Windows 11 WSL2 DNS and OpenVPN Split Tunnel
On modern Windows 11 + WSL 2, the reliable VPN-friendly DNS path is WSL DNS tunneling. If you want Linux tools inside WSL to follow the same DNS policy as Windows apps, keep /etc/resolv.conf auto-generated and let the Windows DNS Client make the routing and suffix decisions.
This post focuses on the current Windows 11 + WSL 2 model, not the older manual resolv.conf workaround. It also shows how to keep OpenVPN in split-tunnel mode while preserving internal DNS resolution in both Windows and WSL.