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Windows Desktop zombie process blocks relaunch after update

Cluster 102259 · apps/desktop. Data as of

2 open items. Fix attempted, not merged.

The short answer

1open issue
1open PR
3items grouped
Known?
Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 0 issues already closed.
Fix event
No fix has been merged to main. 1 PR closed without merging; see the attempts below.
Tracker
The maintainers' tracker marks this unresolved. That is separate from the fix event.
Still open
1 issue and 1 PR.

A bug where the Windows Desktop app can leave a frozen elevated process holding the single-instance lock after an update relaunch, silently blocking all future launches. Includes the bug report and a corresponding fix.

Open issues1

  • Issue#102259[Bug]: Windows Desktop relaunch after update can leave an elevated frozen zombie holding the single-instance lock, silently blocking all future launches

Open PRs1

  • PR#128200fix(desktop-update): a windowless relaunch is a failed relaunch, never a blessed zombie holding the single-instance lock

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: superseded by another PR 1

  • #102464 fix: [Bug]: Windows Desktop relaunch after update can leave an elevated frozen zombie holding the single-instance lock, silently blocking all future launches (#102259) · superseded by another PR
How this cluster was grouped
  • Link evidence (structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
  • Pairwise link density 0.67: the share of item pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. 1.00 means every pair is linked.

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