A new version of Windows Subsystem for Linux is released with updating Microsoft.WSL.Kernel to version 5.15.133.1-1 and WSLg to 1.0.59. The update is WSL 2.0.5 which promotes some wslconfig settings to [wsl2], enables process mitigation policies for wslservice and wslnstaller service, and more. The release also fixes issue where wslinfo -n is not correctly skipping printing the newline.
WSL 2.0.5 is a successor of WSL 20.0.4 which resolved a potential crash in wslservice.exe. Let’s see what is new in this update:
WSL 2.0.5 changes, fixes and improvements
Here is the changelog:
- Promote the following wslconfig settings to [wsl2]: (solves #10616)
dnsTunneling-> wsl2.dnsTunneling experimental.firewall -> wsl2.firewall experimental.networkingMode -> wsl2.networkingMode experimental.autoProxy -> wsl2.autoProxyPrevious settings under the experimental section are still supported for backwards compatibility
- Fix issue where wslinfo -n is not correctly skipping printing the newline
- Work around issue where init is being launched without /dev/console, which can cause hangs
- Remove –event-viewer and –release-notes arguments from wsl.exe usage and various cleanup
- Enable process mitigation policies for wslservice and wslnstaller service
- Improve error handling when distribution VHD fails to mount
- Add wsl.vhdSize argument for customizing vhd size
- Update Microsoft.WSL.Kernel to version 5.15.133.1-1
- Update WSLg to 1.0.59
Also see: WSL / Windows Subsystem for Linux 0.65.2 and 0.65.1 Released
Downloads:
wsl.2.0.5.0.x64.msi
Microsoft.WSL_2.0.5.0_x64_ARM64.msixbundle
wsl.2.0.5.0.arm64.msi
Source: Github WSL release note.
That’s all!!