Windows Terminal must be restarted to learn about new WSL distros.

[Hoikas]

Environment

Windows build number: 10.0.19042.0
Windows Terminal version (if applicable): 1.2.2381.0

Steps to reproduce

• Open Windows Terminal.
• Install new WSL distro from Windows Store.
• Open "profiles" in Windows Terminal.

Expected behavior

• The new WSL distro should appear in the list of profiles.

Actual behavior

• The new WSL distro does not appear in the list of profiles.
• Windows Terminal must be completely restarted to receive the new distro, causing a massive context-shift time sink.

[WSLUser]

I'll note a workaround is using RaftforWSL by WhiteWater Foundry. Since that's a paid solution though, perhaps someone could write a FOSS equivalent of this feature request.

[DHowett]

This is, unfortunately, true. WSL does not send out a notification that we can listen for when a new distribution is installed, so we have no way of knowing when to run an update.

@benhillis do you have any ideas what we could do here?

[DHowett]

(Resolving this as "sadly by design" today.)