MinecraftLauncher update link is dead URL
On launching minecraft, for the first time in a while, the launcher window shows a popup "Launcher Update: A new version of the Launcher is available. Please click here for more details."
Clicking there attempts to trigger the opening of a browser window to the URL "https://aka.ms/MinecraftLauncher", but that seems to be a broken link that now redirects to "https://www.bing.com/?ref=aka&shorturl=MinecraftLauncher".
I can't tell if there's some other way to get the launcher updated, googling didn't throw up any obvious route to do so.
NormalCreated Issue:
MinecraftLauncher update link is dead URL
On launching minecraft, for the first time in a while, the launcher window shows a popup "Launcher Update: A new version of the Launcher is available. Please click here for more details."
Clicking there attempts to trigger the opening of a browser window to the URL "https://aka.ms/MinecraftLauncher", but that seems to be a broken link that now redirects to "https://www.bing.com/?ref=aka&shorturl=MinecraftLauncher".
I can't tell if there's some other way to get the launcher updated, googling didn't throw up any obvious route to do so.
Environment
Linux Ubuntu (bionic), with openjdk-17+31.
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MC-232804 → 
WEB-5991Linux Ubuntu (bionic), with openjdk-17+31.
On launching minecraft, for the first time in a while, the launcher window shows a popup "Launcher Update: A new version of the Launcher is available. Please click here for more details."
Clicking there attempts to trigger the opening of a browser window to the URL "https://aka.ms/MinecraftLauncher", but that seems to be a broken link that now redirects to "https://www.bing.com/?ref=aka&shorturl=MinecraftLauncher".
The interface for this bug report does not allow me to select my version 1.17.1.
xpost MC-232804
Hey there!
This is a bug tracker for Minecraft: Java Edition game bugs only. If you find a bug in the launcher, you can report it here.
You can download any alternative version of Minecraft here.
This is probably more of a WEB issue. Yes, grab an official download.
This isn't a bug related to the MC java edition launcher , but more or so of a web issue. Could be that something happened to original site.