azureedge.net CDN (where Edge WebDriver installs are located) will cease operations by 15th January 2025

[captainbrosset]

Originally posted by @Delta456 at MicrosoftDocs/edge-developer#3335:

A company called Edgio have gone bankrupt and the azureedge.net CDN will be going away on 15th January 2025.
Microsoft has a replacement CDN for some endpoints:
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/critical-dotnet-install-links-are-changing/
https://build5nines.com/retirement-of-azureedge-net-dns-edg-io-business-closure-and-what-you-need-to-know/
dotnet/core#9671
It doesn't look like Microsoft have updated the links at, for example, https://developer.microsoft.com/en-gb/microsoft-edge/tools/webdriver/?cs=2282084340&form=MA13LH yet, but here's a heads-up.
This affects Selenium and was reported via issue SeleniumHQ/selenium#15024

[Delta456]

Thanks for taking this issue forward @captainbrosset

[captainbrosset]

As discussed with @leotlee internally, it seems like the azureedge.net endpoint will continue to work as is even after the edge.io provided stops working.
I'll let Leo confirm and potentially close this issue.

[mikedoerfler]

Why will the azureedge.net endpoint continue to work for the Edge Web Driver downloads? All the other MS stuff I have looked at (azcopy and dotnet) seem to indicate that azureedge.net is not a good option once Jan 15th hits. The build5nines.com article listed above also indicates that not updating contains risks. Just trying to understand. Thank you!

[richardsondev]

@captainbrosset , @leotlee
Please keep us updated and explain what the plan forward is. All other services I've seen have migrated off of azureedge.net except EdgeWebDriver.

[leotlee]

Confirming here the azureedge.net CDN servicing of Edge will continue to work, I'm closing this issue.

The Azure CDN azureedget.net is not going away. Edgio is one of the CDN provider behind it that is going away on Jan 15th. We are not using Edgio as the CDN provider; we are using Microsoft CDN (classic) provider instead. We're already tracking the 2027 sunset date for that. More info here.