Windows has fixed an issue with 'Always on VPN' in its latest update — but it seems to have brought more…
Microsoft has released a minor Windows update to address connection issues with Always On VPN, with users reporting other fixes as a seemingly unintended consequence.
As Bleeping Computer reports, users reported connection issues with Microsoft’s Always On VPN standard following a Windows update in September 2026. The tech titan has released the KB 5127646 and KB5127648 cumulative updates in order to address the problem.
Always On VPN is a connection standard built into Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server that lets VPNs activate as soon as a user’s computer detects an active internet connection. It’s the underlying technology that allows some of the best VPNs to offer automatic connections on Windows computers.
In an alert shared with IT administrators in September 2026 (via Bleeping Computer), Microsoft acknowledged a bug that caused Always On VPN to fail if the computer couldn’t establish an initial internet connection.
The alert noted that...
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