Canary (86.0.622.0) - Flickering / Unusable

[Keith Davis]

Just updated to 86.0.622.0 and this version is completely unusable due to an enormous amount of flickering.

[#2]

@Keith Davis 

Not enormous amounts, each web page flickers badly then settles with me until I change or move anything. Not good or usable.

[#3]

Getting same problem here as well with Version 86.0.622.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit). Would not be good to leave us like this for the entire weekend...
Hope everyone sends in feedback on this with all the diagnostic date attached..

Dennis5mile

[#4]

@Keith Davis seeing the same issue. The build is not usable at all and requires an urgent fix for this issue. @MissyQ @Deleted can we have a fix for this please?

[#5]

I sent 2 feedbacks in, the second one has a small video clip of the problem..

Dennis5mile

[#6]

@Keith Davis @Dennis5mile @Rohit Yadav @Davy-D 

Thank you all for reporting this! The good news is that the team already made a bug and is investigating it right now. We'll let you know when it's resolved, but please let us know if you see anything else in the meantime.

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

[#7]

That is awesome to hear. Thanks for the quick update!

[#8]

In the meantime the quick fix is to disable hardware acceleration:
edge://settings/system --> Use hardware acceleration when available --> OFF

[#9]

That works!!!

[#10]

Great temporary fix.. Worked for me..

Dennis5mile

[#11]

@lunarsound I experimented with the issue a bit and found that repeatedly killing the GPU process also do the job. The flicker stops and you have the browser working fine with H/W acceleration enabled.

[#12]

I turned on my PCs and can see that the build number has changed to 622.1. Have we received an update? Cannot see the flicker now.

[#13]

@Keith Davis 

Yes, Flickering should be fixed for everyone now with update Version 86.0.622.1 (Official build) canary (64-bit). Is this correct @Deleted ?

Dennis5mile

[#14]

Yea, I have that build. Thank you for responding. And huge thanks to the team for issuing an out of band update, that too on weekend!

[#15]

@Rohit Yadav Canary .622.1 is out and the flickering is fixed.

[#16]

@Rohit Yadav 

Thanks for this update. Yes, I also think that the Edge Dev team was working this weekend because I got a "we're working on your feedback" e-mail which would only come on working days i.e. Mon-Fri. Thank you Microsoft Edge Dev team to fix this issue before we expected to see it 

[#17]

@Deleted curious to know, if the team can share; what were the changes which lead to the flicker issue? An improvement to the Hardware Acceleration? Changes to the GPU Process? Or something other? 

[#18 · Accepted solution]

Hi everyone, I'm happy to confirm that the bug is closed and the flickering should be resolved! Thanks again for submitting feedback and helping us jump on this quickly. 

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

[#19]

@Rohit Yadav Great question -- I wasn't hands-on with the fix, so I can't speak definitively to its cause. However, it looks like it may have been related to a recent change in the overall Chromium code.

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