autoProxy=true doesn't works well on WSL2 preview 2.0.3.0

[stevejohnson7]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22621.2361]

WSL Version

2.0.3.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2

Kernel Version

5.15.123.1-1

Distro Version

Ubuntu 20.04

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

1. Upgrade WSL to 2.0 by wsl --update --pre-release
2. Write content below into %userprofile%\.wslconfig:

[experimental]
networkingMode=mirrored
dnsTunneling=true
firewall=true
autoProxy=true

3. wsl --shutdown to shutdown WSL Ubuntu
4. Wait for some time, restart Ubuntu.

Expected Behavior

Since autoProxy=true, Ubuntu in WSL2 should read Windows's proxy settings and adapt to itself.
Commands like curl or git should use proxy to access websites.

Actual Behavior

It is known to all that www.google.com is banned in China mainland.
Proxies are needed to overcome the limitations.
Here we use Clash to proxy requests. It works at local 7890 port as a http proxy.

Windows Settings:
Proxy to 127.0.0.1:7890 enabled

And it works well

Ubuntu:
None of $http_proxy and $https_proxy is set

$ echo $https_proxy

(nothing output)

$ echo $http_proxy

(nothing output)

And curl will finally timeout

$ curl www.google.com
curl: (7) Failed to connect to www.google.com port 80: Connection timed out

It means the "autoProxy" doesn't actually work

Diagnostic Logs

No response

[keith-horton]

Sorry this didn't work for you. I tested your exact proxy settings from the screenshot and we see the proxy mirroring correctly.

Can you please take a trace with this file: https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/blob/master/diagnostics/wsl_networking.wprp

Please wsl --shutdown, then start the script and repro.
Thanks!

[stevejohnson7]

Sorry this didn't work for you. I tested your exact proxy settings from the screenshot and we see the proxy mirroring correctly.

Can you please take a trace with this file: https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/blob/master/diagnostics/wsl_networking.wprp

Please wsl --shutdown, then start the script and repro. Thanks!

Of course. I have sent the trace report to your email khorton@microsoft.com with the title of WSL trace report needed in WSL issue #10583.

[damienalexandre]

I have kind of the same issue but isn't this experimental option only available on Windows 11? (From the report I see you have Windows 10 like me).

Will it be made available on Windows 10?

[keith-horton]

Sorry, the auto-proxy feature isn't currently set to be backported.
When we looked at Steve's traces, we see WSL setting the environment variable before we startup the distro. It's unknown why those variables are not visible once the distro starts. This isn't anything we have seen before - and we cannot repro it :(

[stevejohnson7]

Sorry, the auto-proxy feature isn't currently set to be backported. When we looked at Steve's traces, we see WSL setting the environment variable before we startup the distro. It's unknown why those variables are not visible once the distro starts. This isn't anything we have seen before - and we cannot repro it :(

Sad to hearing this.
But no matter. As an alternative, I added some shell commands in .zshrc to automatically set the value of $http_proxy and $https_proxy.
As it cannot be reproducted, I think it maybe the fault of my distro and I will close this issue. if any other similar report has emerged, please let me know, thanks a lot.

[hotuns]

I am using the clash tun mode and have disabled autoProxy. Now I can use the proxy normally in WSL2

[trallnag]

@hotuns, what is "clash tun mode"?

[black-pwq]

@trallnag Basically, it is a switch in the famous proxy application, clash, which you can turn on to make proxy work on network layer.

[xyy94813]

@stevejohnson7
Hi, can you share your shell command for resolve this issue??