GUI launched from wsl.exe does not respect locale settings

[brianmaher84]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19045.4894]

WSL Version

WSL version: 2.3.24.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

5.15.153.1-2

Distro Version

Ubuntu 20.04

Other Software

kitty 0.36.4
terminator 1.91

Repro Steps

It happens with both kitty and terminator terminals so I believe it is a wsl.exe issue that this occurs.

For example run the below command from windows shortcut to launch the terminal
C:\Windows\System32\wsl.exe -- /opt/kitty/bin/kitty --detach

The keyboard layout reverts to en_US even though the Windows system is set to en_IE and I exported every environment variable in my bashrc to try to force en_IE.

export LC_ALL=en_IE.UTF-8
export LANG=en_IE
export LC_CTYPE=en_IE.UTF-8

I've removed en_US from the Ubuntu and it still occurs.
locale -a
C
C.UTF-8
en_IE
en_IE@euro
en_IE.iso88591
en_IE.iso885915@euro
en_IE.utf8
POSIX

Expected Behavior

When I launch the terminal from wsl.exe, the locale should be respected by the application launched.

Actual Behavior

It launches as en_US no matter what locale I set.

Diagnostic Logs

No response

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