[FEATURE] Integrated terminal support for WSL sessions in Desktop app Code tab

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Problem Statement

The Desktop app Code tab's WSL session support (docs: code.claude.com/docs/en/desktop-wsl) doesn't yet include the integrated terminal — it's explicitly listed as one of the features not currently available in WSL sessions, alongside connectors/plugins, session forking, the file browser pane, and @ file suggestions.

WSL sessions already run the Claude Code process, git, and toolchain natively inside the distribution, which is exactly right. But without an integrated terminal, there's no way to run ad-hoc commands (checking a running dev server, poking at a package manager, running a one-off script) inside that same environment without leaving Desktop and opening a separate WSL terminal window — which defeats some of the convenience the WSL session mode is meant to provide.

Current workaround: open a separate WSL terminal window outside of Desktop.

Proposed Solution

Integrated terminal in a WSL session should open a shell inside the connected distribution (respecting the user's default shell/profile there — zsh, bash, etc.), the same way the terminal behaves for local Windows/Linux/macOS sessions.

Alternative Solutions

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Priority

Critical - Blocking my work

Feature Category

CLI commands and flags

Use Case Example

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Additional Context

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