Release notes for Microsoft Edge Stable Channel

These release notes provide information about new features and non-security updates that are included in the Microsoft Edge Stable Channel.

To understand Microsoft Edge channels, see the Overview of the Microsoft Edge channels.

Note

For the Stable Channel, updates will roll out progressively over one or more days. To learn more, see Progressive rollouts for Microsoft Edge updates.

Microsoft Edge Web Platform constantly evolves to improve user experience, security, and privacy. To learn more, see Site compatibility-impacting changes coming to Microsoft Edge.

Version 103.0.1264.77: July 28

Fixed various bugs and performance issues.

Version 102.0.1245.62: July 27

Fixed various bugs and performance issues for Extended Stable release.

Version 103.0.1264.71: July 22

Stable channel security updates are listed here.

Version 103.0.1264.62: July 14

Fixed various bugs and performance issues. We recommend that users install this update to address the following issue.

Known issue

Microsoft Edge on 32-bit (x86) Windows 10 Version 1809 may experience startup issues with the upcoming July Non-Security Windows Updates (KB5015880 - 17763.3224). This is fixed with the latest Microsoft Edge Stable channel release, version 103.0.1264.62. Enterprise users encountering this issue on Microsoft Edge Extended Stable channel version 102 need to disable the NewSmartScreenLibraryEnabled policy.

Version 103.0.1264.49: July 6

Important

This update contains a fix for CVE-2022-2294, which has been reported by the Chromium team as having an exploit in the wild. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

Stable channel security updates are listed here.

Version 102.0.1245.56: July 6

Fixed various bugs and performance issues for Extended Stable release.

Version 103.0.1264.44: June 30

Stable channel security updates are listed here.

Version 102.0.1245.50: June 23

Fixed various bugs and performance issues for Extended Stable release.

Version 103.0.1264.37: June 23

Stable channel security updates are listed here.

Feature updates

  • Ability to control automatic profile switching. The GuidedSwitchEnabled policy lets Microsoft Edge prompt the user to switch to the appropriate profile when Microsoft Edge detects that a link is a personal or work link.

  • Client Certificate Switcher. This feature will offer a way for users to clear the remembered certificate and resurface the certificate picker when visiting a site requiring http certificate authentication. Switching can be done without manually quitting Microsoft Edge.

  • More reliable web defense. Browse the web with more reliable protection thanks to the rewritten Microsoft Defender SmartScreen library for Microsoft Edge on Windows. The NewSmartScreenLibraryEnabled policy will allow enterprise customers to continue using the legacy version of the library until it’s deprecated in Microsoft Edge version 105.

  • Work Search Banner in the Microsoft Edge address bar. This banner helps you stay in the flow of your work by narrowing your search focus to work-only results. To see work focused results from your organization, select the banner at the beginning of your search. To be directed to your organization's workplace search results page, select the banner at any point of your search. Use the AddressBarMicrosoftSearchInBingProviderEnabled policy to turn this feature on or off.

Policy updates

New policies

Additional policy changes

  • SleepingTabsTimeout - Set the background tab inactivity timeout for sleeping tabs. Note: A timeout of 30 seconds of inactivity was added to this policy.

Version 102.0.1245.44: June 16

Fixed various bugs and performance issues for Stable and Extended Stable release.

Version 102.0.1245.41: June 13

Stable channel security updates are listed here.

Version 102.0.1245.39: June 9

Stable channel security updates are listed here.

Version 102.0.1245.33: June 3

Fixed various bugs and performance issues for Stable and Extended Stable release.

Version 102.0.1245.30: May 31

Stable channel security updates are listed here.

Policy updates

New policies

Version 101.0.1210.53: May 19

Fixed various bugs and performance issues.

Version 100.0.1185.60: May 13

Fixed various bugs and performance issues for Extended Stable release.

Version 101.0.1210.47: May 13

Stable channel security updates are listed here.

Version 101.0.1210.39: May 5

Fixed various bugs and performance issues.

Version 100.0.1185.57: May 2

Fixed various bugs and performance issues for Extended Stable release.

Version 101.0.1210.32: April 28

Stable channel security updates are listed here.

