Window Display in MS Edge Randomly Blurs

Anonymous
2023-09-06T17:46:20+00:00

Good day,

Sometimes when I am using MS Edge, the window display blurs seemingly without cause and stays there for a few minutes. When I say "window display" I mean it only applies to the Edge Work window I have open (I don't remember it occurring with other profile windows), and it isn't the whole window, but only the page display which is everything below the URL line.

At first, I suspected this might have something to do with Sleeping Tabs since it sometimes occurs when I step away from my computer. When I return, if I click anywhere on the page display, it returns to normal. However, I tried disabling sleeping tabs when it occurred randomly (while I was using the page) and it still persisted.

Apart from when I have left the computer for a while and clicking, there is nothing that I have found that consistently restores the normal unblurred screen. I have had some level of success with opening new tabs (this sometimes fixes it), but this does not always work and is not predictable.

Below are two screenshots - normal and blurred:

My current version of Edge is 118.0.2060.1 (Official build) dev (64-bit). I have also reported this through Send Feedback.

If anyone knows about this, I would appreciate any assistance.

Thank you.

Microsoft Edge | Other | Windows 11

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Anonymous
2023-11-01T16:16:34+00:00

119.0.2151.42 (Beta) and 120.0.2186.0 (Dev/Canary) should have the fixes.

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Anonymous
2023-10-24T21:59:22+00:00

I'll reply back with the Edge versions that have the change that allows "no policies" to imply "never blur for inactivity". The change that I previously mentioned that is in Edge Canary is going to require a second fix (due to technical reasons). Hopefully that will land in Canary within 1-2 days; and then both fixes will be taken together to Beta/Stable.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-09-27T19:31:22+00:00

    Where is the exact setting to disable the blur in Intune MAM? Also, can you advise if it turning off the blur would also affect other DLP settings? That is, it would be great to disable just the blurring aspect of the MAM DLP setting and nothing else. (I am trying to get as much information as I can to take to the Intune admin.)

    It appears there isn't a setting to disable the inactivity timeout; also the 30 minute value may not be exposed (yet?) either. We're planning on making a change so that if there are no "app protection policies" (which I believe includes DLP) then we'll also not enforce the inactivity timeout. That change/fix has yet to be authored though (hopefully within a few weeks).

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-09-26T23:07:36+00:00

    @SSatMS

    Where is the exact setting to disable the blur in Intune MAM? Also, can you advise if it turning off the blur would also affect other DLP settings? That is, it would be great to disable just the blurring aspect of the MAM DLP setting and nothing else. (I am trying to get as much information as I can to take to the Intune admin.)

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-09-26T15:54:57+00:00

    There are so many situations when a user would want a browser open to refer to (even though not actively using it). I have three windows and I might be coding in VS Code while referring to a page with documentation (or anything else) - but I have to keep clicking the blur off because apparently (according to the browser) it isn't being used? Even if it isn't supposed to blur while in use (I suppose this is the fix that is being rolled out), it is still very annoying to have an active browser tab blurred (I completely agree with the sleeping tabs feature for unused tabs).

    Further regarding @JeffP_aus' message, has this always been present and only recently turned on by our respective IT teams? That is, is this required to be actively switched on, or was it automatically switched on recently (without admin decision)?

    The inactivity timeout is 30 minutes by default (admin configurable for the work account). The fact that it is firing excessively is terrible, but once you get the fix, 30m of not activating the window should be a pretty rare occurrence (assuming your org hasn't used a lower threshold).

    The setting is associated with the work account and has been available for quite a while for mobile browsers and is only now being applied to desktop browsers as well. So yes, the admin made a decision to apply MAM (Mobile Application Management).

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