Comment #1 is correct.  This is the intended behaviour of the system.

When you start a process it is always as a child of another, usually
some session.  Graphically, you log in to a desktop session.  When you
start gnome-terminal you are beginning a separate shell session and any
programs started in that terminal belong to the shell session [1].
There are good reasons for this design.

Any program can be started in the desktop session, without needing a
menu entry.  For example, GNOME provides the run program dialog (ALT-F2)
for this purpose.  If you desire a program to last for the duration of
the desktop session, start it using the run dialog and *not* from gnome-
terminal.

[1] Some programs apparently take measures to escape from the shell
session so that they appear to run in the desktop-session.  These are
exceptional and should not be considered the norm.  If you start a
program from a shell session you should expect that it will remain under
the control of that shell.


** Changed in: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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