Microsoft admits that Always On VPN problems were not fixed in the October Security Update

Microsoft has been forced to admit that the Always On VPN glitch – which it said it had fixed in an update on October 13 – was not actually fixed after all.

We've all been there. You fix that bug, or tweak the configuration setting, and you're pleased with yourself, but it turns out it didn't take, and you have to send the "er, about that fix" follow-up email of shame.

The same has happened to Microsoft. After proudly declaring the problem resolved as part of its last security update, the company had to roll back its triumphant trumpeting to a sad little parp from a clown's horn in the message WI1482218:

"This disclosure was mistakenly updated to Resolved status on October 13, 2026. We have returned its status to Mitigated.

"We apologize for any inconvenience or confusion."

The bug in question concerns the operating system's Always On VPN functionality, a useful bit of code that quietly opens a VPN …