0.64.0

• Implement new error model

  • Localized error messages with inserts
  • Contextualized error messages
  • String readable HRESULTs

  Sample error:

  C:\Users\Test>wsl --mount A
  Administrator access is needed to mount a disk.
  Error code: Wsl/Service/AttachDisk/LXSS_E_ELEVATION_NEEDED_TO_MOUNT_DISK
  

• Manually reset the interop server when the relay exits [GH 7506]

• Ensure WSLg logs will be present in /mnt/wslg/stderr.log

• WSL1 errors will now be printed to /dev/kmsg

• Add opt-in environment variable to use UTF8 encoding

  • Adds the opt-in WSL_UTF8=1 environment variable to force UTF8 encoding on stdout & stderr through the CRT
  • Get rid of the double \r in our error messages

• Update WSLg to version 1.0.40

  • libweston-desktop/xwayland: Use correct geometry
  • xwm: Generate more synthetic ConfigureNotify events
  • xwayland: Support _NET_FRAME_EXTENTS
  • rdp: fix window doesn't redraw properly moving across different DPI monitors
  • rdp: Move audio processing to front-end
  • rdp: Clipboard changes (sync with upstream)
  • WSLGd: don't override certain env if already set
  • Build: fix cut&paste mistake for DirectX-headers git version
  • rdp-plugin: various bug fixes in WSLDVCPlugin DLL

0.61.8

• Fix potential wslservice.exe crash when tearing down VM state.

0.61.4

• Add support for Explorer quick access icons without the WSL optional component installed.
• Add support for shift + right click Open Linux shell here option without the WSL optional component installed.
• Remove WSLg icons when a distro is uninstalled.
• Add WSLg environment variables to init and all children
• Fix memory corruption in $WSLENV parsing
• Update compiler toolchain to LLVM 14 and musl v1.2.3
• Add support for .xz compressed tar files for wsl.exe --import operations (WSL2 only).
• Adds the --shell-type command to the wsl.exe and wslg.exe help text.
• Update Microsoft.WSLg to version 1.0.39
  • Update system distro’s CBL-Mariner to 2.0.
  • Build DirectX-headers from specific version source
  • Optimize remove/add event source when transferring clipboard data.
  • Clean up 'todo' coordinate conversion to client space for local window move
  • Check height instead of checking width a second time
  • weston_desktop_surface_set_size expects window geometry coordinates
  • Add API to remove program menu to RDP client plugin.
  • Add e2fsprogs to system distro for runtime dependencies.
  • Send window zorder list to RDP client before sending window update.
• Update MSRDC to version 1.2.3213
  • Fix for [MSRDC] TS_PROP_IS_OOB_CLIENT is set incorrectly

0.60.0

• Allow daemonized processes to continue running [GH 8161].
• Re-enable packaged GPU libs by default and update DXCore library with bugfixes.
• Use a bind mount for /etc/.X11-unix instead of a symlink so it can be mapped into containers [GH 8411].
• Fix crash when wsl.exe --import is provided invalid arguments.
• Ensure correct print order when running wsl.exe --update
• Update Microsoft.WSLg to version 1.0.34
  • Fix memory use after free in OpenSSL code path (only with TCP/IP RDP connection).
  • Change RDP backend configuration and its name in wslgconfig.
  • Revert enabling pango fallback attribute explicitly as it should be enabled by default.
  • Hardening multi-threading task dispatch from FreeRDP virtual channel thread to wayland display thread.
  • Fix memory leak at rdprail-shell destruction.
  • Report correct marker window zorder to RDP client.
  • Add option to disable remoting window shadow area to RDP client.
  • Refactor rdprail-shell configuration and change its name in .wslgconfig.
  • Set default keyboard model to pc105 (follow changes in upstream).
  • Use glib’s key file API to parse .desktop file.

0.58.3

• Fix an incorrect mount retry condition that could cause issues launching distros or running wsl.exe --mount
• Update wsl.exe --update to not print ^C when app is being updated.

0.58.1

• Fix for invalid JSON document error on old Windows Insider builds [GH 8272]
• Fix "The syntax of the command is incorrect." when launching cmd.exe by full path [GH 8259]
• Update Microsoft.WSLg to version 1.0.33
  • Fix cursor image being sent to client with no change.
  • Fix weston crash by clipboard operation.
• Remove double %% in some localized strings
• Add --cd argument to wslg.exe

0.58.0

• Fix interop hang and hang when accessing \\wsl.localhost or \\wsl$ shares [GH 7883]
• Add wsl.exe --import-in-place to take an existing .vhdx file and register it as a distro
• Introduce --vhd flag for wsl.exe --import and wsl.exe --export operations
• Suppress prints to stdout if using wsl.exe --export to export to stdout
• Increase the default max size of the dynamic VHD to 1TB
• Improve error logging in init binary
• Register binfmt interpreter with the 'P' flag to preserve argv[0] [GH 8162]
• Handle possible winrt exception when trying to determine if wsl.exe was launched via the start menu
• Update Microsoft.WSLg version 1.0.32
  • Update system-disto mariner base image to 1.0.20220226
  • Fix WSLg failed to start when Windows's user name contains single-quote (')
  • Add Hebrew (Standard) keyboard layout support.
  • Add US international keyboard layout support.
  • Restore to not rounding up monitor scaling factor.

0.56.2

• Include packaged dxcore library to fix issues on retail Win11 [GH 8145]
• Mount drvfs shares on demand to avoid using the linked token. This improves startup time of launching WSL elevated and ensures the correct package context is used.
• Fix issue preventing launching Windows executables with large environments [GH 7947]
• Update kernel to 5.10.102.1
  • Fix a new Linux kernel vulnerability called Dirty Pipe (CVE-2022-0847)
  • Disable unprivileged BPF by default
    • It can be re-enabled by setting /proc/sys/kernel/unprivileged_bpf_disabled to 0
  • Update Dxgkrnl Version to 2216
    • Fix out of bounds array access for ioctls[]
    • Implement wait for sync VM bus messages as killable to allow killing a process waiting for a synchronous call to the host
    • Flush device for termination when process is destroyed to avoid a deadlock when the guest process is killed

0.56.1

• Prevent /etc/resolv.conf from getting overwritten [GH 8030]
• Fix issue in the Linux stdout relay to ensure the other end of the pipe is closed
• Ensure correct user token is used when registering 9p file server for \\wsl.localhost\distro
• Update wsl.exe --cd to support paths that begin with ~
• Fix race condition during service startup that could cause a crash
• Inherit and attach console in wslhost's interop path
• Resolve quiesce hang Watson reports when updating or uninstalling the WSL package
• Include packaged Direct3D libraries
• Update Microsoft Remote Desktop Client to version 1.2.2924
• Add MSRDC and Direct3D versions to wsl.exe --version

0.51.3

• Resolve issue with localhost relay introduced by refactoring [GH 7982]
• Fix HANG_QUIESCE issues on servicing operations.
• Update Kernel to version 5.10.93.2
  • Enable CH341 and CP210X USB Serial drivers
  • Fix README.md build instructions to include dwarves dependency for pahole
  • Switched Dxgkrnl Version to 2111
    • Removed the limit of existing and total sysmem allocations
    • Properly flush the device for termination during process cleanup
    • Fixed SPDX-License-Identifier for d3dkmthk.h