WSL2 broken by Cumulative Update for Windows 11 Insider Preview (10.0.22635.4367) (KB5044373)

[jpmchia]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22635.4367]

WSL Version

WSL version: 2.3.24.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

Unable to run wsl.exe --status

Distro Version

All distributions / instances fail - Ubuntu 20.04 / Ubuntu 22.04 / Ubuntu 24.04 / Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

WSL2 and all distributions / instances were working perfectly.

Windows Update installed and rebooted - Cumulative Update for Windows 11 Insider Preview (10.0.22635.4367) (KB5044373).

WSL2 no longer runs. Unresponsible to any wsl.exe commands.

Expected Behavior

Expected WSL2 to run as expected.

Actual Behavior

Doesn't run at all.

Have tried uninstalling / reinstalling by first removing:

• Docker Desktop 4.34.3.170107
• Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux
• Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName VirtualMachinePlatform
• Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName HypervisorPlatform
• Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V-All

[restarted]

Reinstalled in reverse order and up until Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux.

Will retry and capture the logs.

Diagnostic Logs

No response

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How to collect WSL logs

Download and execute collect-wsl-logs.ps1 in an administrative powershell prompt:

Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/WSL/master/diagnostics/collect-wsl-logs.ps1" -OutFile collect-wsl-logs.ps1
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force
.\collect-wsl-logs.ps1

The script will output the path of the log file once done.

If this is a networking issue, please use collect-networking-logs.ps1, following the instructions here

Once completed please upload the output files to this Github issue.

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View similar issues

Please view the issues below to see if they solve your problem, and if the issue describes your problem please consider closing this one and thumbs upping the other issue to help us prioritize it!

Open similar issues:

• KB5043145 breaks WSL2 (#12090), similarity score: 0.81
• WSL Service has stopped working after the latest update and reboot on Windows 11 (#12131), similarity score: 0.77

Closed similar issues:

• WSL - server execution failed after windows update KB5012592 (OS Build 22000.613) (#8384), similarity score: 0.78
• WSL2 fails to run with error 0x80370102 (#8065), similarity score: 0.78
• WSL2 won't start/hangs on Windows Insider Beta build 10.0.22623.1250 (#9616), similarity score: 0.77

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[jpmchia]

WslLogs-2024-10-14_00-02-35.zip
WslLogs-2024-10-14_00-07-36.zip
WslLogs-2024-10-14_00-13-46.zip

Repeated the uninstall and reinstall, logging each step between reboots and now it works again!

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Diagnostic information

Multiple log files found, using: https://github.com/user-attachments/files/17357473/WslLogs-2024-10-14_00-02-35.zip
.wslconfig found
Detected appx version: 2.3.24.0