SUMMARY I got the konsole from http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu for ubuntu jammy. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. run konsole with "Run all Konsole windows in a single process" enabled (this could be unrelated, not sure). 2. in konsole run: konsole -p RemoteTabTitleFormat=qw --new-tab -e ssh 10.1.2.3 OBSERVED RESULT Title of new tab will not be "qw", but (usually) 10.1.2.3 EXPECTED RESULT I would want the tab title to be qw SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.0 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.95.0 Qt Version: 5.15.3 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION