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MicrosoftTop Feedback Summary for September
Why, hello there, Insiders! As mentioned last month, we are moving these updates to once a month. Welcome to September’s Top Feedback update! We are talking about several items this month, including one being marked as Addressed. As expected, moving to a monthly posting cadence provides y’all with larger details on where we are with your feedback, and this update will go over all of those changes!
Before hopping into this month’s update, there are a couple of things that should be noted. We have moved to our 4-week release cadence with Edge 94, now in our Stable channel. Additionally, Beta will receive Edge 95 this week, making Edge 96 the base version this month in Canary and Dev channels. For our Mac Insiders, this means that the new update experience is on its way to you in Beta! Additionally, in response to developer feedback, we updated our add ons website to let you sign in to the Partner Center using GitHub! And last, but certainly not least, a very tiny bit of fanfare for the launch of the new Edge on Xbox.
Now onto your regular feedback updates! First, let’s talk about the good news of what is being Addressed this month. We finished rolling out pick up where you left off for PDFs! This means that you can now easily continue from where you exited in a PDF, just like you can a Word document or PowerPoint deck. We have been continuously iterating on our PDF reader outside of this list, too. Over the past month, we also implemented the ability to add text to any part of the PDF, making it much easier to input text when a PDF doesn’t seem to be editable. Keep the feedback coming, the team is listening and wants to ensure the PDF reader is the best tool for you.
While we aren’t updating the status to a couple of items here, we did want to ensure you all had updates for them in this month’s post. For Allow users to put individual tabs to sleep, we’ve implemented a new option in Settings to help address the feedback we heard from y’all. You can now set your inactive tabs to be slept after 30 seconds of inactivity so more of your tabs go to sleep faster, resulting in less need to wait or take the time to put them to sleep individually. We continue to monitor feedback, but if you would like us to know about other changes you’d like to see for sleeping tabs, be sure to head over to the discussion thread and leave us a comment!
Next up, an update for Provide an option to prevent auto-play of video and audio when you open a website. We have taken a look at feedback on this issue and identified two key items here; first, we have fixed the Limit option for Media Autoplay to be more aligned with Chrome, and second, we have made Limit the default in Edge 93. Since then, we have seen a 75% drop in feedback around autoplaying media. We have also added additional logging that can help diagnose any new feedback around autoplay and continue to listen to your feedback as you send it in. We’ll leave this on the list until next month as we keep an ear out for other reports; at that point we will consider this Addressed.
Now onto your feedback around a couple of tabs requests. We are moving Add ability to close tabs via double-click to Planned! While we do not have a time frame in which you can expect to see this right now, but we will update you here once we have more to share. Please do hop into its discussion thread to let us know more about how this would benefit you (or if you think it shouldn’t be an option, that’s valid feedback, too). Users can move Vertical Tabs to the right side of the screen has no update, but the team continues to review feedback around this, so please send that in for them!
Not seeing an update for something that you have been waiting for? Know that the team is still looking at feedback for these items, or working hard on the ones we have already planned. We’d love to continue to hear from you, so please head to the … menu > Help and feedback > Send feedback to let us know what you would like to see in the browser to help your browsing experience, or to let us know of any issues you’ve spotted. We look forward to seeing your thoughts!
