WSL exits with Catastrophic failure

[isurugiu]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19045.3930]

WSL Version

0.0.0.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

Default Distribution: Ubuntu-22.04

Distro Version

Default Distribution: Ubuntu-22.04

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

PS C:\Users\iulian> wsl --distribution Ubuntu-22.04
Catastrophic failure
Error code: Wsl/Service/CreateInstance/E_UNEXPECTED

PS C:\Users\iulian> wsl --distribution Ubuntu-22.04
Catastrophic failure
Error code: Wsl/Service/CreateInstance/E_UNEXPECTED

Expected Behavior

Working normally

Actual Behavior

Catastrophic failure

Diagnostic Logs

WslLogs-2024-02-09_18-52-39.zip
WslLogs-2024-02-09_18-38-33.zip

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[OneBlue]

@isurugiu: I see that you have this in .wslconfig:

[wsl2]
memory=4096

That's very little memory. Can you try to replace this by:

[wsl2]
memory=4GB

?

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