package installed info:

Information for package xdg-utils:
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Repository     : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name           : xdg-utils
Version        : 1.1.3+20230830-1.1
Arch           : noarch
Vendor         : openSUSE
Installed Size : 348.4 KiB
Installed      : Yes
Status         : up-to-date
Source package : xdg-utils-1.1.3+20230830-1.1.src
Upstream URL   : https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-utils/

with this version is not possible to open any url with http / https prefix ,
this is the error:

xdg-open https://www.kernel.org
start : This command cannot be run due to the error: The system cannot find the
file specified.
At line:1 char:1
+ start https\www.kernel.org
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [Start-Process],
InvalidOperationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId :
InvalidOperationException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.StartProcessCommand

NOTE: opensuse tumbleweed installed in WSL subsystem


with older version xdg-utils-1.1.3+20210805-2.3.noarch there are no problems