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2.6.1 Pre-Release
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2025-08-05 16:36:10 -05:00 | 96 commits to master since this releaseWhat's Changed
- Fix json invalid utf-8 from IconPath by @CarlosNihelton in https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/pull/13340
- Switch
wslinfo --vm-idto not rely on presence of VM ID environment variable by @benhillis in https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/pull/13318 - Fixed CVE-2025-53788 (Details to be published on Aug 12th)
- install: do not attempt to install distros if a reboot is required by @benhillis in https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/pull/13298
- wslsettings: appropriately set heading level for PageHeaderTextBlockStyle by @benhillis in https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/pull/13257
- Expose the VM ID inside user distros by @chelnak in https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/pull/13212
- Don't display a warning when the binfmt process doesn't have a controlling terminal by @OneBlue in https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/pull/13176
- Fix C1010070 compilation error in wslsettings by @Mlekow in https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/pull/12928
- Look up systemctl from $PATH for user session checks by @K900 in https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/pull/13157
- Update Microsoft.RemoteDesktop.Client.MSRDC.SessionHost to version 1.2.6353 by @benhillis in https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/pull/13271
New Contributors
- @Mlekow made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/pull/12928
- @K900 made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/pull/13157
- @g0tmi1k made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/pull/13182
- @chelnak made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/pull/13212
- @kirancheparthi made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/pull/13240
- @mohiuddin-khan-shiam made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/pull/13201
- @stratusjerry made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/pull/13314
- @CarlosNihelton made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/pull/13340
Full Changelog: https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/compare/2.6.0...2.6.1
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2.5.10 Stable
2025-08-05 16:36:10 -05:00 | 96 commits to master since this release- Fixed CVE-2025-53788 (Details to be published on Aug 12th)
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2.6.0 Pre-Release
2025-06-18 20:29:43 -05:00 | 130 commits to master since this release- First open source release of WSL
- Various stability improvements
- Update localized strings
- Don't throw when unregistering a distro that has a BasePath that doesn't exist (solves #13004)
- Fix distribution download failing if the URL contains parameters
- Fix various issues with systemd user sessions (solves #13053)
- Fix wslsettings crash when invoked from wslservice
- Set MOVEFILE_WRITE_THROUGH when moving distribution VHD's (solves #13055)
- Discard BOM header when parsing the Windows 'hosts' file (solves #9642)
- Correctly report corrupted disks when mount() fails with EUCLEAN (solves #13074)
- Don't use a ? prefix when resolving the distribution location (solves #13064)
- Solve potential failure while downloading a distribution if LastError is non zero
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2.5.9 Pre-Release
2025-06-06 17:06:29 -05:00 | 151 commits to master since this releaseDownloads
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2.5.8 Pre-Release
2025-06-04 20:11:01 -05:00 | 158 commits to master since this releaseDownloads
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2.5.7 Pre-Release
2025-04-21 13:39:51 -05:00 | 188 commits to master since this release- Update Linux kernel to 6.6.87.1-1
- Update WindowsAppSDK to version 1.7.250401001
- Increase the soft file descriptor limit to 1024 * 1024 (solves #12837)
- Add logic to detect when an imported distribution is invalid
- Move Linux side warnings to new warning infrastructure
- Fix potential deadlock when converting a distribution to WSL1 or WSL2
- Fix download logic to download to a file instead of in memory (solves #12805)
- Use a systemd-generator to create the wslg and binfmt units
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2.5.6 Pre-Release
2025-04-07 11:20:32 -05:00 | 194 commits to master since this release- Fix docker by adding back modules loaded at boot (solves #12748)
- Fix command line parsing preventing importing or exporting from stdout / stdin
- Bring back bridged networking mode
- Update to 6.6.84.1 WSL Kernel
- wslinfo: print newline after usage
- Add initgroups helper to work around musl limitation (solves #12755)
- Remove invalid kmesg error when gui apps are disabled
- Fallback to GrantVmAccess when attaching a VHD fails with ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED
- Update UtilConnectToInteropServer to respect g_InitPid and minor wslinfo updates (solves #12714)
- Put sparse vhd support behind an --allow-unsafe flag.
- wslsettings: fix networking mode selection logic (solves #12745)
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2.5.4 Pre-Release
2025-03-24 21:04:38 -05:00 | 195 commits to master since this release- Fix the wsl --update --pre-release logic to correctly handle backports and always pick the actual latest
- Set LX_WSL2_INSTALL_PATH even when gui apps are disabled
- Introduce general.instanceIdleTimeout to control distribution termination timeouts (solves #10138, #9401)
- Modify config file parsing to allow empty strings
- Update Microsoft.RemoteDesktop.Client.MSRDC.SessionHost to version 1.2.6074
- Change behavior of a custom kernel with no modules to not log a warning.
- Implement --vhd-size and --fixed-vhd arguments to wsl.exe --install
- Detect when the VM crashes, and capture dmesg
- Resolve kernel warning about ip_local_port_range having start / end with same parity
- Update WSLENV logic to allow passing /l and /p together to translate paths and path lists
- Don't throw when processing an empty argument (solves #12649)
- Disable DNS tunneling if global secure access client is present
- Remove support bridged networking
- Fix wsl.exe --install --enable-wsl1 to work when run as non-elevated
- Fix partial read causing failure to import WSL1 distribution
- wslsettings: Launch MSI version of wsl.exe instead of the one in system32
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2.4.13 Stable
2025-03-19 15:27:02 -05:00 | 198 commits to master since this release- Update Microsoft.Identity.MSAL.WSL.Proxy to version 0.1.1
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2.5.1 Pre-Release
2025-03-12 18:07:09 -05:00 | 202 commits to master since this release- Fix broken /etc/hosts generation and correctly handle empty domain names (solves #12275)
- Improve hardenning of the WSL binfmt interpreter (solves #8843)
- Gracefully handle situations where the user's defaultDistribution registry value points to a missing registration (solves #12595)
- Update WSLg to 1.0.66
- Add support for exporting distributions via wsl --export as .tar.xz
- Change wslpluginapi.h Windows.h header include to lowercase (solves #12580)
- Move the user token duplication logic to LxssUserSession so valid user tokens are passed to plugins (solves #12554)
- Update Kernel to 6.6.75 and switch modules to a vhd
- Remove cgroupv1 support
- Automatically start the distribution when a .wsl file is double clicked.
- Fix potential deadlock in the IO relay when stdin is a pipe (solves #12523)
- Introduce DefaultNetworkingMode WSL policy value
- Add support for CRLF in /etc/wsl.conf (solves #12502)
- Check automount setting before mounting admin drives (solves #12443)
- Remove TrustedInstaller registry protections before writing the registry during installation (solves #11376)
- WSLg: Create /run/user/ as a tmpfs mount that systemd expects (solves #11261)
- Add support for distro compressed with xz, or bzip for WSL1
- Implement OOBE for WSL1 distros. (solves #12398)
- Update Microsoft.Identity.MSAL.WSL.Proxy to version 0.1.1
- Implement config file warnings on Linux
- Implement localization on Linux
- Update 'wsl.exe --import-in-place` to call plugin API and do modern distro operations (solves #12370)
- Add support for resizing a distribution via wsl --manage --resize
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