microsoft/WSL 2.7.8

Release: microsoft/WSL 2.7.8

• Repository: microsoft/WSL | Windows Subsystem for Linux | 33K stars | C++
• Author: @OneBlue
• Created: 2026-06-06T01:25:28Z
• Published: 2026-06-06T16:27:02Z
• Reactions: 👍 20 😄 3 🎉 7 ❤️ 10 🚀 7 👀 4

What's Changed

• Fix CreateInstance failure when Windows hosts file exceeds message size cap (2.7 backport) by @benhillis in https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/pull/40726
• Update kernel to 6.18.33.1-1 by @chessturo in https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/pull/40728

Full Changelog: https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/compare/2.7.7...2.7.8

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Assets

| File | Size | Downloads | | --- | --- | --- | | Microsoft.WSL_2.7.8.0_x64_ARM64.msixbundle | 506133 KB | 20178 downloads | | wsl.2.7.8.0.arm64.msi | 250632 KB | 1989 downloads | | wsl.2.7.8.0.x64.msi | 252616 KB | 64867 downloads |