> From: Tijs Mallaerts <tijs.mallaerts@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2016 21:46:12 +0000
>
> To reproduce:
> - start a terminal emulator with M-x term
> - switch to other buffer
> - switch back to *terminal* buffer
>
> When switching back to the terminal buffer, the point position is not kept, but set to point-min.

Thank you for your report.

In what version of Emacs did this issue appear?  Is it new with Emacs
25.1 or did it exist with older versions as well?

It is new with Emacs 25.1.