Microsoft Edge's update server is suffering a worldwide outage preventing users from updating to the newly released version 90 of the web browser.
Yesterday, Microsoft released Edge 90 with new features, such as a Kids Mode, the new download flyout, better font rendering, and improved PDF printing.
This update also fixed a zero-day remote code execution vulnerability that was publicly released this week on Twitter, so it's probably a good idea to update it as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, since this morning, users have been unable to autoupdate Microsoft Edge to version 90 and are instead greeted with the following 0x800421F7 error when attempting to do so:
"An error occurred while checking for updates: Unable to connect to the Internet. If you use a firewall, please allowlist MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe. (error code 7: 0x800421F7 -- system level)."
In tests conducted by BleepingComputer just now, the update server still has problems, as shown below.
We don't expect this outage to last for long, so you can try to autoupdate Microsoft Edge later today by opening the browser and going to Help -> About.
Update: Microsoft is aware of the issue and stated that they are working on the problem. Some people have been able to get it to work by trying to perform the update a few times.
EDIT: We have seen reports that this is also occurring in today's Canary update. I wanted to ensure y'all knew we were investigating that in addition to Stable's error. Continue to try the potential work around below, and I will circle back with my next update once I have it.
EDIT: Some users have found that trying again a few times has resolved this for them. Please continue to check for the update to see if it will work for you, however it has not worked for everyone. I will continue to update this post as I get more information.
Update 4/16/21 08:15 PM EST: The servers are back up and running you can now update Microsoft Edge again.
Comments
jmwoods - 3 years ago
Just upgraded Version 89.0.774.77 to 90.0.818.39 a few minutes ago.
No issues.
Lawrence Abrams - 3 years ago
Yup, looks like its back online for me too.
noelprg4 - 3 years ago
update Edge again, jmwoods
I got 90.0.818.41 of MS Edge instead of 90.0.818.39 this past weekend
catinahat - 3 years ago
No problems checking for updates on Edge now, but the edge://components page still isn't working. Every component comes up with "update error".
midimusicman79 - 3 years ago
I performed a repair install of Microsoft Edge Chromium by using its downloaded installer file (MicrosoftEdgeSetup.exe) from 16/01/2020 which worked like a charm, possibly after the issue itself was resolved.
loxia_01 - 3 years ago
Still not able to update. Recieves "Updates are underway. Wait a few minutes, then refresh the page." message for over a day now.
noelprg4 - 3 years ago
try it again now.
MS released another stable 90 build which is recently at v90.0.818.41
SonicMojo - 3 years ago
This may or may not be related - but I have just noticed that exactly none of my 10 instances of Edge on our SMB network have gotten ANY Edge updates over the last few days. And I am talking the updates that occur with the two Tasks contained in Task Scheduler that run an instance of MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe each hour or at each logon. I have 5 machines that I updated "manually" yesterday and another 5 that seem to run these tasks just fine - but never get the latest update. Any ideas if this is related?