Windows WSL prompts misbehaving in remote-gateway mode
Cluster 66433 · apps/desktop. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #91380 on 21 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.
The short answer
- Known?
- Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
- Fix event
- A fix was merged to main in PR #91380. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
- Tracker
- The maintainers' tracker marks this
resolved, deciding PR #91380. That is separate from the fix event. - Still open
- Nothing open on GitHub.
These items address bugs on Windows where WSL-related install prompts and console windows appear incorrectly when WSL is absent or when running in remote-gateway mode. The fixes scope WSL path bridging and install prompts to only the appropriate conditions.
Open issues0
Open PRs0
Fixes on record
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#91380 fix(desktop): WSL-less Windows no longer sees install prompts or a console-tethered relaunch (#66433, salvage #66447)
files:
apps/desktop/electron/main.ts,apps/desktop/electron/wsl-path-bridge-gate.test.ts,apps/desktop/electron/wsl-path-bridge-profile.test.ts,apps/desktop/electron/wsl-path-bridge.test.ts,apps/desktop/electron/wsl-path-bridge.ts,apps/desktop/src/global.d.ts,apps/desktop/src/lib/desktop-fs.test.ts,apps/desktop/src/lib/desktop-fs.ts,scripts/desktop-update/windows.ps1
1 PR closed without merging
From the close comments: merged via another change 1
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#66447 fix(desktop): gate WSL path bridge on remote-gateway mode (#66433) · merged via another change →
#91380
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#66433Desktop (Windows, no WSL): remote-gateway mode repeatedly spawns the "Install WSL" console window
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- Subsystem
- apps/desktop
- Merged PRs
- #91380
- Closed issues
- 1
- Attempts
- 1 PR closed without merging
- Fix link checked
- 21 Aug 2026