Microsoft is finally fixing the most annoying part of Windows Update

Microsoft is working on a solution to the most frustrating part of Windows Update : the need for restarts.
The company aims to reduce Windows 11 restarts with “hotpatching” technology for seamless updates.
Hotpatching allows updates to be applied without rebooting, improving user experience.
The Windows 11 24H2 update in 2024 may include hotpatching, making restarts less frequent.
The best-case scenario is one restart every three months.
However, hotpatching does not mean you never have to restart your Windows PC to apply updates.
Hotpatching works by building upon the current baseline, and Microsoft will need to adjust this baseline with a “normal” update every so often.
These baseline patches may only come around once every three months, assuming that an emergency baseline patch isn’t released to protect users from zero-day threats.
Still, hotpatching will take a lot of obstacles out of the process of installing the latest Windows updates.
If implemented properly, you may not even notice a patch was applied until Windows tells you it has.