From 6efb5dc2c20f8beee086def75ab5efd5b85331a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2022 19:34:37 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Auto-create an OS Window if none exists on new_tab

---
 kitty/boss.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kitty/boss.py b/kitty/boss.py
index 87d29ab98..aa4915e77 100644
--- a/kitty/boss.py
+++ b/kitty/boss.py
@@ -2072,6 +2072,9 @@ class Boss:
         if not self.os_window_map:
             self.add_os_window()
         tm = self.active_tab_manager
+        if tm is None and not self.os_window_map:
+            os_window_id = self.add_os_window()
+            tm = self.os_window_map.get(os_window_id)
         if tm is not None:
             return tm.new_tab(special_window=special_window, cwd_from=cwd_from, as_neighbor=as_neighbor)
         return None