VSCode trying to update WSL on launch for literally no reason

Type: Bug

Every time I launch VS Code after the latest update, it opens a Terminal.exe that tries to update WSL. I don't have WSL installed at all on my system, and I don't have any exstensions that require or assume WSL to be installed. This is really annoying. Please fix.

Windows Subsystem for Linux must be updated to the latest version to proceed. You can update by running 'wsl.exe --update'.
For more information please visit https://aka.ms/wslinstall

Press any key to install Windows Subsystem for Linux.
Press CTRL-C or close this window to cancel.
This prompt will time out in 60 seconds.

VS Code version: Code 1.95.2 (e8653663e8840adaf45af01eab5c627a5af81807, 2024-11-07T11:07:22.054Z) OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100 Modes:

System Info

|Item|Value| |---|---| |CPUs|12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-12900K (24 x 3187)| |GPU Status|2d_canvas: enabled
canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on
direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok
gpu_compositing: enabled
multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on
opengl: enabled_on
rasterization: enabled
raw_draw: disabled_off_ok
skia_graphite: disabled_off
video_decode: enabled
video_encode: enabled
vulkan: disabled_off
webgl: enabled
webgl2: enabled
webgpu: enabled
webnn: disabled_off| |Load (avg)|undefined| |Memory (System)|63.70GB (46.93GB free)| |Process Argv|--crash-reporter-id 21bd840c-17fe-4408-9d72-8de41b7f8c01| |Screen Reader|no| |VM|0%|

Extensions (3)

Extension|Author (truncated)|Version ---|---|--- css-nesting-syntax-highlighting|jac|0.1.1 material-icon-theme|PKi|5.13.0 pico8-ls|Pol|0.5.7

A/B Experiments

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microsoft / vscode

VSCode trying to update WSL on launch for literally no reason #233618