Here’s this month’s update:
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Status |
Feedback |
On this list for |
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Addressed |
Users can get back to where they left off in PDF documents |
42 weeks |
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Planned |
Add option to always open favorites in new tab |
15 weeks |
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Planned (Join the discussion) |
Allow users to put individual tabs to sleep |
16 weeks |
|
Planned |
Users can easily close Vertical Tabs |
24 weeks |
|
Planned |
Enable search of items in Collections |
30 weeks |
|
Planned |
Edge should respect the default PDF viewer |
62 weeks |
|
Planned |
Restore tabs if Edge or the OS is restarted for any reason |
63 weeks |
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Planned (Join the discussion) |
Add ability to close tabs via double-click |
77 weeks |
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Planned |
Provide an option to prevent auto-play of video and audio when you open a website |
110 weeks |
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Alternative Planned |
Bring the tab set aside feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
110 weeks |
|
Under Review |
Enable additional options for viewing downloaded files, such as the bottom of the window |
20 weeks |
|
Under Review |
Users can move Vertical Tabs to the right side of the screen |
26 weeks |
|
Not Planned |
Support mouse gestures for common actions like navigation and tab close |
13 weeks |
|
Not Planned (View the discussion) |
Allow sign-in to the browser with a Google account |
23 weeks |
|
Not Planned |
Edge launches with previous session’s tabs when “On startup” setting is set to “Open a new tab” |
25 weeks |
|
Not planned (View the discussion) |
Bring the reading list feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
35 weeks |
|
Not Planned |
Provide a transparent theme for the browser frame |
43 weeks |
|
Not Planned (View the discussion) |
Enable option to match Windows display language |
43 weeks |
|
Not Planned |
Make tabs more square and less rounded, like the current version of Microsoft Edge |
47 weeks |
|
Not Planned |
MSA profile picture is not updating |
56 weeks |
And here’s the list of top “quality areas” that we’re actively working on in response to your feedback:
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Bring more extensions to the extensions store |
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Edge should use less memory than it does |
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Edge should use less CPU than it does |
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Scrolling should feel smoother for web pages |
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Scrolling should feel smoother for PDF files |
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Opening a new tab is too slow |
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Update does not always work reliably |
Definitions:
Addressed – Changes to address this feedback are visible to all users in the Canary and Dev channels.
Not Planned – We don’t currently plan to address this feedback, though we will continue to track it and reconsider our approach if needed.
Planned for… – We’re working on this and currently plan for it to be addressed in the Canary channel before the end of the month indicated.
Planned - We have reviewed this feedback and have a plan to address it. However, we aren't ready to share a target time frame just yet.
Alternative Planned - We don’t currently plan to directly address this feedback; however, we are working on addressing this in the form of a new feature.
In Discussion – We’ve reviewed this feedback and to learn more we have started a discussion about it here in the Microsoft Edge Insider Forum.
Under Review – We are reviewing this feedback internally and do not have a plan to share at this time.
Quality Area – We will give extra weight to fixes and opportunities in this area. Please continue to report specific bugs and make specific asks.
Archive of previously addressed topics:
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Feedback |
On this list for |
Addressed on |
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Allow more top sites on the New Tab Page |
77 weeks |
Aug 24, 2021 |
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Bring the tab preview feature from Microsoft Edge legacy |
105 weeks |
Aug 24, 2021 |
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Hide or shrink the title bar when vertical tabs are enabled |
19 weeks |
Jul 14, 2021 |
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Users can find and manage their tabs more easily by organizing them into associated groups |
23 weeks |
Jul 14, 2021 |
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Allow users to turn off the “Disable developer mode extensions” notification |
28 weeks |
Jun 23, 2021 |
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The address bar and its text are too big, and should be smaller like Chrome |
96 weeks |
Jun 23, 2021 |
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Allow users to adjust the width of the Vertical Tabs pane |
1 week |
Jun 9, 2021 |
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Users would like more theme and customization options |
12 weeks |
Apr 30, 2021 |
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Some web page fonts are blurry |
48 weeks |
Apr 7, 2021 |
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Ask users if they want to close all tabs when they close a browser window |
81 weeks |
Apr 7, 2021 |
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Add dictionary in PDF |
31 weeks |
Mar 23, 2021 |
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Some passwords are not saved |
25 weeks |
Mar 16, 2021 |
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Enable kiosk mode |
16 weeks |
Feb 9, 2021 |
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Add option to remove previous search terms from the New Tab Page’s search box auto-suggestion list |
35 weeks |
Feb 9, 2021 |
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Enable vertical tabs feature |
23 weeks |
Jan 27, 2021 |
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Enable customers to pin sites to Start Menu in Windows |
26 weeks |
Jan 27, 2021 |
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Support two-page layout in PDF reader |
32 weeks |
Jan 27, 2021 |
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Voice search on google.com doesn’t work |
31 weeks |
Dec 1, 2020 |
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Enable sync of browsing history between devices |
57 weeks |
Dec 1, 2020 |
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Add the ability to ink on web page content |
57 weeks |
Dec 1, 2020 |
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Add "text notes" feature to PDF files |
27 weeks |
Nov 17, 2020 |
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Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System |
65 weeks |
Nov 17, 2020 |
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Enable customers to pin Favorites menu to the side of the screen |
6 weeks |
Nov 3, 2020 |
