Updated to v. 2004 and now "Choose when updates..." option is missing

I just updated from version 1909 to version 2004 last night. This morning I looked at Settings>Update & Security>Windows Update>Advanced options, and found that the "Choose when updates are installed" option is now missing.

Was this change intentional, or is it a bug?

I will mention, FWIW, that in order to gain access to the version 2004 update last night, I changed the "feature update" setting from 365 days, which I had chosen months ago, to 0 days. I discovered the problem with the missing option this morning when I went to the "Advanced options" settings with the intention of resetting the "feature update" setting to 180 days.

devnull said:

Was this change intentional, or is it a bug?.

That's unclear, but it has been noted already, both in an upgrade and a clean install of Pro v2004.

Windows Update - Defer Feature and Quality Updates in Windows 10 post #73

f14tomcat said:

... Do you have the option to defer for 7 days?

Should do, that option is available for both Home and Pro and is still there in all my 2004 machines.

f14tomcat said:

I believe others have found that option missing also. For now, we believe it's a bug but MS hasn't said anything. Do you have the option to defer for 7 days?

Yes, the "Pause updates" option, which is 7 days by default, is still there, and allows me to pause updates for 35 days, as was the case with version 1909.

devnull said:

Thanks for the link. I'd not seen that. Some good info on that page (though the issue is still _not_ resolved).

There is still a group policy that can defer updates. That at least does still work. I tested that today now we have had a CU for 2004.

The CU didn't restore the missing settings though.