dsh-wsl-keepalive

Running DSH WebUI inside WSL for local inference means Windows will quietly shut down your distribution after a few minutes of apparent idle time, killing your session mid-generation. dsh-wsl-keepalive exists to solve exactly that: a single toggle under Settings → Plugins that, when flipped, keeps the distro alive with zero scripting.

Under the hood it launches dbus-daemon inside the target distro via wsl.exe so Windows detects a live process and skips idle shutdown. Before starting it checks with pgrep to avoid duplicate launches; on stop it kills only the specific PID it recorded, leaving other dbus-daemon instances untouched. The settings panel shows real-time status, PID, and distro name at a glance. All three configurable fields (distro name, user, wsl.exe path) carry runtime validation—wrong values are reverted instantly with a red error message, and good values persist across restarts via a JSON config file. UI strings follow DSH global locale, switching between English and Chinese seamlessly.

If you rely on WSL for day-to-day local model inference and are tired of your distribution being silently reaped, this plugin is the lightest fix: one toggle, one flip, and your WSL session stays as long as you need it to.