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laudik
Copper Contributor
Jul 30, 2020

Bug in Edge suggestions

Hi, 

I couldn't find a place to file a bug, so I'm assuming the topic here.

 

I have the latest version of Edge and after typing a specific phrase, the entire browser crashes.
To work around this, turn off suggestions, otherwise you cannot search for any phrases.


They are probably Polish characters, you can check it by typing and searching for the phrase:
Wiązowna

14 Replies

  • Deleted's avatar
    Deleted
    Aug 05, 2020

    Thank you all for bringing this to our attention. Good news: the team is working on this!

     

    For more information on this bug and our response to it, please see https://www.reddit.com/r/MicrosoftEdge/comments/i0w2zn/randomly_started_crashingclosing/ from MissyQ. So, while this should be mitigated now, please let us know if you still have concerns.

     

    Fawkes (they/them)
    Program Manager & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge

  • JAVIXcr's avatar
    JAVIXcr
    Copper Contributor
    Jul 31, 2020

    laudik I´ve found this is happening recently with Search function, With me this happens with google search and site suggestions but I don´t know if this is related... Well turning down site suggestions fix me this issue even if I search with google.

  • brikimg's avatar
    brikimg
    Copper Contributor
    Jul 31, 2020

    laudik Yes, that workaround will prevent the 'bug' … But it seems like the real issue is NOT using Bing as the search provider. I only tested between Bing and Google - Using Google = bug; using Bing = works.

     

    Is this a case of Msoft sabotaging Google search ?

  • Jordan Calo's avatar
    Jordan Calo
    Brass Contributor
    Jul 30, 2020

    laudik Also, disabling search suggestions was a good fix. We just implemented the group policy to set SearchSuggestEnabled to False. Now we can just revert that setting once Microsoft provides a fix. 

    • cguanesk's avatar
      cguanesk
      Copper Contributor
      Jul 31, 2020

      Jordan Calo 

      Thanks the workaround did the trick to me too if my default search is google,

      but I found that if I set Bing as default search I don't need to disable the search suggestions. it won't crash when I start typing in the address bar.

  • Jordan Calo's avatar
    Jordan Calo
    Brass Contributor
    Jul 30, 2020

    laudik This is also happening for me. Sounds like it is being reported in the Microsoft Edge subreddit as well:

    https://www.reddit.com/r/edge/comments/i0vycf/crashes_when_you_type_stan_marsh/

    • WhompaDompa's avatar
      WhompaDompa
      Copper Contributor
      Jul 31, 2020

      Jordan Calo As of this morning 7/31, with all Windows updates installed, this problem is fixed for me. I had done the workaround yesterday. I removed it this morning after the updates and the crash no longer occurs.

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