STIGUI
V-235768CAT II — Medium severitySV-235768r1015298_rule

Suggestions of similar web pages in the event of a navigation error must be disabled.

Rule version EDGE-00-000056 · STIG v2 · 2026-02-25

Discussion

This setting allows Microsoft Edge to issue a connection to a web service to generate URL and search suggestions for connectivity issues such as DNS errors.

If this policy is enabled, a web service is used to generate URL and search suggestions for network errors.

If this policy is disabled, no calls to the web service are made and a standard error page is shown.

If this policy is not configured, Microsoft Edge respects the user preference that is set under Services at edge://settings/privacy. Specifically, there is a "Suggest similar pages when a webpage can't be found" toggle, which the user can switch on or off.

Note that if this policy has been enabled (AlternateErrorPagesEnabled), the "Suggest similar pages when a webpage can't be found setting" is turned on, but the user cannot change the setting by using the toggle.

If this policy is disabled, the "Suggest similar pages when a webpage can't be found" setting is turned off, and the user cannot change the setting by using the toggle.

Check

The policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Suggest similar pages when a webpage can't be found" must be set to "Disabled".

Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge

If the value for AlternateErrorPagesEnabled is not set to "REG_DWORD = 0", this is a finding.

Fix

Set the policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Suggest similar pages when a webpage can't be found" to "Disabled".

Identifiers

Group ID
V-235768
Group title
SRG-APP-000151
Rule ID
SV-235768r1015298_rule
Check ID
C-38987r766875_chk
Fix ID
F-38950r766876_fix