Network crashed after using VSCode WSL plugin connected to container
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Description
### Windows Version
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.26200.8246]
### WSL Version
2.7.1.0
### Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?
- [x] WSL 2
- [ ] WSL 1
### Kernel Version
6.6.114.1-1
### Distro Version
Ubuntu-24.04
### Other Software
Visual Studio Code 1.119.0 with WSL plugin 0.104.3
### Repro Steps
1. Connect to WSL with VSCode WSL
### Expected Behavior
Nothing should happend.
### Actual Behavior
Network become extremly slow both on host and inside WSL, packet lossing rate and latency increase significantly when pinging gateway of my home network, at this stage it's recoverable by executing `wsl --shutdown`.
If ignoring this situation, after a few minutes, network card will stop working, the WLAN icon disappear from notification area, any attempts try to adjust network settings, include Settings App of Windows, quick network settings in notification area, will result a hang of the app or explorer.exe, can't poweroff or restarting system, Windows will stuck at "Restarting" or "Shutting down", only can recover by performance a hard power reset by long pressing power button.
### Diagnostic Logs
_Not collected yet, I need to submit this issue first. I had to performace a hard reset after I try to reproduce this issue_
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the failure with WSL 2.7.1.0, Ubuntu-24.04, Visual Studio Code 1.119.0, and WSL plugin 0.104.3. Collect the diagnostic logs that are currently missing and compare the network behavior before and after connecting; done requires identifying the cause of the host and WSL network failure.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux, ubuntu, vscode
- Domain
- networking, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100