Bug report
Bug description
After updating/restarting Docker Desktop, WSL integration with my Ubuntu distro fails every time.
Docker Desktop shows:
WSL integration with distro 'Ubuntu' unexpectedly stopped. Do you want to restart it?
Clicking Restart the WSL integration does not resolve the problem. The same error appears again on every Docker Desktop restart.
The important part of the error is:
running wsl distro proxy in Ubuntu distro: running proxy: running wslexec: An error occurred while running the command.
DockerDesktop/Wsl/ExecError:
c:\windows\system32\wsl.exe -d ubuntu -u root -e
/run/docker-desktop/docker-desktop-user-distro proxy
--distro-name ubuntu
--docker-desktop-root /mnt/wsl/docker-desktop
c:\program files\docker\docker\resources
exit status 1
[2026-08-10T10:08:11.738844037Z][docker-desktop-user-distro.version][W]
failed to read component versions:
open /opt/docker-desktop/componentsVersion.json:
no such file or directory
[2026-08-10T10:08:11.740090094Z][docker-desktop-user-distro.ipc]
f5b6582a-LinuxProxyCMD ->
/mnt/wsl/docker-desktop/shared-sockets/host-services/backend.sock
BackendAPI
[2026-08-10T10:08:19.751188113Z][docker-desktop-user-distro][F]
getting settings from backend:
Get "http://ipc/app/settings/flat":
dial unix /mnt/wsl/docker-desktop/shared-sockets/host-services/backend.sock:
connect: no such file or directory
Important: WSL itself is healthy
I verified that:
wsl --update reports the latest WSL version is installed.- Ubuntu starts normally.
systemctl is-system-running returns running.docker-desktop WSL distro starts normally.- Docker Engine itself is running and accessible from Windows.
- The failure is reproducible specifically when Docker Desktop initializes WSL integration with Ubuntu.
Platform
Windows
Version information
Client:
Version: 29.7.2
API version: 1.55
Go version: go1.26.5
Git commit: a7dcaa6
Built: Wed Aug 5 18:31:33 2026
OS/Arch: windows/amd64
Context: desktop-linux
Server: Docker Desktop 4.86.0 (236216)
Engine:
Version: 29.7.2
API version: 1.55 (minimum version 1.40)
Go version: go1.26.5
Git commit: 6a43e3d
Built: Wed Aug 5 18:28:36 2026
OS/Arch: linux/amd64
Experimental: false
containerd:
Version: v2.2.5
GitCommit: e53c7c1516c3b2bff98eb76f1f4117477e6f4e66
runc:
Version: 1.3.6
GitCommit: v1.3.6-0-g491b69ba
docker-init:
Version: 0.19.0
GitCommit: de40ad0
Client:
Version: 29.7.2
Context: desktop-linux
Debug Mode: false
Plugins:
agent: Docker AI Agent Runner (Docker Inc.)
Version: v1.119.0
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-agent.exe
ai: Docker AI Agent - Ask Gordon (Docker Inc.)
Version: v1.30.0
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-ai.exe
buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.36.0-desktop.1
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-buildx.exe
compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc.)
Version: v5.3.1
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-compose.exe
debug: Get a shell into any image or container (Docker Inc.)
Version: 0.0.47
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-debug.exe
desktop: Docker Desktop commands (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.4.3
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-desktop.exe
dhi: CLI for managing Docker Hardened Images (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.0.7
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-dhi.exe
extension: Manages Docker extensions (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.2.31
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-extension.exe
init: Creates Docker-related starter files for your project (Docker Inc.)
Version: v1.4.0
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-init.exe
mcp: Docker MCP Plugin (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.43.3
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-mcp.exe
model: Docker Model Runner (Docker Inc.)
Version: v1.2.6
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-model.exe
offload: Docker Offload (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.6.9
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-offload.exe
pass: Docker Pass Secrets Manager Plugin (beta) (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.2.0
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-pass.exe
sandbox: "docker sandbox" is deprecated, use Docker Sandboxes instead (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.13.0
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-sandbox.exe
scout: Docker Scout (Docker Inc.)
Version: v1.24.0
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-scout.exeServer:
Containers: 2
Running: 2
Paused: 0
Stopped: 0
Images: 2
Server Version: 29.7.2
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
Discovered Devices:
cdi: docker.com/gpu=webgpu
Swarm: inactive
Runtimes: io.containerd.runc.v2 nvidia runc
Default Runtime: runc
Init Binary: docker-init
containerd version: e53c7c1516c3b2bff98eb76f1f4117477e6f4e66
runc version: v1.3.6-0-g491b69ba
init version: de40ad0
Security Options:
seccomp
Profile: builtin
cgroupns
Kernel Version: 6.18.33.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2
Operating System: Docker Desktop
OSType: linux
Architecture: x86_64
CPUs: 32
Total Memory: 30.16GiB
Name: docker-desktop
ID: e6d340ff-2c58-4d99-96ef-bfea7b2afed7
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
::1/128
127.0.0.0/8
Live Restore Enabled: false
Firewall Backend: iptables
Diagnostics ID
D44D8A57-89AC-40EF-B6CD-3F16AC2407A5/20260810100926
Bug report
Bug description
After updating/restarting Docker Desktop, WSL integration with my Ubuntu distro fails every time.
Docker Desktop shows:
Clicking Restart the WSL integration does not resolve the problem. The same error appears again on every Docker Desktop restart.
The important part of the error is:
Important: WSL itself is healthy
I verified that:
wsl --updatereports the latest WSL version is installed.systemctl is-system-runningreturnsrunning.docker-desktopWSL distro starts normally.Platform
Windows
Version information
Diagnostics ID
D44D8A57-89AC-40EF-B6CD-3F16AC2407A5/20260810100926