WSLc is generally available.
Linux containers are central to modern development, from cloud-native applications to AI workloads. We're making those workflows simpler and easier to access on Windows with WSL containers, which is generally available today. Read more about the feature below.
Official announcement: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2026/09/29/wsl-containers-now-generally-available/
Architecture deep dive: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/wslc-architecture-deep-dive/
What's Changed
- Simplify event reader cleanup by @beena352 in #41667
- Fix config's handling of non-ascii characters by @chemwolf6922 in #41657
- Prevent potential invalid access for string array pretty print by @chemwolf6922 in #41673
- Follow up to PR #41512 by @chemwolf6922 in #41642
- Use a static CRT in debug builds by @OneBlue in #41684
- Increase the VM termination timeout to 30 seconds by @OneBlue in #41688
- Impersonate the caller before making various filesystem operations by @OneBlue in #41689
- Support STDIN through SDK by @JohnMcPMS in #41698
- Followup to STDIN PR by @JohnMcPMS in #41703
- Remove references to WSLC being in preview by @OneBlue in #41704
Full Changelog: 2.9.13...3.0.1