Issues

• wsl --install <distro> elevates and runs DISM to enable VirtualMachinePlatform although WSL 2 distros already run

  needs-author-feedback
  microsoft/WSL#41785 · Filter by author sytelus opened on Oct 3, 2026
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• WSL 3.0.1: CPU writes to D3D12 UPLOAD-heap mappings via /dev/dxg run at ~9 MB/s (Mesa d3d12 texture uploads ~700x slower than on 2.7.10)

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  microsoft/WSL#41784 · Filter by author sytelus opened on Oct 3, 2026
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• WSL 3.0.1: systemd-binfmt.service fails on every boot ("Failed to flush binfmt_misc rules: Read-only file system")

  needs-author-feedback
  microsoft/WSL#41783 · Filter by author sytelus opened on Oct 3, 2026
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• New sessions fail with Wsl/Service/WSAENOBUFS after Modern Standby resume — guest VMBus offer/rescind deadlock (hvs_probe stuck in vmbus_open, ~1,950 offers queued)

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  microsoft/WSL#41777 · Filter by author derekrprice opened on Oct 2, 2026
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• Won't install on WSL2 but success on WSL1

  microsoft/WSL#41776 · Filter by author retro-dwsz opened on Oct 2, 2026
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• wslc 3.0.1: intermittent slow container runs with NAT compared to Docker (PowerShell benchmark)

  bugneeds-author-feedbackwslc
  microsoft/WSL#41775 · Filter by author ThePlenkov opened on Oct 2, 2026
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• WSLC_E_SESSION_NOT_FOUND when listing containers in session

  emailed-logsenhancementwslc
  microsoft/WSL#41774 · Filter by author kieronlanning opened on Oct 2, 2026
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• wslc: host.wslc.internal does not resolve in musl-based containers, resolves in glibc-based containers

  bugwslc
  microsoft/WSL#41769 · Filter by author u1f992 opened on Oct 2, 2026
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• WSLC: Resolve remote image manifest/index digest without pulling image layers

  featurewslc
  microsoft/WSL#41766 · Filter by author vcfvct opened on Oct 2, 2026
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• WSL 3.0.1 breaks Docker Desktop: iso9660 unavailable in docker-desktop distro (KernelModulesUnavailable)

  needs-author-feedback
  microsoft/WSL#41759 · Filter by author jharin opened on Oct 1, 2026
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• WSL 2 distro registration fails with 0x80370114; vmcompute service missing

  needs-author-feedback
  microsoft/WSL#41757 · Filter by author sethu101287 opened on Oct 1, 2026
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• Severe OpenGL performance regression after WSL 2.7.14 → 3.0.1; downgrading restores performance

  wslg
  microsoft/WSL#41756 · Filter by author kambo-1st opened on Oct 1, 2026
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• WSL 3.0.1 breaks running/debugging experience of docker compose from VS 2026

  bugexternalwslc
  microsoft/WSL#41754 · Filter by author mhkolk opened on Oct 1, 2026
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• WSL containers: cannot combine editing from the host with fast file access and change notifications

  featurewslc
  microsoft/WSL#41751 · Filter by author u1f992 opened on Oct 1, 2026
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• Title: WSL 3.0.1 kernel 6.18.40.1 dropped PPP support (CONFIG_PPP not set) — breaks openfortivpn / pppd

  question
  microsoft/WSL#41750 · Filter by author overherz opened on Oct 1, 2026
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• wslc does not expose /dev/dri for VAAPI

  bugwslc
  microsoft/WSL#41748 · Filter by author sikhness opened on Oct 1, 2026
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• Enhancement: Do not report expected systemd D-Bus startup polling as "Failed to connect to bus"

  feature
  microsoft/WSL#41747 · Filter by author TonyGravagno opened on Oct 1, 2026
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• virtiofs=true: file created on Windows bind mount is exposed as root-owned and chown still not work.

  microsoft/WSL#41746 · Filter by author Zerorigin opened on Sep 30, 2026
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• wslc run returns ERROR_TIMEOUT on WSL 3.0.1.0

  bugwslc
  microsoft/WSL#41740 · Filter by author ThePlenkov opened on Sep 30, 2026
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• WSL 3.0.1: binfmt cli handler takes precedence over WSLInterop, breaking Windows executable interop

  microsoft/WSL#41739 · Filter by author DavidZidar opened on Sep 30, 2026
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• ja-JP: Inconsistent translation of "Image" in wslc CLI help / messages

  localizationneeds-author-feedbackwslc
  microsoft/WSL#41738 · Filter by author aiwas opened on Sep 30, 2026
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• D3D12 VA-API exposes no decode profiles on AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT (only VAEntrypointVideoProc)

  GPU
  microsoft/WSL#41733 · Filter by author kaiserbh opened on Sep 30, 2026
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• wsldevicehost virtiofs (WSLg shared memory) aborts the whole DllHost on one "Invalid FUSE message", leaving every guest sync hung forever

  emailed-logsneeds-author-feedback
  microsoft/WSL#41727 · Filter by author Frankie464 opened on Sep 29, 2026
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• wsl: Failed to configure network (networkingMode Consomme), falling back to networkingMode None.

  microsoft/WSL#41722 · Filter by author kmj251 opened on Sep 29, 2026
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• WSL1: exiting process hangs forever in LXCORE!LxpInotifyNtWatchDecrementWatchCount (DrvFs inotify); wsl --shutdown hangs, only a reboot recovers

  emailed-logs
  microsoft/WSL#41721 · Filter by author MTS-RTX opened on Sep 29, 2026
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