WSL Integration Error After Update

[baek-sang]

Bug report

running wsl distro proxy in Fedora distro: running proxy: running wslexec: An error occurred while running the command. DockerDesktop/Wsl/ExecError: c:\windows\system32\wsl.exe -d fedora -u root -e /run/docker-desktop/docker-desktop-user-distro proxy --distro-name fedora --docker-desktop-root /mnt/wsl/docker-desktop c:\program files\docker\docker\resources: exit status 1 (stderr: , stdout: , wslErrorCode: DockerDesktop/Wsl/ExecError) (output: [2026-07-22T17:49:52.350279577Z][docker-desktop-user-distro.version][W] failed to read component versions: open /opt/docker-desktop/componentsVersion.json: no such file or directory
[2026-07-22T17:49:52.351260690Z][docker-desktop-user-distro.ipc] 7bc551a4-LinuxProxyCMD -> /mnt/wsl/docker-desktop/shared-sockets/host-services/backend.sock BackendAPI
[2026-07-22T17:50:00.352391921Z][docker-desktop-user-distro][F] getting settings from backend: Get "http://ipc/app/settings/flat": dial unix /mnt/wsl/docker-desktop/shared-sockets/host-services/backend.sock: connect: no such file or directory
[main.run({0x7ffc48170a6f, 0x28})
[	linuxkit/pkg/desktop/docker-desktop-user-distro/main.go:175 +0xde5
[main.init.func6(0x385f97f77900?, {0x385f9820fa90?, 0x4?, 0x75d5d904f99c?})
[	linuxkit/pkg/desktop/docker-desktop-user-distro/main.go:86 +0x25
[github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).execute(0x75d5d9ad3500, {0x385f9820fa40, 0x5, 0x5})
[	github.com/spf13/cobra@v1.10.2/command.go:1019 +0xafb
[github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).ExecuteC(0x75d5d9ad2f40)
[	github.com/spf13/cobra@v1.10.2/command.go:1148 +0x465
[github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).Execute(...)
[	github.com/spf13/cobra@v1.10.2/command.go:1071
[main.main()
[	linuxkit/pkg/desktop/docker-desktop-user-distro/main.go:639 +0x1a) (wslConf: # Refer to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl-config#wslconf
# for the full set of configuration options.
[boot]
systemd=true

[user]
default = "root"
)

After upgrading Docker Desktop, I started experiencing an issue. The issue does not occur if I manually enable WSL Integration in the Docker Desktop settings.

Platform

Windows

Version information

Client:
 Version:           29.6.2
 API version:       1.55
 Go version:        go1.26.5
 Git commit:        dfc4efb
 Built:             Thu Jul 16 16:14:59 2026
 OS/Arch:           windows/amd64
 Context:           desktop-linux

Server: Docker Desktop 4.83.0 (234302)
 Engine:
  Version:          29.6.2
  API version:      1.55 (minimum version 1.40)
  Go version:       go1.26.5
  Git commit:       3d80467
  Built:            Thu Jul 16 16:12:20 2026
  OS/Arch:          linux/amd64
  Experimental:     false
 containerd:
  Version:          v2.2.5
  GitCommit:        e53c7c1516c3b2bff98eb76f1f4117477e6f4e66
 runc:
  Version:          1.3.6
  GitCommit:        v1.3.6-0-g491b69ba
 docker-init:
  Version:          0.19.0
  GitCommit:        de40ad0
Client:
 Version:    29.6.2
 Context:    desktop-linux
 Debug Mode: false
 Plugins:
  agent: Docker AI Agent Runner (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.103.0
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-agent.exe
  ai: Docker AI Agent - Ask Gordon (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.27.0
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-ai.exe
  buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.35.0-desktop.2
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-buildx.exe
  compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v5.3.1
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-compose.exe
  debug: Get a shell into any image or container (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  0.0.47
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-debug.exe
  desktop: Docker Desktop commands (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.4.2
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-desktop.exe
  dhi: CLI for managing Docker Hardened Images (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.0.6
    Path:     C:\Users\Administrator\.docker\cli-plugins\docker-dhi.exe
  extension: Manages Docker extensions (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.2.31
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-extension.exe
  init: Creates Docker-related starter files for your project (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.4.0
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-init.exe
  mcp: Docker MCP Plugin (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.43.1
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-mcp.exe
  model: Docker Model Runner (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.2.6
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-model.exe
  offload: Docker Offload (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.6.9
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-offload.exe
  pass: Docker Pass Secrets Manager Plugin (beta) (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.2.0
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-pass.exe
  sandbox: "docker sandbox" is deprecated, use Docker Sandboxes instead (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.13.0
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-sandbox.exe
  scout: Docker Scout (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.23.1
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-scout.exe

Server:
 Containers: 0
  Running: 0
  Paused: 0
  Stopped: 0
 Images: 0
 Server Version: 29.6.2
 Storage Driver: overlayfs
  driver-type: io.containerd.snapshotter.v1
 Logging Driver: json-file
 Cgroup Driver: cgroupfs
 Cgroup Version: 2
 Plugins:
  Volume: local
  Network: bridge host ipvlan macvlan null overlay
  Log: awslogs fluentd gcplogs gelf journald json-file local splunk syslog
 CDI spec directories:
  /etc/cdi
  /var/run/cdi
 Discovered Devices:
  cdi: docker.com/gpu=webgpu
 Swarm: inactive
 Runtimes: io.containerd.runc.v2 nvidia runc
 Default Runtime: runc
 Init Binary: docker-init
 containerd version: e53c7c1516c3b2bff98eb76f1f4117477e6f4e66
 runc version: v1.3.6-0-g491b69ba
 init version: de40ad0
 Security Options:
  seccomp
   Profile: builtin
  cgroupns
 Kernel Version: 6.18.35.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2
 Operating System: Docker Desktop
 OSType: linux
 Architecture: x86_64
 CPUs: 16
 Total Memory: 15.26GiB
 Name: docker-desktop
 ID: 8aacf52e-9376-40f2-a504-bfa159f4bc33
 Docker Root Dir: /var/lib/docker
 Debug Mode: false
 HTTP Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
 HTTPS Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
 No Proxy: hubproxy.docker.internal
 Labels:
  com.docker.desktop.address=npipe://\\.\pipe\docker_cli
 Experimental: false
 Insecure Registries:
  hubproxy.docker.internal:5555
  ::1/128
  127.0.0.0/8
 Live Restore Enabled: false
 Firewall Backend: iptables

Diagnostics ID

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