9 Pull requests merged by 4 people

• Fix the 'WriteWslConfig' test case to reset .wslconfig when done

  #13305 merged Jul 29, 2025

• Spelling

  #13289 merged Jul 29, 2025

• install: do not attempt to install distros if a reboot is required

  #13298 merged Jul 29, 2025

• Update the test packages drop

  #13300 merged Jul 29, 2025

• Localization change from build: 127017409

  #13290 merged Jul 25, 2025

• Merge User/oneblue/prototype lsw to a feature/wsl-for-apps

  #13278 merged Jul 24, 2025

• Fix: enforce non-empty asset list when publishing

  #13201 merged Jul 24, 2025

• NFC: minor spelling fixes

  #13280 merged Jul 24, 2025

• Spelling

  #12954 merged Jul 23, 2025

2 Pull requests opened by 1 person

• Implement WSL for apps TCP port forwarding

  #13299 opened Jul 28, 2025

• Localization change from build: 127330996

  #13309 opened Jul 30, 2025

16 Issues closed by 8 people

• wsl error code

  #13303 closed Jul 30, 2025

• chrome or edge or code having trouble with mirrored network mode

  #13307 closed Jul 30, 2025

• WSL Services (e.g., Ollama, SSHD) Are Being Suspended Despite `vmIdleTimeout=-1`

  #13291 closed Jul 30, 2025

• lxcoreapi.h and lxbusapi.h missing

  #13306 closed Jul 29, 2025

• Catastrophic failure Error code: Wsl/Service/E_UNEXPECTED

  #13274 closed Jul 29, 2025

• port listen

  #13284 closed Jul 28, 2025

• GPU Passthrough fails for Intel Arc on Core Ultra 7 155H (Meteor Lake)

  #13295 closed Jul 27, 2025

• Space around = in .wslconfig

  #13266 closed Jul 24, 2025

• WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0x80070490 Error: 0x80070490 Element not found

  #7946 closed Jul 24, 2025

• `systemd status` fails output on Ubuntu

  #8879 closed Jul 24, 2025

• WSL2 freezes with high CPU usage on arm64

  #9135 closed Jul 24, 2025

• WSL hang, arm64 cpu, not solved by other solutions

  #9454 closed Jul 24, 2025

• WSL error - WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0xc03a0014

  #10233 closed Jul 24, 2025

• wsl.exe hangs from powershell until subsystem killed - arm64 aarch64

  #10309 closed Jul 24, 2025

• appending to a file via shell redirecting (echo foo >> bar) replaces content from start of document, doesn't append

  #11799 closed Jul 24, 2025

• While trying to install WSL 2 the install fails with 'Catastrophic Failure' message!

  #11809 closed Jul 24, 2025

17 Issues opened by 17 people

• WSL2 Crashes on start with Wsl/Service/E_UNEXPECTED

  #13312 opened Jul 30, 2025

• The kernel version 5.15.167.4‑microsoft‑standard‑WSL2 is not supported by DKMS, because WSL2 does not provide the matching linux-headers package through apt

  #13310 opened Jul 30, 2025

• chrome or edge or code having trouble with mirrored network mode

  #13308 opened Jul 30, 2025

• Microsoft Store ( Try again ) message keeps appearing ...

  #13302 opened Jul 29, 2025

• WSL flaky and unstable in CI environment

  #13301 opened Jul 29, 2025

• Update error brokes wsl

  #13297 opened Jul 28, 2025

• WSL 2 crashes with error code 1 when installing LLVM with `vcpkg`

  #13296 opened Jul 28, 2025

• Mirrored Networking Mode Not Working

  #13294 opened Jul 26, 2025

• OpenVPN network is not accessible in WSL when connection established from (Windows Host OpenVPN Application), it is accessible only if the connection established inside WSL2 container.

