Quick Machine Recovery (25H2)

Quick Machine Recovery (QMR) is a new Windows 11 recovery option that enables your PC to automatically recover from critical issues that previously would have prevented it from successfully booting. This can save a lot of time that would otherwise be spent troubleshooting the problem yourself.
❓ How it works
Quick Machine Recovery automatically detects when your PC repeatedly fails to boot into Windows successfully, and it boots into the Windows Recovery Environment (WRE) instead, establishes a Wi-Fi or Ethernet network connection, and scans Windows Update to see whether there is a fix for the issue your PC is experiencing.

If a fix is available, Quick Machine Recovery downloads and installs it and reboots the PC.

If there's no fix, Quick Machine Recovery will continue scanning for one on a set schedule (every 30 minutes by default) and it will continue to reboot the PC automatically, also on a set schedule (every 180 minutes by default), until it finds one or the PC successfully boots into Windows.
?️ Note: If the PC can't connect to the Internet, Quick Machine Recovery will fall back to Startup Repair, a recovery tool available in the WRE.

✅ Tip: You can also access QMR directly from the Windows Recovery Environment. To do so, enter the WRE and navigate to Troubleshoot > Advanced options > Quick machine recovery.
⚙️ Defaults
Quick Machine Recovery is enabled by default for individuals, and it is configured as described below.
? Customize
For the most part, Quick Machine Recovery is something you don't need to think about. But you can review how it's configured using the Settings app by navigating to System > Recovery quick machine recovery and optionally making any changes you feel are necessary.
⌨️ Keyboard shortcut: Type Winkey + I to open Settings.

Here, you will find the following options.

Quick machine recovery. If you wish to disable Quick Machine Recovery for some reason, configure this to "Off."
✅ Tip: Leave it alone. Hopefully, you never need Quick Machine Recovery, but you will be happy to have it if it's ever needed.
Continue searching if a solution isn't found. This option is enabled by default so that Microsoft can keep looking for a solution to the problem that triggered Quick Machine Recovery and then apply it later if it becomes available. It has two sub-options that determine how this feature behaves if it can't automatically solve the problem.

Look for solutions every. Here, you can choose between 10 minutes, 30 minutes (the default), 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, 6 hours, and 12 hours.
Restart every. Here, you can select between 12 hours, 24 hours, 36 hours, 48 hours, 60 hours, 72 hours, and 180 minutes (the default).

Test that Quick Machine Recovery is working
It's rare to find yourself in a situation in which your PC can't boot successfully into Windows, so it's unlikely that you'll ever experience Quick Machine Recovery. But you can simulate a boot issue with your PC and verify...