> it depends on edits to my shell config files

No, it doesn't.

What you're describing is a Gnome Terminal issue.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=697475

But OSC 7 is a standard supported across virtually all widely used terminal emulators anyway, so configuring your shell to emit it is a sensible thing to do regardless.

https://ghostty.org/docs/vt/osc/7