Windows update intelligence
Task Manager keeps running in the background after closing
Task Manager processes may continue running after the app is closed; multiple lingering instances may impact overall performance.
ResolvedC3 · Microsoft confirmedMinor impactSnapshot checked 2026-10-25
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- Windows scope
- 24H2 / 25H2
- Architecture
- Unknown — not universal
- App / driver
- Task Manager
- Conditions
- Task Manager after the October 2025 preview update; impact grows with multiple lingering instances.
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Evidence & current resolution
Microsoft lists this scope as resolved on 2025-11-11. Resolving update: KB5068861.
- Evidence ID
- official-task-manager-lingering
- Source groups
- 1 · official publication
- Evidence basis
- Manually reviewed public source; no independent device test
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Recorded timeline
2025-10-28
Originating update released
KB50670362025-11-11
Official resolution recorded
KB5068861
2026-10-25
Snapshot reviewed
Added to this curated collection. Earlier acknowledgement time was not independently captured.
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