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WSL2 Freeze Issue

by timost on 3/28/23, 10:49 AM with 2 comments

• by timost on 3/28/23, 10:49 AM

  WSL2 has an issue where it freezes and consumes 100% CPU.

  The only known solution is either to reboot or to kill it with an admin power shell.

  Some users report having the issue multiple times a day.

• by richardjam73 on 3/29/23, 4:11 AM

  I have this issue but wsl --shutdown does work and I don't need to reboot.