Windows update self-lock deadlock fix
Cluster 87156 · apps/bootstrap-installer. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #99525 on 31 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.
The short answer
- Known?
- Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
- Fix event
- A fix was merged to main in PR #99525. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
- Tracker
- The maintainers' tracker marks this
unresolved. That is separate from the fix event. - Still open
- Nothing open on GitHub.
These items address a deadlock scenario on Windows where a self-lock preflight check blocks all updates, making the fix unreachable through the normal update path. The work involves bootstrapping recovery outside of Python to resume updates after deferral.
Open issues0
Open PRs0
Fixes on record
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#99525 fix(update): resume Windows Desktop updates after self-lock deferral
files:
scripts/desktop-update/retry-policy.ps1,scripts/desktop-update/windows.ps1,tests/test_desktop_update_windows_retry_policy.py
1 PR closed without merging
From the close comments: done elsewhere 1
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#87293 fix(update): bootstrap Windows self-lock recovery outside Python · done elsewhere →
#86857,#86735,#86780,#86781,#99525
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#87156Windows update deadlock: pre-#86857 self-lock preflight blocks every update, fix unreachable via normal path
How this cluster was grouped
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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 0.36.1.00means every pair is linked.
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Open the LabAt a glance
- Subsystem
- apps/bootstrap-installer
- Merged PRs
- #99525
- Closed issues
- 1
- Attempts
- 1 PR closed without merging
- Fix link checked
- 31 Aug 2026