Windows 10 1903 arrives after stretch of extra testing

Microsoft today launched Windows 10 May 2019 Update, aka 1903, after running the feature upgrade through additional testing with Insider volunteers, hardware manufacturers and third-party software developers.

“The May 2019 Update is available for customers who would like to install the latest release,” John Cable, director of program management in the Windows delivery and servicing team, announced in a post to a company blog.

Under normal circumstances, 1903 – the four-digit label in Microsoft’s yymm format – would have gone public six or more weeks ago. But in early April, Microsoft said it would send the feature upgrade – the first of two presumably slated for the year – into more testing. The decision was an obvious reaction to the debacle of Windows 10 1809, which in October 2018 launched with a known-yet-still-overlooked bug that destroyed user data. Microsoft pulled 1809 and while the upgrade eventually debuted, albeit months late, in March the company gave up on getting the new version to users.

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