Set the time period for update notifications (Brave Browser Group Policy)

What it does

Allows you to set the time period, in milliseconds, over which users are notified that Brave must be relaunched or that a Google Chrome OS device must be restarted to apply a pending update. Over this time period, the user will be repeatedly informed of the need for an update. For Google Chrome OS devices, a restart notification appears in the system tray according to the RelaunchHeadsUpPeriod policy. For Brave browsers, the app menu changes to indicate that a relaunch is needed once one third of the notification period passes. This notification changes color once two thirds of the notification period passes, and again once the full notification period has passed. The additional notifications enabled by the RelaunchNotification policy follow this same schedule. If not set, the default period of 604800000 milliseconds (one week) is used.

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 (milliseconds)	Number (decimal)	`RelaunchNotificationPeriod`	3600000 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: RelaunchNotificationPeriod
Namespace: BraveSoftware.Policies.Brave
Template file: brave.admx
Release: Brave Browser 1.98.63 · file set 584cbd5520d874db…

Definition, editor controls and support

Definition

<policy class="Both" displayName="$(string.RelaunchNotificationPeriod)" explainText="$(string.RelaunchNotificationPeriod_Explain)" key="Software\Policies\BraveSoftware\Brave" name="RelaunchNotificationPeriod" presentation="$(presentation.RelaunchNotificationPeriod)" 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="RelaunchNotificationPeriod" maxValue="2000000000" minValue="3600000" valueName="RelaunchNotificationPeriod" />
      </elements>
    </policy>

Editor controls

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