Remote SSH Connection Issue with VS Code Using WSL on Windows

[jack-krolik]

I am experiencing issues connecting to a remote server (spirit.cin.ucsf.edu) via SSH in VS Code on Windows, using WSL as my primary environment. I am able to connect to the server without any problems through the WSL terminal directly, but when I attempt the connection through VS Code's Remote SSH extension, it fails with the following error:
The terminal process "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c (type "C:\Users\bellj\AppData\Local\Temp\vscode-linux-multi-line-command-spirit.cin.ucsf.edu-850316979.sh" | "C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\ssh.exe" -T -D 61353 -F "/home/jackkrolik/.ssh/config" "spirit.cin.ucsf.edu" sh) & exit /b 0" terminated with exit code: 1.

Additionally, I receive extensive logs, including multiple errors about SSH binaries and configuration paths. Here is a portion of the log with key details:
[13:49:31.154] "remote.SSH.path": C:\Windows\System32\wsl.exe -e /home/jackkrolik/bin/ssh-wrapper.sh
[13:49:31.165] Setting up SSH remote "spirit.cin.ucsf.edu"
[13:49:32.329] Checking ssh with "C:\Windows\System32\wsl.exe -e /home/jackkrolik/bin/ssh-wrapper.sh -V"
[13:49:32.331] Got error from ssh: spawn C:\Windows\System32\wsl.exe -e /home/jackkrolik/bin/ssh-wrapper.sh ENOENT
[13:49:32.332] The specified path C:\Windows\System32\wsl.exe -e /home/jackkrolik/bin/ssh-wrapper.sh is not a valid SSH binary

Environment:

VS Code Version: 1.95.0
Remote-SSH Extension Version: 0.115.0
Operating System: Windows with WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)
WSL Distro: Ubuntu (using WSL as the terminal in VS Code)
Steps Taken:

Verified that SSH works directly in WSL.
Configured the SSH settings in VS Code's settings.json.
Attempted using both "remote.SSH.path": "wsl" and "remote.SSH.path": "C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\ssh.exe".
Ensured correct permissions for id_ed25519 and config files in .ssh directory.
Expected Outcome: To establish a stable SSH connection to the remote server (spirit.cin.ucsf.edu) within VS Code using WSL, as I can do directly through the WSL terminal.

Extension version: 0.115.0
VS Code version: Code 1.95.0 (912bb683695358a54ae0c670461738984cbb5b95, 2024-10-28T20:16:24.561Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22631
Modes:
Remote OS version: Linux x64 5.15.153.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor (12 x 3593)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	15.93GB (2.80GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id be09369b-40d0-4434-b759-69e9c762ea89
Screen Reader	no
VM	29%

Item	Value
Remote	WSL: Ubuntu
OS	Linux x64 5.15.153.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
CPUs	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor (12 x 0)
Memory (System)	7.72GB (6.12GB free)
VM	0%

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