WSL Freezes Randomly

[Rskut]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19045.3324]

WSL Version

1.2.5.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• [X] WSL 2
• [ ] WSL 1

Kernel Version

Linux version 5.15.90.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2

Distro Version

Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.15.90.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2 x86_64)

Other Software

PhpStorm 2023.2 Build #PS-232.8660.205, built on July 28, 2023 Rancher Desktop v. 1.7.0 and Kubernetes 1.25.6

Repro Steps

None, it just freeze randomly, sometimes after fresh reboot on initial start (does not start at all), sometimes after 7 hours working fine

Expected Behavior

No freeze

Actual Behavior

WSL freezes, so I have to shut it down with "wsl.exe --shutdown" and reboot it with "wsl -d Ubuntu" after it started up it works but it can crash at any time again.

Diagnostic Logs

WslLogs-2023-08-10_13-13-37.zip

[abdiwahab88]

same here, wsl2 takes ages to start. some times become accessible after 2 hrs

[Enselic]

I also get this. Already running commands just pauses. Then I can't start new commands.

It tends to freeze for me during heavy load. I have a 16 core/32 thread system and for me it generally freezes when I run the Rust compiler test suite.

1. Clone https://github.com/rust-lang/rust in WSL 2 Ubuntu.
2. Run ./x test tests/ui

This puts heavy load on all 32 CPU threads. Sometimes WSL freezes in the middle for running the tests. Doing wsl.exe --shutdown and starting again resolves the issue.

I have used WSL 2 for many months. The freezes are a relatively new problem, first seen a few weeks back or so.

[Rskut]

WSL version 1.3.15.0 does not fix the issue.

[Rskut]

Any updates on this issue?. Are the logs helpful or not?

[Enselic]

After updating to the latest version of wsl I have not seen this problem. Not sure if it is luck or if the issue is fixed. I will report here if I see it again.

[Enselic]

I got the freeze again while running the Rust compiler test suite (see above). This is my current WSL version:

PS C:\Users\ensel> wsl --version
WSL-version: 1.2.5.0
Kernelversion: 5.15.90.1
WSLg-version: 1.0.51
MSRDC-version: 1.2.3770
Direct3D-version: 1.608.2-61064218
DXCore-version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp
Windows-version: 10.0.22621.2215

[ozdang]

I have the same issue ...

[BenoitAnastay]

Doing wsl.exe --shutdown and starting again resolves the issue.

Personally even this command is frozen and I have to kill the process, I'm not sure that we have the same issue behind our freezes

[Rivgad]

Doing wsl.exe --shutdown and starting again resolves the issue.

Personally even this command is frozen and I have to kill the process, I'm not sure that we have the same issue behind our freezes

Same to me. Frozen completely

[tom-papatheodore]

Same here. I typically reboot my computer to resolve the problem for a day or two : (

[theHammi01]

same here, it happens too often even with low demand processes, or nothing running in the background

[0xatulpatil]

same issue here, this is relatively new issue. Had not faced this earlier. Even the wsl --shutdown command froze.

had to do taskkill /f /im wslservice.exe in order to quite the vmmen process.

[cxammar]

Same issue here, definitely makes me want to buy a mac

[JesseTG]

I have this issue as well. It tends to happen when compiling lots of code (C++, in my case).

[xXTraceXx]

I got this issue often if i am using vim.

[christianhauschel]

Happens to me also, probably especially when under heavy load...

I run simulations for several hours only to notice that WSL has freezed after 10 hours of calculations...

WSL-Version: 1.2.5.0
Kernelversion: 5.15.90.1
WSLg-Version: 1.0.51
MSRDC-Version: 1.2.3770
Direct3D-Version: 1.608.2-61064218
DXCore-Version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp
Windows-Version: 10.0.19045.3448

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS
Release:        20.04
Codename:       focal

[zoliweiss]

Same here, when compiling big project. wsl --shutdown helps. Started noticing after our company moved to Windows Defender instead of Symantec AV.

[polhenarejos]

Same here when building with make -jN. Even it gets frozen only with -j3 (I have +16 cores).

WSL version: 1.2.5.0
Kernel version: 5.15.90.1
WSLg version: 1.0.51
MSRDC version: 1.2.3770
Direct3D version: 1.608.2-61064218
DXCore version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp
Windows version: 10.0.19045.3636

[pstaunton]

Same here - WSL hangs intermittently, even under light loads.

WSL version: 1.2.5.0
Kernel version: 5.15.90.1
WSLg version: 1.0.51
MSRDC version: 1.2.3770
Direct3D version: 1.608.2-61064218
DXCore version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp
Windows version: 10.0.19045.2846

UPDATE: my issue is resolved since my WSL auto-updated to version 2.X.

WSL version: 2.0.9.0
Kernel version: 5.15.133.1-1
WSLg version: 1.0.59
MSRDC version: 1.2.4677
Direct3D version: 1.611.1-81528511
DXCore version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp
Windows version: 10.0.19045.2846

[KonstantinZhukov1992]

The same with building java projects.

WSL version: 2.0.9.0
Kernel version: 5.15.133.1-1
WSLg version: 1.0.59
MSRDC version: 1.2.4677
Direct3D version: 1.611.1-81528511
DXCore versio: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp
Windows version: 10.0.19045.3570

[pipelinedestroyer]

Same here, noticing it when compiling a lot of code, great job ignoring this issue!

WSL-Version: 2.0.9.0
Kernelversion: 5.15.133.1-1
WSLg-Version: 1.0.59
MSRDC-Version: 1.2.4677
Direct3D-Version: 1.611.1-81528511
DXCore-Version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp
Windows-Version: 10.0.22621.2715

[lity]

Me too

WSL-Version: 2.0.9.0 Kernelversion: 5.15.133.1-1 WSLg-Version: 1.0.59 MSRDC-Version: 1.2.4677 Direct3D-Version: 1.611.1-81528511 DXCore-Version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp Windows-Version: 10.0.22631.2715

[rimmer]

Similar issue. Usually happens when running an Alpine based devcontainer inside VSCode for a while, couple of hours usually. WSL version: 2.0.9.0 Kernel version: 5.15.133.1-1 WSLg version: 1.0.59 MSRDC version: 1.2.4677 Direct3D version: 1.611.1-81528511 DXCore version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp Windows version: 10.0.22631.2715

WslLogs-2023-11-20_21-59-42.zip

[ariesdevil]

Same issue when build databend

WSL version： 2.0.9.0 Kernel version： 5.15.133.1-1 WSLg version： 1.0.59 MSRDC version： 1.2.4677 Direct3D version： 1.611.1-81528511 DXCore version： 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp Windows version： 10.0.22621.2715

[OliverKersting]

I have the same issue

[KonstantinZhukov1992]

I've found the solution. In my case the reason was that the directory with the code was on windows disk. I've copied on linux filesystem and now it works fine

[jwellbelove]

I get this a lot recently when running my Linux unit test scripts for GCC and Clang.

WSL version: 2.0.9.0 Kernel version: 5.15.133.1-1 WSLg version: 1.0.59 MSRDC version: 1.2.4677 Direct3D version: 1.611.1-81528511 DXCore version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp Windows version: 10.0.19045.3693

[adibacco]

I have exactly same problem, especially when running vscode attached to the WSL instance. wsl --shutdown does NOT help I need to do this: taskkill /f /im wslservice.exe as administrator

[zoliweiss]

Looks like the common denominator in all cases is the Windows FS access.

[adibacco]

I hope that Microsoft finds a solution because this bug is around since three/four months and it is very annoying