I also had this same issue and found this on the official microsoft blog which also contains info on how to actually enable the new features. wsl --update; wsl

I also had this same issue and found this on the official microsoft blog which also contains info on how to actually enable the new features. wsl --update; wsl --update --pre-release https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-subsystem-for-linux-september-2023-update/ https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-subsystem... EDIT: you also need to be on the latest windows insider build to actually take advantage of the experimental features.