Containers

The Containers page lists every container, running or not, from every visible WSLc session: this app's WslcDesktop session and sessions created by the wslc CLI or other tools (see wslc system session list).

Each row shows:

• Name and the image it was created from.
• Session: the owning session. This app's session carries a This app badge. Use the filter at the top right to show all sessions or just one. Sessions that can't be read are skipped and reported in a warning bar; their last known containers stay on screen.
• State: a green dot for running, grey for exited.
• Restart: the container's restart policy and live status, such as Restarting in 4s or Crash loop. Empty when there is no policy.
• CPU and Memory: live usage for running containers, a dash otherwise.
• Row actions: Start, Stop and Delete. Buttons that don't apply to the current state are disabled.

Select a row to open the container details. Use New container (top right) to create one.

Start, Stop, Delete, logs, shell, inspect and network attach/detach always act on the session that owns the container; the Delete confirmation names that session. Some features exist only for this app's session: New container creates containers in WslcDesktop, and restart policies, telemetry and stacks don't apply to containers in other sessions (their Restart column is empty).

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The list refreshes automatically, so containers started from a terminal in the same session show up without a manual refresh.