microsoft / microsoft/vscode-remote-release

Support WSL "native" container runtime

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Since Jun 11, 2026.

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Description

Microsoft announced a WSL "native" container runtime (not requiring Docker or Podman) as Build on 2026-06-03.
It would be nice to support this runtime.

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