{"version":"2.1.242","anchor":"administrator-policy-helper-stands-down-when-a-remote-settin","canonical_anchor":"administrator-policy-helper-stands-down-when-a-remote-settin","heading":"Administrator policy helper stands down when a remote settings payload supersedes it","tier":"internal","area":"Settings","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.242\/e\/administrator-policy-helper-stands-down-when-a-remote-settin","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.242","markdown":"### Administrator policy helper stands down when a remote settings payload supersedes it\n\nA local admin policy helper shuts itself down when remote settings supersede the policy it came from.\n\n**What**\n\nIf remote settings arrive that shadow the local MDM or file policy a policy helper was read from, the helper is now retired: its refresh timer stops, its state is cleared, and the settings tier change is announced and recorded in telemetry.\n\n**Details**\n\n- Runs when a remote payload lands and the helper was not itself armed from remote settings.\n- Telemetry goes under the policy-helper settings event; both the message and this outcome value are new.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`policyHelper: OS-admin helper pass retired; the remote payload that landed shadows the MDM\/file policy it was read from`\n\n- Area: Settings\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5"}