Android Studio Amazon Q terminal integrations: Amazon Q can not run in a process it launched

[radzio]

Checks

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

Operating system

macOS 26.1.0 (25B78)

Expected behaviour

Amazon Q terminal works in Android Studio

Actual behaviour

Amazon Q terminal does not work in Android Studio

Steps to reproduce

No response

Environment

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[q-details]
version = "1.19.3"
hash = "84b82da54996570ac369ec69911e29b524099761"
date = "2025-10-29T21:11:53.813462Z (11d ago)"
variant = "full"

[system-info]
os = "macOS 26.1.0 (25B78)"
chip = "Apple M1 Max"
total-cores = 10
memory = "64.00 GB"

[environment]
cwd = "/Users/USER/Projects/..."
cli-path = "/Users/USER/Projects/..."
os = "Mac"
shell-path = "/bin/zsh"
shell-version = "5.9"
terminal = "Android Studio"
install-method = "brew"

[env-vars]
PATH = "/opt/homebrew/opt/ruby/bin:/Users/USER/.local/bin:/Users/USER/.codeium/windsurf/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/System/Cryptexes/App/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/local/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/appleinternal/bin:/opt/pmk/env/global/bin:/Library/Apple/usr/bin:/Users/USER/.local/bin:/Users/USER/Library/Android/sdk/emulator:/Users/USER/Library/Android/sdk/tools:/Users/USER/Library/Android/sdk/tools/bin:/Users/USER/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools:/Users/USER/.maestro/bin"
PROCESS_LAUNCHED_BY_Q = "1"
Q_SET_PARENT_CHECK = "1"
SHELL = "/bin/zsh"
TERM = "xterm-256color"
__CFBundleIdentifier = "com.google.android.studio"

[vinceglb]

I have the same error. It's not working when I try to use Amazon Q with the Terminal Engine "Reworked 2025" that is enabled by default now.

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After switching to Terminal Engine "Classic", it works fine.