Relaunch fast if outdated (Brave Browser Group Policy)

What it does

Specifies the minimum release age beyond which relaunch notifications are more aggressive. The age is calculated from the time the currently-running version was last served to clients. If a browser relaunch or device restart is needed to finalize a pending update and the current version has been outdated for more than the number of days specified by this setting, the RelaunchNotificationPeriod policy is overridden to 2 hours. If the RelaunchNotification policy is set to 1 ('Required'), users will be forced to relaunch or restart at the end of the period. If not set, or if the release age cannot be determined, the RelaunchNotificationPeriod policy will be used for all updates.

What it writes

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry key: Software\Policies\BraveSoftware\Brave

Options

Option	Type	Registry value	Allowed values
Time period (days)	Number (decimal)	`RelaunchFastIfOutdated`	7 to 2000000000

Configure and deploy

Choose a state and the option values; the output below is generated from the template for exactly that.

Output could not be generated from the retained template.

History 49 retained releases

1.96.5924 Sep 2026

Registry key: Software\Policies\BraveSoftware\Brave · Value name: Not specified
- Moved Brave ~~[removed: Software\Brave]~~[added: Software\Brave\Relaunch]
1.88.13214 Mar 2026
- Already present in the first release ChangeIntel keeps.

47 later releases left it unchanged.

Template

Internal name: RelaunchFastIfOutdated
Namespace: BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave
Template file: brave.admx
Release: Brave Browser 1.99.55 · file set b192dcd29981e03e…

Definition, editor controls and support

Definition

<policy class="Both" displayName="$(string.RelaunchFastIfOutdated)" explainText="$(string.RelaunchFastIfOutdated_Explain)" key="Software\Policies\BraveSoftware\Brave" name="RelaunchFastIfOutdated" presentation="$(presentation.RelaunchFastIfOutdated)" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave:Relaunch" />
      <supportedOn ref="BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave:SUPPORTED_WIN7" />
      <elements>
        <decimal id="RelaunchFastIfOutdated" maxValue="2000000000" minValue="7" valueName="RelaunchFastIfOutdated" />
      </elements>
    </policy>

Editor controls

<presentation id="RelaunchFastIfOutdated" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions"><decimalTextBox refId="RelaunchFastIfOutdated">Time period (days):</decimalTextBox></presentation>

Supported platforms and category

BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave:category:Cat_Brave
<category displayName="$(string.Cat_Brave)" name="Cat_Brave" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave:category:Relaunch
<category displayName="$(string.Relaunch_group)" name="Relaunch" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave:brave" />
    </category>
BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave:category:brave
<category displayName="$(string.brave)" name="brave" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave:Cat_Brave" />
    </category>
BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave:definition:SUPPORTED_WIN7
<definition displayName="$(string.SUPPORTED_WIN7)" name="SUPPORTED_WIN7" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave:category:Cat_Brave
<category displayName="$(string.Cat_Brave)" name="Cat_Brave" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
<strings><string id="BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave:Cat_Brave">Brave Software</string></strings>
BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave:category:Relaunch
<category displayName="$(string.Relaunch_group)" name="Relaunch" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave:brave" />
    </category>
<strings><string id="BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave:Relaunch_group">Relaunch</string></strings>
BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave:category:brave
<category displayName="$(string.brave)" name="brave" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave:Cat_Brave" />
    </category>
<strings><string id="BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave:brave">Brave</string></strings>
BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave:definition:SUPPORTED_WIN7
<definition displayName="$(string.SUPPORTED_WIN7)" name="SUPPORTED_WIN7" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
<strings><string id="BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave:SUPPORTED_WIN7">Microsoft Windows 7 or later</string></strings>