wsl --update crashes wsl

Windows Version

10.0.26200.9168

WSL Version

0.0.0.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

6.18.33.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2

Distro Version

Ubuntu 22.04

Other Software

Repro Steps

tried wsl --update from powershell

surprisingly, this rebooted my machine at some point without further warning starting ubuntu.exe afterwards got me the following error:

PS C:\Users\XXXXXX> ubuntu
Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden.
Fehlercode: Wsl/Service/CreateInstance/CreateVm/HCS/ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND
Press any key to continue...

internet advise was to run the newest installer. I tried https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/releases/tag/2.7.14 (x64 installer) The installer asked me to enter an admin login, and then exited without further messages. Error code with ubuntu.exe was the same

As the internet advice explicitly linked to 2.7.13, I tried that as well

This installer ran without any problems, at ubuntu.exe started as usual

I guess wsl --update tried to install 2.7.14 (as it is marked "latest").

Expected Behavior

ubuntu starting normally, without error message

Actual Behavior

ubuntu not starting at all

Diagnostic Logs

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