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Brass Contributor

Dec 03, 2021

Custom User Agent Strings

I know the chromium project is deprecating user agent string in lieu of user agent hints, and since edge is based off of that, can we assume it will follow suit? Is this why there is no option in Edg...

Russell Meyer

Brass Contributor

Dec 06, 2021

so did the cookie thing and that worked! however there appears to be a delay when loading IE mode and user agent strings...I have a GPO that specifies the useragent string for IE...initial page load in IE tosses edge UserAgent info, but upon refresh it shows correct info...going to test canary and beta builds

Kelly_Y

Microsoft

Dec 07, 2021

Russell Meyer Are you on v96? The team is tracking an issue starting in v96 involving IE mode and the wrong UA String. Other customers have mentioned after refreshing it fixes the UA string.

For a little background, it appears the introduction of the InternetExplorerIntegrationComplexNavDataTypes policy might be a factor. One work around suggested is disabling the InternetExplorerIntegrationComplexNavDataTypes policy (set to 0).

In case you are running into this issue, we can keep you updated about the fix they are working on.

-Kelly

Kelly_Y
Microsoft
Dec 10, 2021
Russell Meyer Happy Friday!

I believe our developer was able to backport the fix for the incorrect MS Edge UA on first navigation, I think it might be included in the most recent Stable Build (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-relnote-stable-channel#version-960105453-...) released today in case you want to give it a try. Thanks!

-Kelly
Russell Meyer
Brass Contributor
Dec 07, 2021
correct, v96...I submitted feedback last night...