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WSL add project "cannot confirm the repository identity"

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Since Sep 11, 2026.

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Description

Short summary

Trying to add a project on WSL gives an error "Cannot confirm the repository identity from this checkout's origin. Make sure the host is reachable and the directory is the intended repository, then try again."

Affected version or release

v1.1.19

Installation context

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What happened?

When trying to add a project in WSL, it stalls for a couple minutes saying "adding...", then eventually fails with the above error message.

Steps to reproduce

Open settings > environments, browse for a project folder in a wsl connection, click add

Expected behavior

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In the repo folder:

> git remote -v
origin	https://github.com/Auspice-Capital/DuckDB.NET/ (fetch)
origin	https://github.com/Auspice-Capital/DuckDB.NET/ (push)
upstream	https://github.com/Giorgi/DuckDB.NET (fetch)
upstream	https://github.com/Giorgi/DuckDB.NET (push)

That one is a public fork, and the same thing happens for other public repos and private repos that aren't forks.

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