autoProxy seems to be true by default, which conflicts with the documentation

[tianze0926]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22631.3007]

WSL Version

2.0.14.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

5.15.133.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2

Distro Version

Arch Linux

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

In Windows, set http proxy in the settings and set networkingMode to mirrored in .wslconfig:

[wsl2]
networkingMode=mirrored

In WSL, echo $http_proxy returns the value set in Windows settings.

Expected Behavior

According to the documentation, autoProxy is false by default. Hence $http_proxy should not be set in WSL.

Actual Behavior

$http_proxy is set in WSL unless explicitly setting autoProxy to false in .wslconfig, which conflicts with the documentation.

Diagnostic Logs

No response

[chanpreetdhanjal]

Hi. Can you please collect networking logs by following the instructions below?
https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#collect-wsl-logs-for-networking-issues

[tianze0926]

I’m skeptical about the usefulness of capturing packets. I think there are only two possibilities:

1. WSL mistakenly sets $http_proxy.
2. This behaviour is by design and the documentation didn't mention it.

[benhillis]

@craigloewen-msft - can you please update this documentation?

[J0F3]

I experienced the same. autoProxy seems to be on by default despite the documentation which still says that the feature is disabled by default.

@benhillis @craigloewen-msft any news here?

[craigloewen-msft]

Yes this is disabled by default in the latest WSL release, so no docs changes need to be made.
https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/releases/tag/2.1.1