July 9th, 2024 update corrupted and destroyed my WSL instance

[aleph2c]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22631.3880]

WSL Version

WSL version: 2.1.5.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

Kernel version: 5.15.146.1-2

Distro Version

Ubuntu 22.04

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

Perform a windows update and restart your computer.

Expected Behavior

The expected behavior is the WSL and all of the files within it should service the update.

Actual Behavior

The WSL was corrupted and all of the information within it was destroyed.

Diagnostic Logs

No response

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How to collect WSL logs

Download and execute collect-wsl-logs.ps1 in an administrative powershell prompt:

Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/WSL/master/diagnostics/collect-wsl-logs.ps1" -OutFile collect-wsl-logs.ps1
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force
.\collect-wsl-logs.ps1

The scipt will output the path of the log file once done.

Once completed please upload the output files to this Github issue.

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View similar issues

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Closed similar issues:

• WSL_E_DISK_CORRUPTED (#10996), similarity score: 0.76
• Windows Update (KB5012599) perhaps rendered WSL unusable (#8290), similarity score: 0.75
• Updating WSL broke the installation (#11013), similarity score: 0.74
• Corrupted WSL2 after large files delete (#11179), similarity score: 0.74
• Corrupt wsl.exe after power outage or coming out of hibernation (#10763), similarity score: 0.73

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[zuohl]

WslLogs-2024-07-15_21-27-27.zip

[aleph2c]

My WSL instance was corrupted even after I ran your command.

[OneBlue]

/logs

[OneBlue]

/logs

[aleph2c]

I have since switched operating systems; no logs available.

[OneBlue]

Closing since no logs are available.