I'm exhausted by incessant Windows 11 bugs - and the return of the BitLocker recovery glitch is an ugly sight

• Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 11 and Windows 10 PCs may face a new BitLocker bug
• Users may be stuck in BitLocker recovery mode if they don't know their encryption key
• Windows 11 25H2, 24H2, and Windows 10 22H2 users are affected, and particularly Intel-based systems

It's barely been a week since Microsoft confirmed that it fixed a long-standing bug affecting Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems, which would restart PCs despite the user choosing to 'update and shutdown', and there's now another bug to take its place.

As reported by Neowin, Microsoft confirms that the October security updates for Windows 10 and Windows 11 may cause PCs to boot into BitLocker recovery mode. If that sounds familiar, that's because this issue has returned after occurring in a prior May 2025 update (and before that in the past, too).

The affected OS versions ...