Microsoft’s getting better at rolling out new versions of Windows 10, with a decrease in the initial patching rate and far fewer show-stopping bugs. But we’re still a long way from Creators Update stability, and there’s still very little reason to upgrade from the Anniversary Update to the Creators Update manually. 

One month ago, Microsoft rolled out Windows 10 Creators Update, version 1703, build 15063.13. Since then there have been two patches: build 15062.138 on April 11 and 15063.250 on April 25. You can expect another patch next Tuesday, May 9, for a total of three cumulative updates in a little over a month.

That patching pace is slower than with the Anniversary Update—four patches in less than a month—and much slower than the eight-patches-in-10-weeks rate established with the Fall Update. By this one measure, at least, the quality of version upgrades is getting better.

We also haven’t seen any jaw-dropping failures, no crashing on Kindle or broken Skype on webcam debacles. To be sure, there have been bugs galore, including a hauntingly familiar failure of Logitech BRIO cameras and a new report that the Creators Update brings back an old formatting conflict between Internet Explorer and Dynamics CRM 2011. But the quantity and “quality” of new Creators Update bugs aren’t in the same league as those seen with Anniversary Update.