CurrentDirectoryPath doesn't get updated on directory change

[kauz56]

Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22621.525]

WSL Version

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

Linux version 5.15.79.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2

Distro Version

Ubuntu 22.04

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

Query the CurrentDirectoryPath of a wsl.exe (or powershell.exe) process. I do this via NtQueryInformationProcess, which, I know, is an internal API. I'd assume the behaviour would be the same via injection + GetCurrentDirectory (not an internal API) though.

Expected Behavior

CurrentDirectoryPath should change according to the path I navigate to. This is the case with cmd.exe but not wsl.exe (or powershell.exe).

Actual Behavior

CurrentDirectoryPath stays at the starting directory.

I'll attach a video, demonstrating the behaviour:

2022-12-26_22-42-33.mp4

Diagnostic Logs

No response

[OneBlue]

Thanks for reporting this @kauz56.

What you're seeing is expected because wsl.exe's current directory is not correlated to the Linux's current directory inside WSL.
In other words, doing cd * inside wsl.exe doesn't change wsl.exe's current directory.