Feature updates

  • Ability to set the default profile. The EdgeDefaultProfileEnabled policy will let you set a default profile to use when opening the browser instead of the last profile that was used. This policy won't be applicable if the --profile-directory parameter has been specified.

  • Launch Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) from the favorites bar. Improvements to the PWA launch experience will start appearing with an Apps icon that can be added to the toolbar.

  • Manage the "Allow extensions from other stores" setting. Now you can use the ControlDefaultStateOfAllowExtensionFromOtherStoresSettingEnabled policy to set the default state of the "Allow extensions from other stores" setting.

  • Improvements to the Enterprise Site List Manager. Now you can configure shared cookies between Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer on your enterprise site list. You can access the Enterprise Site List Manager at edge://compat/SiteListManager.

Policy updates

New policies

Deprecated policies

  • ForceCertificatePromptsOnMultipleMatches - Configure whether Microsoft Edge should automatically select a certificate when there are multiple certificate matches for a site configured with "AutoSelectCertificateForUrls"

Obsoleted policies

Version 100.0.1185.50: April 21

Fixed various bugs and performance issues for Stable and Extended Stable release.

Version 100.0.1185.44: April 15

Important

This update contains a fix for CVE-2022-1364, which has been reported by the Chromium team as having an exploit in the wild. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

Stable channel security updates are listed here.

Version 100.0.1185.39: April 11

Fixed various bugs and performance issues for Stable and Extended Stable release.

Version 100.0.1185.36: April 7

Stable channel security updates are listed here.

Version 100.0.1185.29: April 1

Stable channel security updates are listed here.

Feature updates

  • Three-digit version number in the User-agent string. Microsoft Edge will now send a three-digit version number, such as Edg/100 in the User-Agent header. This may confuse scripts or server-side analytics that use a buggy parser to determine the User-Agent string version number. You can use the ForceMajorVersionToMinorPositionInUserAgent policy to control whether the User-Agent string major version should be frozen at 99. Also, the #force-major-version-to-minor flag is available in edge://flags to freeze the major version in the User-Agent string to 99.

  • Streamlining Microsoft 365 Application Protocol Activations. Microsoft 365 Application Protocol Activations on trusted Microsoft cloud storage services will now launch certain Microsoft 365 applications directly, including SharePoint subdomains and Microsoft OneDrive URLs. You can use the policies AutoLaunchProtocolsComponentEnabled and AutoLaunchProtocolsFromOrigins to enable the application protocol activation prompts if desired, and to define other applications and services where warnings are enabled or disabled.

  • Hardware-enforced Stack Protection. Microsoft Edge will continue supporting more fine-grained protection by combating memory corruption vulnerabilities and by protecting indirect calls. Hardware-enforced stack protection is only supported by Windows 8 and later. For more information, see Hardware-enforced Stack Protection. This feature behavior can be controlled using the ShadowStackCrashRollbackBehavior policy.

  • Preview PDF files in Microsoft Outlook and File Explorer. Users can view a PDF file in a lightweight and rich read-only preview. This feature is available for Outlook Desktop PDF attachments or for local PDF files using File Explorer.

  • Open Digitally Signed PDF files. Digital signatures are used extensively to validate the authenticity of a document and changes made in a document. You can use the PDFSecureMode policy to enable digital signature validation for PDF files, directly from the browser, without the need for any add-ins.

Policy updates

New policies

Deprecated policy

Obsoleted policy

Version 98.0.1108.92: March 26

Fixed various bugs and performance issues for Extended Stable release.

Version 99.0.1150.55: March 26

Important

This update contains a fix for CVE-2022-1096, which has been reported by the Chromium team as having an exploit in the wild. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

Stable channel security updates are listed here.

Version 99.0.1150.52: March 24

Fixed various bugs and performance issues.

Version 98.0.1108.84: March 17

Fixed various bugs and performance issues for Extended Stable release.

Version 99.0.1150.46: March 17

Stable channel security updates are listed here.

Version 99.0.1150.39: March 10

Fixed various bugs and performance issues.

Version 98.0.1108.76: March 9

Fixed various bugs and performance issues for Extended Stable release.

Version 99.0.1150.36: March 7

Fixed various bugs and performance issues.

See also