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
    2023-09-21T08:20:47+00:00

    Yes definitely only happening on non-domain joined device for myself (where organization has MAM intune policy, which is probably most). Doesn't mean its any less of an issue and makes Edge pretty unusable for me at moment (randomly clicking in another window seems to un-blur after a few seconds). edge://edge-dlp-internals will confirm policy status as mentioned by others. Not great for enabling the remote workforce!

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-09-18T09:27:06+00:00

    It happened to me starting today (2023-09-18). It happened several times now, even during Teams calls using the Teams web client so the tab was not sleeping. Version 117.0.2045.31 of Edge for Business

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-09-14T17:02:00+00:00

    I completed the clean boot as per the instructions (all non-Microsoft services and startup apps disabled). Also, all extensions were also disabled. This continues to happen with my Work profile (while the personal profile does not experience this at all).

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