diff --git a/packages/cli/src/services/FileCommandLoader.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/services/FileCommandLoader.test.ts
index 7713775c..50c85e66 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/services/FileCommandLoader.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/services/FileCommandLoader.test.ts
@@ -1227,4 +1227,28 @@ describe('FileCommandLoader', () => {
       expect(commands).toHaveLength(0);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('AbortError handling', () => {
+    it('should silently ignore AbortError when operation is cancelled', async () => {
+      const userCommandsDir = Storage.getUserCommandsDir();
+      mock({
+        [userCommandsDir]: {
+          'test1.toml': 'prompt = "Prompt 1"',
+          'test2.toml': 'prompt = "Prompt 2"',
+        },
+      });
+
+      const loader = new FileCommandLoader(null);
+      const controller = new AbortController();
+      const signal = controller.signal;
+
+      // Start loading and immediately abort
+      const loadPromise = loader.loadCommands(signal);
+      controller.abort();
+
+      // Should not throw or print errors
+      const commands = await loadPromise;
+      expect(commands).toHaveLength(0);
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/services/FileCommandLoader.ts b/packages/cli/src/services/FileCommandLoader.ts
index fe485fa2..5527aa80 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/services/FileCommandLoader.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/services/FileCommandLoader.ts
@@ -120,7 +120,11 @@ export class FileCommandLoader implements ICommandLoader {
         // Add all commands without deduplication
         allCommands.push(...commands);
       } catch (error) {
-        if ((error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code !== 'ENOENT') {
+        // Ignore ENOENT (directory doesn't exist) and AbortError (operation was cancelled)
+        const isEnoent = (error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code === 'ENOENT';
+        const isAbortError =
+          error instanceof Error && error.name === 'AbortError';
+        if (!isEnoent && !isAbortError) {
           console.error(
             `[FileCommandLoader] Error loading commands from ${dirInfo.path}:`,
             error,
diff --git a/scripts/start.js b/scripts/start.js
index 9898d0be..baa9fd98 100644
--- a/scripts/start.js
+++ b/scripts/start.js
@@ -69,7 +69,14 @@ if (process.env.DEBUG) {
   // than the relaunched process making it harder to debug.
   env.GEMINI_CLI_NO_RELAUNCH = 'true';
 }
-const child = spawn('node', nodeArgs, { stdio: 'inherit', env });
+// Use process.cwd() to inherit the working directory from launch.json cwd setting
+// This allows debugging from a specific directory (e.g., .todo)
+const workingDir = process.env.QWEN_WORKING_DIR || process.cwd();
+const child = spawn('node', nodeArgs, {
+  stdio: 'inherit',
+  env,
+  cwd: workingDir,
+});
 
 child.on('close', (code) => {
   process.exit(code);