APT Update Hangs After Package List Downloads in WSL2 Ubuntu 22.04

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Environment:

• WSL Version: 2.0.14.0 (Windows Subsystem for Linux - Ubuntu-22.04 (2.3.26))
• Ubuntu Version: 22.04 LTS
• Windows Version: Windows 11 Pro
• Hardware: MSI Stealth 17 Studio A13V (i9-13900H, RTX 4080)

Description:
APT update process consistently hangs after successfully downloading package lists.
The hang occurs after all downloads complete successfully, with fast download speeds
(~3000 kB/s), but the process never completes without manual intervention.

Reproduction:

1. Run sudo apt update
2. Process downloads all package lists successfully
3. After downloads complete, process hangs indefinitely
4. Ctrl+C interrupts the hang, and system shows packages are properly updated

System State During Hang:

• Package downloads complete successfully
• Package database remains valid
• apt list --upgradable shows correct state
• dpkg -l | grep -v '^ii' | grep -v '^rc' shows no issues
• System is actually updated despite the hang

Additional Notes:

• Issue occurs with both standard Ubuntu repositories and additional PPAs
• System has NVIDIA drivers, CUDA, and ESM repositories
• Package management works correctly despite the hang
• Downloads complete at full speed before hanging
• Manual Ctrl+C after downloads results in a properly updated system

Logs:
(King) xyn@XynKoRe:~$ # First, update just the main Ubuntu repositories
sudo apt-get update -o Dir::Etc::sourcelist=/etc/apt/sources.list -o Dir::Etc::sourceparts="-"

Then, update NVIDIA repositories

sudo apt-get update -o Dir::Etc::sourcelist="/dev/null" -o Dir::Etc::sourceparts="/etc/apt/sources.list.d/cuda*" -o Dir::Etc::sourceparts="/etc/apt/sources.list.d/nvidia*"

Finally, update remaining PPAs

sudo apt-get update -o Dir::Etc::sourcelist="/dev/null" -o Dir::Etc::sourceparts="/etc/apt/sources.list.d"
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease

