From 46d15e8b9debbc782f1b7722581d2df8d2016277 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Catamio <paul.catamio@trivexis.com.au>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:43:40 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: normalize WSL desktop session paths

---
 packages/app/src/pages/layout/helpers.ts |  6 +++++-
 packages/opencode/src/session/index.ts   | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/app/src/pages/layout/helpers.ts b/packages/app/src/pages/layout/helpers.ts
index 48158debba1d..92dc1142c66b 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/pages/layout/helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/pages/layout/helpers.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ type SessionStore = {
 }
 
 export const workspaceKey = (directory: string) => {
-  const value = directory.replaceAll("\\", "/")
+  let value = directory.replaceAll("\\", "/")
+  const wslMatch = value.match(/(?:^|\/+)(?:wsl(?:\.localhost|\$))\/[^/]+(\/.*)$/i)
+  if (wslMatch?.[1]) {
+    value = wslMatch[1]
+  }
   const drive = value.match(/^([A-Za-z]:)\/+$/)
   if (drive) return `${drive[1]}/`
   if (/^\/+$/i.test(value)) return "/"
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/session/index.ts b/packages/opencode/src/session/index.ts
index d7bf99637a37..2467416cbeb1 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/session/index.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/session/index.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,18 @@ export namespace Session {
   const parentTitlePrefix = "New session - "
   const childTitlePrefix = "Child session - "
 
+  function normalizeSessionDirectory(directory: string) {
+    let value = directory.replaceAll("\\", "/")
+    const wslMatch = value.match(/(?:^|\/+)(?:wsl(?:\.localhost|\$))\/[^/]+(\/.*)$/i)
+    if (wslMatch?.[1]) {
+      value = wslMatch[1]
+    }
+    const drive = value.match(/^([A-Za-z]:)\/+$/)
+    if (drive) return `${drive[1]}/`
+    if (/^\/+$/i.test(value)) return "/"
+    return value.replace(/\/+$/, "")
+  }
+
   function createDefaultTitle(isChild = false) {
     return (isChild ? childTitlePrefix : parentTitlePrefix) + new Date().toISOString()
   }
@@ -381,12 +393,13 @@ export namespace Session {
         permission?: Permission.Ruleset
       }) {
         const ctx = yield* InstanceState.context
+        const directory = normalizeSessionDirectory(input.directory)
         const result: Info = {
           id: SessionID.descending(input.id),
           slug: Slug.create(),
           version: Installation.VERSION,
           projectID: ctx.project.id,
-          directory: input.directory,
+          directory,
           workspaceID: input.workspaceID,
           parentID: input.parentID,
           title: input.title ?? createDefaultTitle(!!input.parentID),