"systemctl status" error with systemd >= 250 (Ubuntu 24, Debian 12, ...)

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Windows Version

10.0.22631.3447

WSL Version

2.1.5.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

WSL 2

Kernel Version

5.15.146.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2

Distro Version

Debian Bookworm, but also affects other distros that have systemd version higher than 2.50, for example Ubuntu 24.04.

Repro Steps

Install Debian:

wsl --install Debian

Inside the distro enable systemd:

printf "[boot]\nsystemd=true\n" | sudo tee /etc/wsl.conf

Shutdown WSL from Windows:

wsl --shutdown

Again the distro:

PAGER= SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL=debug sudo systemctl status

You will see something like this:

Expected Behavior

● Metro
    State: running
     Jobs: 0 queued
   Failed: 0 units
    Since: Thu 2024-04-25 23:50:36 CEST; 8s ago
   CGroup: /
           ├─user.slice
           │ └─user-1000.slice
           │   ├─user@1000.service …
           │   │ └─init.scope
           ...

Actual Behavior

Failed to dump process list for 'Metro', ignoring: Input/output error
● Metro
    State: running
    Units: 276 loaded (incl. loaded aliases)
     Jobs: 0 queued
   Failed: 0 units
    Since: Thu 2024-04-25 23:47:17 CEST; 44s ago
  systemd: 252.22-1~deb12u1
   CGroup: /

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Open similar issues:

• systemd status fails output on Ubuntu (#8879), similarity score: 0.84
• systemd_249.11-0ubuntu3.10 seems to break user sessions on WSL2 (#10496), similarity score: 0.74

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• systemd upgrade failure (#8871), similarity score: 0.76
• [WSL2][systemd] Unable to upgrade systemd (#8847), similarity score: 0.74
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WslLogs-2024-04-26_00-06-09.zip

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Diagnostic information

.wslconfig found
Detected appx version: 2.1.5.0

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Content-wise duplicate of #8879. It contains more information. But that issue's title only mentions Ubuntu, even though the issue appears with other distros as well.

Please consider closing this issue as duplicate, but adjusting the other issue's title and / or bumping it in priority for an initial review.