs
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ use super::{ClipboardImage, ForegroundJob, Signal};
 const STILL_ACTIVE: u32 = 259;
 const FOREGROUND_PROCESS_SNAPSHOT_CACHE_TTL: Duration = Duration::from_millis(250);
 const PANE_RUNTIME_MARKER_ENV_VAR: &str = "HERDR_PANE_RUNTIME_ID";
+
+pub(crate) fn terminal_title_for_presentation(title: &str) -> &str {
+    title.strip_prefix("Administrator: ").unwrap_or(title)
+}
+
 const MAX_PROCESS_ENVIRONMENT_BYTES: usize = 256 * 1024;
 const PROCESS_ENVIRONMENT_READ_CHUNK_BYTES: usize = 16 * 1024;
 const PROCESS_RUNTIME_MARKER_CACHE_CAPACITY: usize = 1_024;
diff --git a/src/terminal/title.rs b/src/terminal/title.rs
index 32ba19c4..6958be00 100644
--- a/src/terminal/title.rs
+++ b/src/terminal/title.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const CLAUDE_ACTIVITY_GLYPHS: &str = "·✢✳✶✻✽";
 
 pub(crate) fn stripped_terminal_title(title: &str) -> Option<String> {
-    let title = title.trim();
+    let title = crate::platform::terminal_title_for_presentation(title).trim();
     if title.is_empty() {
         return None;
     }
@@ -61,4 +61,18 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(stripped_terminal_title("  "), None);
         assert_eq!(stripped_terminal_title("⠋   "), None);
     }
+
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    #[test]
+    fn strips_one_windows_elevation_decoration_before_activity_glyph() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            stripped_terminal_title("Administrator:   ⠋ task").as_deref(),
+            Some("task")
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            stripped_terminal_title("Administrator: Administrator: task").as_deref(),
+            Some("Administrator: task")
+        );
+        assert_eq!(stripped_terminal_title("Administrator: "), None);
+    }
 }