Wsl/Service/RPC_S_CALL_FAILED when installing modern distro as WSL 1

[CarlosNihelton]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.26120.3000]

WSL Version

2.4.9.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

5.15.167.4-1

Distro Version

Ubuntu 24.04

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

wsl --set-default-version 1
invoke-webrequest "https://publicwsldistros.blob.core.windows.net/wsldistrostorage/Ubuntu2404-250130_x64.wsl" -OutFile "Ubuntu.wsl"
wsl --install --from-file .\Ubuntu.wsl

I tried with WSL version 2.4.8 and 2.4.9, same behaviour was observed. When testing on a Hyper-V VM running an older version of Windows (Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22621.4602]) both versions of WSL succeed with the installation.

I tried other modern distros but they seemed to fail for other reasons (and failed equally on both versions of Windows I could test on).

Expected Behavior

Registration should proceed normally.

Actual Behavior

Remote procedure error code: Wsl/Service/RPC_S_CALL_FAILED

Diagnostic Logs

WslLogs-2025-01-31_16-13-39.zip

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Diagnostic information

.wslconfig found
Detected appx version: 2.4.9.0
Detected user visible error: Wsl/Service/RPC_S_CALL_FAILED

[OneBlue]

Thank you for reporting this @CarlosNihelton. This is a service crash that we already have a fix for, but the fix hasn't shipped yet.

This will be fixed in the next WSL release.

[CarlosNihelton]

Good to know that! Thank you!