Windows 10: getaddrinfo API call randomly fails for Unix LAN hosts - Windows 10 21H2

I am experiencing a problem where the getaddrinfo API call randomly fails against Unix LAN hosts, with error 11001.Even though the failure is random, the issue is very easy to reproduce using a loop with a very small number of iterations.The easiest way to reproduce the problem is using the ping.exe program and a batch fi

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Randomly failing to load webpages?

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Unix Commands in Windows Power Shell

Dear Microsoft,

I would like to thank you for emulating the Unix commands in the Windows 10 PowerShell. I have been migrating my development environment from Unix to Windows and being able to use my Unix muscle memory to list, copy, remove, and execute files has been a
hugely helpful!