WSUS issues

Winsage
August 14, 2025
The KB5063878 cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2 is failing to install on many systems, particularly affecting users of Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), who are encountering error code 0x80240069 during the installation of the August 2025 security updates. Administrators have reported issues such as "Service wuauserv has unexpectedly stopped" and "The Windows Update service terminated unexpectedly." A temporary workaround involves manually importing the update into WSUS using specific update IDs: WSUS Sync: Update-ID 8018eab0-7242-4932-adf2-afda36f6b3f6 and Update Catalog Import: Update-ID 92061378-be93-4659-a72a-037225e6bb0f. This issue is similar to a previous problem in April that affected enterprise customers updating Windows 11 22H2/23H2 systems, which was resolved by Microsoft in May through Known Issue Rollback (KIR).
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