Issues

• WSLc image import does not work without tag (should default to :latest)

  microsoft/WSL#42058 · Filter by author JanGruyaert opened on Oct 25, 2026
  2

• WSL installation appears to be corrupted - then fixed after reboot

  microsoft/WSL#42056 · Filter by author craigloewen-msft opened on Oct 25, 2026
  2

• wslc system session run returns ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE with redirected NUL stdin

  needs-author-feedback
  microsoft/WSL#42053 · Filter by author simcortex-mission-control opened on Oct 24, 2026
  1

• DllHost.exe (wsldevicehost.dll) leaks one process per VM when WSL is started from session 0

  needs-author-feedback
  microsoft/WSL#42051 · Filter by author malekpour opened on Oct 24, 2026
  1

• Inbound TCP data corrupted in WSL2 (NAT and mirrored); TLS fails on large downloads, while Windows host and WSL<->host loopback are clean

  emailed-logs
  microsoft/WSL#42049 · Filter by author rocket-girl-e opened on Oct 24, 2026
  4

• 3.0.3: drvfs mounts hang (vsock_connect) when the VM is started with a runas /trustlevel restricted token; 3.0.1 works

  needs-author-feedback
  microsoft/WSL#42044 · Filter by author TechNinja42 opened on Oct 23, 2026
  1

• ubuntu

  needs-author-feedback
  microsoft/WSL#42043 · Filter by author Chadi20 opened on Oct 23, 2026
  1

• docker context switch to desktop-linux removes docker.sock while dockerd process keeps running

  wsl2
  microsoft/WSL#42042 · Filter by author RusabKhan opened on Oct 23, 2026
  3

• WSL2 Mirrored networking mode reproducibly triggers 0x9F DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE (Intel BE200 Wi-Fi) at every boot

  networkwsl2
  microsoft/WSL#42039 · Filter by author suchenpengcn-commits opened on Oct 23, 2026
  3

• When I run Docker Desktop.exe, error - "backend exited before becoming ready"

  needs-author-feedbackwsl2
  microsoft/WSL#42037 · Filter by author beammys2 opened on Oct 23, 2026
  1

• Mirrored networking: session leader's vsock bind() can still fail with EINTR, wsl.exe -e then hangs 30 s with Wsl/Service/0x8007274c (follow-up to #14541)

  emailed-logswsl2
  microsoft/WSL#42034 · Filter by author davidcristian opened on Oct 22, 2026
  4

• wsl.exe pty setup depends on terminfo entry (reopening #13226)

  featurewsl1wsl2
  microsoft/WSL#42032 · Filter by author mintty opened on Oct 22, 2026
  4

• WSL 3.0.3.0 stops accepting new exec/session requests with Wsl/Service/WSAETIMEDOUT while existing sessions remain functional

  kernelwsl2
  microsoft/WSL#42029 · Filter by author Adrian-Stanea opened on Oct 22, 2026
  4

  

• WSL2 mirrored networking fails with Fortinet VPN-V IP-media adapter: ARP unresolved, TCP SYN dropped by Hyper-V (Unauthorized MAC)

  emailed-logsnetworkwsl2
  microsoft/WSL#42013 · Filter by author poja-soptim opened on Oct 21, 2026
  4

• wslc list returns ERROR_TIMEOUT on WSL 3.0.3.0

  needs-author-feedbackwslc
  microsoft/WSL#42012 · Filter by author ThomasMader opened on Oct 21, 2026
  2

• During first run in a non-default session, host.wslc.internal cannot be resolved.

  bugemailed-logswslc
  microsoft/WSL#42011 · Filter by author TheColdWorld opened on Oct 21, 2026
  3

  

• WSL 3.0.3.0: distro becomes unresponsive (Wsl/Service/WSAETIMEDOUT) with high vmmemWSL CPU, VS Code Remote-WSL disconnects

  kernelwsl2
  microsoft/WSL#42006 · Filter by author ahsanf opened on Oct 21, 2026
  5

  

• WSL 3.0.3 VirtioFS Docker bind mount: non-root file becomes root:root; chown succeeds without changing ownership

  file system
  microsoft/WSL#41991 · Filter by author wnunezc opened on Oct 20, 2026
  4

• Enable CONFIG_INET_DIAG_DESTROY and CONFIG_INET_RAW_DIAG in the WSL kernel (needed by ss)

  feature
  microsoft/WSL#41984 · Filter by author gopalmalaviya opened on Oct 19, 2026
  3

  

• WSL Settings: network mode is not synchronized after mirrored-to-NAT fallback

  featurewsl2
  microsoft/WSL#41976 · Filter by author aldxc opened on Oct 19, 2026
  5

• Do not push WSL updates through Windows Updates

  featurewslc
  microsoft/WSL#41970 · Filter by author rg9400 opened on Oct 18, 2026
  5

  

• Out-of-process WSL plugin runtime

  feature
  microsoft/WSL#41967 · Filter by author PaulDance opened on Oct 17, 2026
  3

• wslc: idle VM teardown never completes (vmwp.exe blocked in vid!VidDestroySynicPort while a wsldevicehost virtio device is removed), every data-plane command hangs until reboot

  needs-author-feedbackwslc
  microsoft/WSL#41966 · Filter by author k163377 opened on Oct 17, 2026
  1

• WSL 2 : keep freezing while PC going to sleep / hibernate

  needs-author-feedbackwsl2
  microsoft/WSL#41964 · Filter by author aeiplatform opened on Oct 17, 2026
  8

• Firefox crashing repeatedly

  needs-author-feedbackwsl2wslg
  microsoft/WSL#41959 · Filter by author anonymoussan00x-rgb opened on Oct 16, 2026
  1