WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0x80070057

[kurtismcc]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22631.4169]

WSL Version

2.3.24.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

5.15.153.1-2

Distro Version

Ubuntu

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

wsl --install Ubuntu

(Note, error from logs is HcsCreateComputeSystem failed...

"HcsWaitForOperationResult for HcsCreateComputeSystem failed (06AE219D-3D5E-415E-8981-7825C3875F36 {""Owner"":""WSL"",""SchemaVersion"":{""Major"":2,""Minor"":3},""VirtualMachine"":{""StopOnReset"":true,""Chipset"":{""UseUtc"":true,""LinuxKernelDirect"":{""KernelFilePath"":""C:\Program Files\WSL\tools\kernel"",""InitRdPath"":""C:\Program Files\WSL\tools\initrd.img"",""KernelCmdLine"":""initrd=\initrd.img WSL_ROOT_INIT=1 panic=-1 nr_cpus=32 hv_utils.timesync_implicit=1 earlycon=uart8250,io,0x3f8,115200 console=hvc0 debug pty.legacy_count=0 WSL_ENABLE_CRASH_DUMP=1""}},""ComputeTopology"":{""Memory"":{""SizeInMB"":32308,""AllowOvercommit"":true,""EnableColdDiscardHint"":true,""EnableDeferredCommit"":true,""HighMmioBaseInMB"":49152,""HighMmioGapInMB"":16384,""HostingProcessNameSuffix"":""WSL""},""Processor"":{""Count"":32,""ExposeVirtualizationExtensions"":true,""EnablePerfmonPmu"":true}},""Devices"":{""ComPorts"":{""0"":{""NamedPipe"":""\\.\pipe\{6199505c-acdc-4fdb-98cd-7f8efd417065}""}},""VirtioSerial"":{""Ports"":{""0"":{""NamedPipe"":""\\.\pipe\{bbf78d32-27a6-46ba-83aa-278499f90114}"",""Name"":""hvc0"",""ConsoleSupport"":true},""1"":{""NamedPipe"":""\\.\pipe\wsl_debugshell_S-1-5-21-2115390225-1166050209-394841749-1002"",""Name"":""hvc1"",""ConsoleSupport"":true}}},""Scsi"":{""0"":{""Attachments"":{}}},""HvSocket"":{""HvSocketConfig"":{""DefaultBindSecurityDescriptor"":""D:P(A;;FA;;;SY)(A;;FA;;;S-1-5-21-2115390225-1166050209-394841749-1002)"",""DefaultConnectSecurityDescriptor"":""D:P(A;;FA;;;SY)(A;;FA;;;S-1-5-21-2115390225-1166050209-394841749-1002)""}},""Plan9"":{},""Battery"":{}}},""ShouldTerminateOnLastHandleClosed"":true} - error string: {""Error"":-2147024809,""ErrorMessage"":""The parameter is incorrect."",""ErrorEvents"":[{""Message"":""'' could not initialize. (Virtual machine ID 06AE219D-3D5E-415E-8981-7825C3875F36)"",""Provider"":""51ddfa29-d5c8-4803-be4b-2ecb715570fe"",""EventId"":3040,""Flags"":5,""Data"":[{""Type"":""String"",""Value"":""""},{""Type"":""String"",""Value"":""06AE219D-3D5E-415E-8981-7825C3875F36""}]}],""Attribution"":[{""OperationFailure"":{""Detail"":""Construct""}}]})")

Expected Behavior

Successful installation

Actual Behavior

Ubuntu is already installed.
Launching Ubuntu...
Installing, this may take a few minutes...
WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0x80070057
Error: 0x80070057 The parameter is incorrect.

Diagnostic Logs

WslLogs-2024-09-30_12-58-20.zip

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Diagnostic information

.wslconfig found
Detected appx version: 2.3.24.0

[kurtismcc]

Also of note, if I create a full Ubuntu machine in Hyper-V, it also fails to start, this time with error "The process terminated unexpectedly."

[OneBlue]

Thank you for reporting this @kurtismcc. It looks like something's wrong inside Hyper-V on your machine. To help root cause this, could you please:

• Download and extract HyperVTrace.zip
• Run as elevated: wpr -start HyperVTraceProfile.wprp!StandardHyperVTest -filemode
• Reproduce the WSL issue
• Run wpr -stop .\HyperVTrace.etl
• Share that .etl file with us

[kurtismcc]

I couldn't wait. I reinstalled Windows and everything cleared up. Gonna close this.

[hmxf]

HyperVTrace.etl.zip

@OneBlue

I've met the same error and reproduced the WSL issue. The .etl file has been attached above.