3.0.1

WSLc is generally available.

Linux containers are central to modern development, from cloud-native applications to AI workloads. We're making those workflows simpler and easier to access on Windows with WSL containers, which is generally available today. Read more about the feature below.

Official announcement: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2026/09/29/wsl-containers-now-generally-available/
Architecture deep dive: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/wslc-architecture-deep-dive/

What's Changed

• Simplify event reader cleanup by beena352 in #41667
• Fix config's handling of non-ascii characters by Feng Wang (@chemwolf6922) in #41657
• Prevent potential invalid access for string array pretty print by Feng Wang (@chemwolf6922) in #41673
• Follow up to PR #41512 by Feng Wang (@chemwolf6922) in #41642
• Use a static CRT in debug builds by Blue (@OneBlue) in #41684
• Increase the VM termination timeout to 30 seconds by Blue (@OneBlue) in #41688
• Impersonate the caller before making various filesystem operations by Blue (@OneBlue) in #41689
• Support STDIN through SDK by JohnMcPMS in #41698
• Followup to STDIN PR by JohnMcPMS in #41703
• Remove references to WSLC being in preview by Blue (@OneBlue) in #41704

Full Changelog: 2.9.13...3.0.1