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wslc Feature Requests & Known Issues

A curated directory of 38 open wslc requests — issues and discussions from the microsoft/WSL repository (135 comments). Every item links upstream, so this page reflects the live state — nothing here is a guess.

38 open issues
all tracked upstream

12 categories
Orchestration · SDK/API · Compatibility · Volumes · Capabilities · GPU · Networking · Registry · Platform · Hardware · Bugs · Docs

135 community comments
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Orchestration (1)

#40948

Compose support in wslc

20 comments

SDK/API (5)

#40990	WSL.Container API for existing containers and sessions	9 comments
#41087	Access running process in container via API	1 comments
#41041	SessionSettings name cannot contain a dot	5 comments
#40991	PortMappings in WSL.Container throws "incorrect parameter"	6 comments
#41024	WSL Container API missing features that wslc.exe already has	1 comments

Compatibility (4)

#40976	DOCKER_HOST via Docker Engine API-compatible endpoint	3 comments
#41152	Containers do not inherit image labels (VS Code features)	3 comments
#41123	Enable containerd image store for OCI layout loading	3 comments
#40954	gMSA / AD identity for containers (credential guard)	3 comments

Volumes (1)

#40957

Bind-mount WSL host paths (blocks docker-in-docker)

7 comments

Capabilities (1)

#41181

Privileged container for FUSE mount

3 comments

GPU (2)

#41050	NVIDIA GPU stale /usr/lib/wsl handle, nvidia-smi invalid	3 comments
#40988	Missing --device and /dev/kfd breaks AMD ROCm	4 comments

Networking (3)

#40999	UDP port publishing rewrites source port (ENet/QUIC)	3 comments
#41052	TCP port publishing fails after disconnects	1 comments
#40970	Network aliases in --network arguments	3 comments

Registry (7)

#40945	Pull fails behind PAC/Zscaler proxy (HTTPS_PROXY empty)	3 comments
#40981	Pull behind corporate proxy (HTTP_PROXY/HTTPS_PROXY)	3 comments
#40951	Registry mirror configuration in settings.yaml	1 comments
#41030	Credential helpers (OAuth short-lived tokens)	3 comments
#41040	Push to a different registry / repository	3 comments
#41064	Copy/retag images between registries (imagetools)	2 comments
#41067	Non-Docker-style registries (e.g. Zot)	3 comments

Platform (6)

#41047	Can wslc run on Windows Server 2022?	1 comments
#41105	Run wslc from within a WSL distro	3 comments
#41029	Persistent sysctl config (vm.max_map_count)	1 comments
#40961	vmmemwslc-cli stays running after containers exit	3 comments
#41000	Containers cannot display GUI (WSLg)	4 comments
#41221	Rollback from pre-release to stable WSL version	0 comments

Hardware (2)

#41031	USB device passthrough (usbipd-win)	3 comments
#41216	Built-in USB device attach (usbipd-win replacement)	0 comments

Bugs (5)

#41100	wslc container cp fills RAM on large copies	4 comments
#40944	All wslc commands give E_INVALIDARG	7 comments
#40987	Home Assistant exits abnormally with -v	5 comments
#40996	wslc does not strip \r in heredoc redirection	2 comments
#41222	wslc system session terminate only supports the default session	4 comments

Docs (1)

#40979

settings.yaml broken link aka.ms/wslc-settings

2 comments

How we use this list

Each item here has a dedicated guide on this site where one exists. For the gaps that have a workaround, we document it; for gaps with no workaround, we say so plainly and link the issue so you can track the fix. When an issue closes, the tracker updates and the guides are revised.