From d49db3d75e178bc7c658bc02de115b0e66fb0aac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Alex." <36776298+Variiuz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 22:35:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix WSL detection on non-english Windows locales

---
 src/cli/index.ts | 13 ++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/cli/index.ts b/src/cli/index.ts
index 83420ff..c7ff76c 100644
--- a/src/cli/index.ts
+++ b/src/cli/index.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ async function execWindowsCmdAsync(command: string): Promise<{ stdout: string; s
   });
 }
 
+async function isWslAvailable(): Promise<boolean> {
+  try {
+    await execWindowsCmdAsync('wsl --status');
+    return true;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
 export class Cli {
   private static cliInstance: CodacyCli | null = null;
 
@@ -67,9 +76,7 @@ export class Cli {
       Cli.cliInstance = new LinuxCodacyCli(rootPath, provider, organization, repository);
     } else if (platform === 'win32') {
       // is WSL installed?
-      const { stdout } = await execWindowsCmdAsync('wsl --status');
-      const hasWSL = stdout.includes('Default Distribution');
-
+      const hasWSL = await isWslAvailable();
       Cli.cliInstance = hasWSL
         ? new WinWSLCodacyCli(rootPath, provider, organization, repository)
         : new WinCodacyCli(rootPath, provider, organization, repository);

From 5bfd03a5e7831f193c5ea5a800bb442b3d7919e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Alex." <36776298+Variiuz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 22:53:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update src/cli/index.ts

Co-authored-by: gemini-code-assist[bot] <176961590+gemini-code-assist[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 src/cli/index.ts | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/cli/index.ts b/src/cli/index.ts
index c7ff76c..dbfd2fb 100644
--- a/src/cli/index.ts
+++ b/src/cli/index.ts
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ async function execWindowsCmdAsync(command: string): Promise<{ stdout: string; s
 
 async function isWslAvailable(): Promise<boolean> {
   try {
-    await execWindowsCmdAsync('wsl --status');
-    return true;
+    const { stdout } = await execWindowsCmdAsync('wsl -l -q');
+    return stdout.trim().length > 0;
   } catch {
     return false;
   }