  #13293 opened Jul 26, 2025

• supports to intel GPU/NPU

  #13292 opened Jul 26, 2025

• Enable user mode SPI device support

  #13287 opened Jul 25, 2025

• Windows service to listen linux logs and write to Windows Event logs

  #13286 opened Jul 25, 2025

• DrvFs cannot handle exFAT file attributes correctly

  #13285 opened Jul 25, 2025

• Controlling root access for users

  #13283 opened Jul 24, 2025

• Debian shortlink https://aka.ms/wsl-debian-gnulinux needs an update

  #13282 opened Jul 24, 2025

• Offline WSL distribution installation fail with Access Denied

  #13281 opened Jul 24, 2025

• ISSUE: Unable to mount BlockDevice (WSL-Version: 2.5.9.0) ERROR: Wsl/Service/AttachDisk/WSL_E_WSL2_NEEDED

  #13279 opened Jul 23, 2025

27 Unresolved conversations

Sometimes conversations happen on old items that aren’t yet closed. Here is a list of all the Issues and Pull Requests with unresolved conversations.

• Cannot enable Mirrored network on WSL

  #11154 commented on Jul 24, 2025 • 0 new comments

• WSL2 installation fails with error HCS_E_HYPERV_NOT_INSTALLED on Windows 11 Build 26100

  #13275 commented on Jul 24, 2025 • 0 new comments

• Unable to install wsl, pre-req VirtualMachinePlatform fails to install

  #13196 commented on Jul 24, 2025 • 0 new comments

• Placeholder for `bash.exe` messes with `CreateProcess`

  #13277 commented on Jul 24, 2025 • 0 new comments

• WSL Hyper-V-VmSwitch restarts network every few minutes causing sound stuttering on host machine

  #7178 commented on Jul 24, 2025 • 0 new comments

• WSL2 fails in mirrored networking mode when multiple adapters share the same MAC

  #13276 commented on Jul 24, 2025 • 0 new comments

• Network Error when using OpenVPN

  #13197 commented on Jul 25, 2025 • 0 new comments

• [WSL2] File changes made by Windows apps on Windows filesystem don't trigger notifications for Linux apps

  #4739 commented on Jul 25, 2025 • 0 new comments

• Firefox unable to install extensions

  #13175 commented on Jul 25, 2025 • 0 new comments

• Problems generating corefiles with WSL2

  #11997 commented on Jul 25, 2025 • 0 new comments

• Very slow network speed on WSL2

  #4901 commented on Jul 26, 2025 • 0 new comments

• Mirrored Networking - 0.0.0.0 Bind Problem (Not Mirrored Correctly)

  #12703 commented on Jul 26, 2025 • 0 new comments

• wsl: Failed to configure network (networkingMode Nat), falling back to networkingMode VirtioProxy.

  #12297 commented on Jul 26, 2025 • 0 new comments

• [Feature Request/BUG resolvement] Allow to use iGPU (Integrated GPU) instead of dGPU (Dedicated GPU)

  #10417 commented on Jul 27, 2025 • 0 new comments

• Ability to disable/isolate a specific GPU in WSL2

  #8134 commented on Jul 27, 2025 • 0 new comments

• WSL Freezes Randomly

  #10378 commented on Jul 27, 2025 • 0 new comments

• Mount partitions and skip HyperV limitations

  #9283 commented on Jul 29, 2025 • 0 new comments

• "WSL2 is not supported with your current machine configuration" after enabling Hyper-V, Virtual Machine Platform, Windows Subsystem for Linux, Hypervisor Platform and virtualization in up-to-date bios.

  #9652 commented on Jul 29, 2025 • 0 new comments

• Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal machine check

  #13258 commented on Jul 30, 2025 • 0 new comments

• WSL 2 consumes massive amounts of RAM and doesn't return it

  #4166 commented on Jul 30, 2025 • 0 new comments

• Can't connect to an app in Windows from WSL2

  #13239 commented on Jul 30, 2025 • 0 new comments

• Error code: Wsl/Service/CreateInstance/MountDisk/HCS/0x80071160

  #13255 commented on Jul 30, 2025 • 0 new comments

• SSH connections hanging from WSL2

  #4690 commented on Jul 30, 2025 • 0 new comments

• After Windows Update 24H2 cannot access WSL from File explorer

  #12444 commented on Jul 30, 2025 • 0 new comments

• WSL is non-responsive after waking from hibernate

  #8696 commented on Jul 30, 2025 • 0 new comments

• Autogenerated /etc/resolv.conf has invalid nameserver leading to issues like az login failures

  #12587 commented on Jul 30, 2025 • 0 new comments

• Intermittent connection problems between WSL and host machine

  #13125 commented on Jul 30, 2025 • 0 new comments