^C
Reading package lists... Done
W: Unable to read /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nvidia*/ - DirectoryExists (2: No such file or directory)
W: Unable to read /dev/null - RealFileExists (2: No such file or directory)
Get:1 file:/var/cuda-repo-wsl-ubuntu-12-6-local InRelease [1572 B]
Get:1 file:/var/cuda-repo-wsl-ubuntu-12-6-local InRelease [1572 B]
Get:2 file:/var/cuda-repo-wsl-ubuntu-12-6-local Packages [18.8 kB]
Get:3 https://cli.github.com/packages stable InRelease [3917 B]
Get:4 https://nvidia.github.io/libnvidia-container/stable/deb/amd64 InRelease [1477 B]
Get:5 https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/wsl-ubuntu/x86_64 InRelease [1581 B]
Get:6 https://cli.github.com/packages stable/main amd64 Packages [345 B]
Get:7 https://nvidia.github.io/libnvidia-container/stable/deb/amd64 Packages [15.8 kB]
Get:8 https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/wsl-ubuntu/x86_64 Packages [549 kB]
Get:9 https://esm.ubuntu.com/apps/ubuntu jammy-apps-security InRelease [7562 B]
Get:10 https://esm.ubuntu.com/apps/ubuntu jammy-apps-updates InRelease [7456 B]
Get:11 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/dotnet/backports/ubuntu jammy InRelease [24.3 kB]
Get:12 https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu jammy-infra-security InRelease [7450 B]
Get:13 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/ubuntu-toolchain-r/ppa/ubuntu jammy InRelease [24.6 kB]
Get:14 https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu jammy-infra-updates InRelease [7449 B]
Get:15 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/ubuntu-toolchain-r/test/ubuntu jammy InRelease [24.6 kB]
Get:16 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/dotnet/backports/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages [2968 B]
Get:17 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/dotnet/backports/ubuntu jammy/main Translation-en [1492 B]
Get:18 https://esm.ubuntu.com/apps/ubuntu jammy-apps-security/main amd64 Packages [101 kB]
Get:19 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/ubuntu-toolchain-r/ppa/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages [267 kB]
Get:20 https://esm.ubuntu.com/apps/ubuntu jammy-apps-updates/main amd64 Packages [479 B]
Get:21 https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu jammy-infra-security/main amd64 Packages [479 B]
Get:22 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/ubuntu-toolchain-r/ppa/ubuntu jammy/main Translation-en [27.5 kB]
Get:23 https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu jammy-infra-updates/main amd64 Packages [479 B]
Get:24 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/ubuntu-toolchain-r/test/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages [15.5 kB]
Get:25 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/ubuntu-toolchain-r/test/ubuntu jammy/main Translation-en [7808 B]
Fetched 1100 kB in 2s (669 kB/s)
sudo apt-get update
-o Acquire::http::Timeout=30
-o Acquire::https::Timeout=30
-o Acquire::ftp::Timeout=30
-o APT::Get::Assume-Yes=true
-o APT::Get::Fix-Missing=true
-o DPkg::Options::="--force-confnew"
^C
(King) xyn@XynKoRe:$ sudo apt-get update
-o Acquire::http::Timeout=30
-o Acquire::https::Timeout=30
-o Acquire::ftp::Timeout=30
-o APT::Get::Assume-Yes=true
-o APT::Get::Fix-Missing=true
-o DPkg::Options::="--force-confnew"
Get:1 file:/var/cuda-repo-wsl-ubuntu-12-6-local InRelease [1572 B]
Get:1 file:/var/cuda-repo-wsl-ubuntu-12-6-local InRelease [1572 B]
Get:2 https://cli.github.com/packages stable InRelease [3917 B]
Hit:3 https://nvidia.github.io/libnvidia-container/stable/deb/amd64 InRelease
Hit:4 https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/wsl-ubuntu/x86_64 InRelease
Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease [129 kB]
Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease [270 kB]
Hit:7 https://esm.ubuntu.com/apps/ubuntu jammy-apps-security InRelease
Hit:8 https://esm.ubuntu.com/apps/ubuntu jammy-apps-updates InRelease
Hit:9 https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu jammy-infra-security InRelease
Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/main amd64 Packages [1956 kB]
Hit:11 https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu jammy-infra-updates InRelease
Hit:12 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/dotnet/backports/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:13 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/ubuntu-toolchain-r/ppa/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Get:14 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/main Translation-en [313 kB]
Get:15 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/main amd64 c-n-f Metadata [13.3 kB]
Hit:16 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/ubuntu-toolchain-r/test/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Get:17 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages [1395 kB]
Get:18 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main Translation-en [510 kB]
Get:19 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 c-n-f Metadata [30.3 kB]
Fetched 4620 kB in 2s (3053 kB/s)
^C
(King) xyn@XynKoRe:$ sudo apt-get update -o Acquire::http::Timeout=30 -o Acquire::https::Timeout=30 -o Acquire::ftp::Timeout=30 -o APT::Get::Assume-Yes=true -o APT::Get::Fix-Missing=true -o DPkg::Options::="--force-confnew"
Get:1 file:/var/cuda-repo-wsl-ubuntu-12-6-local InRelease [1572 B]
Get:1 file:/var/cuda-repo-wsl-ubuntu-12-6-local InRelease [1572 B]
Get:2 https://nvidia.github.io/libnvidia-container/stable/deb/amd64 InRelease [1477 B]
Hit:3 https://cli.github.com/packages stable InRelease
Hit:4 https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/wsl-ubuntu/x86_64 InRelease
Hit:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease [129 kB]
Get:7 https://esm.ubuntu.com/apps/ubuntu jammy-apps-security InRelease [7562 B]
Hit:8 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/dotnet/backports/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Get:9 https://esm.ubuntu.com/apps/ubuntu jammy-apps-updates InRelease [7456 B]
Hit:10 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/ubuntu-toolchain-r/ppa/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Get:11 https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu jammy-infra-security InRelease [7450 B]
Hit:12 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/ubuntu-toolchain-r/test/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Get:13 https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu jammy-infra-updates InRelease [7449 B]
Fetched 160 kB in 1s (147 kB/s)
^C
(King) xyn@XynKoRe:$ sudo apt-get update -o Acquire::http::Timeout=30 -o Acquire::https::Timeout=30 -o Acquire::ftp::Timeout=30 -o APT::Get::Assume-Yes=true -o APT::Get::Fix-Missing=true -o DPkg::Options::="--force-confnew"
Get:1 file:/var/cuda-repo-wsl-ubuntu-12-6-local InRelease [1572 B]
Get:1 file:/var/cuda-repo-wsl-ubuntu-12-6-local InRelease [1572 B]
Get:2 https://nvidia.github.io/libnvidia-container/stable/deb/amd64 InRelease [1477 B]
Hit:3 https://cli.github.com/packages stable InRelease
Hit:4 https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/wsl-ubuntu/x86_64 InRelease
Hit:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease
Hit:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:7 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/dotnet/backports/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:8 https://esm.ubuntu.com/apps/ubuntu jammy-apps-security InRelease
Hit:9 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/ubuntu-toolchain-r/ppa/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:10 https://esm.ubuntu.com/apps/ubuntu jammy-apps-updates InRelease
Hit:11 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/ubuntu-toolchain-r/test/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:12 https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu jammy-infra-security InRelease
Hit:13 https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu jammy-infra-updates InRelease
Fetched 1477 B in 1s (1550 B/s)
^C
(King) xyn@XynKoRe:$ sudo apt-get update -o Acquire::http::Timeout=30 -o Acquire::https::Timeout=30 -o Acquire::ftp::Timeout=30 -o APT::Get::Assume-Yes=true -o APT::Get::Fix-Missing=true -o DPkg::Options::="--force-confnew"
Get:1 file:/var/cuda-repo-wsl-ubuntu-12-6-local InRelease [1572 B]
Get:1 file:/var/cuda-repo-wsl-ubuntu-12-6-local InRelease [1572 B]
Hit:2 https://cli.github.com/packages stable InRelease
Get:3 https://nvidia.github.io/libnvidia-container/stable/deb/amd64 InRelease [1477 B]
Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:5 https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/wsl-ubuntu/x86_64 InRelease
Hit:6 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease
Hit:7 https://esm.ubuntu.com/apps/ubuntu jammy-apps-security InRelease
Hit:8 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/dotnet/backports/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:9 https://esm.ubuntu.com/apps/ubuntu jammy-apps-updates InRelease
Hit:10 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/ubuntu-toolchain-r/ppa/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:11 https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu jammy-infra-security InRelease
Hit:12 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/ubuntu-toolchain-r/test/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:13 https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu jammy-infra-updates InRelease
Fetched 1477 B in 1s (1642 B/s)
^C
(King) xyn@XynKoRe:~$ # Check if packages are actually up to date

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