Windows 10 October 2018 Update rollout now paused

cereberus said:

I wonder how many people have experienced this data loss bug.

I have a very strong suspicion it has been blow out of mega proportion.

I looked on feedback hub and could only find a few examples (less than 10 for sure) but more importantly, you see similar reports on earlier builds i e. crap happens on any build.

It is funny how people always jump on the "MS should do more testing bandwagon" totally failing to understand that they could probably test OS for a year or more (even ten years) and still not find the bug.

Sometimes, obscure bugs are only deyected when the product is being used by MILLIONS of people.

This article references a site that is keeping a list of bugs found in 1809 including the one that caused 1809 to get pulled - file deletions - and has some examples from feedback hub of earlier file deletion warnings:

Microsoft yanks buggy Win10 1809 upgrade, leaving zapped files in its wake | Computerworld

Topic: WHY are 1809 upgraders getting their files zapped? @ AskWoody

There were many reports of this precise bug during the Win10 1809 beta test. Microsoft was duly informed through the Feedback Hub, and Microsoft responded “We’ve got it.”

AskWoody poster @b offers this list of Feedback Hub-posted bug reports that sound a whole lot like what we’re seeing right now:

https://aka.ms/AA2rxjc

https://aka.ms/AA2qrdk

https://aka.ms/AA2rasi

https://aka.ms/AA2rvtp

https://aka.ms/AA2ro9h

https://aka.ms/AA2rat6

https://aka.ms/AA2qrdg

https://aka.ms/AA2ro9c

https://aka.ms/AA2rxkg

https://aka.ms/AA2qrdb

https://aka.ms/AA2qyna

https://aka.ms/AA2ratj

https://aka.ms/AA2qrda

https://aka.ms/AA2ratq

Searching in the Feedback Hub for “deleted documents” brings up even more examples.

Anybody who tells you to install patches immediately should be drawn and quartered.

Some people whose files were deleted:

Windows 1809 update wiped my documents : Windows10

WARNING: 1809 upgrade misplaced/deleted files in C:\Users\Public : Windows10

These updates seem to be getting worse and worse in terms of quality control.

swarfega said:

These updates seem to be getting worse and worse in terms of quality control.

IMHO

FireSky said:

After updating to 1809 successfully without missing any files, I discovered that my notifications area is completely blank even if there's a number indicating that 1 or more notifications are available to be read.

Have a look here for a work around. Action Center stopped working after 1809