Setting up environment variables in IntelliJ using WSL

Question

I am using IntelliJ 2021.2.1 on Windows 10 on a project that runs in WSL2 > Ubuntu

My project is set so that it fails to run if the environment variables are not set.

If I go to Settings > Terminal , there is an option to set environment variables. I added them using the pattern: VAR1=VALUE1;VAR2=VALUE2 .

They seem to be loaded correctly as they are listed on the Environment Variables dialog.

When I run the project using IntelliJ, it opens on the IntelliJ terminal, but the project fails to run because the variables are not set.

Is there something I'm missing from the configuration?

Answer 1

It's a known bug in IntelliJ IDEA.