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JetBrains explains that support for WSL in IntelliJ IDEA, WebStorm, and PhpStorm is moving to a Native mode based on the IJent agent, rather than relying on the 9P layer or the Remote Development entry point as the primary option. The company says testing showed clear improvements when opening large projects and reading files, while Remote Development remains available but is no longer the recommended path.