Anyone seeing microsoftedgeupdate.exe v1.3 crashing and Edge updates not applying automatically?

[u/ControlUpCommunity]

We’re seeing a sudden spike in crashes from microsoftedgeupdate.exe v1.3, the background update process used by Microsoft Edge.

The pattern started around August 21.

What we’re seeing:

• Crashes were almost never observed before that date
• Crash volume jumped sharply over the first two days
• The number of affected devices has dropped since then, but the issue still appears to be active
• The main risk seems to be that Edge updates may not apply automatically
• In some cases, updates may need to be triggered manually by the user or admin

This does not appear to directly break the browser for users, but it could create update reliability or patch compliance issues if the updater keeps failing silently.

Has anyone else seen microsoftedgeupdate.exe crashes recently, or noticed Edge updates not applying automatically?

[u/ControlUpCommunity]

We documented the full finding here:

https://www.controlupcommunity.com/findings/microsoft-edge-update-utility-microsoftedgeupdate-exe-v1-3-crashes-at-an-increasing-rate/

Browse other IT Crash & Stability Findings here:

https://www.controlupcommunity.com/findings/