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Especially after hibernation, WSL often hangs with 100 % CPU usage. The default command wsl --shutdown also doesn't work.

The most promiment issue is microsoft/WSL#8696. The temporary solution is a small script from microsoft/WSL#8696 (comment). Copy the script (below) and run it as an administrator in Powershell. To achieve this, press Win + X followed by A. Now navigate to the scripts location and run .\killWSL.ps1.

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killWSL.ps1
##@REM Run via PowerShell +Admin
echo "listing all wsl tasks"
tasklist /M wsl*
echo "sending kill to wslservice"
taskkill /IM wslservice.exe /F
echo "Done. Did your fans stop spinning?"
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