Problem
On Windows, CodeDash can miss Linux-side agent history and running sessions that live inside WSL.
Typical setup:
- Windows host runs the dashboard
- real agent history is split between Windows home and
\\wsl$\\<distro>\\home\\<user>
- active Claude/Codex processes may also be running inside the WSL distro
In that setup, the Windows dashboard currently treats WSL-side history/runtime as a blind spot.
Actual behavior
- sessions under WSL-side
.claude / .codex are not ingested as first-class history on Windows
- running WSL agent processes are not surfaced as first-class Running entries on Windows
- if runtime association is weak, a process can end up attached to an unrelated latest session instead of being shown honestly as unresolved
Expected behavior
When CodeDash runs on Windows, it should be able to:
- discover WSL homes that actually contain
.claude / .codex
- ingest those sessions into the normal session list / stats
- surface active WSL agent processes in Running
- prefer
cmdline -> cwd-match -> explicit unresolved runtime instead of assigning an unrelated latest session
- disable Focus for runtimes where Windows cannot reliably focus the terminal
Proposed direction
- list WSL distros via
wsl.exe
- resolve per-distro home and map it to
\\wsl$\\...
- normalize path forms across
\\?\\, Windows, /mnt/c/..., Linux, and \\wsl$\\...
- on Windows, scan only running distros for live WSL processes
- if a WSL runtime cannot be matched to a real session, show it as an explicit synthetic runtime entry instead of using
fallback-latest
Local validation
I have a narrow branch based on v6.15.10 that implements this on Windows and validates:
- WSL home/session ingestion
- WSL live runtime detection
- disabled Focus for WSL runtime cards
- focused
node --test coverage for WSL parsing / matching helpers
I am opening a PR from that branch next.
Problem
On Windows, CodeDash can miss Linux-side agent history and running sessions that live inside WSL.
Typical setup:
\\wsl$\\<distro>\\home\\<user>In that setup, the Windows dashboard currently treats WSL-side history/runtime as a blind spot.
Actual behavior
.claude/.codexare not ingested as first-class history on WindowsExpected behavior
When CodeDash runs on Windows, it should be able to:
.claude/.codexcmdline -> cwd-match -> explicit unresolved runtimeinstead of assigning an unrelated latest sessionProposed direction
wsl.exe\\wsl$\\...\\?\\, Windows,/mnt/c/..., Linux, and\\wsl$\\...fallback-latestLocal validation
I have a narrow branch based on
v6.15.10that implements this on Windows and validates:node --testcoverage for WSL parsing / matching helpersI am opening a PR from that branch next.