WSL integration with distro 'Ubuntu' unexpectedly stopped

[piotrp]

Description

After updating 4.36.0 to 4.37.1 I get an error:

WSL integration with distro 'Ubuntu' unexpectedly stopped. Do you want to restart it?

running wsl distro proxy in Ubuntu distro: running proxy: exit status 1

Clicking on Skip Ubuntu WSL distro doesn't help, error resurfaces after ten seconds. The same goes for Restart WSL integration. I had to disable WSL integration.

I also downgraded to 4.36.0 (issue disappeared) and then upgraded my clean unstall to 4.37.1 - issue resurfaced.

Reproduce

Install Docker Desktop 4.37.1 and enable WSL integration.

Expected behavior

No response

docker version

Client:
 Version:           27.4.0
 API version:       1.47
 Go version:        go1.22.10
 Git commit:        bde2b89
 Built:             Sat Dec  7 10:40:21 2024
 OS/Arch:           windows/amd64
 Context:           desktop-linux

Server: Docker Desktop 4.37.1 (178610)
 Engine:
  Version:          27.4.0
  API version:      1.47 (minimum version 1.24)
  Go version:       go1.22.10
  Git commit:       92a8393
  Built:            Sat Dec  7 10:38:57 2024
  OS/Arch:          linux/amd64
  Experimental:     false
 containerd:
  Version:          1.7.21
  GitCommit:        472731909fa34bd7bc9c087e4c27943f9835f111
 runc:
  Version:          1.1.13
  GitCommit:        v1.1.13-0-g58aa920
 docker-init:
  Version:          0.19.0
  GitCommit:        de40ad0

docker info

Client:
 Version:    27.4.0
 Context:    desktop-linux
 Debug Mode: false
 Plugins:
  ai: Ask Gordon - Docker Agent (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.5.1
    Path:     C:\Users\Crack\.docker\cli-plugins\docker-ai.exe
  buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.19.2-desktop.1
    Path:     C:\Users\Crack\.docker\cli-plugins\docker-buildx.exe
  compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v2.31.0-desktop.2
    Path:     C:\Users\Crack\.docker\cli-plugins\docker-compose.exe
  debug: Get a shell into any image or container (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  0.0.37
    Path:     C:\Users\Crack\.docker\cli-plugins\docker-debug.exe
  desktop: Docker Desktop commands (Beta) (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.1.0
    Path:     C:\Users\Crack\.docker\cli-plugins\docker-desktop.exe
  dev: Docker Dev Environments (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.1.2
    Path:     C:\Users\Crack\.docker\cli-plugins\docker-dev.exe
  extension: Manages Docker extensions (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.2.27
    Path:     C:\Users\Crack\.docker\cli-plugins\docker-extension.exe
  feedback: Provide feedback, right in your terminal! (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.0.5
    Path:     C:\Users\Crack\.docker\cli-plugins\docker-feedback.exe
  init: Creates Docker-related starter files for your project (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.4.0
    Path:     C:\Users\Crack\.docker\cli-plugins\docker-init.exe
  sbom: View the packaged-based Software Bill Of Materials (SBOM) for an image (Anchore Inc.)
    Version:  0.6.0
    Path:     C:\Users\Crack\.docker\cli-plugins\docker-sbom.exe
  scout: Docker Scout (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.15.1
    Path:     C:\Users\Crack\.docker\cli-plugins\docker-scout.exe

Server:
 Containers: 0
  Running: 0
  Paused: 0
  Stopped: 0
 Images: 4
 Server Version: 27.4.0
 Storage Driver: overlayfs
  driver-type: io.containerd.snapshotter.v1
 Logging Driver: json-file
 Cgroup Driver: cgroupfs
 Cgroup Version: 2
 Plugins:
  Volume: local
  Network: bridge host ipvlan macvlan null overlay
  Log: awslogs fluentd gcplogs gelf journald json-file local splunk syslog
 CDI spec directories:
  /etc/cdi
  /var/run/cdi
 Swarm: inactive
 Runtimes: io.containerd.runc.v2 nvidia runc
 Default Runtime: runc
 Init Binary: docker-init
 containerd version: 472731909fa34bd7bc9c087e4c27943f9835f111
 runc version: v1.1.13-0-g58aa920
 init version: de40ad0
 Security Options:
  seccomp
   Profile: unconfined
 Kernel Version: 5.15.167.4-microsoft-standard-WSL2
 Operating System: Docker Desktop
 OSType: linux
 Architecture: x86_64
 CPUs: 20
 Total Memory: 4.803GiB
 Name: docker-desktop
 ID: 86939eca-ade8-452a-91f2-9e69c8ac2ac8
 Docker Root Dir: /var/lib/docker
 Debug Mode: false
 HTTP Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
 HTTPS Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
 No Proxy: hubproxy.docker.internal
 Labels:
  com.docker.desktop.address=npipe://\\.\pipe\docker_cli
 Experimental: false
 Insecure Registries:
  hubproxy.docker.internal:5555
  127.0.0.0/8
 Live Restore Enabled: false
 Default Address Pools:
   Base: 172.20.128.0/17, Size: 25

WARNING: daemon is not using the default seccomp profile

Diagnostics ID

C9C5CB37-A277-44DF-9745-4AFF12CE38E6/20241220110841

Additional Info

No response

[kdxxxx]

I meet the same problem ?Is that a bug of new version 4.37.1?

[kdxxxx]

I meet the same problem and fix it .
on desktop-desktop,click setting->Resources->WSL integration ,you can see WSL distron is disabled
Try the following steps:
wsl -l -v
just see the ubuntu state is stopped and version is 1
then set the ubuntu version
wsl --set-version Ubuntu 2
and wail for minuts docker works successful!

[Quantiversal]

Aha! That led me to the right solution too. I think something changed with the way the default distro is used or something. This is my setup:

Mine is v1 on the "Ubuntu" distro but I normally used 20.04 with docker. If I uncheck "Enable integration with my default WSL distro", the popup stops appearing and I can continue how I used to.

I think in previous versions (haven't upgraded in a few months), having that checkbox ticked didn't cause the popup to appear even with the same distro setup.

I want to keep my "Ubuntu" on v1 for other uses so this solves my issue. The other issue is when you click "Skip Ubuntu WSL distro" on the popup, it does not in fact skip it and keeps popping up every few seconds. Seems like a bug.