[Bug]: Romanitho.Winget-AutoUpdate is excluded when using Blacklist

[jwi95]

The problem

Hi,

we have deployed WAU to our clients via Intune. We are using Blacklisting (excluding specific apps) and today when checking the logs on my notebook I noticed that WAU is excluded:

17.09.2025 - CHECK FOR APP UPDATES (System context - Connected user)

################################################################# 07:57:40 - SymLink for log file created in Intune Management Extension log folder 07:57:40 - Notification Level: None. Notification Language: Deutsch 07:57:40 - Checking internet connection... 07:57:40 - Connected ! 07:57:40 - Winget Version: v1.11.400 07:57:40 - WAU current version: 1.21.13 07:57:40 - WAU AutoUpdate is Disabled. 07:57:40 - WAU uses External Lists from: C:\ProgramData\Winget-AutoUpdate-Configurator 07:57:40 - List (black) is up to date. 07:57:40 - WAU uses External Mods from: C:\ProgramData\Winget-AutoUpdate-Configurator\mods 07:57:41 - Mods are up to date. 07:57:41 - WAU uses Black List config 07:57:41 - -> Successsfully loaded local excluded apps list. 07:57:41 - Checking application updates on Winget Repository... -> Available update : TeamViewer. Current version : 15.66.5.0. Available version : 15.69.5. -> Available update : Winget-AutoUpdate (WAU). Current version : < 2.3.0. Available version : 2.8.0. 07:57:43 - TeamViewer : Skipped upgrade because it is in the excluded app list 07:57:43 - Winget-AutoUpdate (WAU) : Skipped upgrade because it is in the excluded app list 07:57:43 - No new update.

Intune settings:

excluded_apps.txt:

TeamViewer.TeamViewer Citrix.Workspace Microsoft.Teams.Classic Romanitho.Winget-AutoUpdate

We neither added Teams Classic nor WAU. Bug, or am I missing something?

What version of WAU has the issue?

1.21.13

What version of Windows are you using (ex. Windows 11 22H2)?

Windows 11 24H2

What version of winget are you using?

v1.11.400

Log information

Additional information

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