14 DAY TRIAL // A bug in the latest version of Microsoft Edge causes the browser to crash when users type something in the address bar, but the good news is that Microsoft moved super-fast this time and a fix is already available.
More specifically, whenever you moved the focus to the address bar and presses a single key on the keyboard, the browser just crashed.
By the looks of things, the whole thing was caused by the search suggestion engine, which is triggered automatically when users begin typing in the address bar. And when the first key is pressed and the system technically begins displaying suggestions, the browser just crashes.
Microsoft confirmed the problem on Twitter, explaining that the easiest way to deal with the issue was to disable search suggestions.
“Are you seeing Edge crash when trying to type into the address bar? The team is looking into it! In the meantime, as a workaround, please turn off Search Suggestions here: edge://settings/search. We'll follow up once we have more!” the Edge team announced on Twitter.
Fix already available
The good news, however, is that Microsoft managed to fix the whole thing in just a few hours, and the bug is no longer there. So what you need to do is revert your settings in Edge because things are back to normal right now, and the browser should no longer crash when typing.
“Thanks for everyone's patience while we investigated! We believe this to be resolved now. We encourage you to revert your browser settings that you may have changed, and let us know if you are still experiencing any crashes typing into the address bar,” the company said in a follow-up tweet.
The new Microsoft Edge browser is based on the Chromium engine, and it is available not only on Windows 10, but also on Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and macOS. A Linux version is also on the way.