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Reboot harder.

> Update as of 10:30 UTC on 19 July 2024: We have received reports of successful recovery from some customers attempting multiple Virtual Machine restart operations on affected Virtual Machines.

> We've received feedback from customers that several reboots (as many as 15 have been reported) may be required, but overall feedback is that reboots are an effective troubleshooting step at this stage.

https://status.cloud.microsoft/



I'm not the one to bash Microsoft "just because", but this "up to 15 reboots" thingy reminds me that MS most likely doesn't know what's going on in their own damn OS anymore.

Related picture - not long ago such a message would've been completely unacceptable, yet here we are.

https://i.imgur.com/4rQLcb7.png


sounds like a race condition that you have a fair chance of recreating after 15 reboots?


It's amazing how "Did ye try tairnin' it off and on again?" is still the best first-line advice.


Update to: "Did you try turning it off and on again...15 times?"


Important advice since normally I'd resort to percussive maintenance way before getting to 15.


Any indication that this might work for physical computers?


Worked for me. Working for a few or my colleagues. Reboot again and again.


My physical workstation (a Precision laptop) was affected and a single reboot fixed it. Most of my colleagues weren’t as lucky.


I think I'm well past 15 on my laptop now. My desktop was unaffected, but I reach over and click restart every once in a while to see if something different happens.


Sounds like a race condition that some systems hot and others don't




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