There are always empty folders like wslxxx in my wsl root directory.

[aihao2000]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version10.0.22621.2428]

WSL Version

WSL 版本： 1.2.5.0 内核版本： 5.15.90.1 WSLg 版本： 1.0.51 MSRDC 版本： 1.2.3770 Direct3D 版本： 1.608.2-61064218 DXCore 版本： 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp Windows 版本： 10.0.22621.2428

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

默认分发: Ubuntu 默认版本: 2

Distro Version

Release: 22.04

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

Empty folders such as wslxxx always appear automatically in my wsl root directory. I don't know how it is triggered and why it occurs.

Expected Behavior

No inexplicable files such as wslxxx appear

Actual Behavior

Every once in a while, many empty folders of wslxxx will appear.

Diagnostic Logs

No response

[houhuawei23]

same as you:

WSL Version： 2.0.4.0
Kernel Version： 5.15.123.1-1
WSLg Version： 1.0.58
MSRDC Version： 1.2.4485
Direct3D Version： 1.608.2-61064218
DXCore Version： 10.0.25880.1000-230602-1350.main
Windows Version： 10.0.25982.1000

[OneBlue]

Thanky ou @aihao2000. Can you share /logs of a repro (start the logs when the wsl* folder doesn't exist, reproduce the issue where it's created, and stop log collection ? )

[houhuawei23]

Thanky ou @aihao2000. Can you share /logs of a repro (start the logs when the wsl* folder doesn't exist, reproduce the issue where it's created, and stop log collection ? )

here is my log:

WslLogs-2023-11-02_11-21-07.zip

[aihao2000]

@OneBlue Can the above log be used to troubleshoot the problem? The problem I created with wslxxx does not occur very frequently, and it may take a long time to reproduce.

[aihao2000]

@OneBlue Another person seems to have the same bug as me. He recorded the log and provided it. Is there any way to troubleshoot the problem?

[rickywu]

I have the same problem, using wsl2

[OneBlue]

Unfortunately I'm not seeing anything in the logs they shared. Just checking, if you delete all the wsl* folders, then run wsl --shutdown and start wsl again, do you still see these folders ?

[rickywu]

@OneBlue No, maybe need to see for a while, folders latest updated is Aug 30

[aihao2000]

@OneBlue wsk* can be deleted, but requires root privileges

[Lokdal]

Same issue here as well

[YYSFHBQ]

Unfortunately I'm not seeing anything in the logs they shared. Just checking, if you delete all the wsl* folders, then run wsl --shutdown and start wsl again, do you still see these folders ?

I reproduced this problem. After running wsl --shutdown, reopen Ubuntu in the terminal and close the session window before the terminal displays any content, multiple empty folders named wslxxxxxx will be generated.