Microsoft has announced the permanent closure of the beta channel of Windows 10 build 19045.5194 (KB5046714) Windows 10 22H2 released yesterday, Thursday, It will be the last for this operating system.

The Redmond firm continues to take steps toward the end of Windows 10’s lifecycle, which will happen in October 2025 (unless you opt out and pay for additional support). The problem is that the transition is being done in an erratic manner, which worries customers.

Goodbye Windows 10 beta channel

Last June, Microsoft reopened the Windows 10 beta channel, which had been closed for three years, practically with the launch of Windows 11. It was a good way to see the new features of the system and have more time for testing. and this was indicated by Microsoft itself in those moments: “In order to bring new features and other improvements to Windows 10 as needed, we need a place to actively develop features with Windows Insiders”.

Yesterday, just five months later, the company removed the channel again without providing an explanation or reactivation planscommenting that all Insiders would automatically move to the Release Preview Channel and advising customers to prepare for the end of support for Windows 10 and the transition to Windows 11: “This will be the last time we release a version of Windows 10 to the beta channel as it will be closed”.

Windows 10 22H2, the latest feature release to be released, will continue to receive monthly security updates until October 14, 2025when will its official support end. After this date, Redmond will stop patching software bugs and issuing security updates for discovered vulnerabilities.

All this, we insist provided that the Extended Security Update (ESU) program for consumers or enterprises is not contracted out and the implementation of which confirms that Microsoft’s strategy in implementing support for its systems is purely commercial.

The problem is a familiar one: Windows 10 maintains a huge market share and leads the desktop market by a wide margin. Although Windows 11 is reducing its share every month, if the trend does not change significantly in October 2025, tens of millions of computers will remain vulnerable. The problem of global cyber security.