[Sophos Advisory] Central Mac - Chrome tabs slow to open with message "chrome-search://local-ntp/local-ntp.html"

Question

Hi Community, 
 Overview 
 Chrome tabs are seeing a delay when a new tab is opened and the URL is entered before the tab page is finished loading Message seen in tab - "chrome-search://local-ntp/local-ntp.html" 
 Applies to the following Sophos product(s) and version(s) 
 Sophos Central Mac Endpoints 
 Impact 
 This is affecting any Sophos Central Mac's 
 Has been seen on version 9.9.8 systems and version 10.0.0 
 Workaround 
 There are currently no workaround at this time 
 Next update 
 This KBA will be updated when new information has been provided

David Lancaster · Answer

Hello Community, 
 
 The Mac team has been working hard to provide the fix for this issue. We have identified the cause and have implemented a fix that we are currently testing. I'm happy to report that tests are looking positive and we hope to share another update with you soon.

David Lancaster · Answer

Hi Nicholas, 
 We are in the final stages of testing the correction for this issue, and it will be released in version 10.0.1. For further updates on this, please see KB https://support.sophos.com/support/s/article/KB-000040204 as it will be updated with the latest information.

[Sophos Advisory] Central Mac - Chrome tabs slow to open with message "chrome-search://local-ntp/local-ntp.html"

Applies to the following Sophos product(s) and version(s)

Impact

Workaround

Next update

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