Recommended skills and WSL workspace git detection fail with mixed WSL paths and partial vendor_imports recovery

What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?

OpenAI.Codex 26.309.3504.0

What subscription do you have?

API

What platform is your computer?

Windows: Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26100.0 x64 WSL: Linux x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

What issue are you seeing?

Summary

In a WSL-backed workspace, Codex desktop repeatedly fails to load recommended skills and also fails workspace git/origin detection.

Expected

• Recommended skills should load or recover cleanly.
• Git root/origin detection should work for WSL workspaces.
• Partial vendor_imports/skills state should be repaired automatically.

Actual

The app shows repeated recommended-skills failures and git/origin resolution failures.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Repro

1. Launch Codex desktop on Windows.
2. Open or reopen a WSL-backed workspace.
3. Trigger skill loading or recommended skills refresh.
4. Observe repeated recommended-skills warnings and git/origin failures.

Evidence

Observed failures include:

• git clone failed: destination path 'C:\Users\<user>\.codex\vendor_imports\skills' already exists and is not an empty directory
• git fetch failed ... chdir(/mnt/c/Users/<user>/.codex/vendor_imports/skills) failed 2
• fatal: not a git repository
• Unable to create '/mnt/c/Users/<user>/.codex/vendor_imports/skills/.git/shallow.lock': File exists
• Failed to resolve git root: Unknown error
• ENOENT: path does not exist: /home/<user>/<workspace>

Additional context

The app state appears to contain both:

• \\wsl$\Ubuntu\home\<user>\<workspace>
• \\wsl.localhost\Ubuntu\home\<user>\<workspace>

This may indicate mixed path handling for the same workspace.

Environment

• Codex desktop version: 26.309.3504.0
• Windows: Windows 10, build 26100
• WSL: Ubuntu, version 2
• Git installed on Windows

What is the expected behavior?

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Additional information

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