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## Title

    [Claude Code on WSL1] 'cannot execute binary file: Exec format error' from native binary

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): Known native-binary regression on WSL1 (tracked in anthropics/claude-code#38788).
    
    Fix status: workaround_only
    
    Workaround (not a fix): Wrap: /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 "$(readlink -f "$HOME/.local/bin/claude")" "$@" in a shell function
    
    Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
    - https://code.claude.com/docs/en/troubleshoot-install (official_docs, 2026-09, documented_workaround): Docs name the WSL1 Exec format error, reference issue #38788, and give WSL2 conversion or dynamic-linker wrapper.
    
    Search phrasings: claude code wsl1 exec format error
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

## Attribution and provenance

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