14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft is now giving the finishing touches to Windows 10 October 2018 Update (also known as Redstone 5 and version 1809), and the RTM build is expected any minute now.
And according to several sources, Windows 10 build 17763 may be the lucky number, as Microsoft has picked it as RTM ahead of the global rollout projected to kick off next month.
Build 17763 has already been released to users in the Fast ring earlier this month, and last week, it was promoted to the Slow ring as well. Typically, this happens when builds are considered to be more stable and come with increased reliability.
If this build is indeed the RTM of the October 2018 Update, it should be pushed to users in the Release Preview ring as well sometime in the coming days. All insiders would get the RTM build by the end of the month, with Microsoft to release other cumulative updates to fix the remaining bugs.
RTM signed off on September 21
This means that users installing Windows 10 October 2018 Update on day one would get an update too in order to resolve the issues that Microsoft discovered in the remaining time.
Both WZor, who has previously been a reliable source for Windows scoops, and borncity.com point to evidence that build 17763 is October 2018 Update RTM, though until now, Microsoft hasn’t provided any information in this regard.
An alleged release schedule of the October 2018 Update that leaked earlier this month suggested that Microsoft planned to sign off the RTM build in mid-September, and according to WZor, this milestone was reached on September 21. Windows 10 build 17763 was released to the Slow ring on September 20.
Interestingly, build 17763 came with two different known issues, but if this is the RTM build, we assume that Microsoft has already resolved them and they would be fixed on all systems with a cumulative update.
Via AskWoody