microsoft / microsoft/WSL

WSL2 shut down without warning while I was using it, because Windows Store began to update it

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Since Mar 31, 2022.

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I'm frustrated when WSL2 shut down itself without any warning while I'm still using it. And that's because Windows Store began to update it.

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A warning of shutting down before updating it would be greatly appreciated (something like Office update, asking users save their work). I feel like WSL2, as a subsystem, should be treated more as a "system" instead of an app.

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It is convenient for the Store to auto-update some apps that are not running. However, for things that are running, especially WSL2, why does the Store has such a high priority of doing what it wants?

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