From 651fb0ea369c602d6cb1a0405a38907cae98264a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mathiyarasy <157102811+Mathiyarasy@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 12:59:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] update script

---
 src/desktop-lite/install.sh                      |  4 ++--
 test/desktop-lite/scenarios.json                 | 11 ++++++++---
 .../test_desktop_init_exec_passthrough.sh        | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 test/desktop-lite/test_desktop_init_exec_passthrough.sh

diff --git a/src/desktop-lite/install.sh b/src/desktop-lite/install.sh
index 4575cc4f9..822818723 100755
--- a/src/desktop-lite/install.sh
+++ b/src/desktop-lite/install.sh
@@ -409,9 +409,9 @@ else
 fi
 
 # Run whatever was passed in
-if [ -n "$1" ]; then
+if [ -n "\$1" ]; then
     log "Executing \"\$@\"."
-    exec "$@"
+    exec "\$@"
 else
     log "No command provided to execute."
 fi
diff --git a/test/desktop-lite/scenarios.json b/test/desktop-lite/scenarios.json
index 4ee429dd5..f8719acc6 100644
--- a/test/desktop-lite/scenarios.json
+++ b/test/desktop-lite/scenarios.json
@@ -12,13 +12,12 @@
                 "noVncVersion": "1.2.0"
             }
         }
-    },    
+    },
     "test_vnc_resolution_as_container_env_var": {
         "image": "ubuntu:noble",
         "features": {
             "desktop-lite": {}
-        }
-        ,
+        },
         "containerEnv": {
             "VNC_RESOLUTION": "1920x1080x32"
         },
@@ -45,5 +44,11 @@
         "features": {
             "desktop-lite": {}
         }
+    },
+    "test_desktop_init_exec_passthrough": {
+        "image": "ubuntu:noble",
+        "features": {
+            "desktop-lite": {}
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/desktop-lite/test_desktop_init_exec_passthrough.sh b/test/desktop-lite/test_desktop_init_exec_passthrough.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27d224ca3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/desktop-lite/test_desktop_init_exec_passthrough.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+# Optional: Import test library
+source dev-container-features-test-lib
+
+# Verify that desktop-init.sh correctly passes through commands.
+# Previously, the heredoc in install.sh did not escape $1 and $@, causing them to expand
+# to empty strings at install time, so any command passed to desktop-init.sh was silently ignored.
+
+check "command is passed through and executed" \
+    bash -c "result=\$(/usr/local/share/desktop-init.sh echo 'passthrough-test-token' 2>/dev/null) && echo \"\$result\" | grep -q 'passthrough-test-token'"
+
+# Report result
+reportResults

From 5b67eacea556e978f19372fc990d475c0eac6b31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mathiyarasy <157102811+Mathiyarasy@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:28:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] update minor version

---
 src/desktop-lite/devcontainer-feature.json | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/desktop-lite/devcontainer-feature.json b/src/desktop-lite/devcontainer-feature.json
index ae10c9977..b87e2bc02 100644
--- a/src/desktop-lite/devcontainer-feature.json
+++ b/src/desktop-lite/devcontainer-feature.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "id": "desktop-lite",
-    "version": "1.2.8",
+    "version": "1.2.9",
     "name": "Light-weight Desktop",
     "documentationURL": "https://github.com/devcontainers/features/tree/main/src/desktop-lite",
     "description": "Adds a lightweight Fluxbox based desktop to the container that can be accessed using a VNC viewer or the web. GUI-based commands executed from the built-in VS code terminal will open on the desktop automatically.",