Windows 10 Determining availability of Feature Updates no longer possible via PowerShell? After KB4497934 or later is installed.

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KB4497934 and the subsequent updates seem to have disabled the ability to pull in Feature Updates programmatically.

"Starting with update KB4497934, we are introducing functionality that allows you to decide when to install a feature update."

Since then using a method like this no longer returns entries for "Feature Update to Windows 10, version XXXX" even when it is visible from "Check for Updates".


$session = New-Object -ComObject Microsoft.Update.Session

$search = $session.CreateUpdateSearcher()
$search.Search("AutoSelectOnWebsites=1").Updates
$search.Search("Type='Software'").Updates


Where before it was shown as long as the Feature Update was being advertised to the device in question, but now, that's not the case.

For instance, on a device running 1809, Check for Updates shows that 1903 is ready for Download/Install. But the response from the above PowerShell command doesn't include it.

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