diff --git a/src/main/git/git-capability-state.test.ts b/src/main/git/git-capability-state.test.ts
index 845c2f47bf8..f1f102570b4 100644
--- a/src/main/git/git-capability-state.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/git/git-capability-state.test.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,19 @@ describe('Git capability execution-host state', () => {
     )
   })
 
+  it('bounds local capability entries during WSL distro churn', () => {
+    const first = getLocalGitCapabilityCache({ wslDistro: 'first-distro' })
+    first.rememberUnsupported('worktree-list-path-format')
+    for (let index = 0; index < 132; index += 1) {
+      getLocalGitCapabilityCache({ wslDistro: `distro-${index}` })
+    }
+    expect(
+      getLocalGitCapabilityCache({ wslDistro: 'first-distro' }).shouldTry(
+        'worktree-list-path-format'
+      )
+    ).toBe(true)
+  })
+
   it('shares one SSH provider lifetime without leaking into a replacement provider', () => {
     const provider = createProviderIdentity()
     const replacementProvider = createProviderIdentity()
diff --git a/src/main/git/git-capability-state.ts b/src/main/git/git-capability-state.ts
index d998c21ee75..11ca33790ce 100644
--- a/src/main/git/git-capability-state.ts
+++ b/src/main/git/git-capability-state.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ type LocalGitCapabilityTarget = {
 }
 
 const localCapabilitiesByExecutionHost = new Map<string, GitCapabilityCache>()
+const MAX_LOCAL_GIT_CAPABILITY_HOSTS = 128
 // Why: reconnecting creates a new provider, while concurrent IPC/runtime users
 // of one SSH connection must share the same remote Git capability results.
 let sshCapabilitiesByProvider = new WeakMap<SshGitProvider, GitCapabilityCache>()
@@ -30,7 +31,15 @@ export function getLocalGitCapabilityCache(
   let cache = localCapabilitiesByExecutionHost.get(executionHost)
   if (!cache) {
     cache = new GitCapabilityCache()
-    localCapabilitiesByExecutionHost.set(executionHost, cache)
+  }
+  localCapabilitiesByExecutionHost.delete(executionHost)
+  localCapabilitiesByExecutionHost.set(executionHost, cache)
+  while (localCapabilitiesByExecutionHost.size > MAX_LOCAL_GIT_CAPABILITY_HOSTS) {
+    const oldest = localCapabilitiesByExecutionHost.keys().next().value
+    if (oldest === undefined) {
+      break
+    }
+    localCapabilitiesByExecutionHost.delete(oldest)
   }
   return cache
 }