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Patch cycle: read Microsoft update release dates

Key	SI_PatchCycle_MsrcDates
Where	Settings > Risk Analysis reports > Vulnerability (CVE) filters
Type	On / off
Default	On.
Edition	Community

What it does

Reads the release date of each Microsoft update (by its KB number) from Microsoft's public Security Update Guide (api.msrc.microsoft.com, no sign-in), once a day, and keeps it in the install. Defender names the update and its KB but not when it was released.

When enabled

a Microsoft fix's own release date decides In monthly cycle / Catch-up (an out-of-band update by its own date).

When disabled

no call to api.msrc.microsoft.com; the month the update's name says (its Patch Tuesday) is used. A third-party fix uses the first detection either way.

Risk and how to reverse it

Changes what the Risk Analysis reports show, how findings are filtered or scored, or where reports go, from the next run; earlier reports are unchanged. Hiding findings can make real exposure invisible to readers. Reversible: change it back.

Requires

Nothing else.