# Windows Subsystem for Linux 2.7.12

- Product: Windows Subsystem for Linux (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/wsl)
- Vendor: Microsoft
- Date: 2026-08-18
- Version: 2.7.12
- Original notes: https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/releases/tag/2.7.12
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/wsl/releases/2.7.12

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- **changed** — Mount plugin folders on behalf of the user owning the wsl session
- **fixed** — Fix VHD ownership during distribution moves

##### What's Changed
* Mount plugin folders on behalf of the user owning the wsl session (https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/pull/41331) 
* [release/2.7] Fix VHD ownership during distribution moves by @benhillis in https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/pull/41354


**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/compare/2.7.11...2.7.12