There was no update. Leo checked the update history three times. Last patch: six weeks ago. The taskbar, however, was now a muted violet, the color of a fading iris. He noticed other things, too. The recycle bin icon’s crease was wrong—too sharp. The clock font had thinned by a pixel.
And Leo understood the forum post.
His coworker, Jenna, didn’t see it. “You’re sleep-deprived,” she typed in Teams. “Roll back the update.” windows 11 taskbar color change
Then, one Tuesday at 2:17 AM, it shifted. There was no update