windows11 wsl2，The WSL_PAC_URL configuration does not take effect

[yuwenlong]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [版本 10.0.22635.4145]

WSL Version

2.3.17.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

5.15.153.1-2

Distro Version

Ubuntu 23.10

Other Software

Repro Steps

1、windows .wslconfig

2、The wsl is started and the WSL_PAC_URL environment variable is found

3、HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY are not set

4、Proxy service is available

5、WSL_PAC_URL is invalid

Expected Behavior

For the reason of Chinese GFW, WSL2 needs to automatically implement PAC implementation proxy according to WSL_PAC_URL.

Windows uses ShadowsocksR, which is set to allow Intranet access, and step 4 above proves to be valid.

Actual Behavior

WSL_PAC_URL is invalid

Diagnostic Logs

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[yuwenlong]

/question

I hope developers take a closer look at what I submitted above, thank you

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[CatalinFetoiu]

hello. thanks for reporting the issue

Linux does not support PAC URLs by default, so WSL configures the WSL_PAC_URL env variable so that it can be manually consumed by Linux apps that support using PAC URLs
please refer as well to docs at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/troubleshooting#considerations-when-using-autoproxy-for-httpproxy-mirroring-in-wsl

my understanding is that curl does not support PAC URLs
you will need to use a Linux tool that knows how to resolve PAC URLs and feed the value of WSL_PAC_URL to this tool

let us know if you have any questions

[yuwenlong]

@CatalinFetoiu
Linux does not support PAC URLs by default, so it may be possible to add a configuration parameter to the "ubuntu.exe" file to enable support. For example:

ubuntu.exe --proxy-pac-url=http://127.0.0.1:1080/pac

The idea could be to add a virtual network card that intercepts traffic to the PAC server.