Compass does not save favorites on WSL

[l0ner]

Just as in title. I have Compass installed in WSL. I can add as many favories as I can, but if I close Compass and reopen it all the favorites are gone.

From reading #1911 and #1956 it might seem the gnome-keyring is needed for this to function, and some users have resolved this simply by installing it. I do have gnome-keyring installed and autostarting in my WSL installation, and applications like Remmina use it without a problem.

Bug Report

Current Behavior

Favorites do not persist Compass restart on WSL

Expected Behavior/Code

Favorites persist every Compass restart.

Environment

• node.js / npm versions: v16.17.0 / 8.1.3
• OS: Ubuntu 20.04.5 on Windows 11 WSL2
• Compass: 1.32.2 && 1.26.0

Steps to reproduce

1. Install Mongodb Compass on WSL
2. Open Compass
3. Add some Favorites
4. Close Compass
5. Reopen Compass, favorites are gone.

[alenakhineika]

Hey, thank you for opening the issue! We have a ticket open that might be related to what causes this (COMPASS-6119). You can use it as a reference to track the progress.

[l0ner]

Thanks for the update. Since last(?) update i can now enable systemd on WSL, which made the problem go away. I guess the problem lies with some service (dbus? keychanin?) which is required for bookmarks to work but is not started on WSL that doesn't run systemd.