WSL fails to launch after file downloads

[mwbaxter11]

I am running Windows 10.0.18362.175 using Ubuntu 16.04.06. Whenever I run commands which get data from remote servers (like rsync or apt-get upgrade), and then close the shell, I can't restart WSL because it fails to launch.

Here are steps which reliably reproduce the problem for me:

• Open a cmd console as Admin
• Run bash script to do rsync copy from remote machine. The rsync command is of the form:
• sudo -u <userid> rsync -av --delete -e "ssh -i <rsa_file>" --exclude-from=<exclude_file> <userid>@<remotehost>:/ --rsync-path=<remote_script_file> <local_dest_folder>
• rsync finishes successfully, bash closes OK
• wait 0-60 seconds
• open another cmd window
• type bash
• WSL does not start - just shows a blank window with blinking cursor

The only fix is to restart the PC.

Please see attached log files which contain an example of this.
logs.zip

It's all a little bit frustrating. What can I do to avoid this?

[craigloewen-msft]

Seems related to #4047 . We're looking into a fix!

[mwbaxter11]

Thanks very much, that's good to hear. Is there any known workaround in the short term?

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Thank you!