WSL filesystem keeps accumulating corrupted file and directory entries

[ZacBhumgara]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19045.4170]

WSL Version

2.1.5.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

5.15.146.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2

Distro Version

Ubuntu 22.04.2

Other Software

Visual Studio Code:

Version: 1.87.2 (user setup)
Electron: 27.3.2
Chromium: 118.0.5993.159
Node.js: 18.17.1
V8: 11.8.172.18-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045

Repro Steps

Attempt to delete file in WSL2 after having opened folder directory in VSCode, run said project, some files get corrupted, attempt to delete corrupted files, file manager then claims they no longer exist in that location. See files in file manager, attempt to delete again, get error.

Expected Behavior

The files should delete.

Actual Behavior

Related Issues

#1662

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/logs

[ZacBhumgara]

There's no logs available, as the process was done through a file manager not the terminal.

[benhillis]

@OneBlue is looking into this.