You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
ElsewhereArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.224,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
On WSL, the periodic settings refresh now reads the inherited Windows settings file asynchronously and awaits it, instead of doing a synchronous read on the interval.
Details
Disposal is rechecked after each await so a refresh in flight does not act on a torn-down poller.
Evidence
wslWindowsFile
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.