I have join in win 10 insider preview, today the system update to version 2004 build 19555.1001, then I cannot open WSL. Followings are results in CMD.
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19555.1001]
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C:\WINDOWS\system32>bash
A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>wsl
A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>ubuntu
A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>
Best Answer
Refer to WSL/issues/4860 (thanks @Biswapriyo)
This problem appears with 3 conditions
$Env:Path.length
(%PATH%
) too long (comment3)Accordingly there are 3 solutions
$Env:Path.length
, for me 2k+ → 1058 works.Absolutely it will be solved in future build, but there are different answer about build 19559, this comment said that it is not solved and @Ramhound said his WSL work without an issue.