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Make Edge available on Linux |
39 weeks |
Oct 20, 2020 |
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Support themes from the Chrome Web Store |
60 weeks |
Oct 15, 2020 |
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Enable automatic generation of strong passwords |
13 weeks |
Sept 15, 2020 |
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Enable navigation of PDF files via table of contents |
31 weeks |
Sept 15, 2020 |
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Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files |
55 weeks |
Sept 9, 2020 |
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Provide different options for sorting favorites |
51 weeks |
Aug 11, 2020 |
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Bring the Ask Cortana feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
50 weeks |
Aug 5, 2020 |
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Highlighter tool for PDF files |
21 weeks |
July 15, 2020 |
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Mouse cursor sometimes disappears (View the discussion) |
11 weeks |
June 24, 2020 |
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Support read aloud of PDF files |
20 weeks |
June 9, 2020 |
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Edge cannot find devices to cast media (Learn more) |
16 weeks |
May 19, 2020 |
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Provide option to keep specific cookies when choosing to clear browsing data on close |
21 weeks |
Apr 7, 2020 |
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Option to set a custom photo as the New Tab Page background photo |
33 weeks |
Apr 7, 2020 |
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Add an option to hide the Bing search bar on the new tab page (Learn more) |
32 weeks |
Mar 31, 2020 |
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Allow the search bar in the new tab page to be configured with other search providers (Learn more) |
32 weeks |
Mar 31, 2020 |
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Provide an option to set a custom URL for a new tab instead of showing the new tab page (Learn more) |
32 weeks |
Mar 31, 2020 |
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Enable sync of installed browser extensions between devices |
19 weeks |
Mar 19. 2020 |
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Some users are unable to access any web page |
3 weeks |
Mar 11, 2020 |
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Favorites sync issues, including sync not working, deleted favorites reappearing, and favorites being duplicated |
13 weeks |
Mar 4, 2020 |
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Provide an option to add a share button to the tool bar |
17 weeks |
Feb 26, 2020 |
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Need for better handling of links when there is more than one profile |
26 weeks |
Feb 21, 2020 |
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Touchpad two-finger scrolling is sometimes triggering a right click instead |
24 weeks |
Feb 21, 2020 |
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Add the ability to change the location for news content on the new tab page |
20 weeks |
Jan 22, 2020 |
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Provide the ability to change the title of tiles on the new tab page |
22 weeks |
Jan 22, 2020 |
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Enable search in the extensions store |
17 weeks |
Dec 19, 2019 |
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The taskbar icon is not updating to the new Microsoft Edge logo |
1 week |
Nov 14, 2019 |
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A round of improvements to scrolling experience, with more (including performance) to come down the line |
12 weeks |
Nov 14, 2019 |
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YouTube.com does not render properly and appears extremely magnified |
1 week |
Nov 4, 2019 |
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Bring the OneNote Web Clipper to the Microsoft Edge extensions store |
4 weeks |
Nov 4, 2019 |
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Improve discoverability of the home button since some users are asking for it. (View the discussion) |
8 weeks |
October 29, 2019 |
|
Microsoft Edge is crashing whenever a new tab is opened from a link |
1 week |
October 22, 2019 |
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Inking for PDF files |
9 weeks |
October 22, 2019 |
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Provide an option to remove the send feedback “smiley” button from the toolbar |
1 week |
October 15, 2019 |
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Show the New Tab Page in dark theme when the browser is in dark theme |
6 weeks |
October 1, 2019 |
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Add the ability to turn off the news feed on the new tab page |
6 weeks |
October 1, 2019 |
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ClickOnce deployment of Windows applications from web pages |
6 weeks |
October 1, 2019 |
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Website elements are being flipped upside down when switching between tabs |
1 week |
September 17, 2019 |
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Sign-in profile picture is not always kept up to date |
4 weeks |
September 17, 2019 |
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“Administrator Mode Detected” error message when opening the browser |
2 weeks |
September 4, 2019 |
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Add a favorites button to the toolbar, for quicker access to favorites |
1 week |
August 29, 2019 |
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Make it easier to share web content with other users and apps |
1 week |
August 29, 2019 |
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Drop down menus in some web pages are not working |
1 week |
August 29, 2019 |
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Add a dark theme to Microsoft Edge |
Addressed before these posts started |
|
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Build translation capabilities into the browser |
Addressed before these posts started |
|
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Delete browsing history on exit |
Addressed before these posts started |
|
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Show favorites bar only on the new tab page |
Addressed before these posts started |
|
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Bring back reading view |
Addressed before these posts started |
|
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Sync data with my work or school account |
Addressed before these posts started |
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MissyQ It seems that Provide an option to prevent auto-play of video and audio when you open a website has become Provide an option to limit auto-play of video and audio when you open a website. The 75% drop in feedback around autoplaying media indicates that autoplay is not prevented. If the intent is to consider this Addressed at the end of the month, it would be good to change the wording to reflect this change of target.
