npiperelay creates terminal window every time it is invoked from WSL2 about npiperelay HOT 4 CLOSED

Can you check to see if this is the same issue you're describing? microsoft/WSL#7568

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This may be related. When running the example command referenced in your linked issue, a console window does open.
Weirdly enough, after updating to the latest Windows 11 build, running npiperelay from WSL as described in my original description doesn't seem to open a new window anymore, even though I do get a console window opened when running the example command at microsoft/WSL#7568

So... Maybe my issue is fixed by the newer version of Windows 11? There's nothing about terminal, console, WSL, or background calls being fixed in the release notes though, so I'm not entirely sure.

Updated version info:
WSL version: 0.50.2.0
Kernel version: 5.10.74.3
WSLg version: 1.0.29
Windows Version: 10.0.22526.1000
Windows Terminal Version: 1.11.3471.0

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As an addendum to my above comment, it looks like I was incorrect in saying that npiperelay didn't open a new window any more. It seems to be a somewhat sporadic issue. That day, it wasn't opening a new window, but every day since, it has behaved as originally described. I'd wager that the issue is likely the same as microsoft/WSL#7568 and we can wait until that has some movement.

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While the aforementioned WSL issue has not been closed, the issue of additional terminal windows opening when npiperelay was invoked has been resolved in more-recent versions of Windows. This issue can be considered resolved and be closed.

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