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How Automated Patching Works

An overview of how Triumphant automatically patches and updates your devices using Acronis.

Created August 20, 2026 · Updated September 7, 2026

How Automated Patching Works

Triumphant uses Acronis to automatically keep your devices patched and up to date. Most of this happens quietly in the background. Here's what's going on and what to expect.

Non-Intrusive Patching

Most updates run during the day quietly and might request a restart occassionally.

  • Routine, non-critical updates are triggered around noon, daily.
  • If your device is offline when a scheduled update tries to run, it will retrigger automatically the next time you log in.

Reboot Prompts

Some updates require a restart to fully apply. If you see a pop-up requesting a reboot:

  • Please restart sooner rather than later. Delaying can leave a device partially patched or hold up other scheduled updates.
  • Save your work first, then go ahead and restart when it's convenient. The agent will force a reboot after four hours if you continually deny the prompts.

Critical & Security Updates

Some patches are more urgent and run multiple times a day. This typically happens when:

  • A critical vulnerability is identified by our internal security measures, or
  • A third-party security source flags an urgent issue that needs to be addressed quickly.

These updates are prioritized because the risk of waiting outweighs the temporary interruption, so they may be more noticeable or time-sensitive than routine patching.

What You Should Do

  • Keep an eye out for reboot prompts and restart promptly when you see one.
  • If a patch seems to be causing a problem, submit a ticket rather than trying to undo it yourself. We can often fix issues faster if we know exactly what was done to cause it in the first place.
  • We will receive notification if a device has not been patched in over a week. We might reach out to confirm everything is okay, this is not meant to be overbearing, but to enforce the highest level of security for your team.
  • There are exceedingly rare circumstances where if a device does not possess a critical patch for an extended period of time, the device might be classified as rogue at which point, the device would be isolated from the network until manual review is complete.

Need Help?

If you run into any issues during setup, reach out to the Triumphant support team: