HCS_E_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT after drivers update or BIOS virtualization disabled & enabled again

[HonzaKopecky]

Version

Windows version: 10.0.22621.1105

WSL Version

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

5.15.79.1

Distro Version

Ubuntu 18.04

Other Software

WSL version: 1.0.3.0
Kernel version: 5.15.79.1
WSLg version: 1.0.47
MSRDC version: 1.2.3575
Direct3D version: 1.606.4
DXCore version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp
Windows version: 10.0.22621.1105

Repro Steps

wsl.exe

Expected Behavior

Expecting the distro to startup just fine.

Actual Behavior

The operation timed out because a response was not received from the virtual machine or container. Error code: Wsl/Service/CreateInstance/HCS_E_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT

I tried to disable & enable the Virtual Machine Platform and Windows Hypervisor Platform several times without any success. I also tried installing another distro but the installation never finishes with the same error code. Also tried disabling & enabling virtualization in BIOS.

I also tried to mount the .vhdx drive in case it was corrupted but the mount command never finishes. Also, it doesn`t look like corruption of the drive since a fresh install fails too. I am also not aware of anything advanced I did inside of the distro since it worked flawlessly.

Some updates/driver updates were done since the distro worked okay. Unfortunately, I don't have a backup to go back to.

Diagnostic Logs

https://drive.google.com/file/d/18X-VQVoXZSp6Kv_0g7SFwG2zvg_MHtoK/view?usp=sharing

[ghost]

Can you rerun log collection from before starting WSL?

[HonzaKopecky]

Hello @pmartincic, I am sorry. I can no longer replicate the issue since I had all my work tools installed in the WSL, so I had to completely uninstall WSL, reinstall it again and create a new distro. Then I had to manually recover necessary data from the .vhdx virtual drive. It was hell of a few days. Anyway, let's close this now.