A Closer Look at the High Confidence Database

Timelines and exceptions · All guidance changes

Windows Server · Official Microsoft guidance

No content change seen yet. Watched since 12 Oct 20:06 UTC, last read today 08:48 UTC, next check 24 Oct 08:48 UTC.

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Timeline

From the capture of today 08:48 UTC

1 relative period
7 undated sections
3 with conditions

Settings and overrides named on this page

Registry values, policies and cmdlets the source mentions, with the dated steps that name them. Read the source for the values to set.

ConfidenceLevelOverride

Relative periods

Counted from an event the source describes, such as installing an update; they are not calendar dates.

within 12 hoursDeploying the High Confidence Database to other Windows versionsException1 condition

Requirements, exceptions and scope

Introduction and scopeScope1 passage
This article explains what the High Confidence Database represents, how confidence is determined, and how the data is published and used by Windows servicing. It…
Limitations and coverage considerationsRecommendation1 passage
Data structure and classificationScope1 passage
ConfidenceLevel
Confidence classificationsRequirement1 condition1 passage
Accessing the data on GitHubScope1 passage
High Confidence data included in servicing updatesRequirementException1 condition1 passage
Receiving High Confidence Database updates more frequentlyException1 passage

Extracted automatically from Microsoft's wording. Confirm dates, conditions and whether they apply to you in the source before acting; a month or quarter is a window, not a day.

Observed history and review priority

Captured today 08:48 UTC; extracted today 08:48 UTC. Extractor: microsoft-1/9/d9863eb412f92fa5ec3a8ca32e2dd7cfe8095530f456ecb1866608d1166a435d.

Review priority. Extracted assertions require review · Applicability or exceptions require review

0 date changes and 0 condition changes across 0 compared revisions. Suggested check interval: 24 hours.

Earlier unavailable versions and edits between checks are unknown. A missing statement requires review; it does not mean the policy was cancelled. Recovered historical statements are not original revision snapshots.

No related evidence found in this installation's recent collection. This does not establish that no announcement exists.

What changed

First observed 23 Oct 2026

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