1.1.0

• Use an overlayfs when the distro VHD is mounted read-only so the distribution can start (Improves situations like #8711)

• Fix incorrect translation of command line arguments

• Introduce wsl.exe --debug-shell

• Use additional groups in the plan9 server (solves #9282)

• Don't start distribution applications in a new terminal

• Support mount flags in wsl.exe --mount (solves #9299)

• Create dev/shm via bind mount (solves #8996)

• Read the mountname registry value from the correct key when restoring disk mounts (solves #9379)

• Update Microsoft.WSL.Kernel to version 5.15.83.1

  • Update to stable kernel version v5.15.83
  • enable CONFIG_TIME_NS enabled on x86 and arm64
  • disable CONFIG_DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT on arm64

• Add 'unix:' prefix to pulse audio env variable

• Attempt to always reuse the same IP address in the WSL NAT network

• Make the first distro the implicit default (solves #9266)

• Delete the BasePath if wsl --import fails

• Update Microsoft.WSLg to version 1.0.48

  • WSLGd: launch RDP client with 'init' explicitly. This fixes the issue msrdc.exe is not launched at Windows's side.
  • xwayland: revert max frame flag fix which no longer needed (as upstream fix is backported)
  • xwm: Fix selection if no seat present at startup
  • rdp-backend: fix weston crash at RDP client disconnect

• Move the --pre-release entry in the help message under --update

• Make the localhost relay ignore conflicting binds.

• Fix race condition in the service's lifetime management

• Prevent the creation of new user sessions when the service is stopping

• Use seccomp in localhost relay

1.0.3

• Update to stable kernel version v5.15.79.1
• Only mount drvfs drives that are readable
• Add new systemd unit to re-create the /tmp/.X11-unix if it's been deleted (Fixes #9126)
• Remove failure path if nested virtualization is not supported (Fixes #9196)
• Add a --pre-release option to wsl.exe --update

1.0.1

• Fix a potential hang in wslservice.exe when launching a new session
• Make the /tmp/.X11-unix bind mount point read-only to prevent the socket from being deleted
• Don't fail to start if cgroup mounts fail [GH 8981]
• Add E_FAIL and E_UNEXPECTED to common error strings

1.0.0

• Removed the "Preview" label - WSL in the Store is now generally available!
• Use an override in generator.early to prevent the /tmp/.X11-unix socket from being removed during boot
• Don't create a pty for systemd to fix issue where systemd would time out during boot

0.70.8

• Fix various issues with plan9 logging
• Do not print any status updates when exporting to stdout
• Ensure /tmp/.X11-unix is not cleared by systemd [GH 9038]
• Add HCS_E_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT to g_commonErrors
• Add --enable-debug when building musl for better stacks
• Retry block device operations on ENXIO
• Fix race condition in the plan9 server causing ECONNREFUSED
• Add SharedAccess host firewall rule
• Update Microsoft.WSLg to version 1.0.47
  • WSLGd: fix relaunch weston with env
  • WSLG: update mariner to 2.0 official release
  • WSLGd: independently monitor child process for font monitor
  • WSLGd: add timestamp to log
  • WSLGd: redirect FreeRDP log to a file
  • WSLGd: Raise the NOFILE limit
  • WSLGd: misc updates (allow to load X cursor from user distro and etc.)
  • WSLGd: Include missing array header
  • system-distro: fix build error at mesa after mariner update
  • rdp shell: workaround get_position crash
  • rdp shell: fix missing va_end() call
  • rdp shell: make wslpath optional for obtaining windows path
  • rdp-backend: fix overactive assert
    Update Kernel to version 5.15.74.2
  • Update to stable kernel version v5.15.74
  • Enable the limit option (CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_LIMIT) for iptables
  • Include fix for hvsocket read() hang

0.70.5

• Fix race condition in the plan9 server causing ECONNREFUSED
• Addresses an issue where DNS requests to resolve names from a WSL2 container would fail when using the default configured NAT DNS Server

0.70.4

• Work around deadlock in WSL init daemon due to bug in musl libc [GH 8824]
• Fix regression where /etc/wsl.conf interop.enabled setting was not respected [GH 8932]

0.70.0

• Ensure that stdout / stderr relays are created for wslg.exe
• Update Windows SDK to 22621 (Windows 11 22H2)
• Update Microsoft.WSLg to version 1.0.45
  • WSLGd: allow alternate rdp file via .wslgconfig
  • Weston: rdp shell: fix window placement issues
  • Weston: rdp shell: register snap applications on start menu
  • Weston: rdp shell: use predefined constant for g_key_file api
  • Weston: rdp shell: add icon file search retry
  • Weston: xwm: Check size hints in weston_wm_window_is_positioned()
• Update MSRDC to version 1.2.3575

0.68.4

• Defer admin / non-admin mount namespace creation until systemd has started.
  • Before this change if you launched your distro as Administrator, then ran wslg as non-admin, snap packages such as Spotify would not work.
• Remove unneeded kernel command line parameters for systemd
• Update Kernel to version 5.15.68.1

0.68.2

• Fix a handful of issues around the new systemd implementation:
  • Adjust location check for systemd [GH 8852]
  • Fix an issue where WSLg would not work for some distributions
  • Allow launching Windows executables from processes launched via /etc/wsl.conf boot.systemd or boot.command
  • Disable systemd support if /sbin/init cannot be executed
• Implement logic to notify the user when a WSL package update is available