Terminal Windows don't login locally

I have a saved group of terminal windows that, when opened, not all windows actually login locally with a command prompt. Often any number of the terminal windows just hang, with no command prompt. Any ideas?

how can i post a screen shot here?
basically, in the morning, I boot up.
I click on my terminal icon in my nav bar, and 4 windows open (hence saved group).
Within those 4 terminal windows, not all windows show the command prompt. Sometimes, only 1 gives me a command prompt and the others are just blinking cursors. Sometimes, I get 2, 3, or all, but always different.

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