Desktop: remote server on Windows cannot correctly load/use projects and sessions from macOS client #42627

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   Brendonovich

   on Aug 14, 2026
2. vstandos commented on Sep 6, 2026

   

   vstandos

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   Reproducing on Windows Desktop against a WSL2 server (opencode web --hostname 0.0.0.0 --port 4096, v1.18.29). The desktop registers the project as \\wsl.localhost\Ubuntu\home\ssa (UNC path from the native Windows file picker), and every list query uses that string — while session.directory on the server is /home/ssa. The server happily resolves the foreign hint against its own cwd: it previously stored directory=C:\temp as /home/ssa/C:\temp — the exact unmerged issue #34255 (PRs #34256/#40857 still open) — so the desktop's read key never matches the write key; same "normalised on write, exact-match on read" asymmetry described in #44216.
   Sessions render perfectly via deep link (which bypasses the Home directory filter), confirming server state is healthy. The --mdns --mdns-domain workaround from #19473 avoids UNC entirely and may be worth documenting for WSL users. What do maintainers consider the right layer to fix: rejecting foreign hints server-side (#40857), or making the desktop adopt the server-reported project path after connect?
3. vstandos commented on Sep 6, 2026

   

   vstandos

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   New data point on Windows Desktop -> remote Linux server (WSL): the "Add project" dialog for a remote http server still uses the local Windows folder picker, so a WSL target is persisted verbatim as a UNC worktree (\\wsl.localhost\Ubuntu\home\ssa) in the client registry (%APPDATA%\ai.opencode.desktop\opencode.global.dat, key server.projects["<url>"]). The Home list then filters the global session index (GET /api/session) client-side via pathKey (\ -> / normalization for UNC). Server session directories are Linux paths (/home/ssa after realpath resolution) or, when the server resolves the raw UNC against its cwd, the hybrid /\\wsl.localhost\Ubuntu\home\ssa. Neither spelling survives pathKey equal to //wsl.localhost/Ubuntu/home/ssa, so the project row renders permanently empty while per-project exact-match requests (GET /session?directory=<raw UNC>) do resolve — sessions are visible until restart and gone after, because only the registry/selection persist. Note the add flow already fetches the server-resolved project via project.current({location}) but discards its worktree and stores the raw picker string instead; for remote connections the desktop should either use the server-echoed worktree or a server-side path picker, and/or normalize \\wsl.localhost\<distro>\... to the native mount.
4. thdxr commented on Oct 11, 2026

   

   thdxr

   on Oct 11, 2026

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   Thanks for the report! OpenCode 2.0 is now out and development is focused on V2, so we're closing issues filed against OpenCode 1. Please upgrade (opencode upgrade --major, details: https://anoma.ly/notes/opencode-2-0), and if this is still relevant on 2.0, reopen this issue or open a new one with your 2.0 version.

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5. thdxr

   closed this as not plannedon Oct 11, 2026