Issues

• "wsl --shutdown --force" not working

  needs-author-feedback
  microsoft/WSL#42112 · Filter by author JasperTeng opened on Oct 30, 2026
  3

• Support unique MAC addresses for multiple WSL instances

  feature
  microsoft/WSL#42111 · Filter by author VacantHusky opened on Oct 29, 2026
  3

• WSL2 CUDA initialization segfault after KB5127936 — RTX 5090 — resolved by uninstalling update

  needs-author-feedback
  microsoft/WSL#42107 · Filter by author kadydid opened on Oct 29, 2026
  1

• Mirrored networking: IPv6 neighbor for a Windows TUN next hop goes STALE → FAILED with no outgoing NS counted, breaking subsequent TCP connections

  emailed-logs
  microsoft/WSL#42106 · Filter by author taixinguo opened on Oct 29, 2026
  4

• wslc: every command times out (ERROR_TIMEOUT); the session VM starts but its guest never responds

  microsoft/WSL#42104 · Filter by author ptakes opened on Oct 29, 2026
  4

• GPU work never completes on Snapdragon X2 (Adreno X2-45): GL draws produce nothing, VA-API decode and Wayland EGL hang

  externalGPUwslg
  microsoft/WSL#42101 · Filter by author Sebby37 opened on Oct 29, 2026
  3

• WSL 3.0.3: Docker dev containers no longer open from WSL (spawn EPERM, WindowsApps folder added to PATH)

  wsl2
  microsoft/WSL#42096 · Filter by author Tectract opened on Oct 28, 2026
  4

• wsl.exe discards the calling Windows process's stdin even when the guest command never reads it

  featurewsl2
  microsoft/WSL#42094 · Filter by author rkitover opened on Oct 28, 2026
  4

• Wsl/InstallDistro/WININET_E_INVALID_SERVER_RESPONSE

  needs-author-feedbackwsl2
  microsoft/WSL#42091 · Filter by author a70799339-a11y opened on Oct 27, 2026
  2

• Error Wsl/Service/CreateInstance/CreateVm/0x8007273f

  hypervisor-platformwsl2
  microsoft/WSL#42082 · Filter by author gonzametal opened on Oct 27, 2026
  4

• wslsettings in WSL 3.0.3 bundles outdated .NET 8.0.0 runtime

  wsl2
  microsoft/WSL#42081 · Filter by author puq-git opened on Oct 27, 2026
  3

• Mirrored TCP fails after FSE HostVnic IPv4 rebind; stale IPS attachment state in paired dumps

  networkwsl2
  microsoft/WSL#42078 · Filter by author wianger opened on Oct 27, 2026
  5

  

• Wsl/Service/0x8007072c from a native Windows launcher — request for a supported method/handle/ABI diagnostic procedure

  needs-author-feedback
  microsoft/WSL#42077 · Filter by author benjaminboehmbb opened on Oct 27, 2026
  7

• WSL2 runs only on the first Windows processor group (64 of 128 threads) under the default root scheduler

  hypervisor-platformwsl2
  microsoft/WSL#42074 · Filter by author jbellis opened on Oct 27, 2026
  7

• wsl open and closes emidiately

  consolewsl1wsl2
  microsoft/WSL#42064 · Filter by author dr133gon opened on Oct 26, 2026
  2

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

  installmsixwsl2
  microsoft/WSL#42056 · Filter by author craigloewen-msft opened on Oct 25, 2026
  3

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

  wsl2
  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-logsnetworkwsl2
  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-feedbackwsl2
  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

• 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"

  externalneeds-author-feedbackwsl2
  microsoft/WSL#42037 · Filter by author beammys2 opened on Oct 23, 2026
  2

• 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
  7

• 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
  5