wsl: Failed to configure network (networkingMode Nat), falling back to networkingMode VirtioProxy.

[khabab500]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.26100.1742]

WSL Version

2.4.11.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• [x] WSL 2
• [ ] WSL 1

Kernel Version

5.15.167.4-1

Distro Version

Ubuntu 24.04

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

opening Ubuntu

Expected Behavior

normal opening without error

Actual Behavior

wsl: Failed to configure network (networkingMode Nat), falling back to networkingMode VirtioProxy.

Diagnostic Logs

WslLogs-2025-02-28_18-43-00.zip

[github-actions[bot]]

The log file doesn't contain any WSL traces. Please make sure that you reproduced the issue while the log collection was running.

Diagnostic information

.wslconfig found
Detected appx version: 2.4.11.0
Found no WSL traces in the logs

[khabab500]

WslLogs-2025-02-28_19-10-12.zip

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Diagnostic information

.wslconfig found
Detected appx version: 2.4.11.0
Found evidence of HcnCreateNetwork failure: HcnCreateNetwork {"Success":false,"Error":"Access is denied. ","ErrorCode":2147942405}. HResult: 0x80070005

[khabab500]

wsl network

[khabab500]

hyper-V

[catinrage]

any update on this issue ?

[CatalinFetoiu]

thanks for reporting the issue. could you please collecting networking logs using steps at https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#collect-wsl-logs-for-networking-issues?

the script will generate a zip with name starting with "WslNetworkingLogs"

[SantaLaMuerte]

same issue

[catinrage]

i can only confirm that reinstalling windows solves the issue, but its far from the optimal solution.

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This issue has been automatically closed since it has not had any author activity for the past 7 days. If you're still experiencing this issue please re-file it as a new issue.

Thank you!

[ruthan]

Its still happening :(