Almost all news sites, including links from msn, autoplay. I stopped providing feedback because I thought that Planned meant preventing autoplay, not limiting it.
If the intent is to continue to address the feedback to prevent autoplay of media, maybe a new item could be added to the list.
Blocking autoplay was a valued feature of legacy Edge for me and for those around me. I hope the team will consider addressing the option to prevent autoplay as well as simply limiting it.- I don't know why we can't have an OFF option. I don't want any media to autoplay ever!
sushrajaHello ms4132, I would like to understand your issue better - "Almost all news sites, including links from msn, autoplay." - In this scenario does the video play with audio or is the audio muted ?sushraja Thank you for the clarifying question. On some sites, the audio plays along with the video and on some the audio is muted.
On most video streaming sites, both audio and video autoplay.
On news sites, it is more of a mix between audio muted or not. I assume that is a choice by the news site rather than a feature from Edge, but I have not tested it with other browsers to verify the assumption.
For me, the goal is to prevent all autoplay of video and audio unless I click to start it, or specifically enable autoplay for a site.
MissyQ Are there any plans to add the option to block/disable autoplay rather than just limit it, as in Edge Legacy? The "Limit" option is not sufficient because it decides to enable autoplay for sites where I manually play videos many times, which is not what I want. I don't want Edge to decide when it should enable autoplay; I want it to be disabled unless I enable it manually.
Also, I think your approach of considering issues addressed when you see a drop in incoming feedback is flawed. Why would you assume that people are happy if they don't resubmit the same feedback over and over? I only submit feedback about each issue once. I guess I should start submitting it many times until it's resolved.
Seria muy productivo que desarrollen una opción para que se traduzcan las palabras que uno mismo selecciona en ingles al castellano y viceversa de un documento PDF en ingles, en mi caso soy hispanoparlante y leo muchos papers científicos y tengo que abrir muchas ventanas de google traslate para buscar palabras, si desde el mismo pdf se agrega una opción rápida donde al seleccionar una palabra en vista rápida se agregue una opción de traducción como resaltar, definir o agregar comentario seria excelente MissyQ
hi there
i just installed 95.0.1020.30 and noticed larger fonts on the bookmarks that do not fit on the standard view plus all Edge's menus - they look a bit "too big" as if it's zoomed in 120% or something.
also the bookmarks that don't fit on the main screen became, a bit huge and that's a bit odd - perhaps a toggle to adjust the zoom level would be the best way to go? so users that need/want bigger fonts can adjust to their liking? thank you
thanks,
Gabrio
- It would be safe to say that new features announced by edge team are unlikely to result in any significant market share gain. There will be need for serious introspection if the win11 does not improve browser's prospects.
- Thank you for sharing these updates.
- It's working for me without removing Edge. There are multiple entries you have to change in the Settings/apps/Default Apps. If an app/program opens Edge instead of Edge Dev, type the extension Eg. HTML at the top of the page in the "set a default for a file type or link type'' field, then change the default for that file type to Edge Dev. Then if you click on Microsoft Edge Dev in the list, you can see all the file types associated with Edge Dev. I have 19 entries assigned to Edge Dev. Change the major ones first HTML HTM HTTP HTTPS, because they can change multiple file types just by changing one of the major ones. Hope this helps. If you have an questions, let me know.
- I did this actually. What a pain to change 20 or so of them. It used to be a default browser choice. That seems gone.
- The new version of Edge that went live on Linux for the dev version has broken most websites, so far the only website that works, is NewEgg, Amazon, Wattpad, and Youtube. The website just crashes with this: Error Code SIGILL
